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What Entertainment Should You Have at a Boozy Brunch in Scotland?

Boozy brunches have become one of the most-booked daytime event formats in Scotland. But while the food and drinks get sorted quickly, the entertainment is often an afterthought — and that is a mistake. The right entertainment turns a nice lunch into a day people are still talking about on Monday. Get it right and you get confetti in your hair, a blow-up guitar in your hand and the whole room screaming along to “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” at 2pm.

Here is a rundown of what works best, based on what we see booking well for boozy brunch events across Central Scotland.

1. Music Video Bingo with Props

This is consistently the most popular choice. Banging Bingo has guests marking off songs they recognise as short clips of the original music videos play on a big screen. Competitive, hilarious, and works perfectly while people are still eating and drinking.

The props are what make it. Blow-up mics and guitars land on the tables before the first game starts — so when that power ballad kicks in, your guests are ready. The confetti cannon fires when someone calls house. “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now”, “Total Eclipse of the Heart”, “Bohemian Rhapsody” — these become full-on sing-along moments rather than just games. Each game lasts around 20 minutes so you can run two or three across a 3-hour event.

Works brilliantly for: hen parties, birthday brunches, office Christmas lunches, charity fundraiser brunches.

2. Silent Disco

If you want something more visually spectacular — or if your venue has noise restrictions — a Silent Disco is outstanding. Guests get LED headphones with three DJ channels to switch between. Everyone finds their sound, the dancing starts, and the whole room looks incredible. Add blow-up guitars and mics and the photos become genuinely unforgettable.

Works particularly well on hotel terraces, in private dining rooms, and at outdoor summer brunches where a traditional PA would cause noise issues.

Works brilliantly for: outdoor events, hotel terraces, venues with noise curfews, birthday parties with mixed music tastes.

3. SpeedQuizzing

For groups who want competitive edge with their cocktails, SpeedQuizzing uses guests' smartphones as buzzers for fast-paced rounds with a live leaderboard. No paper, no pens — just questions and genuine tension as the scores update in real time. Can be themed to suit — music, TV, general knowledge, or custom content for corporate events.

Works brilliantly for: corporate team days, office parties, birthday brunches with a mixed-age group.

4. DJ with Themed Daytime Set

A great DJ at a brunch makes an enormous difference. Our Daytime Disco format builds from background music right through to a full dancefloor set as the afternoon goes on. Decade themes work particularly well — an all-80s brunch, a 90s R&B afternoon, a Britpop set. Give people a theme and they will dress for it, request songs and genuinely invest in the music.

5. Combining Formats

The best boozy brunches combine two formats. A typical structure that works really well:

  • Guests arrive, DJ plays background music during food service (noon — 1pm)
  • Blow-up props land on the tables as game 1 is introduced
  • Banging Bingo game 1 with confetti cannon finish (1pm — 1:25pm)
  • DJ set while people mingle and get drinks (1:25pm — 2pm)
  • Banging Bingo game 2 — more sing-alongs, more confetti (2pm — 2:25pm)
  • DJ brings the energy up to close or moves into Silent Disco (2:25pm — 3pm)

Useful Resources

For guidance on organising events in Scotland, VisitScotland publishes useful event planning resources. Scotland's alcohol licensing legislation sets out the rules around alcohol at events, including the restrictions on bottomless alcohol deals that apply to boozy brunches.

Planning a boozy brunch in Scotland? Get in touch and we will help you put together a package that suits your event and budget. See our full boozy brunch entertainment page for more details.

Corporate Boozy Brunch Entertainment Scotland — Ideas for Team Days and Office Parties

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The corporate brunch Scotland office parties increasingly choose has quietly become one of the most popular formats for team days. That’s because it’s inclusive, works for a wide age range, and does not require anyone to commit to a full evening out — it’s also a lot more fun than a sit-down lunch with awkward speeches.

It also turns out that watching your line manager pick up a blow-up guitar during “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” is genuinely excellent for team morale. Confetti cannons in a corporate setting are unexpectedly brilliant. Here is what works well for company groups. See our full boozy brunch entertainment page for all packages and options.

