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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FilmCinema icon Bruce LaBruce to attend SQIFF 2017
The legendary Canadian LGBTQ* filmmaker will attend Scottish Queer International Film Festival with new film The Misandrists and his classic black comedy Hustler White Read more »| 24 Jul 2017 -
MusicArcTanGent 2017: Ten acts to see
ArcTanGent specialise in all things weird and wonderful in alternative rock. We pick out ten artists worth seeing if you make the trip to Somerset this August Read more »| 18 Jul 2017 -
MusicKelburn Garden Party 2017: The Review
The biggest Kelburn Garden Party yet was a riot of sound and colour – we report back from the land of the Neverending Glen Read more »| 13 Jul 2017 -
MusicTRNSMT @ Glasgow Green, 9 July
The final day of the inaugural TRNSMT festival sees local heroes Biffy Clyro headline, with impressive turns from The 1975 and Twin Atlantic Read more »| 12 Jul 2017 -
MusicTRNSMT @ Glasgow Green, 7 Jul
Day one of Glasgow's newest music festival sees the long-awaited return of Thom Yorke and Radiohead Read more »| 11 Jul 2017 -
Music
The Best of Field Day 2017
Year after year, Field Day repeatedly offer up impressive line-ups that balance rising talent and bands-of-the-moment alongside a few special vintage acts. T... Read more »| 10 Jul 2017
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Art
MIF 2017: Phil Collins brings Engels back to Manchester
Friedrich Engels is coming home! Artist Phil Collins tells us why he's dragged a Soviet-era statue of the Communist Manifesto co-author across Europe to be permanently installed in Manchester Read more »| 07 Jul 2017 -
Music
Latitude 2017: 15 acts to see
Here are the acts we think it’s worth making time for if you’re heading to Henham Park in Suffolk for Latitude this July Read more »| 05 Jul 2017 -
Music
Bluedot festival send Orbital into orbit
As the unique festival at Jodrell Bank Observatory returns for a second year, it send two DJ action figures where no DJ action figures have gone before: outer space Read more »| 04 Jul 2017 -
Film
Access All Areas
Contrived teen drama filmed at last year’s Bestival festival on the Isle of Wight Read more »| 03 Jul 2017 -
Film
The Little Hours
Funny and feminist film based on a story from Boccaccio’s The Decameron and featuring Alison Brie and Aubrey Plaza as badly-behaved nuns Read more »| 03 Jul 2017 -
Film
England Is Mine
This unofficial Morrissey biopic starring Jack Lowden is funny and tragic, and particularly enjoyable for its depiction of the singer’s relationships with the strong women in his life Read more »| 02 Jul 2017 -
Film
Morrissey biopic England Is Mine gets trailer
England Is Mine, the unofficial Morrissey biopic from director Mark Gill, gets its first trailer Read more »| 30 Jun 2017 -
Clubs
Riverside Festival 2017: The review
No matter how impressive a line-up Glasgow’s annual Electric Frog & Pressure Riverside Festival delivers – and this year’s crop of acts... Read more »| 28 Jun 2017 -
Film
My Pure Land
First time director Sarmad Masud delivers an action-packed shoot-‘em-up that's also a deeply effecting drama Read more »| 26 Jun 2017