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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FilmTake One Action Film Festival reveals 2019 programme
The festival focused on global change unveils a lineup that includes 20 feature films as well as shorts, masterclasses, workshop and community events Read more »| 14 Aug 2019 -
FilmGlasgow Youth Film Festival announce 2019 programme
Glasgow Film’s teen programmers are back with another zesty programme blending brand-new films with some modern classics Read more »| 13 Aug 2019 -
MusicBelladrum Tartan Heart Festival 2019: The Report
From first-time infants to the seasoned party animal, you’ll find what you’re looking for in the heart of the Highlands at Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival Read more »| 09 Aug 2019 -
FilmKen Loach's new film to close Take One Action 2019
Take One Action 2019 will close with Sorry We Missed You, the latest film from Ken Loach, and will open with Push, a doc concerned with the worldwide crisis in affordable housing Read more »| 02 Aug 2019 -
MusicMark Ronson to headline Edinburgh’s Hogmanay
The Amy Winehouse, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars collaborator has been announced as the headline act at this year's Edinburgh Hogmanay celebrations Read more »| 19 Jul 2019 -
MusicTRNSMT 2019 @ Glasgow Green, Glasgow, 13 Jul
We report back from Saturday at TRNSMT festival in Glasgow, with stand-out sets from Fontaines DC, Zoe Graham and Sigrid Read more »| 17 Jul 2019
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MusicFive highlights from The Warehouse Project 2019 line-up
As The Warehouse Project moves to the larger surrounds of Manchester’s Depot this year, we take a look at five of the nights you won’t want to miss Read more »| 17 Jul 2019 -
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Homoelectric unveil huge Homobloc party in Manchester
The Manchester clubnight unveils an epic lineup for its inaugural festival, including The Black Madonna, Midland, Seth Troxler, Todd Terje and a Robyn DJ Set Read more »| 11 Jul 2019 -
FilmWeird Weekend to unearth lost Bill Murray masterpiece
Tom Schiller's lost comic gem Nothing Lasts Forever features in the second Weird Weekend from Matchbox Cineclub, as does Joe Dante's suburban satire The 'Burbs and Věra Chytilová’s teen horror Wolf’s Hole Read more »| 10 Jul 2019 -
ClubsTalk of the Town: elrow Town Edinburgh preview
Clubbing extravaganza elrow Town makes its Scottish debut at Edinburgh's Royal Highland Centre this month, bringing with it all its usual weird and wonderful themes. Creative producer Zoë Wellman explains how these themes come to fruition Read more »| 10 Jul 2019 -
FilmSchemers
Schemers is the inspiring true-life story of how a Dundee teen set his town's music scene alight – it's just a shame that the film has little interest in the women of that scene Read more »| 29 Jun 2019 -
MusicEdinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival: Our Top Five
This year’s Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival is shaping up to be one of the most hotly anticipated in years; we select our top picks for the ten-day festival Read more »| 28 Jun 2019 -
FilmCronofobia
An atmospheric psychological drama from first-time director Francesco Rizzi, Cronofobia's arresting visuals and committed performances make this one of the most memorable films of the year Read more »| 28 Jun 2019 -
FilmWhat She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
As an overview of the career of the contentious film critic, What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael is a congenial ode to a unique and important cultural voice of the 20th century Read more »| 28 Jun 2019 -
FilmUnderdown
Life below the poverty line in Beirut’s concrete jungle is explored in Sarah Kaskas’ humanistic feature debut Underdown Read more »| 27 Jun 2019