Glasgow goes jazz-mad for a week at the end of June as musicians and devotees swamp theatres, pubs and clubs. Glasgow City Halls are a major venue and this entry’s map marker.

This gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender festival takes over Glasgow Green for a weekend in late-August. It generally attracts around 25,000 visitors. At other times of year Outspoken Arts organise a calendar of LGBTQ theatre, visual art, music, dance, comedy, film, club nights, literature and exhibitions.

Folk music is alive and well at any time of the year in Shetland where fiddle-playing is still a big deal. But during its Folk Festival talent from far afield arrives and things really kick off – making this the best time to enjoy music on the island. The Festival Club, otherwise the Islesburgh Community Centre, is the hub for...

Three days of concerts and ceilidhs devoted to traditional and contemporary Celtic music. Also with a craft fair and a good number of free events; a fun atmosphere reigns! Events take place in a tented village – the box office is this entry’s map marker.

Timed for midsummer, the St Magnus Festival, a week-long arts festival, often combines music, drama, dance, literature and the visual arts with the long nights and Orkney’s remarkable landscape to good effect. But even without this there is often something of interest in the program for anyone; usually including a world premier or two. Several venues around Kirkwall are used,...

Some 3,000 pipers get dressed up and create a truly Scottish sound on Glasgow Green. Well worth making the effort to see.