Festivals
Step into a vibrant celebration of culture with The Skinny festival guide. We bring you the latest UK and international festival news; you'll find festival information, previews, reviews, features, and interviews.
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Uk FestivalsFive to see at Fat Out Fest 2017
As the countdown begins to Salford's mighty Fat Out Fest, we look beyond the headliners to pick out some of our personal highlights... Read more »| 06 Apr 2017 -
Uk Festivals
John Grant to kick off Sheffield Doc/Fest 2017
The festival opens with Daisy Asquith’s Queerama, featuring music by John Grant, who performs after the world premiere Read more »| 06 Apr 2017 -
Uk Festivals
Leeds International Festival's inspiring Tech bill
Yorkshire's cultural calendar gets a shake-up this month with the first ever Leeds International Festival, which boasts an impressive Tech strand. Curator Natasha Sayce-Zelem tells us about a diverse and cutting-edge programme Read more »| 06 Apr 2017 -
Uk FestivalsLiverpool LightNight 2017: programme revealed
The city's celebration of its arts venues and museums is back again with another busy programme Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Music
Tuff Love's Suse Bear on Outskirts Festival 2017
We chat to Tuff Love's Suse Bear about her collaboration with Errors' Steev Livingstone for this year's Outskirts festival in April Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Uk FestivalsCabbage headline Leeds' Gold Sounds 2017
The Coathangers, Kagoule and Her's also feature at the Brudenell Social Club weekender Read more »| 04 Apr 2017
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Uk Festivals
The Goddess & By the Law, Bo'ness Hippfest 2017
We take in two film screenings at Bo'ness Festival of Silent Film, including a Soviet Western scored by RM Hubbert Read more »| 03 Apr 2017 -
Film
A Quiet Passion
Terence Davies' Emily Dickinson biopic begins as a wry social satire before becoming a Dreyer-esque death crawl Read more »| 03 Apr 2017 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh Art Festival 2017 programme unveiled
Exhibitions from Jac Leirner, John Constable and William McTaggart feature among the highlights Read more »| 31 Mar 2017 -
Uk Festivals
Safe as Milk festival cancelled
Ticket sales insufficient, say event organisers Read more »| 30 Mar 2017 -
Uk Festivals
Dot To Dot adds The Big Moon, Josefin Öhrn & more
The Slow Readers Club also join the bill at the tri-city festival Read more »| 29 Mar 2017 -
Food And Drink
Edinburgh Science Festival: 6 to see at Gastrofest
From munching along with cult sci-fi to the art of shooting and eating your own deer, we look at the foodie events at this year's Edinburgh Science Festival Read more »| 29 Mar 2017 -
Uk FestivalsTim Burgess added to Sound City 2017 line-up
The third wave of acts to be unveiled also includes Cupids, Estrons and XamVolo Read more »| 28 Mar 2017 -
Uk Festivals
Glasgow Short Film Festival 2017: Best of the Fest
Another excellent edition of Glasgow Short Film Festival has been and gone. We look back at the highlights (a celebration of Charles Bukowski), the lowlights (some mediocre VR experiments) and the best of the international competition Read more »| 28 Mar 2017 -
International Festivals
Festival Guide 2017: Europe
Whether you fancy wandering through Hamburg's Reeperbahn district, exploring electronic music in Croatia or finding your new favourite band in Utrecht, you can bet we've got something for you – here's our guide to music festivals in Europe this year Read more »| 28 Mar 2017