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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MusicLiverpool 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 -
MusicThe 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 GuideWord 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
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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 -
Festival Guide
Glasgay! 2014 Preview
Glasgay! is to be an even bigger celebration than usual this year as the festival turns 21 and the festival's producer, Steven Thomson, celebrates his tenth year at the helm Read more »| 29 Sep 2014 -
Festival Guide
Preview: The North West Fashion Festival
A look at what's on the cards for this inaugural event in Liverpool's beautiful Palm House Read more »| 12 Sep 2014 -
Film
Scotland Loves Anime 2014
Scotland's number one Japanese animation showcase, Scotland Loves Anime, returns with more great hand-drawn cinema from the land of the rising sun Read more »| 09 Sep 2014 -
Music
A Psych for Sore Eyes: Liverpool Psych Fest 2014
As Liverpool Psych Fest stakes its claim to be Europe's premier site of sonic worship, The Skinny questions the festival's visual experts on the aesthetics of psych, plus their plans – and the music – for this year's event Read more »| 09 Sep 2014 -
Music
End of the Road 2014
As festival season hurtles towards a close, End of the Road showed them all how it's done Read more »| 05 Sep 2014 -
FilmLights, Camera, Take One Action
Take One Action delivers another shot in the arm to complacent cinema-goers and encourages its audience to take what it sees on the screen and ask themselves 'how can I use this information to enact change in my own life?' Read more »| 04 Sep 2014 -
Film
Dunoon Film Festival and Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival
Fancy turning your film festival experience into a road-trip? Here are a couple of great festivals worth taking a few hours drive for Read more »| 04 Sep 2014 -
Comedy
The Wit Parade: Liverpool Comedy Festival
Do you like to laugh out of your face? This year's Liverpool Comedy Festival presents up-and-coming names fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe alongside established stars on a bill with something for everyone, but particularly those keen to spot new talent Read more »| 03 Sep 2014