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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FilmThe 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 -
MusicSafe 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 -
MusicTim 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
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MusicCarnival 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 -
Music
Baltic Weekender: new Liverpool festival announced
Move D, Elijah & Skilliam and more play a new three-day festival across Liverpool's Baltic Triangle Read more »| 22 Mar 2017 -
Film
Transpecos
This impressive debut from director Greg Kwedar is a taut and atmospheric thriller about the drug trade set amid the American-Mexican borderlands Read more »| 21 Mar 2017 -
Music
Loyle Carner, Andy Shauf added to Field Day 2017
John Cooper Clarke also joins the bill as another wave of acts is unveiled Read more »| 21 Mar 2017 -
Music
Groove Cairngorm 2017: The Review
For its second instalment, the Groove Cairngorm team have upped their game with top-quality artists performing for the après-ski set Read more »| 20 Mar 2017 -
Uk FestivalsIan Rankin-themed festival comes to Edinburgh
Ian Rankin has announced details of RebusFest, a weekend of literature, music, art and film curated by the novelist which will take place in Edinburgh this summer Read more »| 17 Mar 2017 -
Film
¡Viva! Spanish & Latin American Festival 2017 preview
¡Viva! festival returns with another ambitious programme of Spanish and Latin American theatre, film and visual art. This year's programme celebrates 40 years since the end of censorship in Spain following the death of General Franco – we find out more Read more »| 16 Mar 2017