Community
Hazlehead Academy becomes Aberdeen's first school to be awarded the LGBT Charter
Schools across Scotland are adopting the LGBT Charter, as Hazlehead Academy pupils collaborate on mural with Outlines Collective.
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Festivals
Aberdeen Jazz Festival Returns and Here's This Years Programme!
Good news, Aberdeen! After last year’s successful online events and October hybrid programme, Scotland’s second-largest jazz event ‘The Aberdeen Jazz Festival’ is back for 2022, from March 17th – 27th with a full 10-day programme of exciting live events across the city! This year the Aberdeen Jazz Festival will
Cinema
Brighten up your winter nights at Belmont Filmhouse
As we make our way from Winter through to Spring, Aberdeen’s Belmont Filmhouse cinema is a great way to brighten up a dark night or two. Their warm welcoming cinema screens have a wide range of films and seasons to enjoy. We’ve taken a closer look at some
Dark Nights Film Festival | from Bond to zombies
Dark Nights Film Festival Aberdeen will play host to the Dark Nights Film Festival this March. The festival, brand new to the city, runs from 4-5 March and will share a dazzling array of Scottish screen stories from Bond to flesh eating zombies. The exciting programme of events will see
Post Aberdeen Newsletter
A look ahead
January is always a quiet month, so in the latest issue, we decided to take a look at the year ahead in Aberdeen. There are always amazing things going on in the city, but sometimes this news can get lost amongst all the other stuff that demands our attention as
Aberdeen to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day
Speakers at this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day in Aberdeen will reflect on the importance of coming together to remember victims of genocide. The event which takes place on 27 Jan at Cowdray Hall, will also explore issues with anti-Semitism that still happen in our communities. International Holocaust Memorial Day
Art
SPECTRA 2022 - All you need to know
SPECTRA is back for 2022 with a luminescent line-up ready to light up Aberdeen’s dark winter nights. This year artists, exploring Scotland’s Year of Stories, feature stunning new commissions, collaborations and Scottish premieres. The massive event, which in previous years has drawn huge crowds, will take place between
Post Aberdeen Newsletter
12 Posts That Made our 2021
We can all agree that 2021 was a difficult year for many of us, but Aberdeen provided us with wonderful highlights that made getting through it a lot easier. The return of NuArt to the city is always a much needed blast of colour to our hearts and to Aberdeen’
Children in Need's Coast Walker to spend Hogmanay in Aberdeen
Former Atlantic rower and dad of three Chris Howard The Coast Walker is to spend hogmanay in Aberdeen as he continues his mammoth walk round the coast of Britain. He’ll arrive on 31st December, stay overnight and he needs YOUR help to raise funds for Children in Need. Lockdown
Comedy
Temp Check: Social media creative Grant Martin
Grant Martin is a well known face in Aberdeen. For the last few years he’s been making his name producing funny and often brutally honest YouTube vlogs. He hasn’t stopped there though, becoming a presenter on Original FM, featuring on BBC social media channel, The Social, and now
Festivals
Crime and cocktails: Granite Noir back for bloodcurdling festival
Aberdeen crime-writing festival, Granite Noir, will return in-person in February. Mystery, music, crime and cocktails are on the menu in the latest event. There will be a full programme of live, in-person events, workshops and performances. In it’s sixth year the festival is now a mainstay of Aberdeen’s
Post Aberdeen Newsletter
Big Awards, Exciting Events and Cool Collabs
Hiya! How are we so close to the end of the year already? It's been another big month in Aberdeen with more live gigs, big awards and some fantastic community events, especially centred around Belmont Filmhouse Cinema. The city's only arts cinema proves itself over and