Skye Live/loopallu/ Findhorn Bay Festival

As the summer festival season draws to a close, it’s all happening in the Highlands, with the likes of Niteworks, Session A9, Pictish Trail, above left, and Vessels performing today at Skye Live, Alabama 3, The Bluetones and John Cooper Clarke headlining next weekend’s similarly small and friendly Loopallu festival in Ullapool and an ambitious six-day programme of theatre, art, dance and comedy at the Findhorn Bay Festival, which also boasts a line-up of Scottish folk notables such as Karine Polwart, Duncan Chisholm, Shooglenifty and Blue Rose Code. ■ Skye Live, Portree, Skye, today, www. skyelive.co.uk; Loopallu, Ullapool, 28-29 September, www.loopallu. co.uk; Findhorn Bay Festival, various venues, 26 September until 1 October, www.findhornbayfestival.com