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 GuideOpen Season: Refugee Week & West End Festival
Multi-talented and multi-cultural – we welcome the start of the festival season with an overview of the Central Belt's June offerings Read more »| 01 Jun 2011 -
Festival GuideFestival Column: TweedLove Bike Week
In a national survey in 2005, listeners to BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme voted the bicycle as the most significant invention since the 1800s, miles a... Read more »| 01 Jun 2011 -
Festival Guide
Festival Season: A Summer Wasting
Come drizzle or ash cloud, the Scottish music jamboree will not be defeated – here we cast an eye over the highlights on this summer's typically mental festival calendar Read more »| 31 May 2011 -
Festival Guide
Mayfesto: It's a Dead Liberty and Everything Between Us
If we want to rescue politics from the political classes, go to the theatre Read more »| 21 May 2011 -
Music
Knockengorroch World Ceilidh 2011
If you haven’t already taken in the eclectic charms of Knockengorroch’s (hopefully) sun-soaked journey through world music, this year would be a ... Read more »| 19 May 2011 -
Film
Due South: Southside Film Festival 2011
The inaugural Southside Film Festival, the first film festival to be held south of the Clyde, takes place 13-15 May. It promises an eclectic programme of films screened in eccentric locations Read more »| 11 May 2011
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Festival Guide
Mayfesto: A New Theatre Festival for Glasgow
As Mayfesto returns for a second year, our Theatre editor takes a closer look at their programme of politically-inspired performance Read more »| 05 May 2011 -
FilmReel Festivals 2011: Syria, Lebanon and Scotland
Reel Festivals returns to give Scottish audiences a view of the Middle East beyond the headlines, this year focusing on Syria and Lebanon Read more »| 02 May 2011 -
Comedy
Leith Festival Fundraiser
With Con-Dem budget cuts starting to bite across the country, many arts ventures have found themselves with a fraction of their normal funding. The Leith Fes... Read more »| 12 Apr 2011 -
Music
Electric Frog Festival 2011
The Scottish weather isn't known for welcoming festivals outwith the summer months, but it hasn't subdued the population's appetite for festivals all year ro... Read more »| 11 Apr 2011 -
Festival Guide
Beltane Festival 2011
Although it has now become associated with a cod-paganism – with fundamentalist Christians worrying at the foot of Carlton Hill about satanism and the ... Read more »| 07 Apr 2011 -
ComedyPaul Sinha: "I don’t get angry at the act, I get angry at the audience"
"There seems to be a vacuum in political comedy right now," says Paul Sinha, "which is odd when people are more interested in politics than ever." Sinha has ... Read more »| 04 Apr 2011 -
Comedy
Planet Mearns
Raymond Mearns tells us all about life in a comedy collective Read more »| 01 Apr 2011 -
Comedy
Pappy's: All Business
The credit crunch has hit Pappy’s hard. They’ve lost one member, they’ve shed the “Fun Club” part of their name and even their ... Read more »| 31 Mar 2011 -
Comedy
The Collective @ Halt Bar, 23 March
“The Collective” is a sketch show group of aspiring Scottish-based comedians. Sketche include everything from a leprechaun at a job centre t... Read more »| 30 Mar 2011