Haddo News
We are delighted to announce that the Haddo Arts Season 2026 begins on Saturday 11 April when renowned composer Sir John Rutter CBE directs a Come and Sing day, fun […]
North East Scotland Music School scholarship students Angus and Finlay Donohoe performed a dazzling piano duet at the most recent Gordon and June Lecture, which focused on the early life […]
Jean Paul Baptiste: I Am An Immigrant
Jean Paul Baptiste’s piece “I Am An Immigrant” was displayed in the South Wing Courtyard as part of the Experimental Use of Space: Connections exhibition at the 2019 Haddo Arts […]
Experimental Use of Space: Connections
Experimental Use of Space “connections” attracted thirty artists to Haddo many of whom produced “site specific” work inspired by Haddo House and estate. In the Mobil Room Grays BP […]
An Exhilarating Journey through the Baroque
Truly Madly Baroque – Red Priest Richard Hammond, Cat Stevens and a recorder that looked like a cross between a drainpipe and a saxophone are just some of the impressions […]
A Richly Woven Tapestry
Opera Highlights -Scottish Opera Preparations for a drama-laden garden party provided the setting for Scottish Opera’s ‘Highlights’ show in the Hall on the last night of Haddo’s highly popular Arts […]
An Inspirational Day at Haddo
A Song for Haddo If you’ve ever wanted to escape the daily grind, seeking to cast your cares aside and search for inspiration, then look no further than A Song […]
Haddo Arts Festival goes to town
Angela East at St.Machar Cathedral One of the features of the Haddo Arts Festival, now in its eighth year, is the sheer variety of events that it embraces, ranging from […]
Jamie and the Knight – at Haddo!
Jamie pays tribute to the first knight of the music hall – Sir Harry Lauder Whether you’re ninety or nine years old it’s perfectly possible that the jaunty Scottish songs […]
Jackie Kay Delights a Haddo Full House!
It was the number and variety of questions the audience asked at the end of Jackie Kay’s poetry evening that demonstrated how Scotland’s Makar had entranced, entertained and ingeniously re-invigorated […]
The Maxwell Quartet – Sunday Perfection!
It’s just the beginning of the Haddo Arts Festival but one theme beginning to emerge is youthful vitality. The concert by the Maxwell Quartet on Sunday was another example, after […]