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POST | Aberdeen Culture @postabdn.com · 3h

Opening tomorrow, Masha Biryukova's project traces the city's cinema past through old sounds and images.

The work explores familiar and half-forgotten fragments of Aberdeen's cinema history in an intimate, solo viewing format.

This Week Aberdeen Cinemas. KOOPERATOR SPACE, Schoolhill, Aberdeen. Shows 17 October 2025, 18 October 2025. Project by Masha Biryukova, supported by VACHA. First show starts 8 pm, 17 October 2025. Free admission. Only one visitor admitted at a time.

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POST | Aberdeen Culture @postabdn.com · 6h

The Tempilstiks play their first headlineer on the 24th at Krakatoa, bringing their heavy rock to the top of a four-band bill.

We’ve had a preview of new single, Over and Over, out tomorrow and it’s a belter. Heavy rock with a massive, arena-filling chorus.

Presave here 👇🏼
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Close-up of bearded vocalist singing into microphone with motion blur and colourful stage lighting.

Tattooed guitarist in white t-shirt and shorts playing electric guitar on stage with motion blur and blue stage lighting.

Drummer performing with arms raised and mouth open, drumsticks in hands, against a backdrop featuring guitar artwork.

The Tempilsticks. Plus support Aklias, Vacants, Hot Blooded Reptiles. Krakatoa, Aberdeen, Friday 24th of October, Doors 7pm. £6 OTD, £5 Students, 14+ (accompanied by adult). Poster features four band members in orange and teal tones with lightning effects.

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POST | Aberdeen Culture @postabdn.com · 10h

Aberdeen Cocktail Week rolls on with 27 venues shaking up exclusive drinks across the city. Sample creations and explore Aberdeen's cocktail scene.

Six by Nico and Wild Goose join returning favourites. Grab your wristband and discover festival-only cocktails.

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Red frozen cocktail in a cut crystal glass garnished with fruit and caviar, photographed in a bar with red neon signage.

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POST | Aberdeen Culture @postabdn.com · 13h

A spectacular free travelling exhibition rolls into Platform 3 from 19-20 October. Railway 200 Inspiration Train packs 200 years of British rail history into three carriages.

Climb aboard for interactive displays, hands-on science and a glimpse at rail's future.

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Rob @nemofishy.bsky.social · 1d

Why’s the Aberdeen branch of the Vue cinema suddenly disappeared from the company’s website? 😬

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POST | Aberdeen Culture @postabdn.com · 1d

Elisabeth Flett launches her debut collection at Somerville Books on 28 November. No Such Thing As Kelpies gathers 13 Scottish folk tales with fresh imagination.

The writer and feminist troublemaker reimagines our folklore through a queer lens.

Tickets 👇🏼
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/no-such-th...

No Such Thing as Kelpies by Elisabeth Flett. Book Launch, 28 Nov, Somerville Books. Photo shows legs in water with stencilled text overlaid.

POST | Aberdeen Culture @postabdn.com · 1d

shmuFM marks 18 years with 18 hours of non-stop live broadcast on Monday. Volunteers will interview past and present participants and staff, celebrating nearly two decades of local voices on air.

The community station gives a platform to local stories and music.

⭕ Read more on POST

shmuFM to Mark 18 Years With Marathon Broadcast

The thriving community radio project has trained and broadcast hundreds of voices across Aberdeen

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POST | Aberdeen Culture @postabdn.com · 2d

A Play, A Pie and A Pint brings Katy Nixon's award-winning Cheapo to the Lemon Tree tonight. Two teenagers, a chess game, and the night that changed it all.

A sharp, high-stakes story about youth and trauma runs until Saturday.

Tickets 👇🏼
www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/ppp...

A Play, A Pie and A Pint: Cheapo. Kyla's opening move? Demanding a chess game that forces Jamie to confront their shared past. A tense two-hander about secrets, survival and second chances. Illustration features a beer glass, a pork pie, a seagull, a spire and an underground train.

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 6d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Eoin Smith @eoin-smith.bsky.social · 6d

Thrilled to receive this review from FringeReview UK of our recent sold out show at Dundee Fringe!

Your next chance to see Four Magicians in action is at Aberdeen Arts Centre on 16 Oct: www.aberdeenartscentre.com/whats-on/fou...

Read the full review: fringereview.co.uk/review/dunde...

Four Magicians on stage with a review quote from FringeReview.co.uk superimposed.

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POST | Aberdeen Culture @postabdn.com · 6d

It’s terrible that festivals like Take One Action have nowhere to stop in Aberdeen.

The sooner that @belmontcinema.bsky.social opens its doors again, the better.

Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 7d

Inverness pals! Our Real Utopias festival is starting tomorrow and there's so much going on.

The festival will feature films from Mexico to the UK, Kenya and Japan, exploring ideas from community responses to climate change to the power of libraries, tenants’ rights and trans identity and thriving.

A poster with bronze and purple graphics, saying Take One Action Film Festivals 2025, Real Utopias, Edinburgh 17-21 September, Glasgow 25-28 September, Inverness 10-12 October, Dundee 7-8 November

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POST | Aberdeen Culture @postabdn.com · 6d

Apart from this one obvs

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POST | Aberdeen Culture @postabdn.com · 6d

Don't be a gatekeeper. Gatekeepers suck.

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POST | Aberdeen Culture @postabdn.com · 8d

Three North-East artists have won commissions from Aberdeen Art Gallery to explore the city's maritime identity. Their approaches are wonderfully unexpected.

