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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ComedyDream Gig: Jodie Mitchell
As they come to the Edinburgh Fringe with their debut hour, stand-up, Drag King and host of The LOL Word (a queer women, trans and non-binary comedy collective), Jodie Mitchell takes on August's Dream Gig Read more »| 02 Aug 2023 -
MusicThe Great Western returns for 2023: lineup revealed
The multi-venue Glasgow festival returns this November with Warmduscher, Forest Swords and a stage from Lost Map Records Read more »| 02 Aug 2023 -
MusicBrenda @ The Glad Cafe, Glasgow, 28 Jul
An intimate album launch in the corner of The Glad Cafe can barely contain all the personality of post-punk trio Brenda, its individual members, or their special guests Read more »| 01 Aug 2023 -
MusicScottish New Music Round-up: August 2023
This month in Scottish music, summer concludes with a deluge of debuts that will keep us bright and beaming once the autumn rains roll in Read more »| 01 Aug 2023 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: August 2023
Our August clubs round-up includes big festival nights in Edinburgh, the return of Connect festival, and a huge party at The Ferry in Glasgow Read more »| 01 Aug 2023 -
ComedyNot Your Usual: David Callaghan on his new Fringe show
Not Your Usual is a new series from The Skinny and Glayva highlighting exciting, interesting and unusual artists from across the Scottish scene. To kick things off, we meet comedian, animator and lover of miniatures, David Callaghan Read more »| 01 Aug 2023
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MusicThe Snuts @ Galvanizers Yard, SWG3, Glasgow, 29 Jul
A bumper Glasgow crowd braves biblical rains to revel with The Snuts on the second night of their SWG3 run Read more »| 31 Jul 2023 -
MusicSiouxsie @ Kelvingrove Bandstand, Glasgow, 25 Jul
The unparalleled empress of the goths delights her loyal subjects with Banshees and Creatures classics as the heavens open over the Kelvingrove Bandstand Read more »| 31 Jul 2023 -
MusicEdinburgh Fringe 2023: Music Highlights
From immersive audiovisual feasts and K-pop to comedian DJ battles and DJ Yoda's love of Tarantino, we pick out some music highlights from the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Read more »| 31 Jul 2023 -
FilmSam H Freeman and Ng Choon Ping on Femme
Directors Sam H Freeman and Ng Choon Ping explore myriad modes of masculinity in their bristling queer thriller Femme, which sees a drag artist out to exact revenge on a homophobic thug Read more »| 31 Jul 2023 -
BooksI Will Greet the Sun Again by Khashayar J. Khabushani
In Khashayar J. Khabushani's debut, a young boy navigates a queer coming-of-age against the backdrop of pre-9/11 America and post-revolution Iran Read more »| 31 Jul 2023 -
FilmKokomo City
Kokomo City is a timely and powerful documentary exploring the lives of Black trans sex workers Read more »| 31 Jul 2023 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: August 2023
August offers up festivals galore – Core., Connect, EIF – plus dozens of great local gigs at Sneaky Pete's, King Tut's, The Hug & Pint and elsewhere Read more »| 31 Jul 2023 -
FilmScottish Film Events: August 2023
EIFF is getting the east coast excited, but there's plenty of cinema action on the west coast too, with big screen epics, a Lars von Trier season and a new festival celebrating artists' films made in Scotland Read more »| 31 Jul 2023 -
ComedyEdinburgh Fringe 2023: 26 Comedy Shows to See
Our Comedy editor picks out a few highlights from this year's Edinburgh Fringe programme. OK, twenty-six highlights... Read more »| 28 Jul 2023