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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MusicA Carefully Planned Festival 6: Review
Carefully Planned cast a bewitching spell across Manchester's Northern Quarter with its most ambitiously sprawling line-up yet – a DIY festival unlike any other. Read more »| 27 Oct 2016 -
MusicCeltic Connections 2017: First shows announced
The first acts for the 2017 Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow have been announced Read more »| 27 Oct 2016 -
Music
Omar Souleyman set for debut Safe as Milk festival
Shirley Collins and The Residents also set to feature on the bill in North Wales Read more »| 26 Oct 2016 -
Music
Outlines Festival announces first bands for 2017
The first bands have been announced for next year's Outlines festival in Sheffield have been announced, with Jagwar Ma set to headline. The Australian trio ... Read more »| 24 Oct 2016 -
FilmLondon Film Festival 2016: The Highlights
After 11 days soaking up the incredible lineup of films at BFI London Film Festival, The Skinny's writers have put their heads together to come up with their ten best new films at this year's event Read more »| 20 Oct 2016 -
Music
The Bug & Dylan Carlson to play Fat Out Fest 2017
Blown Out and Part Chimp also feature on the bill, while CHERYL are lined up as artistic directors Read more »| 20 Oct 2016
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Film
Horror comes to HOME with FilmFear
Pregnant serial killers, cannibalistic veterinarian students and the Spanish take on Dracula – just some of the highlights of new horror season FilmFear, from HOME and Film4 Read more »| 20 Oct 2016 -
FilmFive Films to Watch at Cambridge Film Festival
Cambridge Film Festival returns again for eight wonderful days of cinema. We pick out five of the best films from its 148-film programme Read more »| 18 Oct 2016 -
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LFF 2016: The Birth of a Nation
Nate Parker's slavery epic is a pre-digested and formulaic take on Nat Turner's slave rebellion The reaction to Nate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation ha... Read more »| 17 Oct 2016 -
Film10 Best Films at Leeds International Film Festival
As Leeds International Film Festival reaches its third decade, we look at the ten movies you shouldn't miss in 2016 Read more »| 17 Oct 2016 -
Film
Arrival
Denis Villeneuve's Arrival is that rare beast: an awe-inspiring sci-fi that delivers both spectacle and smarts Crafting science-fiction films that are both ... Read more »| 14 Oct 2016 -
Film
Voyage of Time
Terrence Malick's spectacular nature documentary spans time and space Read more »| 13 Oct 2016 -
Film
Toni Erdmann
While sometimes resembling a three-hour sitcom, Toni Erdmann has performances and moments in which it is elevated Read more »| 13 Oct 2016 -
Film
Personal Shopper
Kristen Stewart is personal shopper by day, medium by night, in this mysterious ghost story from Olivier Assayas Read more »| 13 Oct 2016 -
Film
Elle
Isabelle Huppert dominates Elle, the complex new thriller from RoboCop director Paul Verhoeven The common critical cop-out on Elle, the latest wild ride fro... Read more »| 13 Oct 2016