Last chance to get tix for The Elidas at Books and Beans on Friday. Returning home after a UK tour, close harmonies hiding lyrics with real bite. Comparisons to First Aid Kit and Lizzy McAlpine, and a vocal blend you only get from growing up singing together. More 👇🏼 postabdn.com/the-elidas-t...

Now in its sixth year, GHAT's Graduate Exhibition Award places emerging artists from Grampian and Moray in a hospital setting. This year's show, running until 27 Sep at the Suttie Arts Space, features Annie Scott from Moray School of Art. More 👇🏼 www.ghat-art.org.uk/silent-soft-...

Community artist Nicky Wilkie leads a driftwood and found materials workshop at Fittie Community Hall on 23 Jul, creating miniature scenes or abstract pieces from whatever the coast has left behind. All materials provided, no experience needed. Tickets 👇🏼 events.humanitix.com/dreaming-in-...

Nuart Aberdeen has released the trailer for their 2026 Festival Film. As always the film will explore the festival, the artists and the people involved in making it happen. We'll let you know as soon as the film is released, but right now enjoy this wee teaser.

Rift kicks off at The Cellar on 18 Jul with Daniel Parker headlining a four-act lineup alongside AJ, MCCL and LILHO. Running 7pm to 1am. Tickets 👇🏼 www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Abe...

The AfroCreative Exchange Trade Fair returns on 1st August, this time at the Torry Lighthouse Centre. It brings together African-owned businesses, brands and creatives with food, drink and family activities. Tickets 👇🏼 www.eventbrite.com/e/the-afrocr...

Jen Brister brings Reactive to the Tivoli Theatre on 16 Sep, her first tour since selling out across the UK in 2022. The premise: not everything requires a response…even when it very clearly does. Tickets 👇🏼 www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/jen...

Environmental artist Eve Mosher leads a drop-in family workshop at Fittie Community Hall on 16 Jul, using natural materials from the shoreline to make seaside-inspired prints on card or fabric. Free, all ages welcome. More 👇🏼 www.openroadltd.com/festival-of-...

Delighters bring Cirqlation: Journey to the Lemon Tree tomorrow night, a contemporary circus show working through change and connection via aerial work, acrobatics, dance and storytelling. Tickets 👇🏼 www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/cir...

Feature writer Vicky Allan and journalist Jackie Kemp bring their anthology Take Me to the River to Fittie Community Hall on 12 Jul as part of Festival of the Sea. The book explores open water, creativity and wellbeing. Tickets 👇🏼 events.humanitix.com/wild-about-w...

Victoria Park comes alive on 9 Aug for a summer market day featuring food stalls, local vendors, live music and family storytelling across the park. One of those ace days out where you show up for one thing and end up staying for everything. More 👇🏼 www.facebook.com/Rosemountand...

Spark! Summer Art Club runs at the Curated space in the Bon Accord Centre until 16 Aug, six weeks of creative workshops led by local artists, designers and makers. Sessions alternate between Makers Mornings and Creative Lab afternoons across the summer. Book Now👇🏼 www.eventbrite.com/o/edit-x-sma...

A Line in the Sound in being screened at Fittie Community Hall on 17 Jul, part of Festival of the Sea. A scallop diver reflects on the changes beneath Scotland's inshore waters. Memories of once-thriving seabeds against today's reality. This one is free, all are welcome, and doors are at 6.30pm.

This was such a good show that I couldn't sleep last night. Head buzzing with ideas. Aberdeen needs more of this.

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Giz Giz Youth Theatre, Aberdeen's longest-running youth theatre, brings Annie to the Tivoli 8–11 Jul, with 14-year-old Zoe Blair in the title role. Founded in 1983 by Annie Ingles MBE, the company has a serious track record. More 👇🏼 postabdn.com/out-and-abou...

Like a Blot From the Blue launch their 14th anthology at Somerville Books on 16 Jul, from 7pm. These Poems Kill Fascists is the third in an unofficial series responding to the global rise of the far right, curated by Fin Hall. Connect 👇🏼 www.facebook.com/profile.php?...

Titans of Clash Reggae headline Cafe Drummond's Summer Reggae Session on 17 Jul, with vinyl selectors Aberdeen Ska Klub and O.D.S Obar Dheathain Stepperz on the decks either side. Free entry, and a good night out for Aberdeen's alternative scene. More 👇🏼 www.drummondsaberdeen.com

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Why Grow Up? takes over the bottom floor of Denburn car park on 4 Jul, 2pm to 6pm. Graffiti, photography, models, drawings and more from a massive group of local artists. Rough and ready, no compromise, free entry.

Early Career Printmakers of Aberdeen returns for a second edition at Kooperator, open across two weekends: 26–28 Jun and 3–5 Jul. Work from printmakers still building their practice often carries more energy and risk than anything further along. Worth catching.

Attic Theatre's Come from Away is on at the Tivoli now through 27 Jun. The musical tells the true story of Gander, Newfoundland, where thousands of stranded passengers were taken in by locals after 11 September 2001. Tickets 👇🏼 www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/com...

Sam Ryder takes on Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar at His Majesty's Theatre, 5–9 Oct 2027. It's his first theatre role since finding fame as a singer-songwriter, following acclaimed runs at the London Palladium and Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Tickets 👇🏼 www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/jes...

A whole week dedicated to gulls! Gull Fest runs 29 Jun to 5 Jul at Greyhope Bay Centre, with storytime, a talk, a creative class, an ID session and a social birding walk covering six species along the coast. More 👇🏼 www.eventbrite.com/cc/gull-fest...

Six years ago this month, Chef the Rapper organised and led the Black Lives Matter march through Aberdeen city centre, the first protest on Union Street since the suffragettes. Close to 2,000 people turned out mid-pandemic, many uneasy about crowds, to stand together. Chef's work made it happen.

This week's In Brief covers a lot of ground: a UNESCO inscription for a 531-year-old papal document, Laura Main's honorary degree, Dear Soil seeking composers, Tall Ships awards and a summer of community street parties. ⭕ Now on POST postabdn.com/in-brief-sum...

Twenty-four hours, one mystery musical, no prior warning. Local performers, musicians and crew are locked into Aberdeen Arts Centre on 26 Jul to stage a full production from scratch. Last year sold out weeks early and raised £5,000 for the Save campaign. More 👇🏼 postabdn.com/out-and-abou...

Crow House Projects host their monthly networking evening for filmmakers, writers, actors, musicians, visual artists and theatre makers at The Bartenders Lounge on 14 Jun. RSVP 👇🏼 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/filmmakers...

Aberdeenshire alt-rock outfit The Broken Creels are back with Moon Howler, recorded at Aberdeen's York Street Studio with producer Steve Curtis. Dark, riff-heavy and psychedelic, it's shaped by online rage and the strangeness of the moment. Listen here 👇🏼 social.tunecore.com/linkShare?li...

Matt Forde brings Defying Calamity to the Lemon Tree next week, 18 Jun.His biggest tour yet finds reasons for optimism amid political chaos and a difficult personal year. Sharp, topical and genuinely funny. Tickets 👇🏼 www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/mat...