5th to 14th October 2007, Cowalfest, Cowal. Cowalfest, Scotland's largest walking festival, is also a major arts festival with a 10 day programme of walks, arts, cultural and social events that celebrate landscape and the natural world's influence on creativity. This is a unique and vibrant festival full of local character and charm. Its mountains and lochs, formed by fire and ice, are graced by forest and ancient woodland, are not far away from those stunning west coast sea lochs. www.cowalfest.org lists all the appropriate details.

12th to 14th October 2007, Tunnock's Tour of Mull Rally, Mull. Talked about as 'the best rally in the world', the thrilling Tunnock's Tour of Mull sees cars compete against the clock over the island's often single-track public roads, with lots of hairpin bends, steep hills and big drops! Come and compete or spectate and party in one of Mull's biggest events of the year. You will find full details of this event on www.2300club.org

13th to 20th October 2007, The Tiree Wave Classic, Tiree. This is a legendary event on the UK's calendar returning to the stunning island of Tiree, often described as 'The Hawaii of the North' or 'The Land Below the Waves', promising a week of extreme adrenaline fuelled action. The world's best sailors come together to brave the full Atlantic weather of wind and waves off the beautiful beaches of Tiree. The Tiree Wave Classic Event Village offers a whole host of adventure sports activities for visitors. Full Programme details can be found at www.tireewaveclassic.com

18th to 21st October 2007, Aberfoyle Mushroom Festival, Aberfoyle. In its seventh year, this food, music and cultural festival is based on the humble Mushroom, wild varieties of which can be found in the Queen Elisabeth Forest adjacent to Aberfoyle. Come and enjoy concerts, cookery demonstrations, fishing and golf competitions, ceilidhs, and a special programme for children. The 'International Flavour' theme is Iceland and there will be a Viking camp for children. Please visit www.visitaberfoyle.com for all details of this event.

19th October to 4th November 2007, The Enchanted Forest, Faskally Wood, Pitlochry. Scotland's top sound and light show returns to Faskally Wood near Pitlochry with 'Creation'. The spectacular sound and lighting effects will be used to illustrate the earth's history from its early volcanic state to the Ice Age and the Jurassic era right through to modern times. www.enchantedforest.org.uk list all the details of this festival.

20th to 29th October 2007, Biggar Little Festival, Biggar, South Lanarkshire. Jazz, string quartets, a family ceilidh, cosy fireside storytelling, exhibitions, a young musician competition, children & adults' craft workshops, belly-dancing plus hip-hop or tap-dancing - all this and much more can be found at the Biggar Little Festival. Ten days crammed full of events offering an incredibly diverse programme to suit all tastes. Items included on the programme can be found at www.biggar-little-festival.com

26th to 28th October 2007, Lockerbie Jazz Festival, Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway. The Lockerbie Jazz Festival is a showcase of music that mixes top international artists, great Scottish bands and the best local musicians from Dumfries & Galloway. Whether you enjoy relaxing or tapping your feet to the Dixie beat, the Festival has a style to suit every taste. www.lockerbiejazz.com has details of the full programme

27th October to 25th November 2007, sound 2007, Aberdeen City and Shire. 'sound' is an exciting music festival, unique to the north east of Scotland, arranged by local organisations with the aim of presenting an eclectic but very broad range of contemporary music, to a large and varied public. For details of full programme visit www.sound-scotland.co.uk

27th October 2007, A Riot of Colour, Lauriston Castle, Edinburgh. This workshop is designed to suit the whole family and introduces members to the painting landscapes in an Edwardian style. Further details can be found at www.cac.org.uk

31st October 2007, Celtic Samhain Festival, Kenmore, Perthshire. Come dressed in costume and eperience this ancient Celtic Halloween festival. Bring a lantern to keep evil at bay and join the torchlit procession through the lochside woods. Watch a wicker ram burn in ceremonial sacrifice, and enjoy the lantern competition, storytelling and music, apple ducking, hot soup, and fire shows. www.crannog.co.uk list all the details.