l More than 800 children from around Scotland are being brought together by the National Youth Choir of Scotland and Children's Classic Concerts for family concerts in Dundee and Glasgow in May.

l Classical Marathon Day: Nicola Benedetti, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and others, July 26.

l Emancipation day to be celebrated on August 1 in Glasgow's Merchant City.

l Two artistic residencies will be focusing on the Cuningar Loop, a new woodland park being created in Glasgow for communities in the east end of the city.

l The World Fringe Congress, a formal meeting of Fringe directors and organisers from across the globe, will take place during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

l Hanna Tuulikki's Away with the Birds on the Isle of Canna, mixing birdsong and Gaelic.