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Black and white headshot of two women singing with a window in the background.
Black and white band photo of The Velvet Room, with one member seated on a chair and three standing behind, outlined in red and gold against a red halftone circle on a white background. One member's face is intentionally blurred.
Crowds visit the Tall Ships Races berthed in Aberdeen, along with many side events.
Event graphic for These Poems Kill Fascists: Book Launch, 16 July at Somerville Books, with a halftone image of a rose in deep red on a near-black background.
Event graphic for HMT 120: Audio Description — An Introduction, 25 July 2026 at His Majesty's Theatre, featuring the His Majesty's Theatre logo — a stylised eye within a circle — in red on a gold halftone background.
Graphic with the text "It's Time for a Break" in large black letters over a black and white street art mural of a face, with a diagonal red and gold halftone stripe cutting across the image.
Event graphic for The Elidas, 17 July 2026 at Books and Beans, with a moody black and white photo of two members of the band posed against a dark background with a halftone circle behind them.
Event graphic for Silent, Soft, Birds and Breeze, until 27 September at Suttie Arts Space, ARI, featuring a close-up detail of a chalk or pastel drawing of soft, rounded organic forms on a dark background. Text describes GHAT's Graduate Exhibition Award, with this year's show featuring Annie Scott from Moray School of Art.
Event graphic for Rift Below Ground, 18 July 2026 at The Cellar, featuring a halftone illustration of an abstract close-up of an insect or crustacean in red and gold.
POST Aberdeen event graphic for AfroCreative Exchange Trade Fair 2026, 1 August at Torry Lighthouse Centre, featuring a halftone portrait in orange and red of a smiling woman wearing traditional beaded jewellery and a head wrap. Text describes the event as bringing together African-owned businesses, brands and creatives, with food and drink, family activities and a free market across two days.
Black and white cutout portrait of comedian Jen Brister looking directly at the camera, set against a gold background with red and olive painted silhouette shapes behind her.
Black and white cutout close-up of an outstretched hand covered in clay or paint, set against a gold and red halftone background.
Event graphic for Cirqlation: Journey, 9 July 2026 at Lemon Tree, featuring a black and white cutout photo of an acrobat bending backwards over another performer while holding a suitcase, with a stack of luggage nearby, set against a gold and red halftone background.
Black and white cutout portraits of writer Vicky Allan and journalist Jackie Kemp, both wearing decorative swimming caps, set against a gold background with a red halftone circle.
POST Aberdeen graphic with the words "Victoria Park Market Day" in large black letters filled with a crowd scene photo, on a gold background.
Event graphic for Spark! Summer Art Club, 6 July–16 August at Curated, Bon Accord Centre, featuring the Spark! Summer Art Club logo — a gold circle with "spark!" in red lettering and "summer art club" arching around the top — on a slate blue background.
Event graphic for Festival of the Sea: A Line in the Sound, 17 July at Fittie Community Hall, with a black and white aerial photo of a small boat crossing a wide expanse of dark water towards a mountainous coastline.
Slideshow of an art show in an underground car park.
Visitors browse artwork pinned to graffiti-covered pillars in a dimly lit car park, with a glowing illuminated plinth in the foreground.
Event graphic for Annie, 8–11 July 2026 at Tivoli Theatre, with a black and white photo of three young cast members in GizGiz Youth Theatre Annie t-shirts against an orange and red gradient background.
Event graphic for These Poems Kill Fascists: Book Launch, 16 July at Somerville Books, with a halftone image of a rose in deep red on a near-black background.
Event graphic for Titans of Clash Reggae, 17 July at Drummonds, with a black and white photo of a large stack of speakers and amplifiers against a red and gold halftone background. Text describes a free night headlining Cafe Drummond's Summer Reggae Session.
Event poster for "Why Grow Up?" group exhibition at Denburn Carpark, Aberdeen, 4 July, 2–6pm, with live music from Neko Zombie, featuring a black and white photo of illuminated tall ship masts above a harbourside street at night, with a long list of contributing artists below.
Event graphic for Second Edition: Early Career Printmakers of Aberdeen, running until 5 July at Kooperator Space, with the word "SECOND" repeated in rows of large halftone-textured red letters on a black background.
Event graphic for Attic Theatre Presents: Come from Away, 24–27 July at Tivoli Theatre, featuring an old map illustration in red and gold showing roads and place names.
Black and white cutout portrait of musician Sam Ryder set against a gold halo on a dark striped background.
Event graphic for Gull Fest, 29 June to 5 July at Greyhope Bay Centre, featuring a halftone illustration of a gull in white and grey-blue. Text describes a week-long celebration of Aberdeen's gulls, with storytime, a talk, a creative class, a gull identification session and a social birding walk exploring the six species regularly seen along the coast.
Crowds gather on Union Street to stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.
POST Aberdeen "In Brief" editorial graphic with a halftone image in red and gold of Aberdeen's skyline and a church spire. Text reads: "From a 531-year-old papal document to summer street parties, this edition covers a lot of ground. At the centre of almost every item: Aberdeen's sense of place, its history, and the people rooted in it."
