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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MusicPatti Smith @ Field Day, 7 June
Forty years ago, Patti Smith released her debut album Horses, a slim eight tracks of distinctive poet-punk rock. Four decades on and the sheer exuberanc... Read more »| 12 Jun 2015 -
Art24:7 Theatre Festival reveals its 2015 programme
Back at the start of the year, it looked like 24:7 wasn’t going to happen; after losing its regular funding, Manchester’s always vital festival o... Read more »| 11 Jun 2015 -
VideosFutureEverything 2015: Memo Akten – Simple Harmonic Motion for 16 Percussionists
The result of an artistic residency at FutureEverything, Simple Harmonic Motion for 16 Percussionists by digital artist Memo Akten featured 16 percussionists... Read more »| 11 Jun 2015 -
Music
Ride @ Field Day, 7 June
Just before shoegaze veterans Ride launch into the galvanizing opening notes of Seagull, frontman Mark Gardener prefaces the opening track from their 1990 de... Read more »| 11 Jun 2015 -
Music
Party in the Park: Esa sets the mood at Africa Oyé
Africa Oyé favourite Esa returns to this year's festival to DJ the main stage, joining a stellar lineup. He talks to us about travel and discovery; plus, we select four further acts to catch at the UK's biggest free celebration of African music Read more »| 08 Jun 2015 -
Film
Bringing Up Bogdanovich: Peter Bogdanovich on his new comedy She's Funny That Way
Once the 70s wunderkind of American filmmaking, now one of its elder statesman, we chat to Peter Bogdanovich, whose new film, She's Funny That Way, an effervescent screwball throwback, heads to Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 05 Jun 2015
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MusicGottwood 2015: Four acts not to miss
Gottwood returns to the Anglesey woods this year with yet another roster of tantalising talent. Here are the organisers’ top four picks to look out for… Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Art
Speaking Out
Ameena Atiq performs at Liverpool Arab Arts Festival this month. The Skinny talks to the rising star of spoken word Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Film
Action Movie Poet: Walter Hill on his EIFF Retrospective
Today's cinema owes a great debt to the stylish action pictures of Walter Hill. He talks about the trials of being a genre director and his influence on filmmakers like Nicolas Winding Refn ahead of an Edinburgh International Film Festival retrospective Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Film
Ten to see at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival
We suggest ten films to seek out at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 03 Jun 2015 -
Music
Dot to Dot 2015 – Manchester
Now in its sixth-year, the city centre festival makes a bold move across town - and reaps the rewards Read more »| 03 Jun 2015 -
Film
Balancing Act: we speak to EIFF's new artistic director Mark Adams
EIFF has a new artistic director in Mark Adams. We pick his brains on what to expect from the festival under his tenure Read more »| 03 Jun 2015 -
FilmTake to the Road: ¡Viva! Presents New Mexican Cinema (18-22 Jun)
Mexican cinema comes to HOME (or should that be CASA?) with the second of this year's ¡Viva! weekenders Read more »| 03 Jun 2015 -
Music
Dutch Uncles, Errors to play The Skinny stage at The Garden Party
Manchester art-pop quintet Dutch Uncles and Glasgow electro trio Errors will play The Skinny's new music stage in association with Now Wave and Eat Your Own ... Read more »| 02 Jun 2015 -
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Northwest Festival Watch – June 2015
Get stuffing the chill bags for a civilised few weeks at Oyé, Liverpool Arab Arts Festival and MIF Read more »| 02 Jun 2015