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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MusicSupersonic 2018: Preview & Mix
Ahead of the 2018 edition of Birmingham's Supersonic festival, we take a closer look at the line-up with a handy mix to help fully whet your appetite Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
Uk FestivalsAll Points East @ Victoria Park, London, 25-27 May
All Points East's first edition is a complete success, with highlights including Young Fathers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, LCD Soundsystem and Khruangbin Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEdinburgh Film Festival announce celebrity guests
Edinburgh International Film Festival announce who’ll be walking the red carpet this year, with guests ranging from Kelly Macdonald and Samantha Morton to Ben Elton and Rob Brydon Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
FilmWatch the first trailer for Scottish thriller Calibre
Matt Palmer’s Highland-set thriller starring Jack Lowden and Martin McCann gets its first trailer Read more »| 08 Jun 2018 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival reveals 2018 programme
Freedom will be the major theme at this year’s EIBF, while guests range from celebrated writers like Philip Pullman, Carol Ann Duffy and Ian Rankin, to famous figures like Rose McGowan, Bret Anderson and Jeremy Corbyn Read more »| 07 Jun 2018 -
Uk Festivals
Neighbourhood Weekender @ Victoria Park, Warrington, 26-27 May
Neighbourhood Weekender offers up a sun-drenched weekend, with stand-out sets from headliners The Courteeners and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Read more »| 07 Jun 2018
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Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Dog unveils categories for Terrier Awards
With the Edinburgh Fringe bounding towards us, canine critic Fringe Dog annouces what he'll be looking for in the third annual Terrier Awards Read more »| 06 Jun 2018 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Edinburgh Fringe programme 2018 announced
This year’s Fringe is as huge and sprawling as ever, with the future of the NHS and sex and consent in the age of #MeToo among the themes emerging from the programme of over 3500 shows Read more »| 06 Jun 2018 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Mark Cousins on The Eyes of Orson Welles
Mark Cousins' latest film explores the life and work of Orson Welles through the huge archive of drawings the Citizen Kane director made across his life. Cousins tells us how studying these sketches brought him closer to his filmmaking hero Read more »| 06 Jun 2018 -
Uk Festivals
A snapshot of American indie cinema in 2018
We report back from Sundance London, where the Park City festival offshoot is attempting to address gender inequality in an age of Time’s Up and #MeToo Read more »| 04 Jun 2018 -
Music
More Than Conscious: Akala on Hip Hop and Beyond
London rapper Akala is increasingly known for writing books, appearing on Question Time and lecturing on Shakespeare. Ahead of his performance at Doune the Rabbit Hole, he assures The Skinny that making world-changing music is still his first love Read more »| 01 Jun 2018 -
Uk Festivals
Looking back at the absurd, gonzo brilliance of Alex Winter’s Freaked
Ahead of its screening at cult movie festival Weird Weekend, we look back at 1993 comedy Freaked with its co-writer and co-director Alex Winter bka Bill S Preston Esq Read more »| 31 May 2018 -
International Festivals
SPOT Festival 2018: Review
Showcasing everything from Scandi-pop to trap to thrashing punk, Aarhus' SPOT festival takes you through every genre and back again Read more »| 30 May 2018 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Were the 1980s a golden age for female filmmaking?
A shimmering highlight of this year's EIFF is its American Woman retrospective celebrating female filmmakers of the 1980s. Ahead of the festival, we talk to Smithereens director Susan Seidelman, one of the pioneering female filmmakers of this era Read more »| 28 May 2018 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Made in Scotland reveals 2018 showcase
The annual curated showcase of music, theatre and dance performed returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for its tenth Read more »| 24 May 2018