The largest community festival in Scotland, Glasgow's West End festival, will kick off for the 21st time on Friday.

The festival will see over 400 events take place across 80 venues in the city's west end from Friday June 3 to Sunday June 26.

The traditional "Mardi Gras" opening day parade has been suspended this year, but there are hopes it can be reinstated next year, with a new fundraising project aiming to raise £50,000 for a 2017 parade launched in May by festival organisers.

Glasgow indie band Belle and Sebastian have collaborated with the festival to provide a special line-up of events to celebrate the band's 20th anniversary, including a "punk-themed" fitness class, film screenings and a series of gigs.

Festival director Michael Dale said: "Who can believe it's been a continuation of wonderful summer events since 1996? I have fond memories of the first Belle and Sebastian concert we ran in the Botanic Gardens in 2004."

On June 18 the recently revamped Kelvingrove Bandstand will host a day-long event dedicated to choral singing. Mr Dale has said over the course of the festival he expects "at least 29 choirs and singing groups" to perform.

The West End Festival will also see a range of folk, rock, jazz, world and classical music acts perform along with a host of theatre and dance shows.

Festival chairman Liz Scobie said: "Our 21st anniversary programme is truly fantastic, with over 400 events in over 80 venues across the west end of Glasgow.

"Of course, this year we're disappointed not to have our annual festival Sunday on Byres Rd featuring the Mardi Gras parade, however, we launched our fundraising campaign for members of the public and local businesses to donate to help bring back Festival Sunday next year. We aim to reach £50,000 by March 2017."

The opening event, which will run for the festival's duration, is called The Ideal Hut Show and exhibits 18 standard garden huts which have been transformed by a group of leading architects, artists and designers from Scotland and abroad.

Among the team is designer of the Falkirk Kelpies, Andy Scott. The event is a travelling exhibition that is part of the 2016 Festival of Architecture.

On Sunday June 12, the Glasgow Fiddle Workshop will host its annual outdoor ceilidh at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery, which saw over 200 people attend in 2015.

The festival will also host a number of talks, guided walks, comedy shows, food and drink tastings, children's events and a series of book and author events for children and adults.

You can view a digital version of the full festival programme here.