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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Festival GuideLFF 2014: The Standouts
We round up some of the best new films shown at this year's London Film Festival Read more »| 19 Nov 2014 -
Festival GuideManchester International Festival 2015 lineup announced
Manchester International Festival has unveiled the first shows for its 2015 edition, with Jamie Smith of the xx, film director Kevin Macdonald and physicist ... Read more »| 19 Nov 2014 -
FilmChannel Hopping: French Film Festival 2014
From established auteurs to mint fresh greenhorns, the French Film Festival UK returns with another tantalising line-up of contemporary Francophone cinema. Dip your toe in its eclectic programme and you're sure to find a gem – vive le cinéma! Read more »| 05 Nov 2014 -
Festival GuideControlling the Future: Liverpool’s First One-on-One Performance Festival
Liverpool’s first one-on-one performance festival, Control 25 plans to infiltrate the city by directing audience members along a series of mysterious trajectories. Participants Sharron Devine and Ant Hampton tell us more Read more »| 04 Nov 2014 -
Music
A Carefully Planned Festival #4 @ Various venues, Manchester, 18-19 October
In a week that sees Noel Gallagher asking £55 a pop for his forthcoming tour, A Carefully Planned Festival shows the locals a tad more respect. A mere ... Read more »| 23 Oct 2014 -
Music
Thirty band bill set for Dunfermline Live festival
Fife’s own King Creosote and Glasgow hip-hop group Hector Bizerk are among the acts lined up for this weekend’s Dunfermline Live all-dayer. KC &... Read more »| 15 Oct 2014
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Film
Forward Thinking: Africa in Motion 2014
Later this month, Scotland's biggest showcase of African cinema returns to screens in Edinburgh and Glasgow. We unpack some of Africa in Motion 2014's potential highlights Read more »| 07 Oct 2014 -
Music
In Pictures: Liverpool Psych Fest 2014
In Pictures: Liverpool Psych Fest 2014 Stretching their remit well beyond the idea of flower power and sweaty dudes with wah pedals, the organisers of Liver... Read more »| 03 Oct 2014 -
Music
Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia 2014
Typical. In the last few years, Merseyside has finally begun to make gigantic steps forwards with regards to external perceptions of its musical output (the ... Read more »| 03 Oct 2014 -
Music
The Phantom Band and Miaoux Miaoux to headline Stirling's Strange Behaviours festival
The line-up for Strange Behaviours festival in Stirling on 21 and 22 November has been revealed, with The Phantom Band and Miaoux Miaoux respectively headlin... Read more »| 03 Oct 2014 -
Film
Cinematic Reflection: Play Poland 2014
In this year's Play Poland programme we find a selection of films that are at once comforting and disconcertingly alien Read more »| 02 Oct 2014 -
Film
Scotland Film Event Highlights – October 2014
This month's film highlights include another bout of All Night Horror, a wild sci-fi season and the launch of the Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival Read more »| 01 Oct 2014 -
Film
Film Power: Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival 2014
Cinema welcomes you in; it invites you to walk in someone else's shoes, see the world from their point of view. Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival film programmer Richard Warden explains how he's utilised these qualities at this year's event Read more »| 01 Oct 2014 -
Festival Guide
Word Power: Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival's New Literary Strand
The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival enters its fifth year with the theme of power, adding a new literary strand to its many activities. The Skinny chatted to Festival Manager Gail Aldam to find out more Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
Festival Guide
The Arches Referendum Festival
As Scotland went to the polls, The Arches celebrated the debate with a week of performance Read more »| 29 Sep 2014