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Home > Archives for Aberdeenshire events

Archives for Aberdeenshire events

Stonehaven Fireball Ceremony (Photo copyright: Stonehaven Fireballs Association)

Stonehaven will be swinging with fireballs for New Year

The Fireball Ceremony is a popular annual festival in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, where fireballs light up the street every New Year…

Stonehaven Fireball Ceremony (Photo copyright: Stonehaven Fireballs Association)

Have a swinging New Year with the Stonehaven Fireballs

The Stonehaven Fireball Ceremony is a popular event with a parade where people swing fireballs around their heads as they bring in the New Year…

Translunar Paradise @ MAC (Photo: Alex Brenner)

A play without words to leave you speechless

Both funny and sad, Translunar Paradise is a play told entirely without words. Catch the show as it tours the UK during October and November…

Stonehaven Fireball Ceremony (Photo copyright: Stonehaven Fireballs Association)

Goodness gracious, great balls of fire in Stonehaven

Bring in the New Year with the popular annual festival in Stonehaven, watch “The Fireballs” light up the street…

Curiosity of the Week

Woodhenge, Stonehenge’s lesser-known neighbour
Woodhenge - ©English Heritage, Historic England Photo Library

You have heard of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, but have you heard of its lesser known neighbour, Woodhenge? Find out more in our latest Curiosity of the Week…

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Make some noise for Whitby’s Krampus Run
Whitby Krampus Run 2018 - photo by Cassandra Sutton

As Father Christmas makes his annual visit to towns across the UK this weekend, there’s another, much darker character making his way to Whitby in North Yorkshire…

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