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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MusicHinterland Festival 2009 - The Review
From the outset Hinterland has an air of excess, the product of pre-recession economy multiplied by a post-recession target audience. There are bonuses (boni... Read more »| 08 May 2009 -
MusicFor Those About to Rock Ness, We Salute You
As the sun takes its annual break from hiding behind the clouds, Emma Kilday looks forward to Rock Ness festival, with highlight appearances from The Prodigy, DJ Mehdi and Rob Da Bank. Read more »| 05 May 2009 -
Music
Cold War Kids @ Stag & Dagger Festival, Glasgow, 23 May
Formed in California in 2004, Cold War Kids released their debut album Robbers and Cowards in 2006. Heavily inspired by Velvet Underground and Bob Dylan, Nat... Read more »| 01 May 2009 -
Music
Inaugural Hinterland Festival Kicks Off Tomorrow
As previously announced, Glasgow is to be hit by a musical maelstrom of the cream of today’s indie/rock/electro finest. Hinterland Festival takes place... Read more »| 29 Apr 2009 -
MusicMeursault @ Stag & Dagger Festival, Glasgow, 23 May
Albert Camus' Meursault is a man persecuted, and eventually executed, for his distinct inability to react with the same expanse of emotions as the rest of us... Read more »| 28 Apr 2009 -
Music
Outsider Festival: Now There's An Idea...
(SINCE THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN THE OUTSIDER FESTIVAL HAS SADLY BEEN CANCELLED) Read more »| 27 Apr 2009
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Music
A Wee Return (For the Wee Chill Festival)
The Wee Chill makes a very welcome return to Glasgow's Southside at the end of this month. Colin Chapman looks at what's in store within the newly renovated Glasshouse. Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
Comedy
Elgin Comedy Festival: a Small but Perfectly Formed Festival for the Highlands
The inaugural Elgin Comedy Festival runs from 22-24 May 2009 Read more »| 21 Apr 2009 -
Music
Pitted in the Throes of Passion
Amidst the hyperbole and throwaway soundbites, Billy Hamilton discovers Boston-born electro-poppers Passion Pit are a band who're having to grow up quickly... Read more »| 20 Apr 2009 -
Festival Guide
Summer Loving: Beltane Fire Festival
The hills are alive with the sound of drumming... Read more »| 14 Apr 2009 -
Comedy
Ardal O'Hanlon
Ardal O’Hanlon only has his mic, a table and a glass of water on the large stage with him but he is so relaxed you feel as if you’re sitting in h... Read more »| 03 Apr 2009 -
Music
Exclusive: Full Details of Glasgow's Stag & Dagger Festival Announced
As previously announced, the 'one-ticket-gives-access-to-all' Stag & Dagger festival is coming to Scotland this May after enjoying inaugural success on t... Read more »| 31 Mar 2009 -
Festival Guide
April Fools Festival 2009
Te POOKa, the performing arts charity, will hold the April Fools Festival for the next two weeks (1 April – 14 April) at the Big Red Door in Edinburgh.... Read more »| 31 Mar 2009 -
ComedyRichard Herring: The Headmaster's Son
Damn, this man is funny. Within seconds he’s riveted the audience, within a minute he’s got five hard belly laughs out of us. A heckler at the ... Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
Comedy
Scott Agnew: Phillip & Fern Saved My Life
While initial sound issues are fixed, Scott Agnew explains that the front two rows are conspicuously empty as his regulars know he usually picks on them. But... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009