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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MusicLive at Glasgow @ Various Venues, 3 May
The choose-your-own-adventure format of a day-festival like Live at Glasgow presents almost too many options. Having so much on offer can turn a person into ... Read more »| 12 May 2015 -
FilmEdinburgh Film Festival 2015 to close with Scott Graham's Iona
Edinburgh International Film Festival has announced that its 69th edition will come to a close with the world premiere of Scott Graham’s second feature... Read more »| 11 May 2015 -
FilmDoc/Fest announces Joshua Oppenheimer and Monty Python in its 2015 line-up
Sheffield Doc/Fest, the UK’s premier celebration of documentary filmmaking, has revealed its line-up for this year’s festival. Proceedings kick ... Read more »| 07 May 2015 -
MusicNorthwest Music News – 7 May: Africa Oyé Full Line-Up, Liverpool International Music Festival + more
Further Liverpool festival announcements Undeniably one of Liverpool's biggest summer parties, Africa Oyé (20-21 Jun) has revealed the rest of its li... Read more »| 07 May 2015 -
Art
Ignite Dundee Festival 2015 preview
Throughout May, the Ignite Dundee Festival proudly celebrates the city’s wealth of creative talent and its cultural significance. We preview some of the ace events happening at this year's festival.. Read more »| 06 May 2015 -
Music
Festival Watch – May 2015
It’s May! May the force to stand up most of the day watching at least 11 bands and traversing an equivalent number of miles be with you. Yes, it’s time for all of the all-dayers Read more »| 01 May 2015
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Art
To the Hills: Lakes Ignite brings interactive art to the Lake District
Celebrating 'imaginary journeys,' the Lakes Ignite festival brings four impressive new artistic commissions to the Lake District this spring. Curator Aileen McEvoy tells our Art editor more Read more »| 30 Apr 2015 -
Music
Indoor UK Festivals 2015
The penultimate instalment of our 2015 festival guide. Like the idea of a carefully curated festival and a good road trip (even if it is just across the M8), but not the outdoor type? Here’s your solution. Read more »| 29 Apr 2015 -
Music
Blanck Mass to headline The Skinny stage at Electric Fields
To kick off our 10th birthday celebrations, we’re taking the reins at one of the stages at this summer’s Electric Fields festival, with electroni... Read more »| 28 Apr 2015 -
Film
What the Folk?: Folk Film Gathering 2015
“Is there a folk cinema?” Jamie Chambers, curator the Folk Film Gathering, the world’s first festival of folk cinema, considers this question Read more »| 28 Apr 2015 -
Film
Glasgow Film Festival 2015: Girlhood
The inaccurate English retitling of Céline Sciamma’s Bande de filles has led some to draw comparisons with Boyhood, but where Richard Linklater&... Read more »| 27 Apr 2015 -
Film
Girl Power: Céline Sciamma on Girlhood
Despite their similar titles, Girlhood is not a female version of Richard Linklater's recent coming-of-ager. Director Céline Sciamma's take on adolescence is far less cosy, but just as emotionally resonant Read more »| 27 Apr 2015 -
FilmGlasgow Film Festival 2015: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Junkies, dealers, swindlers, pimps and chancers, all shimmering in the dark night. As Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez did with their decidedly masculine Si... Read more »| 27 Apr 2015 -
Music
Sounds From The Other City 2015: Choose Your Own Adventure
Oddball pub crawl/music marathon Sounds from the Other City returns for its 11th year this May Bank Holiday. But with so many possible routes through the festival, what kind of day will you have? Find out by totting up your answers in our ingenious quiz Read more »| 24 Apr 2015 -
Music
Lonelady, Errors lead Hidden Door music line-up
The Hidden Door arts festival has revealed its music line-up for 2015, with London post-punk Lonelady and Glasgow electronic mainstays Errors ... Read more »| 17 Apr 2015