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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MusicAfrica Oyé unveils first acts for 2017
The UK's largest festival of African music and culture returns for its 25th outing Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
MusicLoop, Songhoy Blues play Liverpool Psych Fest 2017
The annual gathering of sonic adventurers unveils a hefty first wave of acts for 2017, including The Black Angels and Laetitia Sadier Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
Uk FestivalsLeeds International Festival unveils first line-up
Lauren Laverne, Rag'n'Bone Man and a Leeds United film premiere all set for the inaugural festival Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
Art
LightNight Liverpool returns with Time theme
Liverpool's annual late-night culture crawl LightNight returns for the eighth time on Fri 19 May with nine new commissions and over 100 free events. Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
Music
Lost In France @ O2 ABC, 21 Feb
In 2015 a group of scene-defining Scottish musicians escaped from the present to travel almost two decades back to their past. With the space and distance to... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Music
Eminem to headline Reading and Leeds Festivals
Guess who's back? Back again... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017
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Film
Weirdos
An endearingly sweet, emotionally satisfying road movie from Bruce McDonald Read more »| 23 Feb 2017 -
FilmRD Laing and Psychiatry on Screen
With RD Laing biopic Mad to be Normal closing the Glasgow Film Festival, we take a look at other films which shed light on the controversial psychiatrist's a... Read more »| 23 Feb 2017 -
Music
Festival No. 6 reveals first bands for 2017
Flaming Lips and UK exclusive shows from Mogwai and Bloc Party top the bill in Portmeirion, north Wales Wayne Coyne and co top the line-up for the sixth run... Read more »| 23 Feb 2017 -
Music
Goldfrapp and Mr Scruff join Bluedot line-up
Hawkwind and Vitalic also scheduled to appear at the Jodrell Bank festival this summer Read more »| 22 Feb 2017 -
FilmJuho Kuosmanen on The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki is about an unassuming Finnish boxer who has his nation's hopes pinned on his success. We speak to its directo... Read more »| 22 Feb 2017 -
Music
Carnival Fifty Six festival unveils 2017 line-up
The new festival is headlined by Mark Ronson, with a host of great Scottish bands on the undercard Read more »| 22 Feb 2017 -
Music
John Grant to play at North Atlantic Flux festival
The singer-songwriter has announced he will perform at the event, which he has curated to celebrate Hull's Nordic connections Read more »| 22 Feb 2017 -
Film
Lipstick Under My Burkha
An unflinching drama observing the depths of women’s suffering in contemporary Indian society. Read more »| 21 Feb 2017 -
Film
The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger
A quartet of essay film portraying the great writer, artist and critic John Berger Read more »| 21 Feb 2017