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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FilmSundance 2026: Josephine
Beth de Araújo’s follow-up to 2022's Soft & Quiet is a lucid analysis of the banality of male aggression filtered through the eyes of an eight-year-old girl Read more »| 05 Feb 2026 -
FilmSundance 2026: Extra Geography
Molly Manners’ feature debut follows the painfully relatable unravelling of a ride-or-die friendship when that delicate microcosm opens up to others Read more »| 05 Feb 2026 -
MusicSpotlight On... Isa Gordon & Tony Morris
Ahead of releasing their debut collaborative 12'' dance record, Wake Up Baby, we catch up with Isa Gordon and Tony Morris Read more »| 05 Feb 2026 -
Musicvegas water taxi – long time caller, first time listener
vegas water taxi's latest LP offers a joyful alt-country promise of a social life Read more »| 05 Feb 2026 -
ArtGiving Voice: Michael Fullerton's portraits of asylum seekers
At City Art Centre, Michael Fullerton’s intimate portraits of asylum seekers give voice to migrant stories while far-right anti-migration protests take place in Scotland Read more »| 05 Feb 2026 -
ArtScottish Art Highlights: February 2026
Turner Prize winner Nnena Kalu participates in a Dundee exhibition that challenges ableism in the arts, while land artist Ilana Halperin explores geological phenomena at Fruitmarket Read more »| 05 Feb 2026
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MusicScottish New Music Round-up: February 2026
Februrary is loaded with piano beauty from Drexler, indie-pop from Lou Mclean, raging punk from Bratakus and a 12" dance record from Isa Gordon and Tony Morris, plus loads more Read more »| 05 Feb 2026 -
![Ezra Furman @ The Art School, Glasgow, 1 Feb [pic only for use with this review]](https://images.theskinny.co.uk/assets/production/000/152/146/152146_widescreen.1.jpg "Ezra Furman @ The Art School, Glasgow, 1 Feb [pic only for use with this review]")
MusicEzra Furman @ The Art School, Glasgow, 1 Feb
Fervently thrashing her way through a 90-minute set, not one of the sold out crowd leaves Ezra Furman's show regretting their decision to venture outside on a Sunday evening Read more »| 04 Feb 2026 -
TheatreBalancing in Freedom @ Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
A deeply personal hour with storyteller and multi-disciplinary artist Iddo Oberski offers insights into what it means to be human, and what it means to be free Read more »| 04 Feb 2026 -
FilmSundance 2026: The Incomer
From Edinburgh to Park City, writer-director Louis Paxton brings a piece of Orkney folklore to Sundance with his oddball feature debut, which won the NEXT Innovator Award at the Sundance Film Festival Read more »| 04 Feb 2026 -
FilmHippFest reveals its 2026 programme
HippFest, Scotland's unmissable film festival pairing silent cinema with live music, returns for its 16th edition with its biggest lineup yet. Expect soaring melodrama, epic sci-fi, death-defying stunt work, rib-tickling slapstick and Roaring 20s chic Read more »| 04 Feb 2026 -
MusicDream Nails – You Wish
Dream Nails' third album, You Wish, proves that change can be a good thing, with the risks mostly paying off Read more »| 03 Feb 2026 -
MusicKelburn Garden Party 2026: First names revealed
Emma-Jean Thackray, Joshua Idehen, Snapped Ankles, SOAPBOX, Indoor Foxes, Pictish Trail, Leon Vynehall and SHERELLE are amongst the first wave lineup for Kelburn Garden Party's 2026 iteration Read more »| 03 Feb 2026 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: February 2026
Lacking days but packing parties, February is set to be short, sweet and sweaty; our top picks including Bakey, Manga Saint Hilare and Jamz Supernova Read more »| 03 Feb 2026 -
BooksScottish Books Events: February 2026
There's a new zine festival in town (or Fife), with the launch of Fife Queer Zine Fest. Elsewhere, there's book launches in Edinburgh and collage and zine workshops in Glasgow Read more »| 03 Feb 2026