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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MusicTame Impala to headline Citadel Festival 2018
Tame Impala have been announced as the headliner for this year's Citadel Festival in London Read more »| 06 Feb 2018 -
Music
Protomartyr and Glasvegas announced for Glasgow's Stag & Dagger
Glasgow's multi-venue Stag & Dagger festival returns this May with sets due from Detroit's Protomartyr as well as an anniversary show from Glasgow's own Glasvegas Read more »| 05 Feb 2018 -
MusicField Day announce Erykah Badu, Thundercat and Fever Ray for 2018
Erykah Badu heads up the London festival's line-up, with Fever Ray, Thundercat and Four Tet also set to perform across the weekend Read more »| 05 Feb 2018 -
Music
Fiona Soe Paing on Alien Lullabies and SPECTRA
With SPECTRA announcing its first ever musical programme, we speak to local musician Fiona Soe Paing about performing her audio-visual project Alien Lullabies at the Aberdeen festival Read more »| 02 Feb 2018 -
MusicThe Great Escape, End of the Road, Parklife reveal line-up details
TGE lines up 100 new acts including an exciting Scottish contingent; Vampire Weekend top the EOTR bill, and Parklife announce a typically eclectic line-up Read more »| 01 Feb 2018 -
Music
Kelburn Garden Party reveal first acts for 2018
Ibibio Sound Machine, Goldie and the 2 Bears project of Hot Chip's Joe Goddard all feature on the 2018 Kelburn Garden Party line-up Read more »| 01 Feb 2018
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MusicFLY Open Air: Denis Sulta-curated line-up unveiled
Denis Sulta has curated a lively international line-up for FLY Open Air, with Seth Troxler, Gerd Janson and Or:la among those playing the all-dayer Read more »| 31 Jan 2018 -
Film
GSFF 2018: Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Don Hertzfeldt and more
Weerasethakul’s short films programme and Hertzfeldt's World of Tomorrow films are just two of the highlights of the eleventh Glasgow Short Film Festival, the programme for which has just been announced Read more »| 31 Jan 2018 -
MusicGet Into the Groove (Cairngorm)
Groove Cairngorm promoter Dougie Brown guides us through what to expect from the third instalment of the annual Groove Cairngorm Festival, and selects some favourite tracks he hopes to hear up the mountain Read more »| 29 Jan 2018 -
Music
Arctic Monkeys join TRNSMT line-up
Alex Turner and co head up a newly-announced day of the festival on Glasgow Green Read more »| 29 Jan 2018 -
Film
15 films to see at Glasgow Film Festival 2018
Glasgow Film Festival is back to brighten this Scottish winter with a typically vibrant programme of films (old and new, big and small), events and one-off movie happenings. Here's our guide to the 15 films we think you should seek out Read more »| 26 Jan 2018 -
Music
Riverside Festival adds Four Tet, Leftfield for 2018
The festival at Glasgow's Riverside Museum has added a host of new acts for its 2018 edition Read more »| 25 Jan 2018 -
Film
Glasgow Film Festival announces 2018 programme
Glasgow Film Festival reveals its huge and eclectic 2018 programme, with hundreds of lively events and screenings, including the new films from Lynne Ramsay, Claire Denis, Wes Anderson and Agnès Varda Read more »| 24 Jan 2018 -
Film
Josie Long’s Glasgow-set comedy to premiere at GFF
Comedian and actor Josie Long’s love affair with Glasgow continues with her debut feature Super November – described as both a “romantic comedy and Orwellian dystopia”, it will have its world premiere at Glasgow Film Festival Read more »| 23 Jan 2018 -
Film
EIFF announce Karen Gillan as Youth Strand patron
The star of Guardians of the Galaxy and Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle has been named as patron of the Edinburgh International Film Festival’s youth strand “The Young and the Wild” Read more »| 18 Jan 2018