Welcome to soundfestival 2026!
A warm welcome to this year's soundfestival.
Family-Friendly events
Take Part
Thursday 22 October, 12.45pm
Ensemble Haar
Thu 22 – Sat 24 October
soundwalk: Cainnt nan Eun/The Language of the Birds
Friday 23 October, 1.00pm
Leona Jones: apeiron
Friday 23 October, 3.00pm
Victoria Crowe & Gemma McGregor: Orkney Sequence
Fri 30 – Sat 31 October
Les Harmoniques du Néon: VITRINE
Friday 30 October, 6.00pm
James Weeks: weatherworld quartets
Friday 30 October, 8.00pm
Seasonal Quartet: Ali Smith (writer) & New European Ensemble
Saturday 31 October, 4.00pm
Alistair MacDonald (electronics) & Darren Gallacher (percussion)
Saturday 31 October, 6.00pm
Mimi Doulton (soprano): No Man is an Island
Myself and many others left Aberdeen for London/Glasgow/Edinburgh because there was nothing in Aberdeen for us. Sound has brought us back and put Aberdeen on the map as far as contemporary music is concerned.
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