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The build-up to festive celebrations will get under way in Aberdeen next month with the opening of the Christmas Village and Lights Switch-On.
Aberdeen City Council, in partnership with John Codona’s Pleasure Fairs and Aberdeen Inspired, will officially open the Christmas Village…
Aberdeen City Libraries is taking part in the Year of Stories 2022 this autumn with a series of storytelling sessions for children aged 8 to 11 exploring the wealth of traditional stories and folk tales from the North East.
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The Christmas season is nearly upon us, and Aberdeen is set to sparkle this festive season as Christmas celebrations return to the city again later this year.
Residents and visitors alike will be pleased to see traditional favourites return to the festive events line-up including the…
Applications are being invited for Aberdeen City Council's Community Festive Fund 2022.
The Community Festive Fund, which was established to encourage organisations and groups to come together within their own communities during the Christmas and Hogmanay periods, is designed to…
Aberdeen City Libraries are taking part in Scotland’s Year of Stories 2022 this autumn with a free series of creative writing workshops, beginning next week, for adults exploring the wealth of traditional stories and folk tales from the North East. …
Aberdeen City Council and Aberdeenshire Council, alongside TotalEnergies and Event Scotland, have today launched a final push for a weekend of cycling activities across the North East next month.
The biggest professional road cycling race in the UK will arrive in the area on 4th…
Aberdeen City Council staff are to meet and agree next steps with all relevant parties, including survivors of and families affected by the Piper Alpha disaster and trade unions, to redesign the North Sea Memorial Rose Garden, a…
A public consultation to gather views from residents on a proposed Aberdeen City Council Short Term Let licensing scheme has started.
The consultation follows the Civic Government Scotland Act 1982 (Licensing of Short Term Lets) Order…
For the first time in hundreds of years, the 10th-century Book of Deer has returned to the North East, where it may have originated. The rare example of a pocket gospel will be on display at Aberdeen Art Gallery, on loan from Cambridge…
Two commemorative plaques are to be erected after committee approval (Tuesday 21 June) – one to mark a woman who was a doctor, social welfare pioneer and politician and the other one to acknowledge the history of a structure in Old Aberdeen.
…Aberdeen City Council, in co-operation with Scottish Cycling, multiple Grampian cycling clubs, Sweetspot Group and GetAbout, is pleased to announce a packed day of cycling activities across the city centre to celebrate the Tour of Britain Grand Depart on 3rd September 2022.
The…
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…