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Best of 2010 Culture in the North East of Scotland

The Creative Cultures Scotland awards for the best cultural events of 2010 voted by you

During December 2010 - We decided to put a pollDaddy Poll online to find out what our visitors thought were the best Cultural Events in 2010. We can now reveal that the winners are:

Best of 2010 CCS Cultural Awards goes to NEOS (North East Open Studios)

North East Open Studios (NEOS)

With 22% of the total votes, the North East Open Studios was voted "best cultural event of 2010" in our poll. Congratulations to NEOS, and all their members for making it such a winning event. For more information on the NEOS event, please visit their website : www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk

2nd Best of 2010 CCS Cultural Awards goes to Tea Cosy (by SMart Consultants)

Tea Cosy (Smart Consultants)

With 18% of the total votes, the various "Tea Cosy" craft fairs were voted into second place for "best cultural event of 2010". Congratulations to SMart Consultants for all their hard work and creativity when putting on these excellent showcase events. For more information, visit their facebook page

We had a tie for third place!

3rd Best of 2010 CCS Cultural Awards goes to the Aberdeen Internation Youth Festival (AIYF)

Aberdeen Internation Youth Festival (AIYF)

With 15% of the total votes, the Aberdeen International Youth festival came equal third with the FoUTG summer picnic. One of Aberdeen's best Internation Cultural events in our book, bringing many young, talented people to Aberdeen during August, as well as showcasing our local talent too. Congratulations to Stewart, Ruth and the team for putting on another excellent, world class festival. For more information, please visit their website : www.aiyf.org

3rd Best of 2010 CCS Cultural Awards goes to Friends of UTG summer picnic (FoUTG)

Friends of UTG Summer Picnic (FoUTG)

Also with 15% of the total votes, the Friends of Union Terrace Gardens summer picnic came equal third alongside the AIYF. The picnic featured many local creative people sharing stories, food and general Aberdonian "culture" whilst vocalising their worries over the Union Terrace Gardens / Peacock Visual Arts Centre issues. For more information, please visit their website : http://friendsofutg.org/

Other Votes

We'd also like to note that there were many other fantastic events that recieved votes in the poll, it's great to see such a diverse list. Here's the list: DanceLive, Sound Festival, Nearly Lear, TriumPhant Exhibition, Doorways in Drumorty, Exquisite Corpse publishing house at Project Slogan, Fantasmagoria Parade in Fraserburgh, Halloween Wickerman at Archeolink, New Words festival, RSNO Strings at Haddo House, whisky kisses, Wizard Festival, WORD festival, CCS Networking (thanks to whoever put that in!)

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We're looking for the best cultural events in the north east of Scotland, as voted by you, the public. There are 5 categories:

  • Best Cultural Event 2012
  • Best Festival
  • Best Youth Project
  • Best Collaboration
  • Best visiting event

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For the winners of 2011, please visit here.

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