Calling all budding musicians and dancers. The Highlands and Islands Music and Dance Festival will be held this year in Oban from Friday May 4 to Sunday May 6.
This year the festival celebrates its 35th anniversary and hopes to beat its recent participation numbers of 1,100 entries in the 125 competitions. Organisers are looking for budding Highland dancers, fiddlers, pipers, pianists, accordion and clarsach players, and not forgetting those proficient in woodwind and brass, to come along and show their talents.
Each year the festival has performers from all over Scotland and is hoping some of the terrific musical talent on Arran will take part.