Aberdeen Music Week Opens Across The City
The new festival brings together local talent and global sounds across Aberdeen venues.

Aberdeen Music Week opens today (20 August), filling venues across the city with live shows, workshops and conversations. More than 50 artists are bringing their music to spaces ranging from the Art Gallery to Unit 51.
What makes this debut festival stand out is the mix of voices on the programme. Established acts appear alongside new performers, with sounds that stretch from folk-pop and blues rock to hip hop, shoegaze and Caribbean-inspired rhythms.
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Spotlight on emerging voices
Friday’s Amplify Aberdeen Showcase at Cowdray Hall highlights the strength of local talent. The evening features a screening of a short documentary created for the festival and a performance from AiiTee, an Aberdeen-based singer-songwriter twice shortlisted for Scottish Album of the Year.
Other artists add further variety. Beachgrove take guitar music into more introspective territory, drawing on Midwest emo influences. Moody Moody combines shoegaze and dream pop textures, while Daisy Mack offers a lighter folk-pop sound shaped by her songwriting in Aberdeen. Ay Bangz, Nigerian-born and now UK-based, brings high-energy sets that have been gaining attention. From rural Aberdeenshire, Cameron Stewart Grant is building a reputation for heartfelt performances. KAYO, born in St Lucia, fuses Caribbean roots with global influences.


Vagrant Real Estate and AITEE are just two Aberdeen voices taking part in the city’s first Music Week.
Voices from Aberdeen
Producer and DJ Vagrant Real Estate welcomed the arrival of the festival. “So many industry events focus on the central belt. Having something like this in Aberdeen is a fantastic opportunity for the city,” he said.
His comment points to one of the festival’s aims: to create space for musicians from the north-east to be seen and heard without having to travel south. Alongside the live shows, online masterclasses and discussions connect Aberdeen artists with industry figures from the UK, US and beyond.
Looking ahead to the finale
The week closes on Saturday (23 August) at Unit 51 with a concert headlined by the Gerry Jablonski Band. Long recognised in Aberdeen for their bluesy rock, they share the stage with many of the newer voices featured throughout the week.
Together, the concerts and conversations show a city music scene stepping up to the next level. This first Aberdeen Music Week may be remembered for giving that moment shape.
You can find out more about Aberdeen Music Week and check out the full schedule on the festival website.