Kirsty Cameron, Bethany Reid and AJ Simpson are bringing fresh perspectives to Aberdeen's relationship with the sea.

⭕ Now on POST

Three Aberdeen Artists Reimagine the City's Maritime Identity

Dog walks, cold-water swimming and seal perspectives replace traditional maritime responses.

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Neil Drysdale @neildrysdale.bsky.social · 8d

Doug Kyle is the visitor centre manager at Crathes Castle. But he has recently become an on-call firefighter with the SFRS in Banchory. It's good to highlight people who make the time and the effort to help others in their community! #NTS #Aberdeenshire

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POST | Aberdeen Culture @postabdn.com · 8d

POST now has advertising options for local creatives, organisations and businesses. A small donation gets your name, image, a line of text and a link added to a few of our articles.

No fixed rates, just a soft launch where you choose what feels right.

Interested? 👇
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A man with a backpack walks past a weathered brick wall painted with a large red and grey letter “S.” Below, text reads:

“POST. Check out our advertising options for local creatives, organisations and businesses. It’s a low-key way to support POST and share what you’re up to.”

POST | Aberdeen Culture @postabdn.com · 9d

Closed For Business team up with History of Concrete at The Blue Lamp on Friday night.

Get yourself down for a proper night of Aberdeen's finest punk rock chaos.

Tickets 👇
www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Abe...

Poster with blue background and guitar outlines. Text reads: “The History of Business presents Closed for Business and History of Concrete. The Blue Lamp. Friday, October 10th.”

POST | Aberdeen Culture @postabdn.com · 9d

Hannah Laycock shares her journey through illness and creativity this Saturday at FINE Nights. The conversation explores how invisible experiences shape art.

FINE Nights brings together North East Scotland's creative community monthly.

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Event poster with bright blue background featuring a photograph of a person wearing a sculptural head covering made from crumpled colourful plastic materials in yellow, blue, red, and green. They wear a teal velvet top. Black text details the event information against the blue background.
Text transcription: FINE Nights
THE SHAPE OF INVISIBLE THINGS: A Journey Through Illness, Creativity, and Soft Resistance
Hannah Laycock In Conversation
Saturday 11th October 7:00-9:00pm Foodstory 11-15 Thistle Street, Aberdeen
FINE is a peer-led network for creatives in North East Scotland. FINE Nights is a monthly gathering showcasing a local artist. All welcome.

POST | Aberdeen Culture @postabdn.com · 9d

Aberdeen Comedy Festival will for three full weekends from 19 September to 4 October next year. This year's comeback sold over 16,000 tickets across the city.

Russell Howard kicks things off on 19 September 2026 at the Music Hall with Don't Tell The Algorithm.

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Aberdeen Comedy Festival Sets 2026 Dates After 16,000-Strong Comeback

Russell Howard, John Kearns and Laura Lexx lead three-weekend lineup next autumn.

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POST | Aberdeen Culture @postabdn.com · 9d

James bring their biggest arena tour yet to P&J Live on 7 April 2026, with Doves joining as special guests. It's a massive double bill of British alt-rock.

Aberdeen has shown up for James across four decades and 30 million albums.

⭕ Now on POST
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James Bring Biggest Ever Arena Tour to P&J Live with Doves

Aberdeen show follows their first chart-topping studio album after four decades together.

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POST | Aberdeen Culture @postabdn.com · 10d

His Majesty's Theatre brings Love Actually to Cove next April, performed entirely in Doric. It's part of the venue's newly announced 2026-2027 lineup.

Les Ballets Trockadero arrives in June 2026 for two nights of brilliant all-male ballet.

⭕ Now on POST
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His Majesty's Theatre in Aberdeen photographed at dusk with a pink and purple sky. The building is illuminated with blue lighting, showing its distinctive grey stone facade and central dome. Union Terrace Gardens' terraced steps lead up to the theatre, with planted areas visible. A circular orange installation or hoop appears at the top of the frame.
Text transcription: POST
His Majesty's Theatre has announced four shows for 2026-2027, led by Cove Actually, a Doric language reimagining of Love Actually set in Aberdeen.
The lineup also includes the all-male comedy ballet company Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, plus touring productions of Annie and Dirty Dancing.

POST | Aberdeen Culture @postabdn.com · 10d

It's like someone knocked the white balance off in Aberdeen right now.

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POST | Aberdeen Culture @postabdn.com · 10d

Just two weeks left to explore Monsters of the Deep at Aberdeen Art Gallery. Ocean legends meet real specimens, from krakens to megalodon teeth.

Dive into how myth and science shape what we imagine lurks below. The exhibition closes on 26 October, so get there soon.

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Illustrated octopus with coral pink tentacles curling across a dark navy background. The undersides of the tentacles are shaded purple with rows of white and lavender suckers. Dark bubbles of various sizes float in the background, creating an underwater atmosphere.

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POST | Aberdeen Culture @postabdn.com · 10d

Have you checked out our October newsletter. As always, we've pulled together a mix of events worth your time this month.

Have a look, make a plan, thank us later.

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This is October: Big Laughs, Bold Music and Stories on Stage

From Bridget Christie to The Bodyguard, Capollos to Blazin’ Fiddles, this month is packed with shows worth heading out for.

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NHS Grampian @nhsgrampian.bsky.social · 10d

There’s different strokes for different folks, but whatever one you choose, you’ll be making a splash and inspiring others to get involved too. Visit bit.ly/4gOLIhD to find out more and see what’s happening in your local area. #SheCanSheWill #FindYourFit

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