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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MusicFestival Fever: Scottish Music Festivals Calendar
As the summer festival season gets closer and closer, we pull together all the details on this year's Scottish music festival slate Read more »| 03 Apr 2026 -
Music16 UK Music Festivals to check out in 2026
No Glasto, no problem – we've pulled together a shortlist of music festivals across the UK for 2026, from city one-dayers to camping weekends Read more »| 03 Apr 2026 -
MusicThe Skinny On... Valtos
Ahead of releasing their new album The Last Light, and a busy festival season, Martyn MacDonald of Skye duo Valtos takes on this month's Q&A Read more »| 03 Apr 2026 -
MusicWendy Eisenberg – Wendy Eisenberg
On their self-titled album, Wendy Eisenberg channels the restless energy of their avant-garde work into something beautiful Read more »| 03 Apr 2026 -
MusicSUNN O))) – SUNN O)))
SUNN O))) reconnect with nature and signal our doom on their self-titled comeback record Read more »| 03 Apr 2026 -
MusicSpotlight On... RED KING
Ahead of launching his The Dark Before EP with a massive show at Glasgow's Room 2, we catch up with Tommy Dey, aka RED KING Read more »| 02 Apr 2026
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MusicScottish New Music Round-Up: April 2026
Fill your April with a flood of records from the likes of Pippa Blundell, Valtos, Lizzie Reid and Pleasure Trail, plus new projects from veteran Scottish songwriters Read more »| 02 Apr 2026 -
ArtDavid Breen on first solo exhibition Reverie In Red
David 'PizzaBoy' Breen's first solo exhibition reflects on nostalgia, evoking the fuzzy residue of film, music and early 2000s pop culture Read more »| 02 Apr 2026 -
BooksOn the Bus Without a Phone by Babak Ganjei
Visual artist Babak Ganjei brings out an idiosyncratic novella of everyday, low-level dread Read more »| 02 Apr 2026 -
FilmScottish Film Events: April 2026
April sees the arrival of a new folk horror festival, John Waters favourite Mink Stole brings her IDOL WORSHIP show to Edinburgh, and there's lots and lots of repertory cinema Read more »| 01 Apr 2026 -
BooksScottish Books Events: April 2026
First Date, Edinburgh's romance book festival, returns at the end of the month. Elsewhere, Polly Barton launches her debut novel and there's a poetry open mic at Glasgow Zine Library Read more »| 31 Mar 2026 -
TheatreScottish Theatre Highlights: April 2026
New writing and touring work take centre stage in April, with book and film adaptations, local storytelling and small-scale narratives well worth watching Read more »| 31 Mar 2026 -
BooksShahed Ezaydi on The Othered Woman, white feminism and Islamophobia
We chat with author and journalist Shahed Ezaydi on her debut book The Othered Woman and her years of research into the harms of white feminism Read more »| 31 Mar 2026 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: April 2026
Outwith all the festival fun happening this month, our gig highlights include Record Store Day events, EP launches and lineups of local talent Read more »| 31 Mar 2026 -
MusicRadhika on her cinematic debut record, Cine-Pop
In the run-up to releasing her debut album, Cine-Pop, just in time for festival season, Radhika unveils the opening credits Read more »| 30 Mar 2026