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Barn Multi Arts Centre

A multi-arts venue and cinema in Banchory, Aberdeenshire, offering year-round performing and visual arts with communities and nature at its core.

Last updated September 28, 2026

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Overview

The Barn Multi Arts Centre, commonly known as The Barn, is a multi-arts organisation and cinema located in Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It describes itself as a world-class multi-arts venue and the only one of its kind in Aberdeenshire, providing access to high-quality arts for rural communities. The organisation runs a year-round programme of performing and visual arts, including live music, films, creative classes for all ages, exhibitions, and collaborations. Its stated purpose is to nurture creativity and connection by enabling access to the arts, with communities at its core and nature as its creative partner. The Barn is a charity operated by a small team of dedicated staff and volunteers. Its venue includes an auditorium, gallery, box office, and bar, and it also offers a fully equipped kitchen for private event hire. The auditorium is equipped to a high standard and is suitable for a range of performances and events. The organisation emphasises core values of openness, communities, and nature, viewing its audiences as co-creators and its gardens and surroundings as an active creative partner. It operates a ticketing platform for its events and exhibitions and maintains a journal and news section on its website. As a rural arts charity, The Barn relies on support from its community and offers ways for supporters to contribute to its work.

History

The Barn Multi Arts Centre is a multi-arts organisation and cinema based in Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It operates as a charity run by a small team of dedicated staff and volunteers. The organisation provides a year-round programme of performing and visual arts, with communities at its core and nature as its partner. Its venue, The Barn, is described as a world-class multi-arts venue and the only one of its kind in Aberdeenshire, offering access to high-quality arts for rural communities. The Barn includes an auditorium, gallery, box office, and bar, and also has a fully equipped kitchen available for private event hire. The organisation's core values are openness, communities, and nature, and it sees its communities as co-creators and nature as a creative partner. It operates a ticketing platform for its events and exhibitions and maintains a journal and news section on its website. Specific founding dates, founders, and ownership details are not provided in the available evidence.

Products and positioning

A world-class multi-arts venue and the only one of its kind in Aberdeenshire, providing access to high-quality arts for rural communities with communities at its core and nature as its creative partner.

  • Live music events

    Live music performances as part of the year-round programme.

  • Film screenings

    Film screenings at the venue, which is also described as a cinema.

  • Creative classes for all ages

    Creative classes offered for all ages.

  • Exhibitions

    Visual arts exhibitions in the gallery.

  • Collaborations

    Collaborations with artists and communities.

  • Private event hire

    Venue hire for private events, including use of a fully equipped kitchen.

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