Inverness audiences will be able to enjoy mince pies and mulled wine at December concerts in the Town House.

Brian Crawford Young is opening his studio doors to the public from Monday 5th to Saturday 10th December.

Inverness Old Town Art continue with their programme of Freaky Fridays, a series of unexpected happenings that will take you on a journey from hell through purgatory to heaven, funded by Creative Scotland as part of the Sublime programme. These events have been occurring every Friday from 18 November to 16 December at the Old Town Rose Street Car Park, Inverness.

Inchmore Gallery near Inverness are holding an Abstract Painting Workshop this December which is being tutored by Dean Melville.

Runrig, has today (Tuesday 29th November) announced details of its first concert in Scotland in almost two years.

The Cromarty Film Festival kicks off on 2nd December with Ian Rankin heading a fabulous line-up of festival guests.

The work of over 130 local artists are being showcased by the Pier Arts Centre in Stromness in its annual Christmas exhibition which runs until 24 December 2011.

an talla solais Ullapool Visual Arts is proud to present this years’ winter members’ exhibition Lustre. This exhibition is a little different to the recent members’ shows in that they are showing 3D work submitted from our many and varied members. Lustre will run till the 18th December 2011 10 – 4 pm every day. The Market Street collective has also opened its doors this month; a new collective group of artists and crafts people will be selling their work.

Highlands and Islands makers Jen Deschenes, Eileen Gatt and Andrea Williamson are all featured in a new book called ‘The New Artisans – Handmade Designs for Contemporary Living’ by Olivier Dupon.

Inverness Old Town Art presents three days of live car graffiting, artists’ talks and a series of workshops from Team Recoat – a new collective consisting of ten Scottish artists working in the field of street art, graffiti and graphics. They are delighted to welcome artists: Death Rattles, Syrkus, Lyken, Rue Five, Elph, FiST and Kirsty Whiten to Inverness as part of Freaky Fridays funded by Creative Scotland.