Festivals
Step into a vibrant celebration of culture with The Skinny festival guide. We bring you the latest UK and international festival news; you'll find festival information, previews, reviews, features, and interviews.
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ClubsHalcyon Days: we get to know electronic music festival, DAYS
As DAYS festival returns to its Firth-side home at Granton’s The Pitt this May, we speak to festival co-director Owen Davies about changing clubbing habits, WhatsApp groups and the future for DAYS to come Read more »| 16 Apr 2026 -
Uk FestivalsAlchemy Film and Moving Image Festival 2026: Preview
Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival returns for its 16th edition. As usual, expect a programme of thought-provoking moving image screenings and exhibitions, but the festival's directors explain why the festival is much more than just a "bunch of films" Read more »| 16 Apr 2026 -
Uk FestivalsHot Tickets: Our Dance Festival Picks for 2026
No Glastonbury, no problem. Alongside the festivals covered in our April issue like DAYS and the Queen's Park Weekender, here are some others worth camping in a one-man for Read more »| 14 Apr 2026 -
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 -
FilmGlasgow Short Film Festival 2026: The Award Winners
Klarissa Webster took home GSFF's Scottish Competition prize for her documentary Each to Their Own World, while Manal Issa, 2024 by Elisabeth Subrin won The Bill Douglas Award for International Short Film Read more »| 23 Mar 2026
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ComedyGlasgow Comedy Festival 2026: The comedians' picks
Straight from the horses' mouths, we have recommendations from five of the best Scotland-based comics at the festival this year Read more »| 05 Mar 2026 -
FilmGFF 2026: Super Nature
Director Ed Sayers assembles Super 8 footage from contributors in 25 countries in this heartfelt testament to the natural world and DIY filmmaking Read more »| 04 Mar 2026 -
FilmSeán Dunn on The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford
Edinburgh-born, New York-based filmmaker Seán Dunn discusses his new comedy, The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford, the use of Scotland as a Hollywood backdrop and finding inspiration on a Harry Potter tour Read more »| 25 Feb 2026 -
FilmGlasgow Short Film Festival reveals 2026 programme
The much-loved GSFF returns for its 19th edition with a spotlight on Iranian filmmaker Gelare Khoshgozaran, an archive programme celebrating the Clyde, and the festival’s usual expert curation of shorts from across the world Read more »| 19 Feb 2026 -
FilmNew GFF head Paul Gallagher on the future of Glasgow Film Festival
Paul Gallagher, the long-time programmer at Glasgow Film Theatre, recently took over as Head of Programme for all of Glasgow Film's operations, which include the annual festival. We chat to him about his hopes for GFF ahead of his first edition in charge Read more »| 19 Feb 2026 -
FilmGlasgow Short Film Festival reveals Scottish Competition films for 2026
Glasgow Short Film Festival has announced the films competing in its always-popular Scottish Competition for 2026, with GSFF favourites like Duncan Cowles, Will Anderson and Leyla Coll-O'Reilly among the lineup Read more »| 10 Feb 2026 -
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 -
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