Event graphic for Aberdeen Arts Centre presents: The 24 Hour Musical, 26 July, with a halftone image in red and gold of a large ensemble of performers on stage. Text explains that performers, musicians and crew are locked in and given exactly 24 hours to stage a full musical from scratch, with the show revealed only when the clock starts.
Event graphic for Crow House Projects: Filmmakers and Creatives Networking Event, 14 June at Bartenders Lounge, with a halftone image in red and black of a speaker addressing a seated audience in a darkened room.
Halftone image in red and gold of Broken Creels performing on stage beneath overhead rigging and cables.
Black and white cutout portrait of comedian Matt Forde smiling, set against a collage background of ripped posters in red, gold and black.
Black and white cutout photo of Ross Grant and Aberdeen Inspired chief executive Adrian Watson holding the TCMI Award for Best Event for The Tall Ships Races Aberdeen 2025, set against an orange and red sunburst background. Photo by Edwin Ladd.
POST Aberdeen graphic with the words "SPEAKIN WEIRD" in large halftone-textured letters in olive green and gold on a dark background.
Event graphic for Belmont Cinema: Fundraising Quiz, 2 July at Common Sense Coffee House, featuring The Belmont Cinema logo in red on a gold background.
Black and white production photo of Donal Finn as Orpheus in Hadestown at the Lyric Theatre, standing alone in a spotlight on a darkened stage beneath dramatic crossing beams of light. Photo by Marc Brenner.
Event graphic for The Magic of the Mind, 18 June at Aberdeen Art Gallery, featuring a halftone illustration in gold and olive of a face in profile with a hypnotic spiral on the top of the head. Text describes an evening combining psychological science and close-up illusion, with researchers and magicians from the University of Aberdeen's School of Psychology.
Event graphic for Bookause Lit Fest 2026, 12 June at Aberdeen Art Gallery, featuring a halftone grid of named speaker portraits in red and gold, including Lucia Beth, Rau Anyasi, Maia Toudio, Aron Smith, Charlie Ray, Alberta Junior, Elisabeth Hiett, and others partially visible.
Event graphic for Monza Express + Kaleidoscope + Sister October, 25 September at Drummonds, designed in a comic-book style with halftone printing in red and gold, featuring the word "DOOM" in large lettering and a speech bubble reading "Were you in an accident?"
Woman holding a dog
POST event graphic for Gray's Degree Show 2026, 5–14 June at Gray's School of Art, featuring a halftone architectural illustration of the building in orange and red. Standfirst: "The 60th annual degree show takes place as part of Gray's 140th anniversary year, with around 150 graduating students exhibiting work across fine art, fashion and textiles, communication design, product design, ceramics and jewellery."
A handmade automaton titled "An Allegory of Love," featuring a painted wooden figure holding a hammer over a nail, one finger raised to its lips, mounted on a wooden base. Part of a Cabaret Mechanical Theatre exhibition.
Event graphic for Aberdeen Highland Games, 21 June at Hazelhead Park, with a halftone image in gold and grey-blue of a competitor in traditional dress preparing to throw a heavy athletics implement.
Event graphic for Rosie's Social Enterprises Art Exhibition, 19–21 June at Langstane Gallery, featuring a halftone spiral motif in red and gold. Text describes a group exhibition marking 25 years of Rosie's Social Enterprises, showing work from service users, staff and volunteers.
Promotional image for the play Cringe, showing a black and white cutout of a wide-eyed, open-mouthed young person in school uniform with a "Maths Club" badge on their bag strap, set against an orange and yellow gradient background.
Event graphic for Aberdeen Music Week Artist Registration Deadline, 5 June, with a halftone image in red and gold of a singer performing on stage under spotlights.
A receipt for a £20 donation to Aberdeen Arts Centre
POST Aberdeen event graphic for Nuart Aberdeen Street Art Tours, running every Sunday, with a halftone image in gold and olive green of a group of people looking at a large mural reading "VERIFY YOU ARE A HUMAN." Text describes guided walking tours covering new 2026 works alongside murals and hidden pieces from previous years, with two alternating routes across the west and central areas of the city.
Glitched logo of two characters on yellow background.
A playspace with slides, seesaws and balloons. Text reads: 2-13 June. Light the Blue: Ray Downie Playspace Installation. Music Hall.
POST Aberdeen event graphic for Light the Blue: What's Your Story, 2–14 June at venues across Aberdeen, with a halftone-style image in gold and grey of young people engaged in a creative activity. Text describes the festival as Aberdeen's annual celebration for and by young people, involving over 1,000 young artists, pupils and early career creatives.
Silhouette of a crow with a hat in red and yellow dot screen.
POST Aberdeen event graphic for AfroCreative Exchange Trade Fair 2026, 1 August at Torry Lighthouse Centre, featuring a halftone portrait in orange and red of a smiling woman wearing traditional beaded jewellery and a head wrap. Text describes the event as bringing together African-owned businesses, brands and creatives, with food and drink, family activities and a free market across two days.
POST Aberdeen graphic with the words "SPEAKIN WEIRD" in large halftone-textured letters in olive green and gold on a dark background.
POST Aberdeen event graphic for I Am Coming from a Lot, 20 June at AB10, Chapel Street, featuring a halftone image in gold and red of three smiling people facing the camera.