Highlands and Islands Music & Dance Festival

One week to go before Oban comes alive to the sound of Highland pipes and the rustle of dancers adjusting their swords as they prepare to compete in the annual Highland and Islands Music & Dance Festival which takes place at venues around town from Friday 4th May. The festival began in 1984, when its aims were to encourage young talent to 'participate in and develop the traditional arts of music and dance of the highlands and islands of Scotland'. Since then the event has developed to include...