Events
Explore our local wellness events calendar connecting you to nature, our roots and the community.
From outdoor yoga sessions to guided forest walks and seasonal supper clubs, find the perfect event to help you slow down and nurture your body, mind & spirit in the natural beauty of Scotland.
Newton Dee Advent Fair
Join the Newton Dee community for a magical day at their Advent Fair!
Discover unique handmade crafts, festive treats, live music, and heartwarming community spirit.
A perfect way to kick off the holiday season with family and friends!
Free entry ✨
Christmas Makerie: Botanical Gift Wrap
Textile artist Aymee Charlton will guide participants on how to use easily accessible botanical colours to create beautiful, dyed silk ribbon and cotton fabric for the upcoming gift-giving season.
Participants will experiment with various botanicals to see how they interact on silk and cotton. Then, create beautiful prints alongside leaf printing. Once the fabrics are set and dry, you will be introduced to traditional Japanese wrapping, known as Furoshiki, using our newly decorated fabric and ribbon.
Aymee is a textile artist from Aberdeen and a Gray's School of Art alumna. She enjoys working with botanicals to apply print and pattern on silk and other natural materials. Her art practice embodies the idea of ‘care’, in both artwork and products created.
Age : 16+
Tea Green Winter Market: Aberdeen Art Gallery
Join Tea Green at Aberdeen Art Gallery this winter for an unmissable market! Once again this beautiful venue will be packed full of an inspiring showcase of independent creative businesses based all across Scotland!
Discover a carefully curated selection of sumptuous textiles, beautiful & bold jewellery, unique & functional ceramics, vibrant illustrations, and so much more!
Calligraphy & Pumpkin Painting Workshop
What better way to welcome the spooky season than to spend it learning the mindful art of modern calligraphy and using the skills you learn to paint and hand letter your very own ceramic pumpkin with the help of local calligraphy expert and wedding stationery designer, Donia Rae Designs.
Whether you’re a beginner or someone looking to refine your craft, you’ll walk away with new techniques, creative inspiration, and plenty of hands-on practice.
What You Can Expect:
- Step-by-step instruction
- Personalised feedback
- A fun, creative atmosphere with like-minded learners
- All materials are yours to take home
Mantras & Malas - Make Your Own Prayer Beads Workshp
Ever wondered what mantras are and how to make or use a set of prayer beads?
Enjoy a peaceful Sunday afternoon with us. We’ll combine teachings, guided meditations, and the traditional art of mala-making so that you can take home your own 108-bead mala.
We will begin with a peaceful guided meditation and short teaching on the meaning and purpose of mantras. Then we can enjoy the peace of concentration as we thread our mala, choosing the beads and colours that we wish to use for our own personal set of prayer beads.
(All beads and craft equipment provided).
Everyone welcome.
Plenty? 2024
FESTIVAL | PLENTY? 2024
Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 October 2024
From 12pm-4pm
Tickets Free (but booking required)
Event programme...coming soon!
Plenty? festival returns! Taking place across the Barn’s site, this year’s gathering brings together a diverse mix of performances, talks, installations, creative activities, workshops, apple pressing and more. Join us, as together we ask, ‘how much is enough?’ through play, conversations and reflection.
Plenty? is a festival, suitable for all ages, that reimagines a traditional harvest celebration and focuses on the idea of ‘degrowth’ in a consumerist world that demands more and more. At Plenty? Festival, we aim to foster a joyful, open, and exploratory atmosphere where diverse perspectives and ways of thinking can come together.
Halloween Alternative Market @ Krakatoa
Halloween Alternative Market @ Krakatoa
FREE ENTRY!
2 Trinity Quay, Merchant Quarter, Aberdeen.
14+ (with guardian)
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Art / Crafts / Clothes / Cakes / Prints / Bags / Jewellery / Accessories / Monsters / Goth / Horror / Kitch / Contemporary
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Step right up, folks!
Get ready to explore the Halloween Alternative Market @ Krakatoa, where Tuesday nights turn into treasure hunts for the weird and wonderful!
RARE at Ellon
RARE at Ellon
Where Creativity Unites.
A Makers Market in Aberdeenshire.
Textiles / Jewellery / Print / Homeware / Art / Ceramics / and More...
Saturday 28th September
9am to 3pm
Free Entry
Neil Ross Square, No.41 Bridge Street, Ellon
Earth Made: A geology inspired creative collective
A collaborative exhibition which celebrates the work of three geologically inspired creatives working within Scotland.
A free event and pop-up shop featuring work from textile designer April Hay @agateandayre, jeweller Stefanie Cheong @stefaniecheong and artist Vojta Hybl @rocksonpaper who all draw inspiration from geology around Scotland and are delighted to be exhibiting together for the first time. The opening times will be from 10am-5pm, for three days only, the 13th to the 15th of September.