UPDATE!! NEW DATE: MARCH 7th!!!!Sharpe House's Robert Burns Events2026
Schedule
Sat Mar 07 2026 at 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Statesville Event Center | Statesville, NC
Join in a Scottish celebration to honor the legendary poet Saturday MARCH 7 at 6PM and a Kirkin o' The Tartans on Sunday FEB 15th at 9AMAbout this Event
-Thanks to a new snow storm and lingering ice from Fern, Burns Night is NOW postponed to SATURDAY evening MARCH 7th at 6pm.
-The Sunday Morning Breakfast and Kirkin o' the Tartans IS STILL scheduled for February 15th at 9am at First Presbyterian!
Tickets are available for each seperate event, or special prices when attending both. Existing tickets purchased for the 24th and 25th and new ones for Feb 1st, will be honored on the new date.
Look for your favorite ticket, Dinner or Breakfast or attend both with the Combination Ticket.
The doors open March 7, Saturday evening at 6pm at the Statesville Civic Center
Celebrate Scotland's National Poet, your own Scottish ancestry, or just because you love his prose, the country and their music! We begin the evening with our very own bag piper who welcomes you into the event held at the Statesville Civic Center.
The Sharpe Family arrived in America in the 1700s via County Antrim, Ireland, however, they originally hail from Scotland along with hundreds of others
We also dedicate this year's Burns Night to the late Lisa Kellene Beeson McBroom, Librarian, educator and supporter of the Sharpe House and any all historical endeavors. Join us as we raise a glass to her.
Authentic Scottish cuisine will be served, including the Haggis, after its ceremonial Piping In! Libations, both alcoholic and non for toasting for all those who attend! Seats are limited, so please review the ticket options and make your choices soon. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided. Tickets range from $70, $85 to $100.
Tickets must be purchased by Thursday, March 5th at 9AM.
The Menu
Hors d’ oeuvres
*Fruit and Cheese, *Mincemeat Tartlets, Mini Scotch Eggs, and *Spinach Stuffed Mushrooms
Appetizer
Cock-a-leekie Soup
*Leek and Potato Soup
Buffet
The Haggis (Traditional and * Vegetarian)
Highland Beef, Roasted Salmon, and Howtowdie Baked Chicken * Howtowdie Stuffed Portabellos
*Neeps and Tatties
*Red Cabbage and Apple Slaw
*Whisky glazed carrots and parsnips
Desserts
Bread Pudding with Whisky Sauce and whipped double cream
Tipsy Laird
Dundee Cake
and Peggy Hastings Sanford's Famous Shortbread
Slàinte! And we hope to see ye there!
* Vegetarian items
FEBRUARY 15th, SUNDAY Morning at 9AM
First Presbyterian Church 125 North Meeting Street Statesville NC 28677
A full on Scottish Breakfast Buffet with all the trimmings.
Scrambled eggs, Scotch Eggs, Bacon Rashers and Bangers, Black Pudding, White Pudding, Tattie Scones, Baked Beans, Sauteed Mushrooms, and Roasted Tomatoes and Haggis!
There will also be a vegetarian option as well!
Orange Juice, Hot Tea and Water
After breakfast we all will gather in the front of the church and Statesville's ancestral Fourth Creek burying ground for Bagpipes and Drums! At the appointed time we will enter the sanctuary to begin the Kirkin service
Agenda
🕑: 04:30 PM - 05:15 PM
The Amuse Bouche
Info: Enjoy hors d'oeuvres, spiced cider, glass of wine or cocktail and locate your seats, but don't sit down yet. Enjoy each others’ company, peruse the auction and the raffle. Get your photos taken in front of the Impressionistic backdrop of Edinburgh. At the sound of the bells, please assemble by your seats in the Banquet Hall for Piping in The Haggis. Pick up your choice of a whisky or an apple cider shot for toasting the honored guest!
🕑: 06:45 PM
Piping in The Haggis
Host: Melanye Brennan, Piper and Tim Conlan, Drummer
Ode to the Haggis
🕑: 06:50 PM - 07:00 PM
The Appetizer Course
Host: The Smoke Pit and Crowning Events
Info: After the Ode to the Haggis and everyone takes their seats the soup course will be served at table.
Buffet Dinner.
Info: There will be 2 buffet lines, eat yer fill and enjoy the evening's entertainments!
🕑: 07:30 PM - 08:30 PM
The Entertainments with our honored speakers.
🕑: 08:30 PM - 08:45 PM
Silent Auction Winners Announcement
Host: Jeanne Gaither and the BURNS COMMITTEE
🕑: 09:00 PM
AULD LANG SYNE and Fare thee well til Next Year.
Where is it happening?
Statesville Event Center, 300 South Center Street, Statesville, United StatesUSD 7.66 to USD 126.13
