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Visitors browse framed paintings at Aberdeen Art Fair inside the Music Hall

Out and About: Aberdeen Art Fair at Music Hall

The long-running showcase returns for 2026 with free entry and a Friday evening launch.

A vintage microphone on stage at His Majesty's Theatre, with the empty red-seated auditorium behind.

His Majesty’s Theatre Turns 120, Launching Fundraising Drive

Sunset through bare winter trees, viewed partly through a wooden lattice | Photo by Julia Gunn

Aberdeen Arts Centre Launches Photography Competition

Large inflatable fox sculpture with black and white mandala patterns at night

Fire Gardens, Glowing Foxes And Digital Ghosts Coming To Spectra 2026

Out and About: New Literature Trail Connects the City to Bob Dylan, Bram Stoker and Beyond

Out and About: New Literature Trail Connects the City to Bob Dylan, Bram Stoker and Beyond

Cast and creative team at a table in a rehearsal room with scripts and mugs

The High Life Musical Brings Cult 90s Sitcom to His Majesty's Theatre

Ivo Graham in orange sunglasses and jacket with dyed orange hair.

Ivo Graham Brings His Cheerfully Chaotic Tour to Aberdeen

Art

Visitors browse framed paintings at Aberdeen Art Fair inside the Music Hall

Out and About: Aberdeen Art Fair at Music Hall

The long-running showcase returns for 2026 with free entry and a Friday evening launch.

A tall vertical mural on a grey building displaying ornate white calligraphic text, photographed at dusk from a road bridge with light trails from passing traffic visible in the foreground.

Nuart Aberdeen Makes Poetry And Text The Focus For World First

Gray's School of Art Marks 140 Years With Intergenerational Exhibition

Gray's School of Art Marks 140 Years With Intergenerational Exhibition

Gallery installation view showing large circular portrait painting with blue background and orange-red tones suspended from ceiling, grid of colourful portrait artworks on left wall.

From Psychology to Paint: Joyce Davies Opens Personal Exhibition

Three artists: Kirsty Cameron with camera, Bethany Reid at the seaside, and AJ Simpson at work

Three Aberdeen Artists Reimagine the City's Maritime Identity

Street view of Langstane Place building with Wasps Studios entrance sign visible.

Langstane Place Studios Marks 20 Years of Creative Life in Aberdeen

Front view of Aberdeen Music Hall, with tall stone columns, event banners, and people entering.

Making and Meaning at Aberdeen Art Fair

Events

Visitors browse framed paintings at Aberdeen Art Fair inside the Music Hall

Out and About: Aberdeen Art Fair at Music Hall

The long-running showcase returns for 2026 with free entry and a Friday evening launch.

Out and About: New Literature Trail Connects the City to Bob Dylan, Bram Stoker and Beyond

Out and About: New Literature Trail Connects the City to Bob Dylan, Bram Stoker and Beyond

Ivo Graham in orange sunglasses and jacket with dyed orange hair.

Ivo Graham Brings His Cheerfully Chaotic Tour to Aberdeen

Amber Davies as Elle Woods holding a chihuahua with diamond collar

Out and About: Amber Davies Set To Star in Legally Blonde at His Majesty’s Theatre

Bill Bailey wearing a top hat against a red background with graphic elements

Out and About: Bill Bailey Brings Vaudeville Back to Aberdeen

Halftone image of crowd at event in yellow and black

Out and About: African Creative Soirée Comes to Aberdeen

Crowds walking along Aberdeen harbour with tall ships and masts visible in background

Aberdeen Chases Large-Scale Events After Summer Success

Interview

Oliver Richard seated at His Majesty's Theatre with guitar beside him

How Hundreds of Night-Walks Shaped Oliver Richard's Debut Album

Aberdeen musician recorded his first full-length album in village halls and childhood home.

Interview: The Little Kicks’ Steven Milne Gears up for Lemon Tree Homecoming

Black-and-white photo of Forbes Massie leaning into a microphone while playing piano.

