War of the Thistles turns 20 at Transition Extreme on 2 May, celebrating two decades as the longest-running event in the UK skate calendar. Cash for tricks, street, mini and bowl jams, separate sessions for under-16s and women skaters.

No registration needed. Turn up, pay entry and skate.

Just a few days left to catch Tales of the Tall Ships at the Maritime Museum, on until 29 Mar. Paintings, ship models and photography tracing Aberdeen's long connection to sail.

Curated by Madeline Nehring, it's a thoughtful look at a city shaped by the sea.

Mores 👇🏼
https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/AAGM/whats-aberdeen-art-galleries-and-museums/tales-tall-ships

HOURS brings Rhyme Lounge back to Tunnels this Saturday for a fourth year, pairing live hip-hop and spoken word with a full jazz band. FER4Z, Florence Jack and Jackill on the night.

Four years in and it's still one of the standout nights of Aberdeen Jazz Festival.

Tickets 👇🏼
https://jazzscotland.com/collections/aberdeenjazzfestival/products/rhyme-lounge

Dee Don Danube is on at Encore tonight, bringing Aberdeen and Regensburg musicians together for an evening of improvised jazz. Aberdeen's AiiTee and pianist Neil Birse alongside Josef Nitsch and Julius Peter Nitsch, who've played with Branford Marsalis and Nils Landgren.

This one's a highlight of Aberdeen Jazz Festival, and the lineup tonight is about as good as it gets.

Tickets 👇🏼
https://jazzscotland.com/collections/aberdeenjazzfestival/products/dee-don-danube-2

This Friday at Krak, The Tempilstiks headline a four-band night that covers rock, reggae, metal and punk without much regard for boundaries.

They started as four mates jamming with beers. Three bands in support make this a night not to miss.

More 👇🏼
https://www.facebook.com/events/1393680275576728

This is an important one. A unity march takes place in Aberdeen on 18 Apr, opposing racism, the far-right and Islamophobia as part of a Scotland-wide series ahead of the Holyrood election.

Bring your neighbours. Show up, be counted and stand up for the kind of Scotland we want to live in.

More 👇🏼
https://postabdn.com/out-and-about-aberdeen-unity-march/

Just Beth has a house and disco night coming up at D2, with Abbey WH and Subside on the lineup.

Two names well familiar to anyone who's been out in Aberdeen recently. One to put in the diary.

Tickets 👇🏼
https://ra.co/events/2379487

Midge Ure brings his A Man Of Two Worlds tour to the Music Hall on 20 May, timed around his new album out 8 May. Rather than a greatest-hits set, he's conceived it as a seamless, immersive concert experience.

Classic tracks woven with cinematic instrumental pieces into one continuous narrative. Sounds like a proper show.

Tickets 👇🏼
https://www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/midge-ure-man-of-two-worlds/

Just a couple of days left to catch Kayleigh Kellas at the Suttie Arts Space, where tiny paint-splattered creatures called Swooshlings have taken over the gallery.

Colour trails climbing walls, spilling across floors, weaving through the collection. Go and see it before it's gone.

More 👇🏼
https://www.ghat-art.org.uk/dont-worry-kayleigh-kellas/

The Belmont brings The Staging Post to Aberdeen Art Gallery this weekend as part of Nowruz Aberdeen. A real story of a refugee-led education revolution, sparked by a mobile phone and a friendship between two people.

Free screening running 14 to 15 March

Tickets 👇🏼
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/staging-post-tickets-1983455402502