This year is unusual as Burns Night and Chinese New Year coincide, something which will not happen again for 76 years. To celebrate all of this culture from both Scotland and China, Burns&Beyond along with Johnnie Walker have a selection of events for you in the next ten days or so.
The Chinese Lanterns at St Giles’ Cathedral is now in place and you can see this for free during the day and for a charge of £5.00 from 5.30pm to 8.00pm. The launch event last night featured actor Gareth Morrison who played a mighty Rabbie Burns.
Burns&Beyond with Johnnie Walker takes place at venues like Assembly Rooms with some really big names like Edwyn Collins, Tidelines and KT Tunstall all of which could be here and gone before you notice! So here is Al Thomson of event organisers Unique Events telling us some of what is happening.
Really don’t miss some of the big events in @burnsandbeyond @EdwynCollins tonight and @KTTunstall on Saturday are just two examples. Here is just a flavour of what’s happening from Al at @UniqueEventsltd #CNYEdinburgh pic.twitter.com/uewzt9GYHA
— Edinburgh Reporter (@EdinReporter) January 23, 2020
Minister Ben Macpherson speaking at Burns and Beyond Photo Martin P. McAdam 
Madame Hou Depute Consul General of the People’s Republic of China at the Burns and Beyond launch Photo Martin P. McAdam 
Culture Convener Donald Wilson speaking at the Burns and Beyond launch Photo Martin P. McAdam 
Burns and Beyond. Photo Martin P. McAdam 
Ewan Andrew, President of Global Supply and Procurement, Diageo speaking at the Burns and Beyond launch Photo Martin P. McAdam 
Penny Dougherty Director Unique Events at the Burns and Beyond launch Photo Martin P. McAdam
At last night’s launch at St Giles Cathedral so beautifully decked out with Chinese lanterns there were some short speeches :
There were speeches (short ones!) at the launch of the Chinese New Year and @burnsandbeyond celebrations which began last night and continue tonight with a 400 Chinese lantern installation in St Giles Cathedral and so many more events over the next couple of weeks #cnyEdinburgh pic.twitter.com/Q3HljRJTxD
— Edinburgh Reporter (@EdinReporter) January 22, 2020
Gareth Morrison is Robert Burns – Burns and Beyond launch St Giles Cathedral 22 January 2020 Photo Martin P. McAdam Kinnaris Quintet played at the Burns and Beyond launch in St Giles Photo Martin P. McAdam 
Some of the 400 lanterns Burns and Beyond launch Photo Martin P. McAdam 
In St Giles Cathedral Photo Martin P. McAdam 
Gareth Morrison is Robert Burns Photo Martin P. McAdam 
Robert Burns Photo Martin P. McAdam 
Burns Night and Chinese New Year coincide this year – the next time is in 76 years Photo Martin P. McAdam
And now it’s time for @burnsandbeyond The Chinese lanterns in St Giles are fab. #CNY here is Al from @UniqueEventsltd telling us about what there is to see this week. pic.twitter.com/ddh5j8Qvhz
— Edinburgh Reporter (@EdinReporter) January 22, 2020
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