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.
-
MusicLost Map announce new festival for 2014
With his new imprint Lost Map firing on all cylinders, it seems life post-Fence Collective is going swimmingly for Johnny Lynch, aka The Pictish Trail. The m... Read more »| 10 Dec 2013 -
Festival GuideManipulate Visual Theatre Festival 2014 launches
Between 31st January and 8th February 2014, Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival returns to Scotland for a 7th year. Hosted by Artistic Director Simon Har... Read more »| 20 Nov 2013 -
FilmPreview: Food For Real Film Festival
It's the second time around for Liverpool's Food For Real Film Festival – foodies and film-lovers rejoice! Read more »| 20 Nov 2013 -
FilmFrench Film Festival 2013: Marius
Daniel Auteuil continues to establish his position as the world’s biggest fan of Marcel Pagnol by remaking Alexander Korda’s 1931 adaptation of t... Read more »| 18 Nov 2013 -
ArtOpening Culture: Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival 2013
A glimpse at the visual arts strand of Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival, which celebrates the best local talent alongside internationally renowned artists and is now in full swing Read more »| 05 Nov 2013 -
Film
French Film Festival UK 2013: Vive le cinéma!
With an eclectic programme of Francophone movies screening over a month in Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow, the French Film Festival UK (7 Nov–7 Dec) shows that, in terms of cinema, the Auld Alliance is alive and well Read more »| 29 Oct 2013
-
Festival Guide
Dance @ THAT Festival
A youth festival would be quite poor without dance in it; after all, it is how many young people interact – in clubs, or in dance classes (or dare I sa... Read more »| 21 Oct 2013 -
Film
Africa in Motion 2013: A Continent on the Move
Africa in Motion is back for its 8th edition with another stellar programme of contemporary cinema from the African nations Read more »| 07 Oct 2013 -
Festival Guide
THAT's The Way To Do It: THAT Festival 2013
Now in its second year, THAT Festival is bringing the cream of Scottish theatre, performance, music and literature to Stirling's Macrobert arts centre. We asked curator Alice McGrath to tell us about the highlights of the programme Read more »| 04 Oct 2013 -
Music
Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia @ Camp and Furnace, 27-28 September
As one of the most anticipated dates in Liverpool’s gigging calendar, this year the onus on Psych Fest was to open the weekender to a bigger audience t... Read more »| 02 Oct 2013 -
Film
Play Poland 2013: Poster Boys
Play Poland returns this year with a focus on the great Polish tradition of movie poster design and welcomes legendary graphic designer Andrzej Pągowski to the festival Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
Comedy
X and Y: The First Women in Comedy Festival
The premise of the first UK Women in Comedy Festival is the subject of much debate, but either way, it's happening, and in a big way, with gigs all over Manchester throughout the month. We choose some chuckles Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
Festival Guide
THAT festival @ Macrobert
THAT festival returns to the Macrobert, and brings three days of theatre, dance, art, and spoken word performances for young people to a venue appropriately&... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
Film
Scotland Loves Anime 2013: The Fourth Impact
Scotland's annual spotlight on Japanese animation goes from strength to strength, with a 2013 line-up that includes fan favourites, special guests and quite a lot of robots. Attendance may be advisable to prepare for the eventual rise of the machines Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
Music
Spinning Coin / The Yawns / Orzelda @ Music Language Festival, 7 Sep
Reminders of Glasgow’s fading industrial heritage are not hard to find. Disused warehouses are plentiful in this city, which is handy if – l... Read more »| 16 Sep 2013