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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MusicEastern 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 -
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 GuideWigtown 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
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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 -
MusicElectric 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 -
Film
Bringing Film Back to the Festival
Ever since Edinburgh International Film Festival moved to its June slot, cinema has been at the fringes of Edinburgh's August festivities. We preview three events that are bringing film back Read more »| 02 Aug 2011 -
Film
August Film Highlights
Between 2 Aug and 6 Sep the GFT hosts Play Poland, a touring film festival bringing Polish filmmaking to independent cinemas across Britain. Six films a... Read more »| 01 Aug 2011 -
Music
Insider Festival, Aviemore, 17-19 Jun
And so to Inshriach House, a beguiling bastion of all that is charming Highland eccentricity, and The Insider Festival. A Festival of Pimms and Penny Farthin... Read more »| 21 Jul 2011 -
Festival Guide
Festival Fever: The Latitude Connection
There's theatre in them there tents – looking forward to performance highlights at the summer festivals Read more »| 08 Jul 2011