Why Corporate Brunch Scotland Events Work

  • Lunchtime format means people who would not stay for an evening event can attend
  • Lower alcohol consumption means a more relaxed, professional atmosphere
  • Daytime venue hire is usually cheaper than evening slots
  • Works as a standalone team day or as part of a longer company event
  • Easier for people with childcare or other commitments

Best Entertainment for a Corporate Brunch Scotland Event

Banging Bingo with Props

Corporate brunch Scotland team playing Banging Bingo with blow-up props

Music video bingo breaks the ice faster than almost anything else in a corporate setting. Teams compete, the sing-alongs start, the blow-up mics come out, and suddenly the awkward early-event silence is completely gone. The confetti cannon going off when someone calls house gets a reaction every time — regardless of seniority or how reserved the room started out.

SpeedQuizzing — For Competitive Teams

If your company culture leans competitive, SpeedQuizzing is outstanding. Guests use their smartphones as buzzers, teams compete on a live leaderboard, and the tension in the final rounds is surprisingly real. It gets people talking across teams who might not normally interact, and can be themed with company trivia for an extra layer.

Silent Disco

For something more visual, a Silent Disco gives guests three DJ channels to choose from on their LED headphones. Works brilliantly in hotels and function venues where noise is a consideration. The visual spectacle makes for excellent event photography.

DJ Throughout

Whether you go with Bingo, SpeedQuizzing or both, having a DJ running throughout makes an enormous difference to the atmosphere. See our Daytime Disco format for how we approach music at daytime corporate events.

A Sample Corporate Brunch Running Order

  • 12:00pm — Guests arrive, welcome drinks, DJ background music, props on tables
  • 12:30pm — Food service, DJ continues
  • 1:15pm — SpeedQuizzing (3 to 4 rounds, around 25 minutes)
  • 1:45pm — Prizes, DJ set, desserts, drinks
  • 2:15pm — Banging Bingo with blow-up props and confetti cannon finish
  • 3:00pm — Close

Corporate Entertainment Resources

For guidance on organising corporate events in Scotland, VisitScotland Business Events publishes useful resources for event planners. Scotland’s alcohol licensing guidance covers the rules around alcohol at corporate events. For team building ideas across Scotland, see also our corporate team building page.

Corporate Brunch Scotland Coverage: Central Scotland and Beyond

Premier Disco provides corporate brunch entertainment across Edinburgh, Glasgow, Fife, East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian, Stirling, Falkirk, Perth and the wider Central Scotland area, because we bring our own PA, screens and all equipment wherever we go.

Planning a corporate brunch Scotland event? Get in touch with your date, venue and rough numbers, and we will put a package together for your team. See also our general guide on boozy brunch entertainment ideas for Scotland.

Wedding DJ at Stewart Brewing, Loanhead — Kallen & Michael

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This wedding DJ Stewart Brewing booking took us to a venue that isn’t your typical choice — and that’s precisely what makes it work. Tucked away on an industrial estate in Loanhead, just south of Edinburgh, Stewart Brewing has a raw, industrial charm that the right couple absolutely loves. Exposed steelwork overhead, hanging greenery, an outdoor courtyard with a fire pit, and a real sense of character that no purpose-built function suite can replicate. Kallen and Michael knew exactly what they were doing when they chose it.

You can find out more about the space at the Stewart Brewing website →

Wedding DJ Stewart Brewing: Setting Up

We arrived at 2pm, giving ourselves plenty of time to get properly set up before guests came in at 4. Load-in at Stewart Brewing is straightforward — the team there are easy to work with and the space is well laid out. We set up in the main indoor area, which doubles as bar, dining space, and dancefloor depending on what part of the evening you’re in. It’s a compact-but-workable footprint, and the acoustics are surprisingly decent for an industrial space.

The outdoor courtyard — complete with a covered gazebo seating area, fire pit bowl, and Stewart Brewing branding — is a lovely feature for an evening like this. As a result, guests could drift in and out between drinks outside and music inside, which gave the whole thing a relaxed, festival-style feel.

DJ booth at Stewart Brewing wedding reception with light towers and laptops, guests visible on the dancefloor behind

How the Evening Ran

Kallen and Michael arrived at 5pm to a full room of guests already settled in and relaxed. The format was informal throughout — buffet-style food ran right up until around 9pm, which meant the transition into dancing was natural rather than forced. There was no hard line between “dinner” and “party”; instead, it just evolved, which suits the venue perfectly and tends to produce exactly the kind of atmosphere couples hope for.

