International Festivals
Welcome to The Skinny international festival guide. We bring you previews, reviews, and 2019 line-up information for international festivals such as Primavera Sound, Le Guess Who and Toronto Film Fest.
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FilmOkja
Shades of Studio Ghibli in this ecological fantasy film from Bong Joon-ho that'll make you want to hug the nearest animal to hand and swear an oath on a bible that you won’t touch meat again Read more »| 19 May 2017 -
Venice BiennaleVenice Vernissage: A world divided
The opening week of the Venice Biennale offers a contradictory reflection of the troubled world of 2017, both within and without the official exhibitions programme Read more »| 16 May 2017 -
Venice BiennaleRachel Maclean – Spite Your Face: Venice Biennale 2017
This year's Scotland + Venice presentation is Rachel Maclean's Spite Your Face in the Chiesa Santa Caterina Read more »| 09 May 2017 -
International Festivals
Snowbombing 2017: Festival Review
We head to Snowbombing in the Austrian Alps for a week of top-notch electronic music in some spectacular – and unexpected – surroundings Read more »| 13 Apr 2017 -
International FestivalsFestival Guide 2017: Europe
Whether you fancy wandering through Hamburg's Reeperbahn district, exploring electronic music in Croatia or finding your new favourite band in Utrecht, you can bet we've got something for you – here's our guide to music festivals in Europe this year Read more »| 28 Mar 2017 -
Trans Musicales
Trans Musicales: The review
A recap of the Rennes-based festival from the end of the year, which proved to be an incubator for some of 2017's hottest festival acts Read more »| 17 Mar 2017
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International Festivals
Festival Guide 2017: Asia and Australia
From one-off gigs in the shadow of one of Australia's most iconic buildings to outdoor fests across Asia, we pick out some of the best music festivals in Asia and Australia in the coming year... Read more »| 13 Mar 2017 -
International Festivals
Music Festivals 2017: USA, Canada and Mexico
From the streets of Toronto to the outskirts of Mexico City (via an evening or two in NYC), our pick of some of the year's best festivals across the USA, Canada and Mexico Read more »| 09 Mar 2017 -
International Festivals
Europe's best dance music festivals in 2017
Because sometimes you just want to get off your nut in another country, here are some of our favourite DJ-led festivals across Europe this year Read more »| 08 Mar 2017 -
International Festivals
Music Festivals 2017: Denmark, Norway, Finland & Iceland
We pick out some of the year's best music festivals across Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland; expect lovely architecture, friendly people, eye-watering beer prices and some incredible live music Read more »| 08 Mar 2017 -
International Festivals
Berlinale 2017: Beyond the Competition
We take a look at the rich but lesser known cinematic pleasures outside the main competition at this year's Berlin Film Festival Read more »| 17 Feb 2017 -
Sonar
Sónar announce Hong Kong festival for 2017
The Barcelona-based Sónar music festival has revealed details of an inaugural Hong Kong edition of the festival this April Read more »| 07 Feb 2017 -
Guide
Dekmantel Festival unveils 2017 line-up
The electronic music festival in Amsterdam features sets from Steve Reich, Masters at Work and Jon Hopkins among a host of big names The expanded festival k... Read more »| 23 Jan 2017 -
Guide
Snowbombing 2017: full line-up revealed
Andy C, Axel Boman, Gerd Janson, Midland and Roni Size complete the 2017 line-up for Austria’s Snowbombing festival in Mayrhofen this April Read more »| 20 Jan 2017 -
Primavera
Frank Ocean and Solange to headline Primavera 2017
Aphex Twin, Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Grace Jones, Slayer, Van Morrison and The xx will also top the bill in Barcelona While other festivals drip-feed their li... Read more »| 30 Nov 2016