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's Howlin' Fling! fest returns for 2016
Lost Map have announced the return of their Howlin' Fling! festival to the island of Eigg in the inner Hebrides this July. Read more »| 27 Jan 2016 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEdinburgh Art Festival calls for 2016 proposals
Edinburgh Art Festival has launched an open call for submissions from emerging artists to appear at this year's festival in August Read more »| 22 Jan 2016 -
International Festivals
Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem headline Primavera 2016
Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem and Sigur Ros top the bill for this year’s Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona. Read more »| 21 Jan 2016 -
Uk FestivalsGlasgow Film Festival 2016 programme announced
The lineup for Glasgow Film Festival 2016 has been unveiled – we look forward to new films from Ben Wheatley and Miguel Gomes, a guest appearance from ... Read more »| 20 Jan 2016 -
FilmSundance Film Festival's worst offences
As the stars descend on Park City, Utah for the annual Sundance Film Festival, we take a look at some of the worst cinema tropes proliferated by Sundance movies over the years Read more »| 20 Jan 2016 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh Art Festival unveils Dazzle Ship project
A dramatic overhaul of the historic former lighthouse boat MV Fingal by Turner Prize nominee Ciara Phillips has been announced today by Edinburgh Art Festiva... Read more »| 20 Jan 2016
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Uk FestivalsHot Snakes join Drive Like Jehu ATP
Hot Snakes are among the new bands added to the line-up for All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Prestatyn, North Wales in April. Also featuring Drive Like Je... Read more »| 19 Jan 2016 -
Uk Festivals
Threshold festival adds Barberos and more to bill
Threshold festival, Liverpool's annual festival of grassroots music and arts, has announced the second wave of acts to appear at the event in April. Read more »| 19 Jan 2016 -
Uk Festivals
BBC 6 Music announces line-up for 2016 festival
The line-up for the 2016 edition of BBC Radio 6 Music's annual festival has been announced, with over 50 acts performing at venues across Bristol next month. Read more »| 19 Jan 2016 -
Theatre
PUSH Festival: Kim Kardashian Confession
As PUSH festival prepares to kick off the New Year with some fantastic fringe at HOME Manchester, Mighty Heart Theatre talks Kim Kardashian, body image and confession Read more »| 15 Jan 2016 -
Comedy
Glasgow Comedy Festival unveils 2016 programme
Comedy will take over Scotland's largest city for the 14th annual Glasgow International Comedy Festival this March, and the full programme has now been annou... Read more »| 13 Jan 2016 -
Theatre
Manipulate 2016: The first timers
First time Manipulate performers Blind Summit, Sita Pieraccini and Julian Crouch and Saskia Lane talk homecoming and what we can expect to see from their shows at Manipulate 2016. Read more »| 13 Jan 2016 -
Comedy
The Sound of Satire: Andy Zaltzman interview
For a man who takes on the world via a podcast called The Bugle, Andy Zaltzman is surprisingly modest about tooting his own horn. Read more »| 06 Jan 2016 -
Uk Festivals
Hail, Caesar! to open Glasgow Film Festival 2016
Glasgow Film Festival will open with the new film from the Coen Brothers, and close with Charlie Kaufman’s celebrated stop-motion animation Anomalisa ... Read more »| 06 Jan 2016 -
Comedy
Altitude Festival: Stand-up snowballs in Austria
With the Altitude Festival turning 10, co-founder Andrew Maxwell tells us of its secret Edinburgh origins, how the ski slopes call for the same mindset that's needed onstage, and the kind of audiences that know how to come in from the cold. Read more »| 05 Jan 2016