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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MusicIn Pictures: Fence Records' GnomeGame, Anstruther, 7 April
GnomeGame, Anstruther, 7 April Day two of Fence Records' annual showcase of the finest in modern folk and folktronica from Scotland (and beyond!) featu... Read more »| 18 Apr 2013 -
MusicIn Pictures: Fence Records' GnomeGame, Anstruther, 6 April
GnomeGame, Anstruther, 6 April Having flitted around Scotland in various forms for the last few years, Fence Records' annual hoedown returned to the label's... Read more »| 18 Apr 2013 -
Festival Guide
Festival Season 2013: Carry Me Home
Whether the party's in or outdoors, north or south of the border, The Skinny does not discriminate in this whistle-stop tour of the UK's varied festival circuit Read more »| 18 Apr 2013 -
Festival Guide
In Other Words, 23 Apr-19 May
Between World Book Night and the reopening of the city's Central Library, Liverpool celebrates all things literary with a new festival, In Other Words Read more »| 15 Apr 2013 -
Festival GuideFestival of Firsts: Manchester International Festival, 4-21 Jul
We take a look at the theatre programme of this year's Manchester International Festival, an event that prides itself on being artist-led, its ideas coming not from the curator but the creators Read more »| 12 Apr 2013 -
Festival Guide
Aye Write! Glasgow's Book Festival
This April sees Aye Write! return to the Mitchell Library for its eighth year, supplying Glasgow with a wealth of literary talent Read more »| 11 Apr 2013
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Festival Guide
Festival Season 2013: The Lesser Known
Festivals! They're still happening, except all the ones you used to just roll up to now sell out months in advance ’cause every man and his dog wants to go. Here are some lesser known gems for you to throw your pay packet at instead Read more »| 10 Apr 2013 -
Festival GuideScene to Be Green: Northern Vegan Festival 2013
From potluck parties to bake-offs and now a full-blown festival, the Northwest's vegan scene is prepping for revolution. We meet the people who are – ahem – rooting for change Read more »| 04 Apr 2013 -
Film
Scotland Film Event Highlights – April 2013
This month Dead by Dawn celebrates its 20th anniversary the only way it knows how: with horror, lots of horror. Elsewhere, the Italian Film Festival returns to Scotland and Pedro Almodóvar is back with a raunchy comedy Read more »| 02 Apr 2013 -
Music
Salford Sonic Fusion Festival, University of Salford, 21-24 Mar
Following its debut in 2012, Salford Sonic Fusion Festival returns for a four day celebration of cutting-edge experimental composition and leading contempora... Read more »| 28 Mar 2013 -
Comedy
Ray Bradshaw: I Dare Ray To @ Glasgow Comedy Festival, 24 March
Conceptual shows can be fantastic. In the case of Ray Bradshaw there is certainly a concept – to undertake and discuss dares made to him by friend... Read more »| 27 Mar 2013 -
Comedy
David Kay @ Glasgow Comedy Festival, 24 March
The modest title of David Kay's show is entirely in fitting with his persona as the ironically self-proclaimed 'Fireball of Scottish Comedy.' Far from arrivi... Read more »| 27 Mar 2013 -
Comedy
Steffen Peddie: Best Intentions @ Glasgow Comedy Festival, 23 March
On a bleak and cold Friday night Steffen Peddie manages to create a warm atmosphere for the few of us who have abandoned the crowds of frustrated football fa... Read more »| 27 Mar 2013 -
Festival Guide
New Writing at the Arches: Behaviour
Jackie Wylie of The Arches discusses the new programme for Behaviour, featuring new works by Gary McNair, Kieran Hurley, Rob Drummond and Nic Green Read more »| 27 Mar 2013 -
Comedy
Sean Lock: "I see myself less of a standup, more of a comedian"
With his new tour about to launch at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, Sean Lock talks about the good old days of comedy and how hard it is to escape QI Read more »| 08 Mar 2013