Events Around Aberdeen

Learn about Aberdeen’s history and colourful characters, from pirates to Lord Byron, in this free walking tour. Our flagship history tour takes in the Castlegate, the harbour, Marischal College, Provost Skene’s House, Union Terrace Gardens and St Nicholas Kirk.

For over five hundred years, Old Aberdeen has been one of the great centres of learning in the North of Scotland. There can be no better place to celebrate Aberdeen’s greatest thinkers, scientists, explorers, inventors and writers.

Exclusively Highlands hosts it’s stunning annual Christmas Fair at Crathes. Throughout the Castle and Horsemill and with over 60 exhibitors displaying their wares this will be our largest Aberdeenshire Fair.

Award winning local circus company, Modo, bring Bram Stoker’s classic vampire story to life with a new Doric twist. The production reflects the inspiration Stoker found in his frequent visits Slains Castle and Cruden Bay. Come along to be entertained by Dracula and his guests!

We will be selling a vast array of beautiful objects including rugs, kilims, painted wooden boxes, ceramics, textiles, hand painted elephants, papier-mache bins, jewellery and colourful hand-stitched pouffes as well as Christmas gifts and decorations.

Our second new event for 2019 see us at the House of Dun near Montrose. The house is every bit the perfect 18th-century laird’s home. It took 13 years to complete and the precision shows in masterful plasterwork throughout highlighting both classical tableaux and family emblems.

A fascinating evening focusing on the beautiful Tiger of the Highlands where you can expect to learn about identification, breeding, re-introduction, threats and Wildcat activity in the area.

You are invited to come along and enjoy a Bonfire Night with fireworks in the North field at INCHBERRY Hall on SATURDAY, November 2, 2019 @ 6.30pm, prompt. Children love this outdoor event in the dark before bed time. Wellies for the damp grass would be sensible and torches for the darkness. Wrap up well.

The next Committee Meeting of INCHBERRY & District Community Association (IDCA) is on Monday November 4, 2019, @ 7pm [Seven pm] in INCHBERRY Hall, foyer. This replaces the proposed October 14 meeting.

LINE Dancing – All are welcome to join in at 7.30 pm on Friday 15 November 2019 in INCHBERRY Hall, where INCHBERRY & District Community Association (IDCA) welcomes all who wish to experience and enjoy line dancing.

Moray Society Members and Elgin Museum Volunteers show off their artistic talents in a special art exhibition, to raise money for the museum. All kinds of crafts from embroidery to cut paper work, photography to glass work, will be on show and for sale.

Organised by Rotary Elgin, the annual Bonfire and Fireworks Display will once again take place on Saturday 2nd November 2019 in the Cooper Park, Elgin. The Bonfire will be lit at 6.30pm and the Fireworks Display by Moray Firth Fireworks Ltd. will start about 7pm. As usual, entry to the park is free.

A talk by John Ross, on the background to the tank which was given to Elgin after WW1. This was part of a Government scheme to reward towns which had given substantial funds to the war effort, by giving them a tank as a memorial.

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Tayside Opera presents a variety of music with a Scottish theme with piano accompaniment. Some songs, opera, choral ensembles and solo work will be performed in the beautiful setting of St. Paul’s Cathedral.

The Friends of the Caird Hall Organ present: A SILENT MOVIE MATINEE Max Davidson stars in CALL OF THE CUCKOO; Harold Lloyd in NEVER WEAKEN; Charley Chase in MIGHTY LIKE A MOOSE and Laurel & Hardy in TWO TARS.

Tom McGuire & The Brassholes are an eclectic, modern soul-funk, 8 piece band from Glasgow, headed by lumberjack-attired soul bearer, Tom McGuire. The funky collective of “killer animals from hell”, consists of a colourful, hilarious bunch of wonderfully talented, animated young men.

This autumn, Blackeyed Theatre brings to the stage a thrilling new adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s masterpiece Jane Eyre. Adapted by Nick Lane, this spectacular world premiere embarks on a major eight-month tour across the UK and beyond.

Can you solve our medicinal mystery? Join us in the School of Life Sciences where we need your help discovering the new medicine to cure a deadly disease. Time is critical at the Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research. Will you be able to put together the pieces of the puzzle?

We often think of the Middle Ages as “a time of ignorance and superstition”. In truth, it was a period of much invention. From war machines to agriculture; spectacles to chemistry and scientific method, science owes a lot to medieval times.

Technology is advancing at an amazing rate, Come along to our Digital & Gaming weekend and find out all about how smart gadgets can be used to help with healthcare or have a go at coding as well as some digital hardware workshops!

NEoN Digital Arts Festival will be presenting a drop-in workshop ’Digital Reactions’ at Dundee Science Centre on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th October. This workshop will reflect on NEoN’s 2019 theme REACT and how we can be digitally active.

Festival of the Future takes place from 16-20 October 2019 and brings together food, science, art and design, music, dance, comedy and literature in an exciting programme of performance, workshops, talks and debates, guided tours and fun and educational events for all the family.

Festival of the Future is the flagship festival from the University of Dundee. Over five days in October each year we strive to amplify some of the best academics, research and activities that are happening in the city.

Charity Valuation Day featuring Jewellery. Experts John Kelly and Robert Torrens on hand to give a verbal valuation for a fee of £3 per item which is donated to Maggie’s Centres, Dundee. The event starts at 10.30 am until 3 pm.