Burns night is the annual celebration and commemoration of the life, work and spirit of Scotland’s great poet Robert Burns. From his humble beginnings on the family farm in Ayr, his passion and dynamic, contemporary vision has elevated him into one of Scotlands most loved and celebrated figures.  Every year, around the great Bards birthday on the 25th January, Burns night is celebrated across the globe. Remembering his famous and humorous poetry and songs, often aided with a generous serving of haggis and lashings of whisky – a celebration Burns himself  would have been proud of!  Reel Time had the pleasure and honour to help celebrate this great occasion across Scotland in a number of venues.

Starting in the granite city, in Aberdeen’s AECC, Roddy was piping and stabbing haggis for their clients evening.  The Scraggly Cats band wowed the crowd at an oil and gas industy Burns night with their blend of rocking ceilidh, rock, pop and soul music.  Keeping everyone on their feet with their dynamic and energetic performance, everyone danced and drank and thoroughly enjoyed their evening.

Tartanium also made their way north, to Ardoe House, creating a stir with their high octane performance.  Supported by the Tartanium dancers, it was a spectacular performance of music and dance that injected a new dimension into the Scottish celebrations.

Moving south to the heart of the country, working with Historic Scotland in Stirling Castle, Reel Time provided an evenings entertainment, with comedy from Fred MacAuley, Sandy Strang, and Jane McCarry, and music from Barluath – a new and exciting band from Glasgow who embrace the traditional and contemporary music of Scotland, and feature Ainsley V Hamill, finalist from Scottish Young Traditional Musician of the year.

In our beautiful capital, in the spectacular surroundings of The Hub, the Reel Time Band played their lively and energetic ceilidh music, keeping the Federation of Master Builders entertained for the evening, while Roddy was the evening’s compere, addressing the haggis, keeping proceedings on track and introducing “a toast to the lasses” “reply from the lasses” and “the Immortal Memory”.  The Full Burns night entertainment package! 

The Reel Time Band also played at the beautiful venue of Norton House Hotel, helping the Heineken crowd enjoy their celebrations and keep the them rocking into the early hours.

Burns Night is such a special and exciting evening, and it was truly a pleasure to help all of our guests enjoy and celebrate the life and poetry of our great Bard.  If you would like to book your event for 2016 and celebrate Burns night in style please contact us

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Everyone really enjoyed themselves and it was great to see a close knit dance community coming together to share their passion for Tango . Really lovely people and some great dance moves!

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Has been a couple of busy months for Edinburgh’s most Funky ceilidh band.  Performing gigs from Dundas and Edinburgh castle, George hotel to Borthwick Castle… the list goes on! For more information about the bands recent gigs, travels and gossip, check our ceilidh band facebook page

The Reel Time Ceilidh Band play from a 3 piece (for small venues), 4 piece for a rocking ceilidh or 5/6 piece with ceilidh and Popular song covers.

The band has an excellent ceilidh dance caller, who will talk the guests through all the steps before they dance them.

If you would like to see some more of the Reel Time Ceilidh Band, then check out their ceilidh video from last year, this has just reached the 6000 mark on our You Tube counter.

The ceilidh band are available to come and play at your event. Entertaining wedding guests, corporate parties, tour groups and students with their brand of Funky Scottish music.

The band also provide disco options, if you are looking for a complete entertainment package for your wedding reception or corporate event.  Will from the band commented:  ‘the disco gives the guests a change in tempo and entertainment, making for a great event.’

Over the past few years, the band has invested in some pretty cool kit, a 1000W Sound system, band sound to light uplighters, defraction laser and various other pieces of kit which make your venue come alive in the evening.  This also helps get guests in the right mood for ceilidh dancing.

To book the reel time ceilidh band for your special event, then please drop us a ceilidh band enquiry form.

The band is based in Edinburgh, but travel to:  Glasgow, the Borders, Stirling, Pitlochry, St Andrews, to provide Scottish ceilidh music for discerning clients. The band are also available to travel anywhere in the world for major events, product lunches or scottish cultural performances.  Last month we were in London, showcasing what Scotland has to offer for an event with Visit Scotland.  Roddy from the band is just back from Athens for a Scottish wedding, and warm ups have started for Germany next month.

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