UK Festivals
Welcome to The Skinny UK festival guide. We bring you previews, reviews, and line-up information for arts, film, music and comedy festivals around the UK.
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Film
Falastin Film Festival returns for 2025
Falastin Film Festival, the new and urgent Palestinian film festival in Scotland, returns for its second edition with an expanded programme. We look at how the event goes beyond passive film watching to foster a space of learning, solidarity and action Read more »| 28 Apr 2025 -
Festival Guide
Spring Breakers: Five Great Scottish Film Festivals
There's a glut of great film festivals happening in Scotland this spring, covering a myriad of subjects and forms. We look forward to five of them Read more »| 25 Apr 2025 -
Film
Alchemy 2025: Maxime Jean-Baptiste on Kouté vwa
Maxime Jean-Baptiste returns to Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival with Kouté vwa, a hybrid documentary concerned with familial grief, coming-of-age and the shadow of colonialism in French Guiana. He talks to us about blending fact and fiction Read more »| 15 Apr 2025 -
Intersections
In conversation with FLAPS
We chat with feminist collective FLAPS (Fannies Listening with Advice and Peer Support) about their work in creating safe spaces at music festivals through sexual and emotional welfare provisions Read more »| 15 Apr 2025 -
Music
Counterflows 2025: The Report
Counterflows returns to Glasgow and remains one of the finest festivals the UK has to offer Read more »| 10 Apr 2025 -
Music
Gig Buddies on making music festivals more accessible
Gig Buddies with Thera Trust support adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults to take control over their social lives. Their Project Manager Sam Maggs discusses what can be done to break down access barriers in Scotland’s festival scene Read more »| 09 Apr 2025
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Music
Hit the Road: Music Festivals Outwith Scotland
Sometimes it's fun to double up your festival with a bit of a road trip or holiday, so we've picked out 12 festivals outwith Scotland for you to consider this year Read more »| 08 Apr 2025 -
Music
Dance Yrself Clean: Dance Festivals in 2025
From all-day raves and camping weekenders to multi-venue festivals and more, our Clubs editor picks out some festivals to keep you dancing through the spring and summer months Read more »| 08 Apr 2025 -
Music
Ewan McVicar on Ayr's Pavilion Festival
Ahead of Pavilion Festival's third edition, we catch up with the festival's co-founder, DJ and producer Ewan McVicar to find out more Read more »| 08 Apr 2025 -
Film
MUBI FEST coming to Glasgow in 2025
Distributor, streaming service and production company MUBI have announced that their global touring festival MUBI FEST will come to Glasgow in November 2025 Read more »| 26 Mar 2025 -
Film
Glasgow Short Film Festival 2025: The Award Winners
Lisa Clarkson’s Paternal Advice won this year’s Scottish Competition while Iranian filmmaker Maryam Tafakory won the Bill Douglas Award for best international short film Read more »| 25 Mar 2025 -
Music
Hidden Door announces 2025 programme
Bikini Body, No Windows, Mermaid Chunky and Snapped Ankles are among the acts heading to Hidden Door 2025, which will take place in an old paper factory in west Edinburgh Read more »| 25 Mar 2025 -
Film
Julian Glander on Boys Go to Jupiter
Julian Glander's debut feature, vaporwave animation Boys Go to Jupiter, is a delightful hangout movie with a sci-fi twist. We spoke to Glander about the film ahead of its UK premiere at Glasgow Film Festival earlier this month Read more »| 20 Mar 2025 -
Film
GFF 2025: Super Happy Forever
Kohei Igarashi's Super Happy Forever is a profoundly romantic non-linear love story Read more »| 13 Mar 2025 -
Film
GFF 2025: Baby Assassins: Nice Days
Coming across like an anime leaping to live-action, Yugo Sakamoto's latest entry in his Baby Assassins series is an infectious and silly delight Read more »| 07 Mar 2025