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 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 -
MusicGlasgow Jazz Festival: Zu @ Platform, 1 July
If there’s one thing Glasgow does well, it’s throwing festival curveballs. Last month we had a screening of Night of the Living Dead as part of t... Read more »| 04 Jul 2011 -
MusicT Break: United Fruit
We’ve already noted in these pages the musical kinship that Glasgow's United Fruit share with Texan rockers Trail of Dead. Heck, the excellent Go Away, Don’t Leave Me Alone sounds more like Trail of Dead than Trail of Dead do these days. Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
Music
T Break: The Contenders
Concluding the annual hunt for the best unsigned talent that Scotland has to offer, just a handful of bands made the cut from over a thousand entrants to play the T Break stage at Balado this July. Here we present the final sixteen Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
Festival GuideEdinburgh International Magic Festival
Artists from all around the world and the UK will perform at MagicFest 2011, including star of BBC show The Real Hustle Paul Wilson. Kevin McMahon, founder a... Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
Music
Leftfield: "There’s nothing wrong with being massive, as long as it’s ‘good massive’"
Dance culture pioneers Leftfield show the young 'uns how it's done at the top of this year's Slam Tent lineup Read more »| 29 Jun 2011
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Festival Guide
Open 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 Guide
Festival 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 -
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 -
Film
Reel 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