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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MusicYoung Fathers @ City Park, Stirling, 29 Jun
Under the gaze of Stirling Castle, Young Fathers give an anthemic, cathartic performance and prove once again to be a truly unmatched live act Read more »| 04 Jul 2024 -
MusicSounds of the Summer: Meet Kelburn Garden Party's Pyramid Stage
We're back at Kelburn Garden Party this July curating their Pyramid Stage, so it's time to get better acquainted with the lineup Read more »| 14 Jun 2024 -
MusicSonica announces its 2024 programme
Sonica, Glasgow’s biennial festival of innovative audiovisual art, returns with a lineup featuring a blend of international and local talent. Alessandro Cortini, SHHE, Becky Šik and Alex Smoke are among the lineup Read more »| 29 May 2024 -
MusicEdinburgh Tradfest 2024: The Report
Tradfest 2024 showcases the best of parallel folk traditions, the evolution of genres over time, and the face of the new party-loving trad audience Read more »| 23 May 2024 -
MusicKelburn Garden Party 2024: The Pyramid Stage lineup
Our 2024 Pyramid Stage lineup for Kelburn Garden Party is complete, with Bikini Body, LVRA and rEDOLENT set to headline Read more »| 13 May 2024 -
MusicBrian d'Souza on making music from mushrooms
Ahead of releasing Mycorrhizal Fungi, the debut release on his A State of Flo label, we chat all things mushroom music with Brian d'Souza, aka Auntie Flo Read more »| 12 Apr 2024
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ClubsDance Dates: 2024's Club Festivals
Our top picks of the festivals taking dance music out of the clubs this season Read more »| 10 Apr 2024 -
MusicMusic Festivals 2024: Outwith Scotland
If you're looking for this year's best music festivals a little further afield, here are our top picks for fests outside Scotland Read more »| 09 Apr 2024 -
MusicScottish Music Festivals Calendar 2024
As if we haven't already provided you with enough festival inspiration, here are some more picks for 2024's impending season Read more »| 09 Apr 2024 -
MusicFrom Skye to Glasgow, trad festivals continue to evolve
Scottish traditional music is experiencing a boom, with major trad and folk festivals taking centre stage. We speak to three people at the heart of the movement to find out what it's like on the inside Read more »| 09 Apr 2024 -
MusicThe Importance of Showcase Festivals
To find out more about the importance of showcase festivals for the music industry and artists alike, we speak to Olaf Furniss from Scotland's Music Convention – Wide Days Read more »| 04 Apr 2024 -
MusicRemembering T in the Park
T in the Park was Scotland's flagship music festival for over 20 years before the plug was pulled in 2016. We look back on what made it so special, and what Scotland's festival scene looks like now Read more »| 01 Apr 2024 -
FilmFølkløric: Glasgow Short Film Festival's folk horror strand
One of the highlights of Glasgow Short Film Festival this year is Følkløric, a two-part strand of shorts exploring traditional and contemporary visions of folklore. The strand's co-curators, Grace Feinmann and Heather Bradshaw, introduce their concept Read more »| 12 Mar 2024 -
FilmLa Chimera
Josh O’Connor plays a grave robber in the ethereal new film from Happy as Lazzaro director Alice Rohrwacher Read more »| 05 Mar 2024 -
FilmIo Capitano
Two Senegalese teenagers embark on a treacherous migration to Europe in Io Capitano, the latest film from Italian director Matteo Garrone Read more »| 05 Mar 2024