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 GuideFestival Watch: Lineup additions for Bestival, Wireless, Parklife, Solas and more
The latest festival news: Outkast for Bestival, Drake and Kanye for Wireless, Jon Hopkins for Parklife, Stanley Odd for Solas, Darkside for FutureEverything, and much more Read more »| 28 Jan 2014 -
Festival GuideFestival Watch: Sónar Barcelona, FARR Festival, Liverpool Sound City
A roundup of Festival news: Sónar Barcelona welcome Laurel Halo, Machinedrum and more; Farr Festival plays host to Daniel Avery and Andrew Weatherall; Fuck Buttpns and Gruff Rhys join Livepool Sound City Read more »| 27 Jan 2014 -
Festival GuideFestival Watch: Lineup announcements for Latitude, The Great Escape, MELT! and more
A roundup of the latest festival lineup news, with news about The Great Escape, Latitude, MELT! Festival and more Read more »| 22 Jan 2014 -
Music
Programme announced for the Glasgow Music and Film Festival
Glasgow Music and Film Festival (GMFF) announced its programme today, with special events and screenings featuring artists including legendary synth pioneers Goblin, Lauren Mayberry of CHVRCHES, indie rockers Admiral Fallow and rapper Danny Brown Read more »| 21 Jan 2014 -
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Festival Watch: Inaugural BBC Radio 6 Music Festival headliners announced
The inaugural BBC Radio 6 Music Festival will welcome a grand total of 30 bands to the stage, with their sets broadcast live on the station. Epic indie rock ensemble The National head up the lineup announced so far Read more »| 21 Jan 2014 -
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Festival Watch: Fuck Buttons, Kurt Vile, and Swans join ATP Iceland
The bill for ATP Iceland (10-12 July) keeps getting better - joining already-announced headliners Portishead and Interpol will be an impressive selection of bands from across the musical spectrum, including Fuck Buttons, Kurt Vile and Swans Read more »| 15 Jan 2014
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Festival Watch: King Creosote, Miaoux Miaoux, Casual Sex and more to play Brew at the Bog
Thirteen more bands including King Creosote, Miaoux Miaoux and Casual Sex have been added to the lineup for Brew at the Bog, the one-day music festival taking place at Bogbain Farm in Inverness Read more »| 10 Jan 2014 -
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Festival Watch: Outkast to reunite for Coachella 2014
The lineup for this year's Coachella Festival (11-13 & 18-20 Apr) was announced this week, the big news being that Atlanta rap duo Outkast have reformed to headline the event, alongside Arcade Fire Read more »| 09 Jan 2014 -
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Festival Watch: Portishead & Interpol for ATP Iceland, Slayer & Alice In Chains for Sonisphere
The headliners for this year's ATP Iceland (10-12 Jul) have been announced – the first two artists heading upthe bill in Keflavík will... Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
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Puppet State: Manipulate Festival 2014
Manipulate Festival returns for a seventh year with its repertoire of innovative international visual theatre and film Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
Festival GuideOnce More, with Feeling: re:play Festival 2014
Every year, re:play festival gives us the opportunity to see short-run or one-off theatre that we didn't catch over the last 12 months – and this year's programme takes some new steps Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
Film
Three must-attend 2014 film festivals
Want to get a head start on next year’s top ten movies? We look ahead to three great UK film festivals happening early 2014 Read more »| 18 Dec 2013 -
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Festival Watch: MUTEK Barcelona headliners announced; T in the Park gets 1am license
MUTEK takes place in Canada, Mexico and Barcelona in Spain, with the Barcelona show providing a chance for Spanish artists to play alongside international lu... Read more »| 16 Dec 2013 -
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Festival Watch: Sónar 2014, with Massive Attack, Richie Hawtin and more
Sónar Barcelona (12-14 June) has announced the first wave of acts confirmed to play the 2014 edition of Europe's most established music festival dedic... Read more »| 12 Dec 2013 -
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Festival Watch: Dimensions and Wee Dub lineups announced
Dimensions Festival (27-31 Aug) has just announced the first wave of acts confirmed to play in 2014. The Croatian festival takes place in Pula, in the surrou... Read more »| 11 Dec 2013