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 GuideMESP Festival
Following on from the successful Middle Eastern Film Festival at The Filmhouse, the full blown MESP gets under way Read more »| 19 Feb 2009 -
MusicCutting some rug on the cutting room floor
Not content with projecting moving images onto every single flat surface in Glasgow, this year the festival promises to infiltrate the underbelly of the town, with events taking place in the Sub Club and The Arches. Read more »| 11 Feb 2009 -
Music
Celtic Connections: Martha Wainwright @ Old Fruitmarket, 27 Jan
As Teddy Thompson (**) kicks off tonight's festivities, most of the largely middle-aged crowd inside the Old Fruitmarket seem attentive and fairly satisfied ... Read more »| 05 Feb 2009 -
MusicCeltic Connections: Edwyn Collins @ ABC, 23 Jan
There's only one man everyone's here to see tonight. The packed-out ABC greets Edwyn Collins with nothing short of adoration; to paraphrase Darius Danesh, yo... Read more »| 28 Jan 2009 -
Music
Celtic Connections: The Burns Unit @ ABC, 16 Jan
Few bands making their official debut could hope for a rapt full-house in the cavernous ABC, but The Burns Unit aren’t some wet-behind-the-ears whipper... Read more »| 27 Jan 2009 -
Music
Celtic Connections: Shoeshine Showcase @ ABC, 17 Jan
Tonight's event showcases Francis MacDonald's (BMX Bandits, Teenage Fanclub) pick of the artists involved with his Shoeshine record label-cum-management/prod... Read more »| 21 Jan 2009
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Music
Hinterland Music Festival @ Various Glasgow Venues, 30 Apr-1 May
Everyone knows Glasgow is a musical hubbub, an inked-in city for any band that wants a career. But there’s always that pesky business of buying individ... Read more »| 20 Jan 2009 -
Music
T in the Park Revs Itself For 2009
Winters in Scotland are tough. We all sometimes need something to help us through these miserable, wet months. So imagine this: waking up in rolling, unspoil... Read more »| 17 Nov 2008 -
Film
Inverness Film Festival 2008
If you’re planning to heard north this month you’d be wise to check out this year’s Inverness Film Festival. Now in its fifth year, it off... Read more »| 11 Nov 2008 -
Film
Lusophone Africa Film Festival @ Gilmorehill G12, 31 Oct - 2 Nov
The late Ousmane Sembène is not the only one who can unite African cinema and its worldly audience. Lusophone (Portuguese speaking) countries in the D... Read more »| 31 Oct 2008 -
Music
Oxjam Festival @ Ashton Lane, Glasgow, 26 Oct
Since its humble beginnings as a 19th century backstreet of stables, Ashton Lane has grown to be one of the coolest streets in Glasgow. This Sunday, there&rs... Read more »| 24 Oct 2008 -
Festival Guide
Glasgay's Minitreats
Gareth K Vile enjoys two contrasting pieces. Read more »| 23 Oct 2008 -
FilmDocument 6 Human Rights Film Festival @ CCA, Glasgow, 15-19 Oct
A unique human rights film festival that appropriately levels the playing field between independent and Hollywood players alike. Read more »| 16 Oct 2008 -
Film
Africa In Motion 2008
The Africa in Motion festival comes to Edinburgh for its third year, showcasing film from around the continent, free from BBC news reports and ranting pop st... Read more »| 01 Oct 2008 -
Film
Glasgay! and theTennessee Williams Film Festival 2008
In one of her strips, American cartoonist and out lesbian Alison Bechel claimed she had a rule about whether she’d watch a film or not. The film must:... Read more »| 26 Sep 2008