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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ArtManchester International Festival reveals full 2015 programme
A film and music residency from FKA twigs and a one-off outdoor gig by Björk lead the new additions to the line-up for this year’s Manchester... Read more »| 05 Mar 2015 -
FilmAdiós, Cornerhouse: ¡Viva! 2015
As Cornerhouse prepares to move to HOME, its Spanish and Latin American Festival gets a makeover, too. We preview the first in a trio of ¡Viva! weekenders Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
Film
Glasgow Film Festival 2015: FrightFest
Zombies, dead bastards, killers, demons, beasties, Katie Isabelle, rage monkeys... that'll be your FrightFest, then. Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
Comedy
Cara Comedian: Josie Long on her new show Cara Josephine
She comes and goes. Embarking on her sixth nationwide tour Cara Josephine, Josie Long talks to us about growing up standing up Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
Art
SICK! Festival: Tackling the Art of Difficult Conversation
As it expands from Brighton to Manchester, directors Helen Medland and Tim Harrison discuss the issues and the impetus behind SICK! Festival Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
MusicFestival Watch – March 2015
Behold, the return of our hand-selected guide to festivals both local and terrifyingly imminent Read more »| 04 Mar 2015
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MusicIbibio Sound Machine confirmed for Africa Oyé 2015
London-based Ibibio Sound Machine have been confirmed for the 23rd edition of Liverpool's Africa Oyé festival, taking place this June in the city's Se... Read more »| 03 Mar 2015 -
Film
CineSkinny Awards: The Best of GFF15
We've studied our ticket stubs from two weeks of covering Glasgow Film Festival and have chosen our winners for the annual CineSkinny Awards. For the first time, our readers have got involved too and told us their film of the festival Read more »| 03 Mar 2015 -
FilmCineDaily – 1 Mar: Force Majeure, Small Faces, today's reviews and more
Film of the Day: Force Majeure [GFT, 7.30pm] What we said: "In a formally playful fashion and manner largely free of didacticism, Östlund skewer... Read more »| 01 Mar 2015 -
Videos
British Sea Power discuss putting on A Night at the Regal
Glasgow Film Festival celebrated the Glasgow ABC's past and present with A Night at the Regal, an evening of live sonic cinema paying tribute to the Sauchieh... Read more »| 28 Feb 2015 -
Film
CineDaily – 28 Feb: Eden, Dreamcatcher, today's reviews and more
Film of the Day: Eden [GFT, 8.40pm] What we said: "It’s a kind of vampire movie, with our protagonist [Paul] trapped in the crepuscular purgatory of... Read more »| 28 Feb 2015 -
Film
Bringing Da Funk to GFF: Mia Hansen-Løve on Eden
This year's GFF music on film strand, Sound and Vision, is headlined by Mia Hansen-Løve's brilliant new film Eden, an intimate epic telling the history of the French Touch music scene through one DJ's bloodshot eyes Read more »| 28 Feb 2015 -
Music
Swans, The Cribs and Peace added to Liverpool Sound City
Reactivated post-punk experimentalists Swans have been announced among the latest additions to the Liverpool Sound City bill. Fellow new announcements ... Read more »| 27 Feb 2015 -
Film
Glasgow Film Festival 2015: On the Trail of the Far Fur Country
The integrity of early documentary filmmaker Robert Flaherty’s work has been debated by film scholars for decades. Nevertheless his 1922 debut Nanook o... Read more »| 27 Feb 2015 -
Film
Glasgow Film Festival 2015: Revenge of The Mekons
After decades of sustained critical acclaim, The Mekons remain an obscure cult band with few commercial prospects. This is a grave injustice, and one which J... Read more »| 27 Feb 2015