Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
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Art(Former) Resident Advisor: Max Machen
We meet an illustrator and former Edinburgh resident to reminisce about life in the city Read more »| 30 Jun 2026 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: July 2026
Whether you’re after an island vibe or a boogie by the bandstand – our July clubbing highlights have you sorted. Top picks include Hannah Laing, Chaos in the CBD and Caribou Read more »| 30 Jun 2026 -
FilmScottish Film Events: July 2026
Queen's Park Arena returns with outdoor screenings of cult films and family faves, Filmhouse celebrate the genius of David Byrne and GFT present an inventive season celebrating puppets on screen Read more »| 30 Jun 2026 -
TheatreThe Karate Kid: The Musical @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
With great choreography and an engaging new score, this new stage adaptation of The Karate Kid is a vibrant and engaging take on the iconic 80s teen movie Read more »| 30 Jun 2026 -
ArtThe Skinny's Edinburgh Old Town Quest for Kids
Take a tour through Edinburgh’s Old Town to learn some facts about Scotland’s weird and wonderful history Read more »| 30 Jun 2026 -
MusicRobyn @ OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 26 Jun
Robyn’s return to Glasgow is an immaculate vision of how to nail an arena show Read more »| 29 Jun 2026
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MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: July 2026
Kelburn and Belladrum head up a big month of outdoor gigs and festivals across Scotland Read more »| 29 Jun 2026 -
TheatreScottish Theatre Highlights: July 2026
As the theatre scene catches its breath before the Edinburgh Fringe arrives, July offers a smaller but varied programme Read more »| 29 Jun 2026 -
ComedyScottish Comedy Highlights: July 2026
It's nearly Fringe time, which means works-in-progress a-plenty at comedy clubs across Scotland this month Read more »| 29 Jun 2026 -
ArtQueer Histories and Colonial Control: Richard Maguire on his Collective exhibition
At Edinburgh's Collective Gallery, artist Richard Maguire investigates the surveillance of sexualities under colonialism through drawings and sculpture Read more »| 29 Jun 2026 -
MusicAkusmi – Terra Incognita
Akusmi's second album is a journey through wonder and quiet adventure Read more »| 29 Jun 2026 -
BooksCanon by Paige Lewis
Canon, the debut novel from poet Paige Lewis, is an outrageous and subversive new kind of biblical epic tale Read more »| 29 Jun 2026 -
FilmThe Invite
Olivia Wilde stars in and directs a neatly orchestrated, if too familiar, foursome affair investigating the hows and whys at the foundation of the institution of love Read more »| 29 Jun 2026 -
FilmNirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol bring their mockumentary web series and sitcom about two struggling Toronto musicians to the big screen. The results are ridiculous, surprising, and beyond delightful Read more »| 29 Jun 2026 -
MusicArooj Aftab @ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 24 Jun
Arooj Aftab's spellbinding tales only grow in grandeur when accompanied by the London Contemporary Orchestra Read more »| 26 Jun 2026