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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Music2018 UK Music Festivals Guide
As 2018 festival season approaches, we take a look at some of the most exciting events the UK has to offer Read more »| 18 Apr 2018 -
MusicCounterflows Festival 2018: The Review
Glasgow's experimental music and sound art festival returns with a typically diverse and exciting line-up Read more »| 16 Apr 2018 -
Film
Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival announce 2018 Artist in Residence
Lucy Clout has been revealed as Berwick Moving Image Artist in Residence for 2018 Read more »| 13 Apr 2018 -
ArtScottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2018: programme announced
Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival returns with a much earlier date in the year and a programme focused on the mental health of young people Read more »| 12 Apr 2018 -
Music
Doune the Rabbit Hole reveals 2018 line-up
The 2018 edition of the festival features Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert's new collaboration, plus Frankie Cosmos, We Were Promised Jetpacks and many more Read more »| 11 Apr 2018 -
Uk Festivals
Inside Platform's Outskirts Festival
Platform programmer Alun Woodward talks us through The Conversation and what makes Outskirts Festival unique Read more »| 09 Apr 2018
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Music
Kelburn Garden Party: Introducing The Skinny Stage
We're curating a stage at this year's Kelburn Garden Party – here's a look at the bands and artists we have in store this June Read more »| 04 Apr 2018 -
FilmLet the Sunshine In
Claire Denis joins forces with another icon of French cinema – Juliette Binoche – for a romantic comedy that's an empathetic, perceptive and moving exploration of 21st century love and sex Read more »| 04 Apr 2018 -
Film
Director John Landis heads to Edinburgh’s Dead by Dawn
The legendary filmmaker heads to the annual horror festival to introduce two of his films, and the 25th anniversary edition of Dead by Dawn also includes a taste-along screening of Evil Dead II and premieres of brand new horror films from around the globe Read more »| 03 Apr 2018 -
Film
Alchemy Film & Moving Image Festival 2018: Preview
Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival returns to Hawick with a lively programme that includes the new collaboration between Ben Rivers and Ben Russell and the reportedly final film from the great Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer Read more »| 03 Apr 2018 -
Film
Beast
The boundary between man and animal is explored in Michael Pearce's compelling, sensual and pleasingly off-kilter Beast Read more »| 03 Apr 2018 -
Film
Custody
An astonishingly tense drama from first time director Xavier Legrand following an acrimonious custody battle with a young boy caught in the middle between his dysfunctional parents Read more »| 03 Apr 2018 -
MusicElectric Fields announce more bands for 2018
Public Service Broadcasting and Dream Wife are among the latest to join the fifth edition of the festival at Drumlanrig Castle Read more »| 27 Mar 2018 -
Festivals
EIFF line up female filmmakers & 80s horror retrospectives
This year’s EIFF retrospectives featuring American cinema of the 1980s is inspired by today’s current Trump-era America, say organisers Read more »| 22 Mar 2018 -
Art
Glasgow International's new director on the 2018 festival
As the 2018 edition of Glasgow International draws near, we check in with the festival's director, Richard Parry, to discuss his plans Read more »| 19 Mar 2018