When we started the dancefloor set at 9pm, it filled within minutes and stayed that way for the rest of the night. That doesn’t always happen — sometimes it takes a few songs to build momentum, occasionally a bit of coaxing — but this crowd needed none of it. In fact, Kallen and Michael had clearly invited people who were ready to dance, and the energy in the room was exceptional all evening.

Bride and groom dancing with hands raised at their Stewart Brewing wedding reception

The Crowd — and Why It Matters

We say this a lot, but the crowd really does make or break a wedding dancefloor. The music is only half of it. What Kallen and Michael had was a room of people who were genuinely up for it — mixed ages, mixed musical tastes, but all pulling in the same direction. The couple themselves were front and centre pretty much all night, arms in the air, completely uninhibited, which always gives the rest of the room permission to do the same.

The setlist moved through a lot of ground over the course of the evening — classic disco, Britpop, 2000s anthems, pop punk, current chart hits, and a few crowd-pleasers that always land regardless of age or era. Even so, the room responded to all of it. That’s an unusual thing, and it was a genuine pleasure to be part of.

Packed dancefloor with guests celebrating under hanging greenery

What We Played — The Setlist

Here’s a breakdown of what got played across the evening. Overall, it’s a wide-ranging set that reflects how the night moved — starting warm and accessible, building through pop and alternative, and landing on the floor-fillers that closed things out.

  • ABBA — Dancing Queen
  • ABBA — Mamma Mia
  • Billy Ocean — Red Light Spells Danger
  • Kenny Loggins — Footloose
  • The Black Eyed Peas — I Gotta Feeling
  • Rihanna — Only Girl In The World
  • Walk The Moon — Shut Up And Dance
  • Taylor Swift — Shake It Off
  • Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX — I Love It
  • Silversun Pickups — Lazy Eye
  • Wheatus — Teenage Dirtbag
  • Blink-182 — All The Small Things
  • Green Day — American Idiot
  • Los Del Rio — Macarena
  • Whigfield — Saturday Night
  • Toploader — Dancing In The Moonlight
  • Vance Joy — Riptide
  • Blur — Song 2
  • Pulp — Disco 2000
  • David Bowie — Golden Years
  • Chappell Roan — Pink Pony Club
  • Chic — Le Freak
  • Earth, Wind & Fire — September
  • Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder On The Dancefloor
  • DJ Casper — Cha Cha Slide
  • S Club 7 — Reach
  • Ween — Ocean Man
  • Nothing But Thieves — Amsterdam
  • Foo Fighters — Everlong
  • House Of Pain — Jump Around
  • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton — Can’t Hold Us
  • Shakira feat. Freshlyground — Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)
  • Pitbull feat. John Ryan — Fireball
  • Pitbull — Hotel Room Service
  • Michael Jackson — Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
  • Desireless — Voyage Voyage
  • The Proclaimers — I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
  • Queen — Breakthru
  • Paramore — The Only Exception
  • Jimmy Eat World — The Middle

That spread of genres — from Chic to Foo Fighters, ABBA to Chappell Roan — is a good illustration of how a wedding dancefloor actually works when the crowd is with you. Because it’s rarely one genre all night, the skill is reading the room and knowing when to shift.

Wedding guests with hands raised on the dancefloor at Stewart Brewing, Loanhead

Wedding DJ Stewart Brewing: The Venue

If you’re considering a wedding DJ Stewart Brewing booking and wondering whether the venue works as a music space — it really does. The space has more acoustic character than a blank-canvas room, which takes a little knowing, but it rewards the effort. The industrial ceiling height gives the light tubes room to breathe. In addition, the bar is well-positioned, and the outdoor space provides a natural pressure valve for guests who want some fresh air without drifting away from the party.

It’s a venue that suits couples who want something with personality — not a conventional ballroom, not a hotel function suite, but somewhere that feels like them. In the end, Kallen and Michael’s wedding was a perfect fit for it.

Guests mingling and dancing at an evening wedding reception

Thinking About Your Own Wedding DJ?

