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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FilmAberdeen City and Shire Film Festival 2009
The inaugural Aberdeen City and Shire Film Festival has kicked off with fine focus as an opening gala screening of locally born director Mark Stirton’s... Read more »| 28 Jul 2009 -
Festival GuideGlasgow Cabaret Festival
Gareth K Vile continues to have fun at the Cabaret Read more »| 16 Jul 2009 -
MusicT in the Park 2009 - Sunday
Savvy that their back catalogue might as well exist only in ‘best of’ form these days, Squeeze are quick off the mark with the hits. As the only ... Read more »| 15 Jul 2009 -
MusicT in the Park 2009 - Saturday
The contrast between too-cool-for-school M83’s Anthony Gonzalez (leather jacket, nonchalant je ne sais quoi) plus touring members Mikala Taylor (glitte... Read more »| 15 Jul 2009 -
MusicT in the Park 2009 - Friday
T in the Park 2009 was largely pre-billed as "the year T went pop", as if it was totally something else before. Bands that write their own songs and play gui... Read more »| 15 Jul 2009 -
MusicThe Edge Festival @ Various Venues (Edinburgh), 7-31 Aug
The organisers of Edinburgh's Edge festival have started well by securing several big-name revival acts: ex-Talking Head David Byrne, post-punkers Magazine, ... Read more »| 15 Jul 2009
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MusicT Break 2009
Another year, another T in the Park, another T Break. Of all the events on the Scottish circuit, none is likely to provoke as much bickering, eyebrow raising... Read more »| 09 Jul 2009 -
MusicSupersonic Festival 2009
As the organisers of the excellent Supersonic festival, Capsule, are quick to point out, the independent UK music scene has suffered in the last ten years, d... Read more »| 07 Jul 2009 -
MusicT 2009: The Key Players
T in the Park's 2009 line-up is an embarrassment of riches. But how to sift the gold of talent (Blur, M83 et al) from the silt of mediocrity (Starsailor)? The Skinny's sized up what's on offer, and here we pick out a few promising nuggets sure to be well worth the entry fee. Read more »| 07 Jul 2009 -
Festival GuideA Look Forward to Glasgow Cabaret Festival
Clare Sinclair gets the lowdown on the Festival of Cabaret exploding across Glasgow Read more »| 02 Jul 2009 -
MusicTV on the Radio: From Cable to Network
In a rare interview, TV on the Radio's Gerard Smith talks to Paul Mitchell about keeping a leash on their career and buying Beyoncé's wardrobe. Read more »| 01 Jul 2009 -
MusicCave Reappraised
To mark Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds silver anniversary, Mute have reissued the group’s first four LPs. Looking beyond the spruced-up packaging, Billy Hamilton reappraises the original recordings and ponders their place in the modern day vernacular Read more »| 01 Jul 2009 -
MusicTartan Heart Festival 2009 @ Belladrum, 7-8 Aug
If you're tired of being swept up in the whirlwind of mainstream festivals and looking for a more chilled out affair this year, Belladrum’s a welcome r... Read more »| 26 Jun 2009 -
MusicDoing It For The Franz: Alex Kapranos's T Memories
Since they shot to fame five years ago, Glasgow's Franz Ferdinand have become veterans of T in the Park. Frontman Alex Kapranos explains to Gillian Watson why they keep coming back Read more »| 26 Jun 2009 -
MusicRockNess 2009 @ Dores, 12-13 June
Being introduced to RockNess 2009 with the sight of Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne ‘sphering’ around the audience with the glorious backdrop of Loch Ness framing the main stage majestically was certainly one of the more auspicious beginnings possible to a festival. In selecting their weekend acts, the organisers did veer towards leaning on the tried and tested, but that’s not to say there weren’t some interesting newcomers on display hoping to make a good impression. Read more »| 24 Jun 2009