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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International FestivalsIn Pictures: Primavera Sound 2013, 24 May
Primavera Sound, Barcelona, 24 May Baltimore noise rockers Dope Body kicked off our second day at Parc del Fòrum, alongside highlights from Angl... Read more »| 25 May 2013 -
International Festivals
In Pictures: Primavera Sound 2013, 23 May
Primavera Sound, Barcelona, 23 May Europe's premier music festival got underway last night with highlight sets from Sacramento future-punks Death Grips, tir... Read more »| 24 May 2013 -
Uk Festivals
Festival Roundup: Southside Film Festival 2013
The lights go down on another successful Southside Film Festival. Here are our highlights... Read more »| 22 May 2013 -
Uk FestivalsIn Pictures: Brew at the Bog, Bogbain Farm, 4 May
Brew at the Bog, 4 May Some pictures from this years sold out Brew at the Bog festival at Bogbain farm in Inverness. Photography by Emily Wyld... Read more »| 17 May 2013 -
Uk Festivals
Southside Film Festival, 17-19 May
Just in time for Cannes kicking off, Glasgow's south side gets its own celebration of cinema as the Southside Film Festival returns for its third year. Here's what's on offer... Read more »| 13 May 2013 -
Uk Festivals
Body Language: Liverpool Physical Fest
From Pina Bausch to Zambian street dance, serious masterclasses to the art of the circus, Liverpool's Physical Fest offers a packed programme of workshops and performances in an effort to promote the often misunderstood disciplines of physical theatre Read more »| 04 May 2013
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Uk FestivalsChorlton Arts Festival: On the Fringes
Among its art and performance programming, Chorlton Arts Festival offers a few tasty musical morsels. We 'ave a gander Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
Uk FestivalsLiverpool International Photography Festival: Through the Looking-Glass
The second biennial Liverpool International Photography Festival, or LOOK/13, boldly asks its participating artists and audience to interrogate their ideas of identity. It's an appropriate theme for an event with an increasingly strong sense of self Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
Uk Festivals
In Pictures: Fence Records' GnomeGame, Anstruther, 7 April
GnomeGame, Anstruther, 7 April Day two of Fence Records' annual showcase of the finest in modern folk and folktronica from Scotland (and beyond!) featu... Read more »| 18 Apr 2013 -
Uk FestivalsIn Pictures: Fence Records' GnomeGame, Anstruther, 6 April
GnomeGame, Anstruther, 6 April Having flitted around Scotland in various forms for the last few years, Fence Records' annual hoedown returned to the label's... Read more »| 18 Apr 2013 -
Uk Festivals
Festival Season 2013: Carry Me Home
Whether the party's in or outdoors, north or south of the border, The Skinny does not discriminate in this whistle-stop tour of the UK's varied festival circuit Read more »| 18 Apr 2013 -
Uk Festivals
In Other Words, 23 Apr-19 May
Between World Book Night and the reopening of the city's Central Library, Liverpool celebrates all things literary with a new festival, In Other Words Read more »| 15 Apr 2013 -
Uk Festivals
Festival of Firsts: Manchester International Festival, 4-21 Jul
We take a look at the theatre programme of this year's Manchester International Festival, an event that prides itself on being artist-led, its ideas coming not from the curator but the creators Read more »| 12 Apr 2013 -
Uk Festivals
Aye Write! Glasgow's Book Festival
This April sees Aye Write! return to the Mitchell Library for its eighth year, supplying Glasgow with a wealth of literary talent Read more »| 11 Apr 2013 -
Uk Festivals
Festival Season 2013: The Lesser Known
Festivals! They're still happening, except all the ones you used to just roll up to now sell out months in advance ’cause every man and his dog wants to go. Here are some lesser known gems for you to throw your pay packet at instead Read more »| 10 Apr 2013