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 FestivalsSafe as Milk festival cancelled
Ticket sales insufficient, say event organisers Read more »| 30 Mar 2017 -
Uk FestivalsDot 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 DrinkEdinburgh 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 FestivalsGlasgow 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 FestivalsFestival 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
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Uk FestivalsCarnival Fifty Six reveals comedy stage line-up
The new Dundee music festival has unveiled the comedy line-up for its inaugural edition Read more »| 24 Mar 2017 -
Uk FestivalsDundee horror festival Dundead returns
Popular Dundee festival Dundead returns with a spine-tingling lineup of new horror films and a celebration of Stephen King adaptations Read more »| 24 Mar 2017 -
FilmGSFF Awards: Dutch films dominate
The tenth edition of Glasgow Short Film Festival came to a close on Sunday, with the annual awards being announced at the city's newest venue, Joytown Grand Electric Theatre Read more »| 22 Mar 2017 -
Uk FestivalsBaltic Weekender: new Liverpool festival announced
Move D, Elijah & Skilliam and more play a new three-day festival across Liverpool's Baltic Triangle Read more »| 22 Mar 2017 -
FilmTranspecos
This impressive debut from director Greg Kwedar is a taut and atmospheric thriller about the drug trade set amid the American-Mexican borderlands Read more »| 21 Mar 2017 -
Uk FestivalsLoyle Carner, Andy Shauf added to Field Day 2017
John Cooper Clarke also joins the bill as another wave of acts is unveiled Read more »| 21 Mar 2017 -
Uk FestivalsGroove Cairngorm 2017: The Review
For its second instalment, the Groove Cairngorm team have upped their game with top-quality artists performing for the après-ski set Read more »| 20 Mar 2017 -
Edinburgh FestivalsLiverpool Arab Arts Festival 2017: the programme
Describing it as their “most vital edition to date,” the organisers of Liverpool Arab Arts Festival have announced the programme for 2017. Read more »| 19 Mar 2017 -
International FestivalsTrans Musicales: The review
A recap of the Rennes-based festival from the end of the year, which proved to be an incubator for some of 2017's hottest festival acts Read more »| 17 Mar 2017