Songs Of Love, Loss And Starting Again

B&W portrait of Lee Garson seated in a gallery with framed photos on the wall.

Interview: Lee Garson on Capturing Everyday Life

Michelle Soto smiling outdoors in front of tall buildings in Aberdeen.

Inside the Fight to Reopen the Belmont

How Trusting Communities Shaped Aberdeen's Jazz Festival

How Trusting Communities Shaped Aberdeen's Jazz Festival

Eve Nicol on Her Vision for Aberdeen Arts Centre: A Home for Creativity, Connection, and Bold Ideas

Eve Nicol on Her Vision for Aberdeen Arts Centre: A Home for Creativity, Connection, and Bold Ideas

Stage

A vintage microphone on stage at His Majesty's Theatre, with the empty red-seated auditorium behind.

His Majesty’s Theatre Turns 120, Launching Fundraising Drive

Aberdeen Performing Arts wants to raise £120,000 for community programmes throughout 2026.

Cast and creative team at a table in a rehearsal room with scripts and mugs

The High Life Musical Brings Cult 90s Sitcom to His Majesty's Theatre

Amber Davies as Elle Woods holding a chihuahua with diamond collar

Out and About: Amber Davies Set To Star in Legally Blonde at His Majesty’s Theatre

Basil on the phone at reception, eyes wide with alarm, wearing a green cardigan

Fawlty Towers - The Play Brings Britain's Worst Hotelier to Music Hall

Pantomime dame in nurse costume with orange wig, arms wide.

Robin Hood: Talegate's Sixth Year at Aberdeen Arts Centre is a Merry Night Out

His Majesty's Theatre at dusk with its distinctive dome and circular art installation above

Doric Love Actually and All-Male Ballet Among HMT's New Shows

Cast of Robin Hood in costume on Aberdeen Arts Centre stage, posing under purple lights

Robin Hood Returns with Doric Panto Twist

Music

The Blue Lamp pub, a two-storey grey granite building with dormer windows on Gallowgate in Aberdeen,

The Blue Lamp to Close After 75 Years

A huge blow to Aberdeen's music scene, that will see the city worse off.

Jackill in red phone box with Vagrant Real Estate standing beside it in Pennan

Vagrant Real Estate Brings 25 Scottish Artists Together for New Album

Oliver Richard seated at His Majesty's Theatre with guitar beside him

How Hundreds of Night-Walks Shaped Oliver Richard's Debut Album

Tomàs Callister, Ellie Beaton and Paddy Callaghan at Music Hall holding accordion, awards sign and fiddle.

Out and About: Scots Trad Music Awards Return to Aberdeen

Ocean's 3 band members, three men in black tuxedos and bow ties, standing on yellow box junction markings in the middle of a quiet city street lined with grey stone buildings.

Ocean's 3 Bring Two Decades of Classics to Aberdeen Arts Centre

Four women holding glass awards standing together smiling in front of a Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival backdrop.

SMHAF Writing Awards Come to Aberdeen for First Time

Black and white photograph of band members posed on wooden steps, with one member seated at the front and the others arranged on ascending levels behind them.

James Bring Biggest Ever Arena Tour to P&J Live with Doves

Festivals

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Fire Gardens, Glowing Foxes And Digital Ghosts Coming To Spectra 2026

Granite Noir Turns Ten With a Look at Aberdeen's Darker Past

Nuart Aberdeen Makes Poetry And Text The Focus For World First

Aberdeen Comedy Festival Sets 2026 Dates After 16,000-Strong Comeback

Aberdeen Cocktail Week Brings 27 Venues Together For Autumn

Community

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His Majesty’s Theatre Turns 120, Launching Fundraising Drive

Theatre Manager to Work Full Shift in Panto Dame Costume

Torry Residents Take the Stage With Their Own Story

shmuFM to Mark 18 Years With Marathon Broadcast

Schoolchildren Bring Aberdeen Tram History Back to Life at Hazlehead