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 Column: The Big Tent
The ongoing enviromental crisis is no laughing matter. I mean this literally; try Googling 'environment jokes' by way of coming up with filler for an article... Read more »| 04 Jul 2012 -
Festival GuideSurge Festival 2012
Surge Festival comes to Glasgow, celebrating the myriad forms of physical theatre with a selection of installations, performances and events to amaze and astound. Let's get physical! Read more »| 02 Jul 2012 -
Festival GuideEdinburgh International Magic Festival 2012
Magic is considered by many to be an outdated and tired form of entertainment; but over the last three years Magicfest has sought to make us think again abou... Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
Art
The Artists' Trail: Leith Late 2012
Leith Late is back on 28 June, uniting the creative spaces of Leith for a one-night-only festival of the arts. We spoke to some of the folk involved to get an idea of what treats lie in store Read more »| 30 May 2012 -
Music
In Pictures: Stag and Dagger 2012
Stag and Dagger 2012 Images from Stag and Dagger 2012 Photography from Gemma Burke, Ross Gilmore and Ingrid Mur Read more »| 28 May 2012 -
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Festival Column: Five of the Best for 2012
A look ahead to five more of the best festivals around Scotland and abroad: Knockengorroch, Hebridean Celtic Festival, Kelburn Garden Party, Benicassim and Thistly Fest. Read more »| 25 May 2012
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Music
In Pictures: Brew at the Bog Festival 2012
Rolling reportage from Brew at the Bog 2012 at Bogbain Farm in Inverness. Photography by Emily Wylde Read more »| 18 May 2012 -
Music
Stag & Dagger 2012, 19 May: Full line-up and stage times
The one-day, one-ticket festival returns to Glasgow for a fourth year, presenting an array of acts in an array of venues across the city. Here's a full line-up of what's on where and when Read more »| 17 May 2012 -
Music
In Pictures: The Great Escape, Brighton 2012
The Great Escape, Brighton 2012 A few of the highlights from The Great Escape music festival, which ran in Brighton from 10-12 May, including Admiral Fallow... Read more »| 16 May 2012 -
Film
Southside Film Festival 2012
Southside Film Festival (17-20 May) returns for a second year to provide an oasis of film to an area of Glasgow that's starved of the moving image for much of the year Read more »| 14 May 2012 -
Music
T Break 2012 Line-Up Announced
Today Tennent's Lager announced the 16 bands that made the cut from well over a thousand entrants to play this year's T Break stage at the T in the Park fest... Read more »| 11 May 2012 -
Music
Mastodon, Mogwai, New Order, Aidan Moffat (and More) Talk Festival Season
The cream of this year’s UK festival line-ups open a serious can of straight talk on the destinations they're looking forward to, memorable seasons past, and what actually happens in the VIP area Read more »| 11 May 2012 -
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Noise of Summer: UK Festivals 2012
From north to south, we present a guide to the festival season’s first, second, third (and umpteenth) big weekends Read more »| 03 May 2012 -
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Mayfesto 2012: Get Engaged
The forward-thinking theatre festival sets out its stall for 2012 Read more »| 02 May 2012 -
Music
Stag & Dagger 2012
Some say there's a dearth of good gigs at home as festival season approaches, Stag & Dagger thinks differently Read more »| 01 May 2012