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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FilmNo Home Movie
The final film from Belgian innovator Chantal Akerman is a deeply personal documentary about her own mother. Read more »| 08 Feb 2016 -
FilmThe Witch
Robert Eggers’s horror film about a Puritan family under attack from dark forces in a 17th century New England settlement has shades of the Salem witch trials. Read more »| 08 Feb 2016 -
FilmBen Wheatley on High-Rise
With his latest movie, Ben Wheatley takes on JG Ballard science-fiction classic High-Rise. Ahead of the film's screening at Glasgow Film Festival, the genre ... Read more »| 08 Feb 2016 -
Film
Fifteen of the Best at Glasgow Film Festival 2016
Sandwich between the Coens’ Hail, Caesar! and Charlie Kaufman’s Anomalisa is 12 days of cinematic delights. Here are fifthteen films not to miss.... Read more »| 05 Feb 2016 -
Music
Electric Fields announces first bands for 2016
Primal Scream, Everything Everything and The Twilight Sad are among the first names announced for this year's Electric Fields festival at Drumlanrig Castle, ... Read more »| 04 Feb 2016 -
MusicFolk Like Us: Aidan Moffat on Where You're Meant to Be
It may have started life as a tour diary – a celebration of traditional Scottish folk music, looking for a story – but as Aidan Moffat explains, new film Where You’re Meant to Be discovers much more Read more »| 04 Feb 2016
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Film
Glasgow Short Film Festival unveils 2016 programme
Lydia Lunch presenting the Cinema of Transgression at The Glue Factory, classic Universal horror movies given the 16mm shorts treatment and a focus on the short films of Syria are among Glasgow Short Film Festival's new programme Read more »| 03 Feb 2016 -
Music
Leftfield join Tayside's Festival of House line-up
Dance pioneers Leftfield have joined the line-up for Festival of House near Dundee this summer. Read more »| 29 Jan 2016 -
Music
Lost Map's Howlin' Fling! fest returns for 2016
Lost Map have announced the return of their Howlin' Fling! festival to the island of Eigg in the inner Hebrides this July. Read more »| 27 Jan 2016 -
FilmGlasgow Film Festival 2016 programme announced
The lineup for Glasgow Film Festival 2016 has been unveiled – we look forward to new films from Ben Wheatley and Miguel Gomes, a guest appearance from ... Read more »| 20 Jan 2016 -
Music
Hot Snakes join Drive Like Jehu ATP
Hot Snakes are among the new bands added to the line-up for All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Prestatyn, North Wales in April. Also featuring Drive Like Je... Read more »| 19 Jan 2016 -
Music
Threshold festival adds Barberos and more to bill
Threshold festival, Liverpool's annual festival of grassroots music and arts, has announced the second wave of acts to appear at the event in April. Read more »| 19 Jan 2016 -
Music
BBC 6 Music announces line-up for 2016 festival
The line-up for the 2016 edition of BBC Radio 6 Music's annual festival has been announced, with over 50 acts performing at venues across Bristol next month. Read more »| 19 Jan 2016 -
Theatre
PUSH Festival: Kim Kardashian Confession
As PUSH festival prepares to kick off the New Year with some fantastic fringe at HOME Manchester, Mighty Heart Theatre talks Kim Kardashian, body image and confession Read more »| 15 Jan 2016 -
Comedy
Glasgow Comedy Festival unveils 2016 programme
Comedy will take over Scotland's largest city for the 14th annual Glasgow International Comedy Festival this March, and the full programme has now been annou... Read more »| 13 Jan 2016