The Proclaimers, The Waterboys, and Kassidy are to headline the award winning Hebridean Celtic Festival this year.

Dogstar’s hit of the 1999 Highland Festival returns in 2012 for Celtic Connections and an extensive Scottish tour later in the year.

The Year of Creative Scotland 2012 is a unique opportunity to celebrate Scotland’s talent as a creative nation.

Celtic Connections unveiled plans to stage a two-night music event on the Isle of Skye in Spring 2012.

Cromarty, Black Isle, 2-4 December 2011.

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

Eden Court Theatre and Cinemas, Inverness, 9 – 13 November 2011.

OneTouch Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 10 November 2011.

Royal Hotel, Stromness, and other venues, Orkney, 27-30 October 2001.

The 2011 Inverness Festivals Winter programme starts Friday 28th October with an event that is expected to see hundreds of children in costume heading to the banks of the River Ness in order to save their city.