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An events plan which is designed to ensure a year-round events calendar, new venues are activated, and increase the number and scale of events in Aberdeen was today approved at committee.
…Aberdeen City Council has approved an additional public holiday for its staff to mark the celebration of the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III.
The holiday…
Holocaust Memorial Day will be commemorated by the City of Aberdeen at Aberdeen Art Gallery on Friday 27 January.
The event is held annually across the world to remember the six million Jews and other groups murdered under Nazi persecution, and more recent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda,…
A rich programme of large and small-scale exhibitions for visitors of all ages and many interests in 2023 has been revealed by Aberdeen Art Gallery. The programme includes a celebration of the work of Britain’s best-loved illustrator, Sir Quentin Blake, who celebrated his 90th…
Aberdeen Football Club’s “Gothenburg Greats” – the team that won the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1983 – are to be awarded the Freedom of the City.
A motion proposed by Aberdeen Lord Provost Dr…
The spectacular Tall Ships Race will visit Aberdeen for four days in 2025 as part of the international sailing event, organisers have announced.
Sail Training International have released details of the route, which will see the vessels set out from Le Havre in France,…
Residents and visitors alike are invited to bring in 2023 with the return of the ultimate Aberdeen Street Party, the first to held since 2019, featuring some of The Killers greatest hits from tribute act The Kopycat Killers.
Three top-class acts will perform live on stage at Schoolhill…
A historic museum rumoured to be Aberdeen’s most haunted is to get extensive repairs worth a total of £1.36million, a committee agreed today.
The work to the…
A community trust is a step closer to taking over a historic tower which has sat idle for years after a committee decision today.
Aberdeen City Council’s…
Beautiful snowglobes have appeared on the front of Aberdeen Art Gallery – drawn by pupils at two primary schools showing aspects of the city centre they love.
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Aberdeen’s Sculpture Trail has been re-imagined and returns to the city centre today with a fun interactive surprise.
Twelve sculptures have been placed across the city centre, each with a QR code printed on them. People following the trail can scan each code using a mobile device…
Aberdeen’s Christmas programme will continue on Monday (28th November) when a blessing service for the nativity scene in St Nicholas Kirkyard will take place.
Reverend Gary Smith will welcome members of the public and local schools for the service on Monday at 10:30am, followed by…