Guid Crack: Ae Fond Kiss
Join the Scottish Storytelling Centre for another fun and friendly session of Edinburgh's monthly storytelling club, Guid Crack, held upstairs in the Waverley Bar!
About Guid Crack: Ae Fond Kiss
| 30th January 2026 | |
| 7.30pm - 10pm | |
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The Waverley Bar 3 - 5 St Mary's Street , Edinburgh Old Town EH1 1TA |
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| Free (non-ticketed) - cash donations welcome | |
| Event organiser/part of Scottish Storytelling Centre | |
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In this the week when the world celebrates his birthday, this month's theme is borrowed from one of Robert Burns' best loved and most famous songs - written right here in Edinburgh. Contributions will extend far beyond the life and works of our national Bard however, embracing stories and songs of love and romance, painful partings and all things osculatory. Featuring guest storyteller and veteran of countless Burns celebrations, Bob Mitchell.
Another fun and friendly session of Edinburgh’s monthly storytelling club held upstairs in the Waverley Bar, with the usual open-floor section for anyone to share a story, song or poem around the theme or otherwise.
Bob Mitchell is a warm and lively storyteller with a wide-ranging repertoire including material in his native Doric Scots. He enjoys incorporating his own creations into his performances, which are always generously laced with his distinct brand of humour! He was born and brought up on an Aberdeenshire croft and learned his first stories as a toddler whist "helping" his father with the countless tasks that faced a hardworking North-East crofter. Bob is the Immediate Past President of Poosie Nansie’s Burns Club in Newcraighall, current Chair of the Burgh Blatherers storytelling club and a lifelong Burns enthusiast very much in demand throughout January and February as Scotland celebrates its national Bard.
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