What's On Aberdeenshire

The event will feature a unique line up each weekend in the lead up to Christmas. With gifts options including arts, crafts, clothing, jewellery and homeware along with gourmet food and drink, there will be something to suit every taste this Christmas! 

Make Sleeping Beauty the pantomime of your dreams!
Starring award-winning comedy actor and writer Gary: Tank Commander who will be joining returning panto favourites Alan McHugh as Nurse Nellie Macduff, Paul J Corrigan as Slimeball,  Julie Coombe as Carabosse and Aberdonians Danielle Jam as The Spirit of Pantomime and Michael Karl-Lewis as the Prince.

Once again the award-winning Grampian Transport Museum is opening its doors for a very special visitor this Christmas. All the way from Lapland, Santa can’t wait to welcome children from across the North East to experience the magic of Christmas at the museum. 

2nd & 3rd Dec
9th & 10th Dec
16th & 17th Dec
22nd - 24th Dec

Father Christmas will be visiting Castle Fraser this Christmas! Write your letter to Father Christmas and post it to the North Pole, then find him in his festive grotto inside the castle to tell him your Christmas wishes.

Adults attend free with a child ticket, admission tickets to the castle are not required to visit Father Christmas. Car parking £3, National Trust for Scotland members park for free. Child tickets include a visit to Father Christmas and a gift.

Craigievar Hall International Choir & C.K. Singers (Kingswells) will be joining us for an evening of classic Christmas songs and carols in the Great Hall.

The shop will also be open with a selection of perfect Christmas gifts.

Join us for a beautifully curated collection of service providers and small business owners who will be there providing unique and hand-crafted Christmas gift ideas. We also have our Wellbeing Books which are brand new donated from a Holistic Therapists Magazine they receive from reviewing. We also have a raffle for beautiful hampers. No admission fee or tickets required for attendance.

Santa is stopping off at Drum castle before he heads out for his busiest night of the year. Book your tickets now! You will receive a gift and a chat with the main man himself in our cozy drawing room in the castle.

Sing your favourite carols to the accompaniment of the Bon Accord Silver Band at 11am, 12:15pm and 3pm. 

Space at the concert is limited to 200 people per performance, on a first come first serve basis so please arrive in plenty of time. Viewing consists of seated and standing areas. Some areas may have restricted views

Santa is stopping off at Drum castle before he heads out for his busiest night of the year. Book your tickets now! You will receive a gift and a chat with the main man himself in our cozy drawing room in the castle.