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Aberdeen is celebrating today after the city won the champions of champions award – the Rosebowl - along with five other awards in the Scottish in bloom competitions.

The city – including community organisations, Friends groups, and residents,…

A free family fun day including face painting, owl pellet dissections, and an appearance from the Duthie Park fairy is being held on Monday (9 September 2024) as part of the celebrations for the Keep Scotland Beautiful annual awards ceremony in Aberdeen.

The family event being held in…

Aberdeen’s beautiful parks and green spaces ‘rose’ to the occasion today when judges from the prestigious Beautiful Scotland competition toured around the city as part of their deliberations.

The visit was started by judges Liz Stewart and Gregor McGillivray at the community…

Visitors and locals gathered in their thousands at Duthie Park on Saturday to attend the 2023 European Pipe Band Championships. 

More than 100 pipe bands from across Europe and as far away as Australia basked in the Aberdeen sunshine while participating in one of the largest piping…

Aberdeen is preparing to welcome pipers from across Europe and beyond to the European Pipe Band Championships this Saturday at Duthie Park.  

Aberdeen City Council joined the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association, Aberdeen Inspired and headline sponsors Balmoral Group, in bringing…

A drop-in consultation is to be held for work which would protect the Bridge of Dee from materials which wash away from the river bed during floods.

The contractor which is carrying out the pre-construction services Taziker is holding…

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…

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…

The Queen’s historic Platinum Jubilee was celebrated by generations of all ages across Aberdeen city over the special bank holiday weekend.

On Sunday, over 1,500 specially prepared Jubilee picnics were delivered to nursing and care homes and sheltered housing complexes across the city,…

As the nation prepares to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, residents and visitors to Aberdeen will have the opportunity to take part in local celebrations when two events are held next week. 

Firstly, on the evening of Thursday 2 June, an official Beacon will be…

One of Duthie Park’s most popular characters is returning from a very long two-year holiday – Spike the Talking Cactus will be back chatting to people in the Winter Gardens this afternoon.