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 FestivalsHidden Door 2021: The Music Programme
Pictish Trail, The Orielles and Ibibio Sound Machine are just a few of the acts confirmed for Hidden Door, which this year takes over the old Granton Gasworks Read more »| 30 Jun 2021 -
MusicScotland's Festivals: 2021 preview
With Scotland's festivals back on the menu for 2021, we take a look at just some of what's on offer in the next 12 months Read more »| 28 Jun 2021 -
Uk FestivalsJupiter Rising reveals 2021 lineup
Arts and music festival Jupiter Rising returns to Jupiter Artland with bbymutha, Free Love, Fimber Bravo, Pictish Trail and Lady Neptune included in its music lineup and moving-image work from Alberta Whittle, April Lin and Fastwürms among others Read more »| 24 Jun 2021 -
IntersectionsDardishi Festival on going online, zines & community care
Dardishi Festival goes online for its first digital festival at the end of June. We catch up with Dardishi’s founder Samar Ziadat to discuss the project’s origins, zine culture and building something new Read more »| 14 Jun 2021 -
ArtGlasgow International 2021: One for Glasgow
Glasgow International is back after a year's hiatus. With an exciting programme of new exhibitions, some of the organisers and artists give a sense of what the festival will bring to audiences through this month Read more »| 10 Jun 2021 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEdinburgh Art Festival returns for 2021
Edinburgh Art Festival returns to the city's art spaces this summer with exciting new work (Isaac Julien, Emeka Ogboh, Sean Lynch), retrospectives (Ian Hamilton Finlay, Christine Borland, Karla Black) and the annual Platform showcase Read more »| 03 Jun 2021
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Edinburgh FestivalsEdinburgh International Festival: The 2021 line-up
Laura Mvula, Nadine Shah, Anna Meredith, Damon Albarn, Karine Polwart, Floating Points, Kathryn Joseph, Caribou and tUnE-yArDs are just some of the highlights from the eclectic lineup of music coming to Edinburgh as part of the International Festival Read more »| 02 Jun 2021 -
Uk FestivalsAlchemy Film and Moving Image Festival returns
Ahead of the 11th Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, we catch up with the festival's co-directors to hear what they've been up to during lockdown and how this year's programme has embraced the circular nature of the COVID-era Read more »| 28 Apr 2021 -
Uk FestivalsFemspectives returns online for 2021
Femspectives, the annual Glasgow-based feminist film festival, is back with a virtual edition. Among the highlights are the 50th feature by renowned documentary maker Alanis Obomsawin and sci-fi tinged Georgian drama Comets Read more »| 12 Apr 2021 -
Uk FestivalsIberoDocs' 8th edition celebrates Art as a Need
IberoDocs returns with an online edition of the festival celebrating Ibero-American culture, with a programme of over twenty documentaries, filmmaker Q&As and a virtual exhibition Read more »| 30 Mar 2021 -
MusicThe Great Eastern: Edinburgh festival moves to November
BEAK>, Free Love, BC Camplight, Broken Records and The Ninth Wave are lined up for the rescheduled Great Eastern music festival in Edinburgh Read more »| 24 Mar 2021 -
FilmMeet the stars of Glasgow Short Film Festival 2021
We speak to some of the filmmakers behind our favourite shorts at this year's Glasgow Short Film Festival Read more »| 22 Mar 2021 -
TheatreWhy Theatre Will Recover from COVID-19
Think theatre might struggle to recover from COVID-19? It's made quite a few comebacks before. We investigate when theatres went dark in the past, and what – or who – turned the lights back on Read more »| 16 Mar 2021 -
International FestivalsBerlinale 2021: Magic and Reality Collide
The best films at this year's Berlinale traded in fairy tale and fable, but the titles that seemed to get Film Twitter and the Berlinale jury most excited were in-your-face works offering a mirror on the ills of society Read more »| 10 Mar 2021 -
FilmShort Circuit: Glasgow Short Film Festival interview
Get the lowdown on Glasgow Short Film Festival's second online edition. They tell us what they've learned after a year of digital festivals and give us some hints about this year's event, which includes dogs and dance but absolutely no Zoom-based dramas Read more »| 10 Mar 2021