Tickets: $135 General, $50 Student Admission. ASCI Members will receive a $25 plus tax refund. Optional Whisky Tasting: $50
Entertainment: piper Alex Stewart; Celtic trio StrathSpan with fiddler Nora Garver, cellist Julia Weatherford, and piper Cathleen Nixon; and dancers from the Asheville Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance.
First Annual Oscar Wong Whisky Tasting will honor the memory of our friendly spirits leader.
Doug Orr will host the Burns Night Seminar featuring a recorded interview with Fiona Ritchie and a very special premier performance by Pete Clark and Muriel Johnstone.
Online Charity Auction and Raffle Fundraiser open for public online bidding and accepting donations and sponsorships to raise funds for Writer in Residence in Dunkeld & Birnam, Scotland. Auction and Raffle winners need not be present to claim prizes.
Asheville Symphony will be promoting upcoming performances.
Reception includes Scottish appetizers and cash bar.
Three Course Dinner: Cock-a-leekie Soup, guest choice of main course, and Sticky Toffee Pudding with wee drams of single malt Scotch whisky to toast the haggis, neeps, and tatties. Main course selections: 1) Herb crusted chicken breast with Alabama white BBQ sauce, 2) Pan seared salmon served with honey whole grain mustard glaze, or 3) Vegan medley all served with Potato Gratin.
Full Burns Night Ceremony includes Parade of Tartans, Selkirk Grace, Address to the Haggis, Immortal Memory, Toasts to the Lassies and Laddies, and Auld Lang Syne.
Fundraising prize winners announced at After Hours Cèilidh.
$99 plus taxes DoubleTree hotel rooms available. Reservation may be made through this Robert Burns Night Supper web page. Reservations may also be made by phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week by calling DoubleTree Reservations Desk toll free: 1-800-222-TREE (1-800-222-8733). Please refer to the Robert Burns Night Supper event when making a reservation to receive the room discount. For additional assistance, contact the DoubleTree by Hilton Asheville Biltmore directly at (828) 274-1800 and press zero.
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This event was originally scheduled for January 24, 2026. Postponement announcement is here.
Press Release: Burns Night and first annual Oscar Wong Whisky Tasting to support Asheville Writer in Residence in Dunkeld & Birnam, Scotland – February 4, 2026 – Asheville, NC
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