Haddo Arts

Simon Evans is well known to the British comedy-going public from TV shows such as Live at the Apollo and Stand Up for the Week, and as a regular on BBC Radio 4, where his own hugely successful, acclaimed radio show Simon Evans Goes To Market returned for a fourth series in Spring 2018.

Following the success of the inaugural project at the 2017 Haddo Arts Festival, we are delighted that Song for Haddo returns in 2018, led by Sue Baxendale and the McOpera team. Song for Haddo takes its inspiration from Friday Afternoons by Benjamin Britten, in association with Snape Maltings.

Lots of music, from A Song for Haddo 2, Mendelssohn's Elijah, the Enescu Piano Quartet and the new Haddo Baroque Quartet, through to the Murray McLachlan's Piano Recital and Tipping the Hat to Flanders and Swann.

Art exhibitions by Aberdeen Artists Society will take place in the Mobil Room, the South Wing and Courtyard, and in the Pheasantry.

Professor Murdo Macdonald, FRSA, HRSA, Emeritus Professor of the History of Scottish Art, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee, will speak about Robert Burns and Scottish art. NOTE! Due to circumstances beyond our control this lecture will be rescheduled in 2019 - look out for news of the new date.

Poetry comes to the Haddo Arts Festival for the first time. In association with the Scottish Poetry Library and the Elphinstone Institute, five Scottish poets will read from their works and discuss the challenges and opportunities of writing in their own voices.