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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Music
Primavera Sound 2013: 10 Reasons We Went
As the new school mixed it up with the old guard on a bill with too many highlights (and clashes!), Primavera Sound 2013 offered a world class banquet for music nerds and casual observers alike. These are just ten of the reasons we got on the plane... Read more »| 07 Jun 2013 -
Festival Guide
Return @ Unity Theatre, Liverpool, 12 Jun
First performed at The Yard, London, in 2012, Dina Mousawi's Return is a deeply personal piece that tells the stories of several Iraqi women – their li... Read more »| 06 Jun 2013 -
Festival Guide
Food, Festivals, Scotland
This month, RockNess marks the start of the summer Music festival season. Open air, big crowds, exotic locations like Dores and Balado. Enough of that – join us on a food festival run-down. We have scientists, and we’re off to Hawaii! Read more »| 05 Jun 2013 -
Art
Creative Routes: LeithLate13
For its third year, LeithLate returns with an evening programme of (mainly free!) events extending from the city centre to the Foot of the Walk and from installation art to spoken word via some film and a lot of live music Read more »| 05 Jun 2013 -
Film
Dunoon Film Festival: John Byrne on Your Cheatin’ Heart
The inaugural Dunoon Film Festival is a treasure trove of Scottish cinema gems. Its biggest coup, however, is the first public screening of John Byrne's Your Cheatin' Heart. We spoke to the celebrated artist and playwright about his legendary 1990 series Read more »| 04 Jun 2013 -
Film
Festival Roundup: Southside Film Festival 2013
The lights go down on another successful Southside Film Festival. Here are our highlights... Read more »| 22 May 2013
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Music
In Pictures: Brew at the Bog, Bogbain Farm, 4 May
Brew at the Bog, 4 May Some pictures from this years sold out Brew at the Bog festival at Bogbain farm in Inverness. Photography by Emily Wyld... Read more »| 17 May 2013 -
Film
Southside Film Festival, 17-19 May
Just in time for Cannes kicking off, Glasgow's south side gets its own celebration of cinema as the Southside Film Festival returns for its third year. Here's what's on offer... Read more »| 13 May 2013 -
Festival Guide
Body Language: Liverpool Physical Fest
From Pina Bausch to Zambian street dance, serious masterclasses to the art of the circus, Liverpool's Physical Fest offers a packed programme of workshops and performances in an effort to promote the often misunderstood disciplines of physical theatre Read more »| 04 May 2013 -
Music
Chorlton Arts Festival: On the Fringes
Among its art and performance programming, Chorlton Arts Festival offers a few tasty musical morsels. We 'ave a gander Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
Art
Liverpool International Photography Festival: Through the Looking-Glass
The second biennial Liverpool International Photography Festival, or LOOK/13, boldly asks its participating artists and audience to interrogate their ideas of identity. It's an appropriate theme for an event with an increasingly strong sense of self Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
Music
In 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 -
Music
In 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