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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MusicFive to see at Fat Out Fest 2017
As the countdown begins to Salford's mighty Fat Out Fest, we look beyond the headliners to pick out some of our personal highlights... Read more »| 06 Apr 2017 -
FilmJohn Grant to kick off Sheffield Doc/Fest 2017
The festival opens with Daisy Asquith’s Queerama, featuring music by John Grant, who performs after the world premiere Read more »| 06 Apr 2017 -
Festival Guide
Leeds International Festival's inspiring Tech bill
Yorkshire's cultural calendar gets a shake-up this month with the first ever Leeds International Festival, which boasts an impressive Tech strand. Curator Natasha Sayce-Zelem tells us about a diverse and cutting-edge programme Read more »| 06 Apr 2017 -
ArtLiverpool LightNight 2017: programme revealed
The city's celebration of its arts venues and museums is back again with another busy programme Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
MusicTuff Love's Suse Bear on Outskirts Festival 2017
We chat to Tuff Love's Suse Bear about her collaboration with Errors' Steev Livingstone for this year's Outskirts festival in April Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Music
Cabbage headline Leeds' Gold Sounds 2017
The Coathangers, Kagoule and Her's also feature at the Brudenell Social Club weekender Read more »| 04 Apr 2017
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Film
The Goddess & By the Law, Bo'ness Hippfest 2017
We take in two film screenings at Bo'ness Festival of Silent Film, including a Soviet Western scored by RM Hubbert Read more »| 03 Apr 2017 -
Film
A Quiet Passion
Terence Davies' Emily Dickinson biopic begins as a wry social satire before becoming a Dreyer-esque death crawl Read more »| 03 Apr 2017 -
Music
Safe as Milk festival cancelled
Ticket sales insufficient, say event organisers Read more »| 30 Mar 2017 -
Music
Dot To Dot adds The Big Moon, Josefin Öhrn & more
The Slow Readers Club also join the bill at the tri-city festival Read more »| 29 Mar 2017 -
Music
Tim Burgess added to Sound City 2017 line-up
The third wave of acts to be unveiled also includes Cupids, Estrons and XamVolo Read more »| 28 Mar 2017 -
Film
Glasgow Short Film Festival 2017: Best of the Fest
Another excellent edition of Glasgow Short Film Festival has been and gone. We look back at the highlights (a celebration of Charles Bukowski), the lowlights (some mediocre VR experiments) and the best of the international competition Read more »| 28 Mar 2017 -
Music
Carnival Fifty Six reveals comedy stage line-up
The new Dundee music festival has unveiled the comedy line-up for its inaugural edition Read more »| 24 Mar 2017 -
Film
Dundee horror festival Dundead returns
Popular Dundee festival Dundead returns with a spine-tingling lineup of new horror films and a celebration of Stephen King adaptations Read more »| 24 Mar 2017 -
Film
GSFF Awards: Dutch films dominate
The tenth edition of Glasgow Short Film Festival came to a close on Sunday, with the annual awards being announced at the city's newest venue, Joytown Grand Electric Theatre Read more »| 22 Mar 2017