What's on in Aberdeen

What’s on in Aberdeen:
The Guide to Theatre, Music, and More

What’s On in Aberdeen: Explore Aberdeen’s Theatre and Music Scene

Aberdeens cultural treasures await your discovery through our comprehensive directory of events and performances.

Discover Aberdeens artistic pulse through our curated guide to the city’s vibrant cultural scene.

Gary Barlow The Songbook Tour 2025

The Songbook Tour 2025, is set to be a huge celebration of his illustrious four-decade-spanning career

P&J Live Aberdeen

24 May 2025

Gary Barlow, The Songbook Tour 2025, is set to be a huge celebration of his illustrious four-decade-spanning career

Peter Kay Tour

Better Late Than Never

P&J Live Aberdeen

30 May 2025 - 31 May 2025

Peter Kay Announces Return to Stand-up with First Live Tour in Twelve Years.

Busted vs McFly

MCFLY AND BUSTED GO HEAD-TO-HEAD ON 2025’s BIGGEST AND MOST UNMISSABLE TOUR!

P&J Live Aberdeen

30 Sep 2025

The Busted vs McFly Tour will see the two groups visit some of the UK’s biggest and best venues.

Jimmy Carr – Laughs Funny Tour

Jimmy is back on the road with brand new material for 2024 & 2025

P&J Live Aberdeen

6 Dec 2025

Comedian Jimmy Carr laughs funny - hence the tour

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake

Returns for its 30th anniversary with a 2024/25 UK tour

Aberdeen Performing Arts

28 May 2025 - 31 May 2025

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake returns for its 30th anniversary with a 2024/25 UK tour.

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

Direct from the West End

Aberdeen Performing Arts

17 Jun 2025 - 21 Jun 2025

Direct from London’s West End, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

Six

Divorced. Beheaded. Live!

Aberdeen Performing Arts

5 Aug 2025 - 9 Aug 2025

From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII take to the...

Cirque: The Greatest Show – Reimagined

Bigger, bolder, and more electrifying than ever!

Aberdeen Performing Arts

12 Aug 2025 - 13 Aug 2025

Cirque-The Greatest Show has been Reimagined and is back for 2025— bigger, bolder, and more electrifying than ever!

Here & Now Musical

The Music of STEPS

Aberdeen Performing Arts

21 Oct 2025 - 26 Oct 2025

Here and Now the Steps Musical

Gershwin & Rachmaninov

RSNO

Aberdeen Performing Arts

20 Nov 2025 - 22 Nov 2025

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Fawlty Towers The Play

Featuring your favourite scenes from the sitcom’s unforgettable twelve episodes.

Aberdeen Performing Arts

20 Jan 2026 - 24 Jan 2026

Nearly 50 years since it first hit our TV screens, the ‘Greatest British sitcom of all time’ (Radio Times) is now a brand-new stage play, adapted by comedy legend John Cleese and directed by Caroline Jay Ranger.

Miss Saigon

Embarking on a major UK Tour.

Aberdeen Performing Arts

3 Mar 2026 - 7 Feb 2026

Michael Harrison in association with Cameron Mackintosh presents a new production of Miss Saigon as Boublil and Schönberg’s legendary musical is reborn.

Sara Pascoe

I Am A Strange Gloop

Aberdeen Performing Arts

6 Mar 2026

Sara Pascoe says Have you ever been awake in the middle of the night and thought something so...

Friends the Musical

New UK Tour

Aberdeen Performing Arts

17 Mar 2026 - 21 Mar 2026

Friends the Musical - brand new show on tour

2:22 A Ghost Story

An award-winning supernatural thriller

Aberdeen Performing Arts

5 May 2026 - 9 May 2026

Jenny believes her new home is haunted, but her husband Sam isn't having any of it. They argue with their first dinner guests, old friend Lauren and new partner Ben. Can the dead really walk again?

Operation Mincemeat

The hilarious and sharp-witted musical that tells the story of a real-life - and extremely bizarre - WWII operation.

Aberdeen Performing Arts

11 Aug 2026 - 15 Aug 2026

Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical is directed by award-winning theatre group Splitlip, who are known for their fast-paced comedy and glam-punk music.
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