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Newly built raised wooden planters in a walled garden, with a crowd gathered behind them.

£1 Million Green Fund Opens for Fifth Year Across the North-East

Grants of up to £50,000 are available for community projects, with local residents voting on who gets the money.

Julie Fowlis performing on stage under dramatic orange stage lighting

Julie Fowlis Brings Her First-Ever Scottish Headline Tour to Aberdeen

Alys Williams’s autobiographical one-woman show, The Light House is at The Lemon Tree

Out and About: The Light House at the Lemon Tree

Poet Len Pennie photographed outdoors against a blurred green background

Len Pennie Headlines Open Mic Night for Light the Blue 2026

Laura Main standing in front of show posters and the Save Aberdeen Arts Centre campaign poster

Laura Main Named Patron of Aberdeen Arts Centre

Halftone portrait of Dr Catriona McAra in purple against a light blue background.

Nuart Plus 2026: Sticker Culture, Pub Debates and Nine Centuries of Graffiti

Music

Julie Fowlis performing on stage under dramatic orange stage lighting

Julie Fowlis Brings Her First-Ever Scottish Headline Tour to Aberdeen

Twenty-five years in, and she’s never headlined a Scottish tour until now.‌

A man in a flat cap reads an Aberdeen Jazz Festival programme in an empty auditorium.

Aberdeen Jazz Festival Kicks Off Its 23rd Year With Sell-Out Shows

Eddi Reader, red-haired woman in a sparkly top, smiling softly against a blurred green background

Eddi Reader Brings Her Spring Scottish Tour to Tivoli Theatre

Dame Evelyn Glennie playing outdoor tubular chimes at Horniman Museum, London

Out and About: Dame Evelyn Glennie in Conversation at Cowdray Hall

Danielle Price kneels with her tuba on the tiled floor of Bon Accord Baths' empty Art Deco pool hall.

Aberdeen Jazz Festival Offers Free Tickets, No Questions Asked

AiiTee, Kimberley Tessa, Nuna Mutikani and Sean Bissett at the Victorian Toilets venue.

Aberdeen Jazz Festival Finds New Stages in Unusual Places

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

Art

Halftone portrait of Dr Catriona McAra in purple against a light blue background.

Nuart Plus 2026: Sticker Culture, Pub Debates and Nine Centuries of Graffiti

Free talks, walks and arguments run alongside street art festival

Stencil mural of a hooded figure seated on the ground playing a saxophone

Out and About: Trajectories at Kooperator Space

Illuminated text artwork by Robert Montgomery on a building wall at night

Nuart Aberdeen ‘Founding Father’ Returns as More Walls Are Revealed

A visitor walks past a row of nine large colourful prints at Aberdeen Art Gallery.

Out and About: Art and Energy at Aberdeen Art Gallery

KMG mural depicting a pink-haired figure holding a shark, painted on a brick wall

A Blackbird, a Botanic Garden and Nan Shepherd: Nuart Aberdeen’s First 2026 Location Revealed

Joan Eardley's 1955 oil portrait of Andrew Samson, a young boy in a pale jumper.

Joan Eardley Portrait Joins the Linklater Collection at Sir Duncan Rice Library

White fishwife figure holding fish skeleton and knife, 'BON ACCORD' banner, harbour background.

Out and About: BONE-A-COD at Langstane Gallery

Events

A packed Music Hall during the Aberdeen Beer Festival, with a DJ performing on stage.

Out and About: Northern Lights Beer Festival at the Music Hall

Twelve breweries descend on Union Street for Aberdeen’s second sold-out beer festival

Aberdeen Arts Centre's clock tower and dome lit blue against a night sky

Out and About: The UnTalent Show at Aberdeen Arts Centre

Comedian Henning Wehn in lab coat and goggles, holding a lemon with a puzzled expression.

Out and About: Henning Wehn's Acid Wehn at the Tivoli Theatre

Four aces fanned out and engulfed in flames against a black background

Aberdeen Magical Society Turns 100 with Shows for the Arts Centre Campaign

Out and About: WRC Rally Scotland Comes to Aberdeen

Three CCTV cameras in a shopfront window beside a poster reading Fragility in the Eye of the Beholder

Out and About: The Show That Watches You Back

THREE60 dancers in white coats perform on stage under blue and red lighting

Out and About: World’s Evolution at the Lemon Tree

Stage

Alys Williams’s autobiographical one-woman show, The Light House is at The Lemon Tree

Out and About: The Light House at the Lemon Tree

A real-life love story about staying present when someone you love is in crisis

Laura Main standing in front of show posters and the Save Aberdeen Arts Centre campaign poster

Laura Main Named Patron of Aberdeen Arts Centre

A packed audience cheers under purple stage lighting at Aberdeen Arts Centre

Out and About: The 24 Hour Musical at Aberdeen Arts Centre

Four actors on stage, two with arms raised, holding a teddy bear.

2:22 A Ghost Story Is Coming to His Majesty’s Theatre

Aberdeen Arts Centre's clock tower and dome lit blue against a night sky

Out and About: The UnTalent Show at Aberdeen Arts Centre

Ensemble cast in kilts and school uniforms perform on stage with fists raised

Out and About: Scots the Musical at His Majesty’s Theatre

Women at the Lee Jeans factory vote during the 1981 Greenock sit-in

Aberdeen Gets Its First Look at the Historic Lee Jeans Sit-In

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

Community

A graffiti artist spray-painting a large yellow and red mural on a wall

A Living Building for Aberdeen's Urban Art Scene

UnderWorks Art are working to give the city its first permanent urban art space.

Large crowd filling city street, people in winter clothing walking through Aberdeen City centre.

Out and About: Aberdeen Unity March

Kin launch event poster featuring Jimmy Turrell, Triple Kirks, Aberdeen, 26 March

Out and About: Kin Launches at Triple Kirks with Jimmy Turrell

Audience members seated in tiered rows at a university hustings event

Out and About: Aberdeen Holyrood Hustings 2026 at King’s Conference Centre

Granite City Roller Derby players in action during a bout, wearing helmets and knee pads.

Aberdeen Roller Derby League Is Back After Five Years Away

A large crowd on the steps of Aberdeen Arts Centre holding a Save Aberdeen Arts Centre banner.

Arts Centre’s No-Budget, No-Agency Fundraiser Just Earned National Recognition

Person walking past the closed Belmont Filmhouse entrance on Belmont Street

Belmont Cinema Gets £1.5m Lottery Boost and Eyes Late 2027 Reopening

Festivals

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Nuart Aberdeen ‘Founding Father’ Returns as More Walls Are Revealed

Five Hundred Kids to Take Over Union Terrace Gardens This June

A Blackbird, a Botanic Garden and Nan Shepherd: Nuart Aberdeen’s First 2026 Location Revealed

Aberdeen Jazz Festival Kicks Off Its 23rd Year With Sell-Out Shows

WayWORD Spring 2026 Digs Into Literature, Landscape and Sound

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Out and About: The Light House at the Lemon Tree

Laura Main Named Patron of Aberdeen Arts Centre

Out and About: The 24 Hour Musical at Aberdeen Arts Centre

2:22 A Ghost Story Is Coming to His Majesty’s Theatre

Out and About: The UnTalent Show at Aberdeen Arts Centre