And island Celtic Rockers Sunrise Not Secular will be one of the bands battling it out to reach to top spot in the Nòs Ùr new Celtic/Scots song competition.

There are a total of 10 acts selects travelling to Inverness who will perform a diverse range of music, from rock, rap, pop and folk on Saturday, June 20.

The local Gaelic youth group Canntaireachd will also perform before the competition and Culture Minister Michael Russell MSP, will be present to officially launch the competition.

And the MCs for the evening are acclaimed singer-songwriter Karine Polwart – who will perform with Kim Edgar on the evening – and television star Tony Kearney.

Sounds like a great night, but never fear if you can't make it to the competition as Nòs Ùr will be broadcast live over the internet from 7.30pm at www.nos-ur.eu

And it is here that you can help our local Sunrise boys reach the top as both audiences at Eden Court and online viewers will be able to vote for the best act.

These results will be combined to select the public winners of Nòs Ùr and an international jury will select the jury winners of the competition who, along with the public winners, will all perform at the pan-European minority language song competition Liet International, in Friesland, October.

Although the main competition takes place on Saturday, the Celtic language music extravaganza kicks off on Friday night (June 19) with three teenage bands chosen to play Nòs Òg – a showcase for young up-and-coming acts.

The bands are: Fionnar from the Highlands of Scotland singing in Scots Gaelic, The Stilletoes from North Wales singing in Welsh, and The Temporary from the west of Ireland singing in Irish Gaelic.

Event organiser Brian Ó hEadhra says: "We are very excited about this second year of Nòs Ùr.

"We have added the Nòs Òg event as well as the industry discussion and there has been a lot of interest from home and abroad. There really is something for all the family at this hugely entertaining event."

Ensuring that the Celtic and Scots language entertainment lasts the entire weekend, on Saturday daytime in Eden Court, UHI Millennium Institute are hosting a conference called 'Voices of the West' with the theme 'Politicising Minority Languages'.

Drawing senior academics and language enthusiasts from far and wide, keynote speakers at the conference include: Culture Minister Michael Russell MSP; BBC Radio Scotland presenter Lesley Riddoch, Dr Mike Cormack of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, and Prof. Kenneth MacKinnon from the University of Aberdeen.

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