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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MusicWee Dub Festival @ Various Edinburgh Venues, 3-5 Feb
The Wee Dub Festival is back: this time it's a whole lot bigger and it has a Mad Professor at the controls Read more »| 31 Dec 2011 -
Music
Kaleidoscope Festival, 30 September - 2 October 2011
Braving the elements, just outside St Andrews, the crowd at Kaleidoscope festival enjoy a weekend of music and performance. Photography by Erika Stevenson Read more »| 07 Oct 2011 -
MusicEastern Promise @ Platform, Saturday 1 October
Easterhouse's Platform host Eastern Promise - an eclectic two day music festival with both local talent and artists from further afield. Photography f... Read more »| 07 Oct 2011 -
FilmThe Revolution Starts Here: Document 9
2011 has been a year of historic demonstrations across the globe. Glasgow based human rights festival Document, in its 9th year, takes inspiration from these public uprisings with a programme of films looking at protests from Egypt to Dalmarnock Read more »| 03 Oct 2011 -
Music
Eastern Promise @ Platform, Friday 30 September
Easterhouse's Platform host Eastern Promise - an eclectic two day music festival with both local talent and artists from further afield. Photography f... Read more »| 03 Oct 2011 -
Film
Memories and Dreams: Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival 2011
In its fifth year, The Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival has established itself as a key event on Scotland’s cultural calendar. The Skinny previews its film strand, the ideal art form to explore this year's theme of memories and dreams Read more »| 28 Sep 2011
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FilmTake One Action Film Festival 2011
Sandwiched between the excesses of the Edinburgh Festival and Christmas, Take One Action Film Festival arrives on Edinburgh and Glasgow screens (19 Sep to 2 Oct) to inspire and empower jaded audiences to give a shit about social justice Read more »| 16 Sep 2011 -
Music
The Electric Frog Sunday 11 Sep 2011
Electric Frog at SWG3 2011. Some images from the weekend. Photography from Euan Robertson Read more »| 13 Sep 2011 -
MusicThe Electric Frog Saturday 10 Sep 2011
Electric Frog at SWG3 2011. Some images from the weekend. Photography from Euan Robertson Read more »| 13 Sep 2011 -
Festival Guide
Wigtown Book Festival
The Wigtown Book Festival, 23 Sep - 2 Oct, features high-profile authors Max Arthur, Maggie O'Farrell and Alan Bissett among many others Read more »| 12 Sep 2011 -
Film
Blood in Your Mobile: An Interview with Frank Poulsen
We speak to Blood in the Mobile director Frank Poulsen about blood minerals and his dark journey into the military controlled mines of the Congo Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
Film
Can Cinema Change The World?
Can the same art form that pacifies mobile phone-fiddling prepubescents also bring about social and political change? We put this question to some of the filmmakers and activists attending Take One Action Film Festival 2011 (19 Sep - 2 Oct). Here's what they had to say Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
Music
Electric Frog Summer Festival
To call the third installment of Electric Frog a success would require too many qualifying remarks: the truncated lineup (Electric Frog was originally a two-... Read more »| 04 Aug 2011 -
Music
LuckyMe Festival 2011
Nick Hook, Claude Speeed and Machinedrum have more in common than just long hair and Acme spectacles: they're playing the Fourth LuckyMe Festival Party later this month. The Skinny compiles a primer to the Glasgow label's ever-expanding roster Read more »| 03 Aug 2011 -
Art
Dundee Live Festival
Dundee Live Festival took place over nine days in July and was the brainchild of the artist and facilitator Jonathan Baxter. During the festival, a poetic and liberating response to the city emerged through a variety of artworks, performances, exhibitions and events. We caught up with Jonathan after the festival to discuss its impact and potential effect on Dundee’s art scene Read more »| 03 Aug 2011