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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Edinburgh FringePreview: Old favourites at the fringe
Plays that have been popular right down the decades are given a new lease of life in Edinburgh this August Read more »| 15 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Top 10... Cafés
Anteaques17 Clerk Street The man who owns the shop next to Anteaques has never heard of it: it's that much of a secret. Open only on Fridays and weekends, t... Read more »| 14 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Top 10... Pubs
Bennets Bar 8 Leven Street Bennets attracts a rather strange mish-mash of theatregoers and sports fans, situated as it is a stone’s throw away from Ki... Read more »| 14 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Top 10... Fast Bites
Kebab Mahal 7 Nicolson Square The daddy of them all, the Mahal has been open for thirty years and won best Scottish Takeaway 2009. Aside from the ... Read more »| 14 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Top 10... Breakfasts
Botanic Gardens (Entrances on Inverleith Row and Arboretum Place) A morning stroll around the Botanic Gardens is the best way to squeeze some peace and... Read more »| 14 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Top 10... Drinking and Dancing
The Bongo Club37 Holyrood Road Respected Fringe venue by day, Bongo is best known to Edinburgh residents as the city’s foremost alternative nightclub,... Read more »| 14 Jul 2010
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Edinburgh Fringe
Top 10... Asian Eateries
Karen Wong’s Chinese Restaurant 107-109 St Leonards Street 0131 662 0777 The Karen Wong's Chinese Restaurant experience often ends up being more ... Read more »| 14 Jul 2010 -
Uk FestivalsEminem @ T in the Park, 10 Jul
Five years after his last scheduled UK gig – and seven years since he last actually performed in Scotland – it's teasing to have to wait 40 minut... Read more »| 14 Jul 2010 -
Uk Festivals
dBass @ Stereo, 27 June
Opening act The Forgotten Works are folk - one glance at guitarist James Chapman's beard assures you of that, and the way he and double bassist Martin Beer h... Read more »| 06 Jul 2010 -
Uk Festivals
Dr Lonnie Smith @ The Fruitmarket, 25 Jun
I've just invented a new genre. It's called Acid Mod, and it sounds like the Motown house band easing off after hours, playing what they want to after turnin... Read more »| 06 Jul 2010 -
Uk Festivals
Circus Maximus
Once again, The Arches grabs the attention by going weird and wonderful, while leading a Surge into the streets of The Merchant City Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
Uk FestivalsHypnotic Brass Ensemble: Lullabies to Hypnotise
As the sons of Sun Ra's trumpeter, the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble were probably always destined for greatness Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
Uk Festivals
New Blood: Kassidy
As Kassidy ready their debut album, the all acoustic quartet look back to a halcyon age of guitar pop for inspiration Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh Festivals
The Power of Golden Hour!
Golden Hour comes to the Spiegeltent - brace yourselves... Read more »| 01 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF 2010: Straight On Til Morning
The Skinny sits down with the cast and crew of Edinburgh International Film Festival's closing film, Third Star Read more »| 01 Jul 2010