The Friday digest

This week in Lower Deeside

19 Oct – 25 Oct 2026

Lower Deeside

Your week on the doorstep

24 events · 65 group sessions

Monday 19 Oct

All dayPup-kin Patch · Dobbies Garden Centre Aberdeen (tbc)
All dayIan Wilson Soccer Coaching October camp (week 2) · St Margaret's & Albyn School playing fields, Milltimber
8.30amCHAMPS activity camp (week 2) · Cults

Regulars:Hamilton Moir Dance10am · Zumba Gold10am · Instant Neighbour foodbank drop-off11am · Cults Lunch Club12pm · Culter & District Men's Shed1pm · Cults Bridge Club1pm · Knit & Natter2pm · Yoga6.30pm · +5 more

Tuesday 20 Oct

All dayPup-kin Patch · Dobbies Garden Centre Aberdeen (tbc)
All dayIan Wilson Soccer Coaching October camp (week 2) · St Margaret's & Albyn School playing fields, Milltimber
8.30amCHAMPS activity camp (week 2) · Cults
6.45pmMen's Shed photography group – theme 'Minimalism' · Culter & District Men's Shed (The Bush)

Regulars:Bible Study Fellowship9.30am · Bridge & Scrabble10am · Hub Café10am · Pilates10am · Culter & District Men's Shed1pm · Nimble Thimbles (sewing)1.45pm · Church Guild2pm · Kumon Classes2pm · +3 more

Wednesday 21 Oct

All dayPup-kin Patch · Dobbies Garden Centre Aberdeen (tbc)
All dayIan Wilson Soccer Coaching October camp (week 2) · St Margaret's & Albyn School playing fields, Milltimber
8.30amCHAMPS activity camp (week 2) · Cults
8.30am'Technologies for Sustainability' entrepreneurs & investors roundtable · Maryculter House Hotel

Regulars:Yoga9.30am · Hub Café10am · Culter & District Men's Shed10.30am · Culter & District Men's Shed10.30am · Culter & District Men's Shed1pm · Cults O50 Club1pm · Flower Class2pm · Rotary Aberdeen Deeside6.15pm · +4 more

Thursday 22 Oct

All dayPup-kin Patch · Dobbies Garden Centre Aberdeen (tbc)
All dayIan Wilson Soccer Coaching October camp (week 2) · St Margaret's & Albyn School playing fields, Milltimber
All dayHalloween Family Trail · Drum Castle, Garden & Estate (NTS)
6.30pmCBMCC monthly meeting · Cults Academy
7pmCulter Community Council Meeting · Culter Village Hall

Regulars:Pilates9.30am · Bible Study10am · Hub Café10am · Thursday Coffees10am · Culter & District Men's Shed10.30am · Culter & District Men's Shed1pm · Kumon Classes2pm · Elle Performing Arts3.45pm · +7 more

Friday 23 Oct

All dayPup-kin Patch · Dobbies Garden Centre Aberdeen (tbc)
All dayIan Wilson Soccer Coaching October camp (week 2) · St Margaret's & Albyn School playing fields, Milltimber
All dayHalloween Family Trail · Drum Castle, Garden & Estate (NTS)

Regulars:Pilates9.30am · Friendship in Art10am · Culter Bridge Club1pm · Hamilton Moir Dance2pm · Friday Café for S1-S6 pupils3.30pm

Saturday 24 Oct

All dayPup-kin Patch · Dobbies Garden Centre Aberdeen (tbc)
All dayHalloween Family Trail · Drum Castle, Garden & Estate (NTS)
2pmCulter FC v. Colony Park · Crombie Park

Regulars:Sinclair Highland Dance9.30am · Culter FC home matches2pm

Sunday 25 Oct

All dayPup-kin Patch · Dobbies Garden Centre Aberdeen (tbc)
All dayHalloween Family Trail · Drum Castle, Garden & Estate (NTS)

Regulars:Sunday Worship – Cults Parish Church10.30am · Sunday Worship – Peterculter Parish Church10.30am · Grampian Woodturners2pm · Kumon Classes2pm · St Peter's Heritage Centre open afternoons2pm · Scotch Broth (folk session)7pm · JAM (Jesus & Me) kids

