Art
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
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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’
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
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
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
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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
Cinema
Mental health focused film screenings are back at the Belmont Filmhouse after pandemic hiatus Two Aberdeen mental heath nurses are bringing back their mental health focussed movie screenings after a 20 month Covid hiatus. Dan Warrender and Scott McPherson are the team behind Mental Health in Movies. The first screening
Cinema
A brand new accessible cinema experience launches to audiences this week. Caption This is a new series of pop-up cinema events with an aim to represent and engage disabled audiences. They aim to champion diverse stories both about and for those with a disability. Their first screening will feature the
People
Aberdeen creative businesses Big Up the Deen and Doric Skateboards are working together to form ‘Big Up the Doric’ a new collaboration which will pay tribute to those who have inspired and supported them. Ica Headlam and Gary Kemp first met in 2018. They had known each other online for
Awards
Organisers of the the 12th annual Scottish Alternative Music Awards (SAMA) have announced that four Aberdeen and NE musicians are on the shortlist for victory. Winners will be decided by a public vote which ends on 10 November. Following that, on 27 November, nominees will find out if they have
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Hiya! Hasn't October been amazing here in Aberdeen. More events are opening up, and while some of us are still rightly feeling cautious about joining crowds, there was still plenty to keep us occupied if we ventured out. The cinema is back with a vengeance, live comedy and
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”442737″] In the first of a new series, our Lens Hero is Aberdeen photographer Chris Henderson. His project to share portraits of swimmers and surfers is a big hit with fans on Instagram. Those that have been following us long