If you’re planning a wedding in Edinburgh, the Lothians, or anywhere across Scotland and want a DJ who’ll read your crowd, play the right music at the right moment, and keep the dancefloor going all night — we’d love to hear from you. Take a look at the wedding DJ page for more on what we offer, or get in touch to check availability for your date.

Congratulations again to Kallen and Michael on a brilliant wedding DJ Stewart Brewing night.

Hogmanay DJ Scotland — Making New Year’s Eve Unforgettable

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A great Hogmanay DJ Scotland event is unlike any other night of the year. It carries a cultural weight that goes far beyond a standard party — the transition from one year to the next is something people feel genuinely, and the right DJ can make that moment something guests are still talking about in March. Get it wrong, and no amount of champagne makes up for a flat countdown and a DJ who plays Auld Lang Syne at the wrong time.

Premier Disco has been playing Hogmanay events for over 40 years. Here’s what makes a great New Year’s Eve set — and what to think about when booking.

What Makes a Hogmanay DJ Scotland Event Different

Hogmanay DJ Scotland — confetti and party lights at midnight

A Christmas party requires a DJ who can read the room and keep people dancing. Hogmanay requires all of that plus something extra: the ability to manage a narrative arc across an entire evening that builds to a specific, emotionally charged moment at midnight.

The set has to do several things simultaneously. Through the earlier part of the evening it creates atmosphere and keeps energy building without peaking too soon. In the hour before midnight it lifts the energy deliberately — guests start to feel the approach of the new year. The ten-minute countdown to midnight is its own carefully managed sequence. Then there’s the midnight moment itself: the countdown, Auld Lang Syne, the cheer, and then — crucially — what comes immediately afterwards, when the room is at peak emotion and the DJ needs to channel it into celebration rather than just noise.

An experienced Hogmanay DJ plans all of this in advance rather than improvising on the night.

Auld Lang Syne — Getting It Right

This sounds obvious, but it matters more than almost any other single moment at a Hogmanay event. The version you use, when it starts, how it’s introduced, whether guests link arms — all of it shapes whether the midnight moment lands or falls flat. We use a version that works for the specific room and crowd every time. After 40 years of Scottish New Year’s Eves, we know exactly what works.

The Music Through the Evening

A good Hogmanay set is a journey. The music at 8pm is different from the music at 10pm, which is different from the music at 11:30pm, which is different from the music at 12:05am. Broadly:

  • Early evening (8–9:30pm): Social and welcoming — music that suits conversation and arrival, building gently
  • Mid-evening (9:30–11pm): The main party portion — floor-fillers tailored to the crowd, building energy steadily
  • Pre-midnight (11–11:50pm): Deliberate energy build — the crowd should feel the new year approaching
  • Countdown and midnight: The managed transition — countdown, Auld Lang Syne, celebration
  • After midnight: Peak celebration energy that gradually settles into the late-night portion of the evening

The specific music depends entirely on your crowd. We discuss this before the event and use the online music planning portal so you can pre-select tracks and flag preferences.

Booking a Hogmanay DJ Scotland Event — What You Need to Know

  • Book by August. Hogmanay availability at Premier Disco is extremely limited. We take very few bookings for 31st December and they almost always fill in summer. If you’re considering a Hogmanay booking, don’t leave it until autumn.
  • Typical running time: 8pm to 1am or 2am, depending on your licence and venue.
  • Venue coordination: We liaise directly with your venue or events team on timings, the countdown PA setup, and any specific requirements for the midnight moment.
  • Hotels and venues: If you run a hotel or events venue looking for Hogmanay entertainment as part of a broader festive season arrangement, a block booking across December and Hogmanay may be the right approach. It’s best to discuss these arrangements from July onwards.

Hogmanay Coverage Across Scotland

Premier Disco is based in Edinburgh and covers Hogmanay events across Edinburgh and the Lothians, Glasgow and the Central Belt, Fife, Perth and Perthshire, Stirling and the wider Scotland area. We travel further for Hogmanay than for standard bookings — always worth asking if you’re outside our usual range.

For context on Scotland’s Hogmanay tradition, Scotland.org covers the history and customs behind the celebration. For Edinburgh’s famous street celebrations and events calendar, Edinburgh’s Hogmanay is the official source.

