Editing Aberdeen (section)

===Festivals and performing arts===
Aberdeen is home to a number of events and festivals including the [[Aberdeen International Youth Festival]] (the world's largest arts festival for young performers), Aberdeen Jazz Festival, [[Aberdeen Alternative Festival]], Rootin' Aboot (a folk and roots music event), Triptych, the [[University of Aberdeen]]'s annual May Fest (formerly the [[Word – University of Aberdeen writers festival|Word]] festival) and DanceLive, Scotland's only festival of contemporary dance, produced by the city's Citymoves dance organisation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/4116950/aberdeen-dance-agency-citymoves-springs-into-35th-anniversary-celebrations/|title=Aberdeen Dance Agency Citymoves springs into 35th anniversary celebrations|newspaper=Press and Journal|date=6 April 2022|access-date=8 October 2022|archive-date=8 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008161827/https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/4116950/aberdeen-dance-agency-citymoves-springs-into-35th-anniversary-celebrations/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Aberdeen Student Show]], performed annually without interruption since 1921, under the auspices of the Aberdeen Students' Charities Campaign, is the longest-running of its kind in the United Kingdom. It is written, produced and performed by students and graduates of Aberdeen's universities and higher education institutions. Since 1929—other than on a handful of occasions—it has been staged at [[His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen|His Majesty's Theatre]].<ref>Edi Swan: ''His Majesty's Theatre – One Hundred Years of Glorious Damnation'' ([[Black & White Publishing]]) (2006) {{ISBN|978-1-84502-102-3}}</ref>

National festivals which visited Aberdeen in 2012 included the [[British Science Festival]] in September, hosted by the [[University of Aberdeen]] but with events also taking place at [[Robert Gordon University]] and at other venues across the city. In February 2012 the University of Aberdeen also hosted the [[Inter Varsity Folk Dance Festival]], the longest-running folk festival in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/4277/|title=Dancers descend on Aberdeen|date=1 March 2012|publisher=University of Aberdeen|access-date=8 October 2022|archive-date=8 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008162307/https://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/4277/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Aberdeen is home to Spectra, an annual light festival hosted in different locations across the city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SPECTRA ABERDEEN|url=https://www.spectrafestival.co.uk/|access-date=16 February 2022|website=SPECTRA ABERDEEN|archive-date=16 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216172507/https://www.spectrafestival.co.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Aberdeen is home to [[NuArt Festival|Nuart]], a festival showcasing street art around the city. The festival has run since 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nuart Aberdeen – Bringing Street Art into The Mainstream |url=https://visitabdn.com/listing/nuart-aberdeen |access-date=17 April 2022 |website=VisitAberdeenshire|archive-date=17 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517032946/https://www.visitabdn.com/listing/nuart-aberdeen |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2020, the WayWORD Festival<ref>{{cite web |title=WayWORD Festival |url=https://www.waywordfestival.com/ |website=WayWORD Festival |access-date=25 April 2024 |archive-date=25 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240425195708/https://www.waywordfestival.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> was launched by the [[University of Aberdeen]] WORD centre for creative writing. This yearly programme celebrates the arts through readings, performances, workshops and discussion panels. There have been many notable headliners including [[Val McDermid]], [[Irvine Welsh]] and [[Douglas Stuart (writer)]].

Galas are held annually throughout the city, the most notable being the Culter Gala, which is usually held on the last Saturday of May.