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Aberdeen, UK – 6 March 2024 – The countdown is on for The Tall Ships Races Aberdeen 2025, with just 500 days to go until the city hosts its most significant event in decades.
The Tall Ships Races is the largest free family event in Europe and returns to Aberdeen after 28 years, expecting…
Artists are being sought to commission a public walking trail consisting of ten locations in Printfield, allowing citizens and visitors to celebrate, learn and be inspired by Denis Law, the legendary Scottish footballer who grew up in the area.
With the costs being met by the UK Shared…
Aberdeen Art Gallery launches its 2024 exhibition programme this week with the only Scottish showing of ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois, a collection of works by the world renowned French-American artist.
Born in Paris in 1911, Louise Bourgeois settled in New York in 1938, where she…
The organisers of Spectra, Scotland’s Festival of Light, are seeking the views and feedback from Aberdeen businesses on the recent 10th anniversary festival to help inform future events in the city.
Spectra 2024 saw over 100,000 visits across the four days (Thursday 8 February to Sunday 11…
Spectra, Scotland's Festival of Light, celebrated its 10th anniversary in style with over 100,000 thousand visits to festival sites throughout the heart of Aberdeen.
Celebrating the theme of Connections, Scotland’s biggest and brightest light festival, brought artists from all over the…
Spectra, Scotland’s award-winning festival of light, opened last night (Thursday 8 February) in Aberdeen with a spectacular 10th anniversary programme that will light up the city centre until Sunday 11 February.
Inspired by the theme of ‘Connections’, the festival sees some of Aberdeen’s…
Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums announce a new concert series especially for music lovers. Classics @ the Cowdray features an irresistible blend of classical and popular music performed by the Aberdeen-based Nova Quartet at Cowdray Hall.
The new…
Inspired by one of the new art installations, which will be on display during the Spectra festival Aberdeen City Council has, in collaboration with local businesses, created a Hidden Butterfly Trail and competition, to celebrate the fusion of art, community and…
Three community projects including a full inclusive outdoor sensory playground for young people with complex needs have received funding worth nearly £400,000.
Camphill School Aberdeen is to receive an award of £250,976 for the adventure playground for children and young people with…
A cruise ships volunteer programme which will help to give a positive first impression of the region has been awarded a £67,080 grant at the Finance and Resources Committee.
VisitAberdeenshire’s Welcome to Aberdeenshire volunteer scheme was created to meet and help to orientate visitors in…
Spectra, Scotland’s four-day Festival of Light, returns to Aberdeen next week (Thursday 08 February) and to safely accommodate the audience and art installations, a number of parking restrictions and road closures will be in place in the city centre.
This year marks the festival’s…
Amongst a 10th anniversary programme of spectacular interactive light installations and live performance, next week’s Spectra festival will also see the premiere of a newly commissioned artwork exploring the story of Aberdeen and its maritime industries in a time of energy transition.
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