On the eve of the award-winning Hebridean Celtic Festival a new report shows shows the economic value of the arts and creative industries in the Outer Hebrides.

The ambitious sound festival continues to think out of the box with a wide-ranging programme of performances and events planned for 2012.

Various venues, Orkney, 22-27 June 2012.

Big Country replace Ali Campbell for Rewind Scotland at Scone Palace in July.

Actors, Poets, and the Public lend their voices as part of Deborah Warner’s Commission for the London 2012 Festival, Created in Collaboration with Fiona Shaw.

Pier Art Centre, Stromness, Orkney, until 18 August 2012.

Innovation, imagination and inspiration will once again be to the fore as the eighth Highlands and Islands Gaelic arts extravaganza is launched.

Inshriach Estate, by Aviemore, 15-17 June 2012.

Nairn Book and Arts Festival launches its much-anticipated 2012 programme.

Dores, Loch Ness, 8-10 June 2012.