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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MusicNo Bounds Festival 2018: Preview
No Bounds Festival's radical programming is a welcome addition to the UK's festival circuit. We identify five acts to keep tabs on ahead of the sophomore edition this weekend Read more »| 08 Oct 2018 -
FilmNic Cage unleashed as Glasgow’s Cage-a-Rama returns
Cage-a-Rama, “Europe’s longest-running Nicolas Cage Film Festival”, returns to Glasgow next year with two more days of Cage-related antics Read more »| 01 Oct 2018 -
Music
Freakender @ The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow, 14-16 Sep
With standout performances from Kaputt, Savage Mansion, Free Love and Irma Vep, the third Freakender weekender is most certainly a welcome one. Here's to more freaky weekends! Read more »| 27 Sep 2018 -
Music
Electric Fields 2018: Review
Electric Fields remains a diverse, enjoyable weekend of music, but when End of the Road offers much the same, plus incredible headliners, it’s hard not to want more from a flagship Scottish event Read more »| 27 Sep 2018 -
MusicEnd of the Road 2018: Review
St. Vincent, Feist, Stella Donnelly, Iceage, Vampire Weekend and more delight at the 2018 edition of Dorset's End of the Road festival Read more »| 13 Sep 2018 -
Film
The Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival returns for a fifth edition
The annual festival will screen 15 Spanish language feature films and seven shorts throughout October Read more »| 11 Sep 2018
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Film
A look at Scotland's thriving small film festivals scene
In Scotland, barely a week goes by without a film festival bringing interesting cinema to our shores. We speak to some of the people who help deliver these festivals to discover how they're creating film spaces that are both ambitious and inclusive Read more »| 10 Sep 2018 -
MusicManchester Psych Fest 2018: Review
Manchester Psych Fest once again proves that versatility is the watchword for success as it showcases the city's vibrant possibilities Read more »| 07 Sep 2018 -
Film
The Glasgow Youth Film Festival team introduce their programme
The Young Programmers of the Glasgow Youth Film Festival clue us in on what to look forward to at this year's event, from a film about kickarse female skateboarders to a documentary about a legendary science-fiction writer Read more »| 06 Sep 2018 -
Film
Take One Action: A look at doc Silvana
Roaring documentary Silvana follows one of Sweden’s most unapologetically outspoken musical acts, Silvana Imam, a lesbian hip-hop artist of Syrian and Lithuanian descent. We speak to the filmmakers ahead of its screening at Take One Action Read more »| 04 Sep 2018 -
Film
Preview: Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival 2018
We look ahead to this year's Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival, which features the first major UK retrospective of filmmakers Shireen Seno and John Torres as well as new work from Sophia Al-Maria, Kevin Jerome Everson and Luke Fowler Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
Film
Scottish Film Festival Calendar
Scotland's cultural calendar is overflowing with excellent film festivals. Below is just a taste of some of the smart, inventive and inclusive festivals that help make the Scottish film scene the most vibrant in the UK Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
Music
Electric Fields 2018: Preview
To celebrate Electric Fields' fifth birthday, we take a closer look at five key things you might like to know about Electric Fields if this is your first time, as well as five of our top musical picks Read more »| 28 Aug 2018 -
Music
Manchester Psych Fest 2018: Preview
Ahead of 2018's Manchester Psych Fest on 1 September, we take a closer look at this year's line-up Read more »| 27 Aug 2018 -
Music
End of the Road 2018: Preview
Knee-deep in festival season (and thankfully not mud), we gear up for Dorset’s ever-expanding indie fest, End of the Road, and dish out our top alt-picks to track down off the beaten path Read more »| 17 Aug 2018