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Art comes in all shapes and sizes and in all sorts of unusual venues. None more so than Scotland’s contemporary art gallery in a bus, which is visiting Aberdeen this week. Around 100 S1 pupils at the city’s Lochside Academy enjoyed visits to the bus today (Friday) when it was parked up at the…
Enjoy a little night music as pupils from city schools compete in the finals of the Aberdeen Young Musician of the Year 2025 competition at the Cowdray Hall later this month (24 and 25 March 2025).
The annual contest is held in partnership with the Scottish Young Musicians competition…
Aberdeen Central Library is hosting a special World Book Day evening of poetry and music this week to celebrate the North East’s poets, past and present.
The event takes place this Wednesday (5 March) between 6 and 7.30pm and launches The Wee Gaitherin’ Heritage Exhibition which runs…
A selection of works on paper by 12 contemporary women artists has gone on display at Aberdeen Art Gallery. Works on paper can include drawings and watercolours,…
A giant slinky, an inflatable castle, a huge neon colouring wall and a high-powered light beam sharing a morse code message with the universe, were just some of the illuminated exhibits on display as thousands of visitors from across Scotland and the UK took to the streets of Aberdeen to…
Spectra, Scotland’s Festival of Light, will get underway this evening as thousands of eventgoers from across Scotland, Aberdeen and further afield, are expected to descend on the Granite City to enjoy the magic and wonder that the popular four-day event offers.
Featuring 15 artworks…
From Bond to Broadway, Aberdeen-based string ensemble Nova Quartet bring their popular Classics at the Cowdray series to the Art Gallery’s superb concert venue this spring. The talented musicians of Nova Quartet are making a welcome return to the Cowdray Hall after performing to sell-out…
First Bus has teamed up with Scotland’s Festival of Light for the second year running to offer free bus travel to Spectra visitors.
With an apt festival theme of Journeys this year, up to two thousand two-trip tickets have been made available, allowing visitors to claim free travel…
Spectra, Scotland’s Festival of Light, returns to Aberdeen next week (6-9 February 2025) and to safely accommodate the audience and art installations, a number of temporary parking restrictions and road closures will be in place in the city centre.
Now in its 11th year Spectra will once…
Aberdeen City Council is offering a one-time grant of £500 to individual local businesses that want to show their support for Spectra – Scotland’s Festival of Light – when it returns to the city next week.
Spectra, runs from Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 February and will see Aberdeen city centre…
Local traders and charities are invited to be part of a huge outdoor market on Port of Aberdeen quayside that will be at the vibrant heart of the spectacular Tall Ships Races extravaganza this July.
Curated on the Quayside will run for four days from Saturday 19 July - Tuesday 22 July, and…
Award-winning Scottish artist, Council Baby, the heartbeats of 60 Aberdonians, a 50m long multi-sensory walkway, a sprawling illuminated fungal network, and Scottish illustrator, Johanna Basford OBE, best known for her adult colouring book creations, are amongst a plethora of artists and…