Ready to book a Hogmanay DJ Scotland event? See our Christmas and Hogmanay page for full details, or contact us directly with your date and venue. Also worth reading: how to book a Christmas party DJ in Scotland — including why the festive season requires earlier planning than most people expect.

How to Book a Christmas Party DJ in Scotland — and Why to Do It Early

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Knowing when to book a Christmas party DJ in Scotland is one of the most time-pressured decisions in the whole event planning calendar. December dates fill up faster than almost any other time of year — and unlike a birthday party where you have flexibility on the date, Christmas parties are typically tied to specific weekends in December that work for the whole team or group. Miss the window, and you’re either compromising on quality or going without. Here’s how to approach it.

When to Book a Christmas Party DJ: Earlier Than You Think

When to book a Christmas party DJ in Scotland — festive DJ setup with lighting and screen visuals

The single most common mistake with Christmas party DJ bookings is leaving it too late. Professional DJs with strong reputations in Scotland fill their December diaries from September onwards — sometimes earlier. The Friday and Saturday nights in the two or three weeks before Christmas are the most sought-after dates, and by October most are already gone.

If your company or organisation has a Christmas party every year, the ideal is to reach out to your preferred DJ in August or September — before the season starts, while there’s still full availability. Reading this in October or November? Move quickly. By December it’s a long shot, though always worth asking, because cancellations do happen.

Hogmanay Is a Completely Different Category

If you’re planning a Hogmanay event — whether it’s a hotel party night, a private celebration, or a venue New Year’s Eve — treat 31st December as completely separate from Christmas party planning. Hogmanay availability is extremely limited. Premier Disco takes very few bookings for New Year’s Eve each year, and almost always fills them by summer. This is exactly why knowing when to book a Christmas party DJ matters even more for Hogmanay than for a regular December date. If you have a Hogmanay event in mind, ideally get in touch by July or August.

The reason Hogmanay requires extra planning isn’t just demand — it’s the nature of the night. A New Year’s Eve set needs a very different build from a standard Christmas party. The DJ needs to handle the countdown to midnight carefully, build the energy through the evening in a specific way, and know exactly what the moment after midnight — when everyone is celebrating and emotional — calls for next. This isn’t a night to book someone who “also does Hogmanay”. It requires genuine experience and preparation.

When to Book a Christmas Party DJ: What to Look For

  • Experience specifically with Christmas events. A Christmas party crowd is different from a wedding crowd or a birthday party crowd. There’s usually a wider age range, people who rarely dance, and the specific social pressure of a work event. A good Christmas party DJ reads all of this quickly and adjusts.
  • Reliability. A no-show at a Christmas party — the one night a year many businesses celebrate together — is catastrophic. Ask about backup equipment, backup plans, and how long they’ve been operating. Premier Disco has been running since 1979. Continuity matters.
  • Full professional equipment. PA system, lighting rig, everything tested and insured. Most hotels and licensed venues in Scotland require PAT-tested equipment and proof of public liability insurance. Check this before you book anyone.
  • Coordination with the venue. Christmas dinner dances require careful timing — the DJ needs to be in contact with your venue’s events team to understand when the meal ends, when speeches are happening, and when dancing starts. A professional handles this as standard.
  • Music planning. The best Christmas party DJs let you pre-select music before the event. At Premier Disco, our online planning portal handles this — you choose your must-plays and flag anything you’d rather not hear, and we build the set around your preferences.

Hotels and Venues — Consider a Block Booking

If you run a hotel or events venue in Edinburgh, the Lothians, or Central Scotland, a DJ block booking across the festive season is worth considering. Rather than booking individual dates as they come in, a block arrangement covering every Friday and Saturday in December plus Hogmanay gives the venue a consistent DJ they can plan around — and means the same professional is delivering the same standard across every party night of the season.

Premier Disco actively looks to set up a small number of these arrangements each year. If this is relevant to your venue, the time to start the conversation is between July and September, before the season gets under way. See our Christmas party DJ page for full details of what a block booking includes.

