Contemporary songwriters concerts in Campbeltown.

A traditional Scottish festival of music and dance with workshops and poetry.

Presenting the best jazz you can hear anywhere in Scotland in unusual and atmospheric venues throughout Islay.

The Jura Music Festival takes place each year on the last weekend in September.

Competition festival of traditional music and dance in Oban with special events and Festival parade.

Craignish Arts Festival 2011 will be held from 23 July – 7 August. It will bring together the best of all things art for a fantastic fun packed fortnight.

This summer Kilmartin House Museum in Argyll is having a series of 4 exhibitions on the walls of Glebe Cairn cafe. Each exhibition will represent one of the four elements and will consist of exhibits in a variety of different media.

Within the historic collection of Mount Stuart an exhibition of works by contemporary artists Eva Berendes, Simon Bill, Enrico David, Karin Ruggaber and Sarah Staton will be installed for the summer months.

Storyteller and musician Bob Pegg leads a walk on 15 May from Nether Largie to a dramatic climax at Temple Wood, in a quest for the secret hiding place of the Giant’s Heart.

The Cantilena Festival on Islay follows the Ethos to develop new and specific sounds and styles of playing in an atmosphere and environment away from the pressures of a professional musician’s life.