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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MusicLatitude Festival @ Henham Park, Suffolk, 17-20 Jul
When one stops to think about the UK summer music festival scene – the sheer number of events, the stages and attractions, the amount of talent trekkin... Read more »| 08 Jul 2008 -
MusicStill Primal (After All These Years)
Ahead of their headline set at T in the Park, RJ Thomson speaks to Mani, the near-legendary bassist who has come to be a lynchpin of one of the greatest live bands around, Primal Scream Read more »| 07 Jul 2008 -
MusicR.E.M. Keep the Car Running
It might have seemed as though they were Out of Time for a minute there, but Mike Mills conveys to Paul Mitchell that the legendary Atlanta group are instead accelerating towards a new dawn Read more »| 24 Jun 2008 -
MusicWickerman Festival @ East Kirkcarswell, 25-26 Jul
It is time to keep your appointment with the Wickerman Read more »| 23 Jun 2008 -
MusicA Trip Out With British Sea Power @ The Caves, 19 Jun
BSP flex their creative muscle against the backdrop of Man of Aran Read more »| 23 Jun 2008 -
MusicHydro Connect Festival @ Inveraray, 29-31 Aug
Connect returns to Inveraray with a new name and a new approach Read more »| 18 Jun 2008
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Festival GuideAs You Always Do @ Leith Festival
Gappad, the first Scottish-Polish physical theatre company, take on controversial and topical material Read more »| 16 Jun 2008 -
Festival Guide
Homecoming @ Leith Festival
Home audience for a parable about change and nostalgia Read more »| 16 Jun 2008 -
MusicColoursfest: Moving with the times
Another year, another cutting-edge Coloursfest - The Skinny talks it over with QFX and the Trophy Twins Read more »| 05 Jun 2008 -
MusicKnockengorroch 20th Birthday World Ceilidh
It might sound like "a cow sneezing", but Knockengorroch festival has been going strong since 1998, held each May and September: this year saw them celebrati... Read more »| 03 Jun 2008 -
Festival Guide'Til Ness Do Us Part: Rock Ness To Host Weddings
Rock Ness 2008 is to have it's very own inflatable church, for the very loved up or very pissed up Read more »| 02 Jun 2008 -
MusicWest End Festival @ Various venues across Glasgow, 13 - 29 Jun
As most Glasgow residents are aware, summer in the West End brings with it a few certainties: sunburn in Kelvingrove Park, attractive girls on Great Western ... Read more »| 23 May 2008 -
MusicMore Acts Announced For Hydro Connect
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Joan As Policewoman and Black Lips added to the roster Read more »| 22 May 2008 -
Festival GuideWest End Festival
After Glasgow International, The National Review of Live Art, New Territories and The Arches Festival Theatre, Glasgow seems intent on challenging Edinburgh&... Read more »| 22 May 2008 -
Festival GuideImaginate Festival, Edinburgh and Scotland, 24 May- 10 Jun
Walking through the jungle what do I see... Remember the days when children's entertainment was all about nursery rhymes and hide-and-seek? Doll's houses, t... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008