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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MusicThe Great Escape 2018: 10 acts not to miss
Ahead of The Great Escape festival in Brighton, here are ten bands and musicians (including our pick of this year’s Scottish acts) that are a must-see Read more »| 14 May 2018 -
Food And DrinkEdinburgh Craft Beer Festival 2018 Preview
Ahead of Edinburgh Craft Beer Festival, we catch up with four of this year’s featured breweries to talk stylistic choices, collaboration, and the great ideas you get while walking your dog... Read more »| 10 May 2018 -
MusicStag & Dagger, Glasgow, 6 May
Despite some technical issues, Stag & Dagger 2018 is another excellent edition of the Glasgow festival, providing brilliant sets from Warm Digits, Bo Ningen and Protomartyr Read more »| 09 May 2018 -
FilmLearn your queer cinema history with Queer Classics
Teen movie Love, Simon has been claimed as a landmark moment for LGBTQ+ cinema by critics, but celebrating this tepid take on queer identity serves to overlook the great LGBTQ+ films of the past, some of which screen at new festival Queer Classics Read more »| 08 May 2018 -
Film
How The Cabinet of Dr Caligari changed cinema
The horror movie was born in 1920 with The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, and it's resurrected this month as the film screens with a new live score at Hidden Door in Edinburgh. Ahead of the screening, we look back at the legacy of Robert Wiene’s film Read more »| 04 May 2018 -
Film
Lean on Pete
Rising talent Charlie Plummer shines in this moving tale of a boy and his horse's cross country adventure, from talented British director Andrew Haigh Read more »| 04 May 2018
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Film
Sheffield Doc/Fest announce 2018 programme
The UK's biggest celebration of non-fiction filmmaking returns, with a lineup that includes vital new documentaries, virtual reality installations, guest speakers and a recreation of the terrifying docudrama Threads Read more »| 04 May 2018 -
Music
Field Day 2018: Preview
With only a month to go until the London festival, we take a look at some of the not-to-be-missed acts on this year’s Field Day line-up Read more »| 02 May 2018 -
Festivals
EIF 2018: The Light on the Shore music programme
Light on the Shore will be a 16 night celebration of Scotland’s music-making, featuring The Jesus and Mary Chain, Mogwai, Django Django, The Pastels, The Fire Engines, Lydia Lunch, Alan Cumming and more Read more »| 02 May 2018 -
Film
Alchemy Film Festival: Mike Hoolboom on Aftermath
Aftermath, an experimental documentary on the lives of four great artists, opens this year's Alchemy Film & Moving Image Festival. We speak to Aftermath's director Mike Hoolboom about his idiosyncratic approach to biography Read more »| 01 May 2018 -
Theatre
Mind Health: SMHAF's 2018 Theatre Programme
The Skinny talks to the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival’s Gail Aldam and artist Skye Loneragan about the festival’s theme, aims and its biggest theatre programme yet Read more »| 30 Apr 2018 -
Music
Brian Wilson heading to Edinburgh Summer Sessions
The former Beach Boy is doing a Pet Sounds show, and he’s joined in another headline slot by indie-rockers Bastille Read more »| 24 Apr 2018 -
Art
Hidden Door announce The Cabinet of Dr Caligari rescore
We’ve partnered with Hidden Door for a fantastic night of electronic music and a new live score to this Weimar-era horror classic Read more »| 19 Apr 2018 -
Film
Glasgow Youth Film Festival on the hunt for new young programmers
Returning in September, GYFF are looking for talented programmers aged between 15 and 19 to help programme the festival’s tenth edition Read more »| 19 Apr 2018 -
Music
The Great Escape's Showcasing Scotland line-up revealed
Bossy Love, The Vegan Leather and Happy Meals are among the Scottish bands heading to the Brighton festival Read more »| 19 Apr 2018