Editing Aberdour (section)

== Culture ==
Aberdour hosts an annual festival, which runs from late July to early August and features musical events, shows, sporting events and children's events.<ref>{{cite web |author=Craig Robertson |url=http://www.aberdour-festival.org |title=Aberdour festival |publisher=Aberdour festival |access-date=2010-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402152843/http://www.aberdour-festival.org/ |archive-date=2 April 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Aberdour was a 2005 finalist in the prestigious "Beautiful Scotland in Bloom" awards. It was nominated for "''Best Coastal Resort''" in [[Scotland]] along with [[St Andrews]] in [[Fife]], [[North Berwick]] in [[East Lothian]], and [[Rothesay, Argyll and Bute|Rothesay]] in [[Argyll and Bute]].
In 2014 Aberdour was voted Best Coastal Village in Fife and Best Small Coastal Village in Scotland. It also received a Gold Award in Beautiful Fife and Beautiful Scotland. In 2018 Aberdour was voted the second-best place to live in Scotland by The Sunday Times list of Best Places to Live<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/aberdour-fife-best-places-to-live-qg32sckfh|title=Aberdour, Fife — best places to live in the UK 2018|first=The Sunday|last=Times|date=March 18, 2018|via=www.thetimes.co.uk}}</ref>

Aberdour is home to Fife's only senior shinty club. [[Aberdour Shinty Club]] field teams in both the men's and women's senior national leagues.

Aberdour is one of the few communities outside of [[Turkmenistan]] to celebrate [[Melon Day]] on the second Sunday of every August.<ref name="Melon Day">{{cite web |url=https://aberdourfestival.org/events/month/2023-07/ |title=Aberdour Festival}}</ref>