A Taste of Girvan Folk Festival: Gaiety Theatre, Carrick Street, Ayr

The Girvan Traditional Folk Festival celebrates its 42nd year in style with an exclusive pre-festival taster session featuring music from Maggie MacInnes, one of Scotland's foremost Gaelic singers, and clarsach players.

Charity Garden Opening: Netherthird Community Garden, Netherthird Park, Netherthird, Cumnock

Netherthird Community Garden is an oasis of calm in the centre of the Ayrshire countryside, with a lovely cottage garden, flower beds, vegetable beds, and wooden gazebos funded by the Prince Charles Foundation.

There is also a beach, play area, vintage cafe, a new nature trail and fairy door hunt.