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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MusicEdinburgh Psych Fest 2024: The review
The second year of Edinburgh Psych Fest is the survey of a musical scene with tendrils extending everywhere, and a triumph for the gang who put it together Read more »| 06 Sep 2024 -
FilmScottish Queer International Film Festival announces 2024 programme
SQIFF returns for its ninth annual celebration of LGBTQIA+ filmmaking talent with a five-day festival that includes a documentary on the lesbian Greek paradise Lesvos, an installation celebrating the much-missed Bonjour, and a lively short film programme Read more »| 26 Aug 2024 -
FilmEIFF 2024: *smiles and kisses you*
A man's relationship with an AI doll is the heart of this engaging, humane but slightly repetitive documentary Read more »| 21 Aug 2024 -
MusicBelle & Sebastian's Glasgow Weekender @ SWG3, Glasgow, 3 Aug
The Saturday of Belle & Sebastian's Glasgow Weekender festival brings sets from CMAT, The Vaselines, Monica Queen, Callum Easter and more to SWG3 Read more »| 08 Aug 2024 -
Musiccore. @ The Hug & Pint + Woodside Halls, Glasgow, 2-4 Aug
An impressively diverse lineup of metal, rock, punk and experimental music floods Glasgow's west end for the second instalment of core., leaving us thirsty for more Read more »| 07 Aug 2024 -
MusicSince Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scottish Girl Bands
Ahead of its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, we chat to Carla J. Easton to find out more about new documentary Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland's Girl Bands Read more »| 06 Aug 2024
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MusicPop Mutations Festival, Glasgow, 18-21 Jul
With live music across five venues in four days, the 2024 edition of Pop Mutations showcases some of the most exciting new acts in Scotland Read more »| 24 Jul 2024 -
MusicFantastic Man on their Speyside Fantastic Party
Ahead of their inaugural all-dayer in Aviemore, we catch up with David Weaver to find out more about the promoters behind the festival – Fantastic Man Read more »| 11 Jul 2024 -
MusicGrassroots & community festivals in Glasgow this summer
We take a look at the current state of festivals in Scotland, and highlight four grassroots and community-focused parties to check out in Glasgow this July and August Read more »| 10 Jul 2024 -
MusicBig City @ Queen's Park, Glasgow, 29 Jun
Mogwai's inaugural Big City festival is a wonderfully Scottish take on the all-out all-dayer, executed to near-perfection Read more »| 04 Jul 2024 -
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