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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Film‘Dangerous Dames’ heading to Glasgow Film Festival
Glasgow Film Festival will celebrate the big screen’s sultriest femmes fatales in its 2017 programme, and explore the vibrancy of New Canadian Cinema Read more »| 28 Nov 2016 -
FilmGFF reunites members of Glasgow's 90s music scene
The musicians featured in Niall McCann's acclaimed documentary Lost in France – including members of Franz Ferdinand, Mogwai and The Delgados – reunite for a live show at Glasgow Film Festival. Read more »| 28 Nov 2016 -
FilmJet Trash
Charles Henri Belleville’s streamline adaptation of Simon Lewis’ Go, staring Robert Sheehan, is a fast-paced and gripping crime thriller Jet Tra... Read more »| 27 Nov 2016 -
MusicT in the Park to 'take break' in 2017
Scotland's largest music festival will not return in 2017 Read more »| 24 Nov 2016 -
Uk Festivals
SICK! Festival 2017: first shows announced
SICK! Festival returns to Manchester and Brighton for 2017, offering an international programme of theatre, dance, film, installations, debates and more. Read more »| 21 Nov 2016 -
Music
Stay Fresh Fest returns to Manchester in 2017
Get over the January blues in style, as The Deaf Institute and The Skinny present Stay Fresh Fest 2, a celebration of the most vital new music in the North Read more »| 18 Nov 2016
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Music
Threshold Festival 2017: first details announced
Irish songwriter Hannah Peel will play Threshold Festival 2017, while the festival will be the first event to take place at the new Baltic Creative site at Cain's Brewery Read more »| 16 Nov 2016 -
Music
More acts announced for Fat Out Fest 2017
Giant Swan and Housewives are also among the latest wave of acts to be confirmed for Fat Out Fest 2017, following October's announcement of The Bug and Dylan Carlson. Read more »| 16 Nov 2016 -
Art
MIF 2017: first shows announced
The first batch of new commissions for Manchester International Festival 2017 has been revealed, including work by Yael Bartana, Vicky Featherstone, Simon Stephens and Jeremy Deller Read more »| 16 Nov 2016 -
Music
Wild Beasts, Jagwar Ma set for Live at Leeds 2017
Slaves, White Lies, Flamingods and Let's Eat Grandma will also appear at the West Yorkshire festival in April Read more »| 15 Nov 2016 -
Music
New noise rock festival WRONG comes to Liverpool
The one-day festival takes place at Liverpool Docklands next April, and we're promised "all varieties of weird and filthy rock music." The Wytches, Heck and The Cosmic Dead are among the first bands announced Read more »| 15 Nov 2016 -
Film
Manchester Animation Festival: five must-see films
Manchester Animation Festival is back after a hugely successful first year. We pick out a few must see films from its bursting programme Read more »| 10 Nov 2016 -
Comedy
Women in Comedy: Short Story Competition Winner
The Women in Comedy Festival Writing Competition invites entries in two categories: a short sketch or monologue, and a short story. The Skinny North is ... Read more »| 09 Nov 2016 -
Festival Guide
Wild Beasts to headline FestEvol Gardens 2017
The Parrots and Ulrika Spacek will also appear at the Liverpool festival's new location, the Invisible Wind Factory Read more »| 09 Nov 2016 -
Music
Abattoir Blues @ Liverpool Music Week, 2 Nov
Brighton noiseniks Abattoir Blues check into the Arts Club Loft for a night of feedback and fun Read more »| 07 Nov 2016