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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Music
Kelburn Garden Party 2025: First names revealed
TAAHLIAH, Sofia Kourtesis, Auntie Flo and Romare head up an exciting first wave of acts at this year's Kelburn Garden Party Read more »| 03 Feb 2025 -
Music
Active Listening: Dundee Radio Club
We catch up with Becca Clark and Su Shaw from Dundee Radio Club ahead of their maiden broadcast at the start of the month Read more »| 03 Feb 2025 -
Clubs
Scottish Clubbing Highlights: February 2025
Strut your stuff for the sweatiest and sexiest Valentine’s Scotland’s seen yet. This month's top clubbing picks include Miss World, Aluna, Martyn Bootyspoon, and BABii Read more »| 03 Feb 2025 -
Theatre
Scottish Theatre Highlights February 2025
Manipulate Festival is a must-see for theatregoers this month, but don't miss February's shows by Scottish Opera, A Play, A Pie and a Pint, and more Read more »| 03 Feb 2025 -
Music
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory – Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory
Born out of jam sessions in the desert, Sharon Van Etten – joined by her band The Attachment Theory – sounds perfectly at ease on her most playful album yet Read more »| 03 Feb 2025 -
Music
Squid – Cowards
Squid graduate the post-punk revival with an exceptional record, proving them more than worthy of recognition as Britain's new rock innovators Read more »| 03 Feb 2025
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Music
Scottish Live Music Highlights: February 2025
As well as EP launches and all-dayers, February is full of gigs with Scottish circuit mainstays like Sacred Paws, Hamish Hawk, Mogwai and more Read more »| 03 Feb 2025 -
Film
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Having fled Iran after being given an eight-year prison sentence for his filmmaking, director Mohammad Rasoulof releases this blistering critique of his nation's corrupt regime centred on tensions within a family unit Read more »| 03 Feb 2025 -
Art
Scottish Art Events & Exhibitions: February 2025
Exhibitions and events across February include a Derek Jarman deep dive, a discussion of printmaking as a political tool, and a show exploring the feminist power of saying no Read more »| 03 Feb 2025 -
Books
Ask Me Again by Clare Sestanovich
In Clare Sestanovich's debut novel Ask Me Again, tautological questions and half-answers lend a frustrating air to proceedings Read more »| 31 Jan 2025 -
Comedy
Scottish Comedy Highlights: February 2025
February’s an absolute belter for comedy with Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees, one-off gigs and home-grown talent aplenty Read more »| 31 Jan 2025 -
Film
David Lynch, a filmmaker who opened up the world
The late David Lynch was not an artist you had to understand. His films were not puzzles to solve, they were journeys that had to be experienced. One writer reflects on how dipping her toes in Lynch's films after years of reluctance opened up the world Read more »| 31 Jan 2025 -
Film
Glasgow Film Festival 2025: Ten Films to See
Ahead of the 2025 edition of Scotland's biggest film festival, our film editor picks out some highlights from the Glasgow Film Festival programme Read more »| 31 Jan 2025 -
Music
Spotlight On... Isabella Strange
Ahead of releasing their debut EP, and a headline show at Edinburgh's Voodoo Rooms, we catch up with playful punks Isabella Strange Read more »| 30 Jan 2025 -
Art
Creative Scotland reveal Multi-Year Funding awards
The recipients of nearly £200 million of Creative Scotland funding have been announced, as the long-delayed Multi-Year Funding process concludes Read more »| 30 Jan 2025