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.

Short film screening, brief presentations from local artists, and updates on the collective's work. Got a project? Five-minute slots are open.

RSVP 👇🏼
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/filmmakers-creatives-networking-event-tickets-1991079614726

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 👇🏼
https://social.tunecore.com/linkShare?linkid=1aWDA7ZS3vi0SVTW2e5k5Q

Matt Forde brings Defying Calamity to the Lemon Tree next week, 18 Jun. Known for Spitting Image and Have I Got News For You, his biggest tour yet finds reasons for optimism amid political chaos and a difficult personal year.

Sharp, topical and genuinely funny. A laugh-a-minute hour from someone who actually knows how politics works.

Tickets 👇🏼
https://www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/matt-forde-defying-calamity-tour-2026/

The Tall Ships Races Aberdeen has been named best event of 2025/26 at the Association of Town and City Management Industry Awards, the placemaking "Oscars" for the UK and Ireland, announced last night in Norwich.

It's the latest in a string of honours for the event, which also took Scotland's best large festival at the Scottish Event Awards and drove a significant boost in tourist visits to the north-east last summer.

Speakin' Weird's monthly spoken word night is back at Gaelic Lane Cafe on 15 Jun, doors 6.30pm, start 7pm.

This month's headliner is Ian Spring, Glasgow-born writer, historian and publisher whose debut poetry collection Seal Song is out on Tippermuir Books.

He also writes crime fiction, has judged Scotland's National Book Awards and runs award-winning small press Rymour Books. Open mic sign-up on the night.

More 👇🏼
https://linktr.ee/speakinweird

The monthly Belmont fundraising film quiz is at Common Sense Coffee House on 2 Jul. Teams of up to four, all proceeds going to the campaign to reopen and refurbish the Belmont Cinema.

First Thursday of every month if you miss this one.

Book now 👇🏼
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/july-belmont-fundraising-film-quiz-tickets-1980175155194

Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown has had quite a journey, from indie folk album to Tony and Grammy-winning musical. The first UK tour hits His Majesty's Theatre 22–26 Jun 2027.

Orpheus and Eurydice retold through folk, blues and New Orleans jazz, directed by Rachel Chavkin. One to book early.

Tickets 👇🏼
https://www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/hadestown/

Psychologists and magicians team up at Aberdeen Art Gallery on 18 Jun for an evening that blurs the line between science and illusion. University of Aberdeen researchers alongside close-up magic.

What does the mind actually believe, and why?

Tickets 👇🏼
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/psychology/130-years-celebrations/the-magic-of-the-mind/

Bookause Lit Fest is at Aberdeen Art Gallery this Friday, a full day of panels, workshops, book launches, readings, spoken word and performing arts.

Literary and creative communities from across Aberdeen and the north of Scotland, all under one roof.

More 👇🏼
https://www.bookause.uk/bookause-lit-fest-2026/

Aberdeen five-piece Monza Express return to Drummonds on 25 Sep, with support from Kaleidoscope and Sister October.

Three local acts, one night.

Kaleidoscope are current Eruption champions while Sister October are new on the scene.

Tickets 👇🏼
https://www.skiddle.com/e/42468116