Areas Covered

Premier Disco covers Christmas party and Hogmanay bookings across Edinburgh and the Lothians, Glasgow and the Central Belt, Fife, Perth and Perthshire, Stirling and the Scottish Borders. We travel further for Hogmanay and block bookings — always worth asking.

Ready to check availability? See our Christmas party DJ page for full details or contact us directly with your date and venue. Related services: corporate event entertainment, karaoke hire and Banging Bingo — all popular Christmas party add-ons.

For venue and event planning guidance in Scotland, VisitScotland’s events industry hub is a useful resource, and Business Gateway Scotland covers licensing and compliance for events.

Burns Night Disco and Sober Daytime Events — Two New Premier Disco Services

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Two searches have grown significantly in Scotland over the past year: “sober disco” and “Burns Night afternoon event”. Because of that, we’ve launched dedicated Burns Night and sober events — a shift in how people in their 30s, 40s and 50s want to spend their leisure time. Here’s what they involve and who they’re for.

Burns Night Daytime Disco — A Scottish January Celebration

Burns Night on 25th January is Scotland’s most personal national celebration. However, the traditional Burns Supper format — late evening, full sit-down meal, a lot of whisky — doesn’t work for everyone. An afternoon Burns event does.

Our Burns Night daytime disco combines a Scottish DJ set — Burns songs, Caledonia, Flower of Scotland, The Proclaimers, Simple Minds, Runrig, Bay City Rollers — with ceilidh dancing. It also includes optional Burns Night traditions like the Immortal Memory and the Toast to the Lassies. It runs from around 1pm to 6pm, which means everyone is home at a sensible hour on a January Saturday.

It works particularly well for bowling clubs, golf clubs, community halls, WRI groups, care homes, corporate January events and private parties. The ceilidh element gets everyone on their feet regardless of whether they know what they’re doing — which, frankly, is part of the joy of a ceilidh. The DJ set gives people a chance to dance in their own way. And the whole afternoon has a shape and a Scottish identity that an ordinary party doesn’t.

January dates go quickly — if you’re planning a Burns event, get in touch from September or October. See the full Burns Night daytime disco page for everything we offer.

Sober Daytime Disco — A Brilliant Afternoon Out Without Alcohol

The sober social scene in Scotland has grown substantially. Dry January has become mainstream. Mindful drinking is increasingly widespread. And a growing number of people simply prefer not to drink — for health reasons, personal reasons, religious reasons, because they’re in recovery, because they’re pregnant, because they’re driving. As a result, for all of these people, the standard model of Scottish socialising — in a pub, in the evening, with alcohol as the social lubricant — doesn’t work.

A sober daytime disco does. The afternoon timing removes the expectation of drinking that comes with any evening event. The music creates the energy and the atmosphere — no alcohol required. And the format is genuinely inclusive: it works for people who don’t drink and people who do, and for groups where everyone is in recovery and groups where it’s a mix. It also suits faith community events and workplace wellness days where not everyone drinks or where the organiser wants something more inclusive than a drinks reception.

We’ve been running alcohol-free or alcohol-light events for decades — care homes, school events, faith community celebrations — and the energy is always at least as high as any other event. A good DJ doesn’t need alcohol to fill a dancefloor. The music does that.

Burns Night and Sober Events: What Both Have in Common

Burns Night and sober events — guests ceilidh dancing at a Premier Disco afternoon

Both formats are part of the broader daytime disco trend that has taken off across Scotland over the past couple of years. Events like Disco Days — which sells out regularly at Club Tropicana in Edinburgh and Glasgow — have demonstrated an enormous appetite for afternoon dancing among the over-30s crowd. Burns Night and sober discos are simply the most distinctive expressions of that appetite. Each has a clear identity, a specific audience, and a format that the mainstream evening-out model can’t serve.

Premier Disco covers both — and everything in between. Based in Edinburgh, we serve events across Edinburgh and the Lothians, Glasgow and the Central Belt, Fife, Perth and Perthshire, Stirling, the Scottish Borders and most of Scotland. Get in touch with your date, venue and rough numbers and we’ll come back with a clear quote.

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For background: the National Trust for Scotland’s Burns Birthplace Museum covers the Burns Night tradition in depth. For sober socialising resources, Alcohol Focus Scotland works with communities across the country on inclusive social alternatives to alcohol-centred events.