An ambitious new production from the Highlands receives its World Premiere during the Blas Festival in September.

Edinburgh Book Festival, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, 18 August 2011.

Typically in the marketing and audience development field we collect data about audiences based on attendance, sales and the demographics of our audiences. Sometimes there will be questions added into surveys and box office systems about the quality of the performance, whether the audience member enjoyed the performance, and possibly about how they heard about the event itself. But does this really measure the success of the experience?

Book now for the annual Blas evening on the Jacobite Queen.

Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, 10-13 August 2011.

The Big F, a celebration of the world’s most popular musical instrument on the 16th, 17th and 18th September 2011 in Bute.

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Belladrum Estate, Phoineas, Inverness-shire, 5-6 August 2011.

Leading Gaelic singer Karen Matheson’s fans have three chances to see and hear her at this year’s Blas festival, which is now just five weeks away.

August – a busy, bright and fruitful month. Lots going on and lots to see. Truly a good time to visit Scotland’s Islands.