Centre for Robert Burns Studies

The Burns Supper at 225 years: Scottish Tradition, Global Reinvention

Since December 2025, a worldwide community of people celebrating the tradition of the Burns Supper have been sharing details, photographs and videos of their events to be plotted on this interactive map: a remarkable record of a global community’s shared expression of this centuries-old Scottish tradition.

Explore our new map and archive of Burns Suppers worldwide

Incorporating poetry, song, haggis, whisky and tartan, the ritual has evolved over 225 year to become a global, multicultural phenomenon and a true example of living cultural heritage.