UK Festivals
Welcome to The Skinny UK festival guide. We bring you previews, reviews, and line-up information for arts, film, music and comedy festivals around the UK.
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Music
Big City 2024: Mogwai announce Glasgow festival
Glasgow post-rockers Mogwai unveil the inaugural eclectic lineup of their very own hometown festival, Big City Read more »| 06 Feb 2024 -
Film
HippFest 2024 programme revealed
The Hippodrome Silent Film Festival is back with another knockout lineup of silent cinema, featuring early cinematic visions of Scotland, some of the biggest stars of the silent era and loads of rarities, all performed with live music Read more »| 06 Feb 2024 -
Film
Glasgow Film Festival and GSFF team up to celebrate Bill Douglas
One of Scotland’s greatest filmmakers, Bill Douglas, will receive much love at the upcoming Glasgow Film Festival and Glasgow Short Film Festival, as GFF hosts new documentary Bill Douglas: My Best Friend while GSFF opens with some of Douglas's 8mm shorts Read more »| 16 Jan 2024 -
Film
Fokus, Films from Germany: 2024 preview
Fokus returns for an eighth edition with a sharply curated lineup of brand-new German films, recent highlights from some of Germany's best contemporary filmmakers and some little-seen gems made in the German Democratic Republic Read more »| 21 Dec 2023 -
Film
Glasgow Film Festival: Pop-up Screenings return in 2024
Glasgow Film Festival reveals the first programme details for its landmark 20th edition, including a bunch of pop-up screenings and their annual free morning retrospective Read more »| 08 Dec 2023 -
Film
One More 'Toon: Scotland Loves Anime 2023 preview
Annual celebration of Japanese animation Scotland Loves Anime returns with a diverse programme offering something for everyone Read more »| 27 Oct 2023
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Film
Discovery Film Festival 2023: 5 Films to See
Discovery Film Festival, which turns 20 this year, is back with an ambitious programme of films, shorts, events and workshops for young people and family audiences. Here are five picks from the international feature films on offer Read more »| 09 Oct 2023 -
Film
Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival: 5 Films to See
Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival turns ten this year. As ever, it gives a snapshot of contemporary Spanish filmmaking, from prison thrillers to social satires to historical dramas, with a few classics in the mix. Here are five titles to look out for Read more »| 28 Sep 2023 -
Film
Scottish Queer International Film Festival 2023 preview
The Scottish Queer International Film Festival returns with a programme of films old and new, as well as two exhibitions and a series of workshops and events, including an end-of-festival party at Bonjour Read more »| 14 Sep 2023 -
Music
Connect Festival 2023: The Report
Now into its second year at Edinburgh's Royal Highland Showgrounds, Connect Festival still seems to be casting around for its defining identity, with a weekend’s lineup that swerves from 90s survivors to contemporary chart toppers Read more »| 04 Sep 2023 -
Film
EIFF 2023: Chuck Chuck Baby
Chuck Chuck Baby may not reinvent the romcom or the musical but it's brimming over with heart Read more »| 29 Aug 2023 -
Music
TRNSMT @ Glasgow Green, 9 Jul
Day three of Glasgow’s biggest festival has a distinctly more alternative feel to close the weekend in style, with sets from The 1975, Ashnikko and more Read more »| 12 Jul 2023 -
Music
TRNSMT @ Glasgow Green, 7 Jul
It might still be trying to be something for everyone, but day one of TRNSMT 2023 – capped by a headlining set for the ages from Pulp – gets pretty close Read more »| 12 Jul 2023 -
Music
Hidden Door festival, Edinburgh, 1 June
Hidden Door has once again transformed an abandoned space in Edinburgh and turned it into a hive of art, music and creativity. We report back from a night at the festival with the likes of Flasher, Aku and the Hot 8 Brass Band on the bill Read more »| 06 Jun 2023 -
Music
Wide Awake Festival 2023: Five acts to catch
Ahead of its return to London's Brockwell Park this bank holiday weekend, we pick out the acts not to be missed at Wide Awake festival Read more »| 24 May 2023