News Archive

The city of Aberdeen is preparing to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with a number of events planned to allow residents and visitors to the city the chance to take part in the historic celebrations.

The celebrations will begin on the evening of Thursday 2nd June when a traditional…

Today (Monday 18 April) sees the launch of Aberdeen City Council’s annual Creative Funding scheme for 2022-23.

 

The Creative Funding scheme gives cultural organisations, community groups, charities and…

Aberdeen Artists Society, one of the country’s longest-established artist-led membership organisations, today celebrated its return to Aberdeen Art Gallery with the launch of an exhibition of almost 300 works by 178 artists.

The exhibition was…

A much-loved local restaurant is to bring its home-cooked field-to-fork soul food to Marischal Square – filling the last empty leisure space at the development.

Following the latest update to Scotland’s Strategic Framework COVID-19 Guidance, Aberdeen City Libraries are extending the opening hours of several libraries from today (Monday 28 March).

 

Aberdeen City…

Entries are being encouraged from charity and not for profit organisations for the chance to take part in the second Aberdeen Highland Games mascot challenge.

 

The Aberdeen Highland Games will…

A new exhibition at Aberdeen Art Gallery marking the 150th anniversary of Aberdeen Association of Social Service, known locally as VSA, opens to the public on Saturday (12 March). Since 1870 Aberdeen Association of Social Service (VSA), has stood next to the people of…

Aberdeen Scientific Services Laboratory (ASSL), which is operated by the city council, is to relocate from Old Aberdeen to the internationally renowned James Hutton Institute in Craigiebuckler on the west side of the city. 

The move is expected to…

This weekend [Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 March] the Friends of Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums invite visitors to get to know them better. 

The first ever Friends Weekend takes place at Aberdeen Art Gallery on Saturday and Sunday, with free drop-in tote bag screen-printing…

Aberdeen City Library is playing host from today (Thursday 24 February) to a pop-up British Library exhibition about the role news plays in our society.

 

The iconic library is one of 30 venues across the UK featuring the…

A public consultation to gather information from residents and visitors to George Street and nearby streets as the first step towards a potential masterplan for the area is under way.

The questionnaire comprises of eight questions, some of which are multiple choice over specific issues…

Aberdeen Art Gallery’s Cowdray Hall will reverberate with the sounds of live music for the first time in two years with the return of the popular free Lunchbreak Concerts series on Thursday this week (3 February). The new programme will be launched in ambitious style…