International Festivals
Welcome to The Skinny international festival guide. We bring you previews, reviews, and 2019 line-up information for international festivals such as Primavera Sound, Le Guess Who and Toronto Film Fest.
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Music
Le Guess Who? – Utrecht's church of noise
We venture to the Netherlands for a weekend of off-kilter musical shenanigans at Utrecht's Le Guess Who? festival, and fall head first in love with a city full of secrets. Read more »| 04 Dec 2015 -
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Le Guess Who? – Day Four: Six of the Best
Battered and bruised after three days of prime festival, we somehow manage to rouse our flagging bodies from their attempts to slumber. Luckily our spirits a... Read more »| 24 Nov 2015 -
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Le Guess Who? – Day Three: Six of the Best
Despite being over the half-way point, the best of Le Guess Who? is yet to come. With a evening of heavy hitters ahead of us, including sublime sets from Destroyer and Kamasi Washington, we fuel up with some strong coffee and settle in for the long haul. Read more »| 22 Nov 2015 -
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Le Guess Who? – Day Two: Six of the Best
Difficult to believe from the array of delights on offer, but day one of Le Guess Who? presented a relatively gentle introduction to an incredible line-up. Read more »| 21 Nov 2015 -
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Le Guess Who? – Day One: Six of the Best
Le Guess Who? is an alternative music festival in Utrecht, a city on the rise in terms of both tourism and cultural cachet. With this year's festival featuri... Read more »| 20 Nov 2015 -
Trans Musicales
Trans Musicales 2015 preview
The Trans Musicales festival, which has been running in the ornate city of Rennes since 1979, is an incomparably idiosyncratic and challenging festival. It&r... Read more »| 17 Nov 2015
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Eurosonic Noorderslag
C Duncan, WHITE join Eurosonic Noorderslag line-up
The Eurosonic festival in Groningen, Netherlands has added more than 100 new acts from across Europe to its 2016 line-up. Read more »| 17 Nov 2015 -
Guide
Angel Olsen, Stewart Lee, Tortoise for ATP Iceland
Blanck Mass, Sleep, Tortoise and Angel Olsen have all joined the line-up for ATP Iceland 2016. Read more »| 13 Nov 2015 -
International Festivals
The Notwist, Heems, Prefuse 73 join Le Guess Who? 2015
The full line-up for this year’s Le Guess Who? festival in the Dutch city of Utrecht has been confirmed. Read more »| 01 Oct 2015 -
International Festivals
Jake Gyllenhaal: “Do you think masculinity lacks sensitivity?”
From a skinny sociopath in Nightcrawler to a jacked boxer in Southpaw, the last few years have seen Jake Gyllenhaal go to extremes for his art. He's at it again with true-life disaster flick Everest – we catch up with the star at the Venice Film Festival Read more »| 24 Sep 2015 -
International Festivals
Lowlands 2015: The Review
If you're hankering for a smaller scale festival that still draws big talent, look no further Lowlands, a three day offering of rock, electronic and hip-hop held just outside Amsterdam. Here's our lowdown on this year's exemplary edition. Read more »| 28 Aug 2015 -
International Festivals
887 @ EICC, 14 Aug
Robert Lepage and his Ex Machina company bring 887 to the Edinburgh International Festival. Read more »| 20 Aug 2015 -
International Festivals
Positivus 2015: The Review
A family-friendly haven for rockers and ravers looking for a dance into the wee hours, as well as people who just want to watch a puppet film in the woods at 4 in the morning, we investigate the ninth edition of Latvia's Positivus festival Read more »| 23 Jul 2015 -
International Festivals
Pohoda 2015: The Review
In search of a change, Vic Galloway forsakes his annual trip to T in the Park to take in the likes of Björk, Die Antwoord and CocoRosie at Slovakia's balmy Pohoda Festival Read more »| 20 Jul 2015 -
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Viet Cong, Josh T. Pearson and Mikal Cronin with Strings & Horns join Utrecht's Le Guess Who? 2015
Sets by Deerhunter, Faust, Destroyer and a strand curated by drone godfathers SunnO))) head up the brilliantly eclectic line-up for the four-day Le Guess Who... Read more »| 01 Jul 2015