ARRAN Music Festival is being staged from Wednesday, March 26 to Friday, March 28 this year in the Arran Community Theatre, Lamlash.

On Wednesday there will be Scottish Country Dancing and verse speaking classes.

Thursday will see more verse speaking, primary school action songs, piano, recorders, whistles and brass.

Friday is a busy day of choirs, vocal solos and duets, woodwind and traditional fiddle followed by an evening finale concert with piano, singing groups, fiddle groups and instrumental solos.

The festival adjudicators will include Russell Cowieson – Musical Director of Edinburgh University Symphony Orchestra – for vocal and instrumental.

The festival accompanist will be local pianist Lorna Buchanan.

Days are divided over morning, afternoon and evening sessions.

Tickets for a single session are £2. An all day session ticket is £4.

A season ticket for the whole festival is £6. Children over five are half price.

Well behaved children under five are free.