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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FilmBerlinale: The Good, the Bad and the Infuriatingly Opaque
We report the highs and lows from this year’s Berlin International Film Festival, featuring films from Wes Anderson, Rachid Bouchareb, Lou Ye and others Read more »| 18 Feb 2014 -
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Festival Watch: Pixies and James to headline new Manchester event Summer in the City
Manchester's new Summer in the City Festival announces its headliners, plus the latest on Liverpool Sound City, Bilbao BBK and the return of Eastern Electrics Read more »| 18 Feb 2014 -
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Festival Watch: Pitchfork, ATP and Primavera team up for London's Jabberwocky
A round-up of the latest Summer festival lineup additions, including a look at Jabberwocky, a new London-based festival from promoters Pitchfork, ATP and Primavera, featuring Deafheaven, Hookworms and more Read more »| 17 Feb 2014 -
FilmGlasgow Short Film Festival celebrates winning films
Taking place between 13 and 16 Feb, this year's Glasgow Short Film Festival has been celebrating the diversity and creativity of filmmakers working in the medium, and yesterday, they announced the winners of four prestigious awards Read more »| 17 Feb 2014 -
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Edinburgh International Science Festival programme unveiled
At a launch today, this year's programme for the Edinburgh International Science Festival (5-20 April) was unveiled, revealing a diverse platform o... Read more »| 13 Feb 2014 -
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Festival Watch: Swans to headline Supersonic, plus new names for EXIT, Open'er, and Truck Fest
Michael Gira's Swans announced for Birmingham's Supersonic Festival, Disclosure bring Carl Craig and Green Velvet to EXIT, plus lineup additions for Open'er and Truck Fest Read more »| 13 Feb 2014
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Film
Festival Preview: Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema
We look ahead to Scotland’s largest celebration of silent cinema Read more »| 12 Feb 2014 -
Festival GuideBestiaires @ Traverse
An attempt to describe Dudapaiva's Bestiaires to anyone who hasn't seen it will inevitably fall short of the scale, skill, and thought behind this perfo... Read more »| 12 Feb 2014 -
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Festival Watch: Sounds From The Other City, Riverside, Sonisphere, Nuits Sonores and more
A round-up of the latest festival lineup additions, including the first wave of acts for Salford's Sounds From The Other City, and the cream of Glasgow electronic music for French festival Nuits Sonores Read more »| 12 Feb 2014 -
Music
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra announce Tectonics lineup, featuring Thurston Moore, Bill Wells and more
Since the inaugural year of its Scottish incarnation in 2013, the Tectonics Festival (9-11 May) sees the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra collaborating with a... Read more »| 11 Feb 2014 -
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Festival Watch: Lauryn Hill for Outlook, plus Snowbombing, Farmfestival and more
A round-up of the latest Summer festival lineup additions, including Lauryn Hill for Outlook, the Sbowbombing lineup, and more Read more »| 11 Feb 2014 -
FilmThe Nordic Haven for Docuphiles: DocPoint 2014, Finland
We look at the programme for this year's DocPoint Film Festival in Helsinki, the largest documentary festival in Scandinavia Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
MusicCeltic Connections: Bill Callahan / The Deep Dark Woods / Cath and Phil Tyler @ O2 ABC, 1 February
In contrast to the clockwork brackishness of Saturday night Sauchiehall Street, Celtic Connections winds down with a set from Drag City enigma, Bill Callahan... Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
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Away From Home @ The Lowry, Salford, 30 Jan
Kudos to any actor who begins a play walking on stage stark naked with nothing but a hastily grabbed towel. Such is the entrance of solo performer Rob Ward (... Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
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Festival Watch: Mogwai, Slint, Shellac and more for Optimus Primavera
A round-up of the latest summer festival lineup additions, including Slintm Shellac, Mogwai and more for Optimus Primavera Read more »| 10 Feb 2014