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 FestivalsThe Best of Field Day 2017
Year after year, Field Day repeatedly offer up impressive line-ups that balance rising talent and bands-of-the-moment alongside a few special vintage acts. T... Read more »| 10 Jul 2017 -
Uk FestivalsMIF 2017: Phil Collins brings Engels back to Manchester
Friedrich Engels is coming home! Artist Phil Collins tells us why he's dragged a Soviet-era statue of the Communist Manifesto co-author across Europe to be permanently installed in Manchester Read more »| 07 Jul 2017 -
TheatreIs Crowdfunding The Only Way to Fund a Fringe Show?
With just over a month to go until the Edinburgh Festival Fringe kicks off, The Skinny asks why more and more acts are turning to crowdfunding to finance their shows, and what could be done to make the festival more cost-friendly to artists Read more »| 06 Jul 2017 -
Uk Festivals
Latitude 2017: 15 acts to see
Here are the acts we think it’s worth making time for if you’re heading to Henham Park in Suffolk for Latitude this July Read more »| 05 Jul 2017 -
Uk Festivals
Bluedot festival send Orbital into orbit
As the unique festival at Jodrell Bank Observatory returns for a second year, it send two DJ action figures where no DJ action figures have gone before: outer space Read more »| 04 Jul 2017 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Unbound 2017: Stornoway to India
When virtuoso artists from Indian and Scottish folk traditions combine, the results are rich and rewarding. We speak to musicians Dalbir Singh Rattan and James Yorkston to find what they will bring to two sides of the same night at Unbound Read more »| 04 Jul 2017
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Edinburgh Festivals
Unbound 2017: A Taste of Babble On
A taste of what you can expect over Unbound's riotous middle weekend, from three performers from the Babble On section of the programme Read more »| 04 Jul 2017 -
Edinburgh FestivalsUnbound 2017: Introducing Fun Lovin' Crime Writers
Six of the UK's top crime writers will try not to kill a tune when they hit the Unbound stage as The Fun Lovin' Crime Writers, so we asked them each to soundtrack murder scenes from their own books Read more »| 04 Jul 2017 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Unbound 2017: Dive Queer Party
Dive have been redefining the Scottish queer club scene in recent years. Now they plan to leave their mark on Unbound, bringing their riotous party to the Spiegeltent. Annabel and Annabel explain the fun and importance of these safe spaces Read more »| 04 Jul 2017 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Unbound 2017: The Last Poets
Some call them the true Godfathers of Hip-Hop and whether you've heard of them or not, you've definitely heard 'em. The Last Poets come to Unbound to see if "y'all are the gangsters that everybody says you are." Read more »| 04 Jul 2017 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Unbound 2017: An introduction
As day becomes night, Unbound opens for free literary events in the Spiegeltent during Edinburgh International Book Festival – 16 nights of music and performance, viewing the festival's grand themes through the looking glass Read more »| 04 Jul 2017 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Unbound 2017: The Programme
A night by night guide to goings on in the Charlotte Square Spiegeltent. Events kick off at 9pm, although you might want to arrive half an hour earlier to join the queue (or more, if it looks like a popular choice). Each is, as always, completely free Read more »| 04 Jul 2017 -
Film
Access All Areas
Contrived teen drama filmed at last year’s Bestival festival on the Isle of Wight Read more »| 03 Jul 2017 -
Film
The Little Hours
Funny and feminist film based on a story from Boccaccio’s The Decameron and featuring Alison Brie and Aubrey Plaza as badly-behaved nuns Read more »| 03 Jul 2017 -
Film
Teenage Superstars
Lively doc from Grant McPhee (Big Gold Dream) exploring the Scottish music scene from the mid-80s to the early 90s Read more »| 03 Jul 2017