Thursday 17 May

ROCK/INDIE
The Lemon Tree | 7.30pm | £7
The Xcerts, Fatherson, Me
See our May Lemon Tree post

ROCK/INDIE
Woodend Barn, Banchory | 8pm | £16/£15adv
Roddy Woomble, Andrew Mitchell
Idlewild frontman does his solo thing in Banchory

ROCK/INDIE
Cafe Drummonds | 8pm | Free
Simon Patchett, Jamie Reid, The Sunshine People, CJD band
Local indie/acoustic acts

DJ/CLUB
Snafu | 11pm | £3
Hot City
Disco/italo/electro night

Friday 18 May

ROCK/INDIE
The Lemon Tree | 7pm | £12.50
The Pigeon Detectives, Marionettes, Velvet Audio
See our May Lemon Tree post. Good local support 

HIP HOP
Cafe Drummonds |  8pm | £5
Kobi Onyame, Cheeens, Reborn, Andrew Norquay
Talented Glasgow-based rapper & local support 

ROCK/INDIE
The Tunnels (Room 2) | 7pm | £5
Battle For Paris, The Long Haul, Cavalcades, Start Today
London act head up a night of hardcore 

ROCK
The Moorings | 9pm | £3/Free before 8.45
The Detours, Xtreme Machine
Punk/rock from Glasgow & heavy rock/metal from Aberdeen

ROCK
Music Hall | 8pm | £28.50
Brit Floyd
Pink Floyd tribute, as the name suggests

DJ/CLUB
Cellar 35 | 9pm | £2
Strawberry Wine
New C86, 80s indie, early Creation Records night

DJ/CLUB
Old King’s Highway (Upstairs) | 9pm | Free
House of House
New house night/party. Interesting 

DJ/CLUB
The Forum | 10pm | £7/£4 students
La Rumba Latina
Salsa, merengue, reggaeton etc. 

DJ/CLUB
Snafu | 11pm | £15
Felix Da Housecat
Superstar DJ returns (hopefully, given cancellations in the past)

DJ/CLUB
Origin | 11pm | £4
New Noise
Indie/alternative/dubstep/hip-hop 

Saturday 19 May

ROCK/INDIE
Cellar 35 | 8pm | £4
Min Diesel, The Shithawks, Platypus, Das McManus
Good line-up of lo-fi/garage/grunge etc. from around Scotland 

ROCK
The Tunnels | 6pm | Free/Donations
Pallas, Gerry Jablonski, Pie Shop, Fubar, Amy Sawers, Sixpounder, Brothers Reid, Cheyanne Plains, Cadillac, Double Jack, Fat Kiss
Bumper Aberdeen Musicfest charity show 

ROCK/INDIE
The Moorings | 9pm | £3/Free before 8.45
What The Blood Revealed,  [ ]
Instrumental post-rockers from Ayrshire headline

ROCK
Cafe Drummonds | 7pm | Free/Donations
Gutter Godz, Stratosnic, Ekklipsed
Aberdeen Musicfest show

WORLD
Malt Mill | 7.30pm | £5
Druminaboot, Funk Rabbit Fono, Kora Stiff, DJ Strumph
West African sounds

DJ/CLUB
Origin |11pm | £5
Acid Thunder
Bass & more with Ace Inhibitor, Adam H, Bones & Money & Ch£ap Date

DJ/CLUB
Snafu | 11pm | £tbc
Fuad & Si Smith
Techno/tech-house

Sunday 20 May

A CAPELLA
The Lemon Tree | 7pm | £15
The Magnets
See our May Lemon Tree post

ROCK
Cafe Drummonds | 8pm | Free
The Jacobs, Shangri-La, Make My Day
Local rock bands 

Monday 21 May

DJ/CLUB
Snafu | 11pm | £3
Girls & Boys
Indie/rock ‘n’ roll night

Tuesday 22 May

ROCK/INDIE
The Lemon Tree | 7.30pm | Sold Out
Newton Faulkner, Emily & The Woods
Popular folksy, guitarist/singer-songwriter

Wednesday 23 May

ROCK/INDIE
The Lemon Tree | 7.30pm | £9
Admiral Fallow
See our May Lemon Tree post

JAZZ
Upstairs at O’Neills | 8pm | Free
Preci Peace
Live modern jazz

DJ/CLUB
Snafu | 11pm | £3
Shake A Tailfeather
50s/60s rock ‘n’ roll /soul etc. 

Thursday 24 May

ROCK/INDIE
The Lemon Tree | 8pm | £10
We Were Promised Jetpacks, The Little Kicks, Gav Prentice
See our May Lemon Tree post

ROCK/INDIE
The Tunnels | 7.30pm | £7
Gemma Hayes, Sons of Caliber, Cara Mitchell
Rated Irish singer-songwriter headlines

DJ/CLUB
Snafu | 11pm | £3
Hot City
Disco/italo/electro night