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The UK’s largest campaign on air pollution is back for another year. Co-ordinated by Environmental Protection Scotland, this year’s theme is: Clean up our air to look after your mind this #CleanAirDay. 

Aberdeen City Council is hosting a Clean Air Day event on St. Nicholas Street…

More than 2,500 school pupils from across Aberdeen are to take part in a musical performance in the city.

The Aberdeen Big Sing 2023 will take place at Duthie Park on Thursday June 1, with three 20-minute performances at 10am, noon and 2pm.    Primary 4 pupils…

A new operator for the Belmont Cinema in the city centre could be sought after a market testing exercise takes place to robustly test the venue’s potential within the sector.

Aberdeen Football Club and the Gothenburg Greats were today (12 May 2023) awarded the Freedom of the City of Aberdeen at a ceremony held at Pittodrie Stadium. 

The event was attended by thousands of Aberdeen fans, who joined together in a rendition of the much-loved song ‘The…

Aberdeen Football Club and the Gothenburg Greats team will join an illustrious roll of honour when the Freedom of the City of Aberdeen is bestowed upon them on Friday 12 May.

Recipients have included international figures such as Mikhail Gorbachev and Nelson and Winnie Mandela, Sir…

Aberdeen has won ‘Sporting Event of the Year’ for the GetAbout Aberdeen Cycling Festival at the E Awards, which celebrates excellence and innovation in Scottish events.  

The GetAbout Aberdeen Cycling Festival was held on Saturday 3rd September last year on the eve of the AJ Bell…

A global energy company which started in Aberdeen has been announced as the headline sponsor for this year’s European Pipe Band Championships which are taking place in the Scottish city for the first time since 1981. 

Balmoral Group, which is an independent multi-discipline design…

As the nation prepares to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III, Aberdeen residents and visitors to the city will have the opportunity to take part in local celebrations.

A free family…

A scheme which gives cultural organisations, community groups, charities, and individual artists an opportunity to apply for a share of £128,000 to deliver creative activity in Aberdeen is now open.

The Creative Funding programme,…

Aberdeen Art Gallery’s latest special exhibition goes in search of the spaces where creativity takes place – the artist studio, where ideas are born. The exhibition, which opens to the public on Saturday 1 April, brings together images by 25 photographers from the celebrated…

Tickets are now on sale for the Aberdeen Highland Games at Hazlehead Park on Sunday 18 June 2023.  

Those attending can enjoy traditional Highland Games events, trade and charity stalls, and stage entertainment from professional performers as well as local community groups.  …

Tickets have gone on sale today (Thursday 23rd March) for the 2023 European Pipe Band Championships, which are coming to Aberdeen this June. 

The Championships, held in partnership with The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association and Aberdeen Inspired, will be held in the city’s Duthie…