Aberdeen is home to a number of events and
festivals including the Aberdeen International Youth Festival (the world's
largest arts festival for young performers), Aberdeen Jazz Festival, Rootin'
Aboot (a folk and roots music event), Triptych, the University of Aberdeen's
literature festival Word and DanceLive, Scotland's only Festival of
contemporary dance, which is produced by the city's Citymoves dance organisation.
The Aberdeen Student Show, performed
annually without interruption since 1921, under the auspices of the Aberdeen
Students' Charities
