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 FestivalsLost Map announce Howlin’ Fringe all-dayer
Johnny Lynch exclusively gives us the inside track on his collective's latest venture Read more »| 14 May 2015 -
Art
EAF reveals 2015 commissions, Margaret Tait Award winner & Turner Prize nominees announced
The Edinburgh Art Festival has announced details of its commissions programme for 2015, with new work from Charles Avery and Marvin Gaye Chetwynd set to feat... Read more »| 13 May 2015 -
International Festivals
Graham Fagen @ Palazzo Fontana, Venice
Entra nel Giardino E dimentica la Guerra. Or, Come into the Garden and Forget about the War. So entreats a green neon sign at the entrance to the Palazzo Fon... Read more »| 13 May 2015 -
Uk Festivals#SFTOCSkinny: The Winners!
We asked you to share your snaps from this year's Sounds from the Other City festival – and you responded more enthusiastically than we could've hoped for. It's time to reveal the winners... Read more »| 12 May 2015 -
Uk Festivals
#SFTOCSkinny: The Shortlist!
A week since Sounds from the Other City festival, and we've emerged from two things: our hangovers, and sorting through more than 300 entries to our photo competition! If you entered, see if you can spot your snap in the 30-strong shortlist below... Read more »| 12 May 2015 -
Music
Live at Glasgow @ Various Venues, 3 May
The choose-your-own-adventure format of a day-festival like Live at Glasgow presents almost too many options. Having so much on offer can turn a person into ... Read more »| 12 May 2015
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Uk FestivalsEdinburgh Film Festival 2015 to close with Scott Graham's Iona
Edinburgh International Film Festival has announced that its 69th edition will come to a close with the world premiere of Scott Graham’s second feature... Read more »| 11 May 2015 -
Uk FestivalsDoc/Fest announces Joshua Oppenheimer and Monty Python in its 2015 line-up
Sheffield Doc/Fest, the UK’s premier celebration of documentary filmmaking, has revealed its line-up for this year’s festival. Proceedings kick ... Read more »| 07 May 2015 -
Music
Northwest Music News – 7 May: Africa Oyé Full Line-Up, Liverpool International Music Festival + more
Further Liverpool festival announcements Undeniably one of Liverpool's biggest summer parties, Africa Oyé (20-21 Jun) has revealed the rest of its li... Read more »| 07 May 2015 -
Videos
Hector Bizerk – The Bigger Picture (live acoustic session at SxSW 2015)
In the second installment from our session with Hector Bizerk at this year's South by Southwest festival, the Glasgow quartet play an acoustic version o... Read more »| 07 May 2015 -
Uk Festivals
Ignite Dundee Festival 2015 preview
Throughout May, the Ignite Dundee Festival proudly celebrates the city’s wealth of creative talent and its cultural significance. We preview some of the ace events happening at this year's festival.. Read more »| 06 May 2015 -
Film
EIFF to open with Robert Carlyle's directorial debut
Edinburgh International Film Festival has revealed its 69th edition will open with the world premiere of The Legend of Barney Thomson, the directorial debut ... Read more »| 05 May 2015 -
Uk Festivals
Festival Watch – May 2015
It’s May! May the force to stand up most of the day watching at least 11 bands and traversing an equivalent number of miles be with you. Yes, it’s time for all of the all-dayers Read more »| 01 May 2015 -
Edinburgh Festivals
We Are Monster
In 2000, 19-year-old British-Asian Zahid Mubarek was murdered by Robert Stewart, his cellmate at Feltham Young Offenders' Institution. He was five hours away... Read more »| 01 May 2015 -
International Festivals
Robert Burns Reggae: Interview with Graham Fagen
Graham Fagen discusses his new body of work, set to be exhibited in the 2015 Venice Biennale Read more »| 30 Apr 2015