Book ahead

October (date TBC)Oktoberfest Beer Festival
22 OctHalloween Family Trail
31 OctFamily Halloween Party
November (date TBC)Newton Dee Advent Fair – crafts, food, music, raffle
6 NovCulter Courier – November issue published
8 NovRemembrance Sunday services & wreath-laying
13 NovKids castle tours & crafts
13 NovAberdeen Deeside Rotary fundraising quiz night
14 NovCults, Bieldside & Milltimber Christmas Lights Switch-On & Fair
22 NovSanta's Grotto

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WHAT'S ON — LOWER DEESIDE
Week of 19 Oct 2026

MONDAY 19 OCTOBER
  All day        Pup-kin Patch — Dobbies Garden Centre Aberdeen
  All day        Ian Wilson Soccer Coaching October camp (week 2) — St Margaret's & Albyn School playing fields, Milltimber
  8.30am–5pm     CHAMPS activity camp (week 2) — Cults

TUESDAY 20 OCTOBER
  All day        Pup-kin Patch — Dobbies Garden Centre Aberdeen
  All day        Ian Wilson Soccer Coaching October camp (week 2) — St Margaret's & Albyn School playing fields, Milltimber
  8.30am–5pm     CHAMPS activity camp (week 2) — Cults
  6.45pm         Men's Shed photography group – theme 'Minimalism' — Culter & District Men's Shed (The Bush)

WEDNESDAY 21 OCTOBER
  All day        Pup-kin Patch — Dobbies Garden Centre Aberdeen
  All day        Ian Wilson Soccer Coaching October camp (week 2) — St Margaret's & Albyn School playing fields, Milltimber
  8.30am–5pm     CHAMPS activity camp (week 2) — Cults
  8.30am         'Technologies for Sustainability' entrepreneurs & investors roundtable — Maryculter House Hotel

THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER
  All day        Pup-kin Patch — Dobbies Garden Centre Aberdeen
  All day        Ian Wilson Soccer Coaching October camp (week 2) — St Margaret's & Albyn School playing fields, Milltimber
  All day        Halloween Family Trail — Drum Castle, Garden & Estate (NTS)
  6.30pm–8.30pm  CBMCC monthly meeting — Cults Academy
  7pm            Culter Community Council Meeting — Culter Village Hall

FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER
  All day        Pup-kin Patch — Dobbies Garden Centre Aberdeen
  All day        Ian Wilson Soccer Coaching October camp (week 2) — St Margaret's & Albyn School playing fields, Milltimber
  All day        Halloween Family Trail — Drum Castle, Garden & Estate (NTS)

SATURDAY 24 OCTOBER
  All day        Pup-kin Patch — Dobbies Garden Centre Aberdeen
  All day        Halloween Family Trail — Drum Castle, Garden & Estate (NTS)
  2pm            Culter FC v. Colony Park — Crombie Park

SUNDAY 25 OCTOBER
  All day        Pup-kin Patch — Dobbies Garden Centre Aberdeen
  All day        Halloween Family Trail — Drum Castle, Garden & Estate (NTS)

COMING UP
  October (date TBC) Oktoberfest Beer Festival — Milltimber Community Hall
  22 Oct     Halloween Family Trail — Drum Castle, Garden & Estate (NTS)
  31 Oct     Family Halloween Party — Culter Village Hall
  November (date TBC) Newton Dee Advent Fair – crafts, food, music, raffle — Newton Dee Camphill Community
  6 Nov      Culter Courier – November issue published — —
  8 Nov      Remembrance Sunday services & wreath-laying — Cults Parish Church (Worship Centre, Quarry Road)
  13 Nov     Kids castle tours & crafts — Drum Castle, Garden & Estate (NTS)
  13 Nov     Aberdeen Deeside Rotary fundraising quiz night — TBC
  14 Nov     Cults, Bieldside & Milltimber Christmas Lights Switch-On & Fair — Cults
  22 Nov     Santa's Grotto — Dobbies Garden Centre Aberdeen

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