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 FestivalsScotland Loves Anime 2015: Preview
We take a look at some of the highlights of this year's Scotland Loves Anime event, one of the best times of the year for animation fans or those just inclined towards cult-attracting fare from the Far East. There will be monsters Read more »| 06 Oct 2015 -
Uk FestivalsSouthside Film Festival 2015: Preview
The fifth Southside Film Festival comes to Glasgow, with Martin Scorsese's Hugo among the highlights. Read more »| 05 Oct 2015 -
Uk Festivals
Sleaford Mods, The Ex join Stewart Lee ATP bill
The first wave of acts for next April’s All Tomorrow’s Parties weekender, curated by comedian Stewart Lee, have been unveiled. Read more »| 05 Oct 2015 -
International FestivalsThe Notwist, Heems, Prefuse 73 join Le Guess Who? 2015
The full line-up for this year’s Le Guess Who? festival in the Dutch city of Utrecht has been confirmed. Read more »| 01 Oct 2015 -
Music
Liverpool Psych Fest 2015: The Review
“Everywhere they played people would be asking them 'are you playing The Psych Fest this year?' It wasn't 'Liverpool' Psych Fest, it's almost like it g... Read more »| 30 Sep 2015 -
International Festivals
Jake Gyllenhaal: “Do you think masculinity lacks sensitivity?”
From a skinny sociopath in Nightcrawler to a jacked boxer in Southpaw, the last few years have seen Jake Gyllenhaal go to extremes for his art. He's at it again with true-life disaster flick Everest – we catch up with the star at the Venice Film Festival Read more »| 24 Sep 2015
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Music
Liverpool Psych Fest: Sacred Bones Records interviewed
It's a prolific time for Brooklyn's Sacred Bones label; with some of the finest records of the year under their belts, and ahead of Liverpool Psych Fest (where they’ve co-curated a stage with Chile’s BYM label), we chat with general manager Taylor Brode Read more »| 17 Sep 2015 -
Uk Festivals
Five to see at Liverpool Psych Fest 2015
Off to Liverpool Psych Fest? Still sorting your Altered Hours from your Zhods? Worry not – here's five of the lineup's best to get you started Read more »| 17 Sep 2015 -
Uk Festivals
Scottish Queer International Film Festival 2015
Finding good LGBT cinema on UK screens can be a challenge. Praise be, then, for SQIFF (24-27 Sep), a new community-focused film festival representing and reflecting queer identity Read more »| 09 Sep 2015 -
Edinburgh Festivals
The Magic Flute @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, 28 Aug
Mozart's opera The Magic Flute gets the Barrie Kosky treatment at Edinburgh International Festival. Read more »| 08 Sep 2015 -
MusicThe Garden Party 2015: The Review
With Dutch Uncles, LoneLady and many more in tow, Leeds Garden Party is an end-of-summer excursion, one wistful look back before the autumn arrives. Read more »| 08 Sep 2015 -
Edinburgh Festivals
En Avant, Marche! @ King's Theatre, Edinburgh, 25 Aug
Belgian dance ensemble Les Ballets C de la B present En Avant Marche! at the Edinburgh Fringe. Read more »| 08 Sep 2015 -
Uk Festivals
Harold Crooks on The Price We Pay
Harold Crooks' documentary on corporate tax avoidance kicks off Take One Action! Film Festival in style. Read more »| 08 Sep 2015 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Theatre Reviews: The Fantastical
Fantastical tales at the Fringe, as Pirates and Mermaids, Spectretown and I Am Beast visit Edinburgh. Read more »| 08 Sep 2015 -
Uk Festivals
Take One Action 2015: Festival Preview
Take One Action! is the UK’s leading social change film festival, looking at humanitarian concerns. Read more »| 08 Sep 2015