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 FestivalsKelburn Garden Party reveal first acts for 2018
Ibibio Sound Machine, Goldie and the 2 Bears project of Hot Chip's Joe Goddard all feature on the 2018 Kelburn Garden Party line-up Read more »| 01 Feb 2018 -
Uk FestivalsFLY Open Air: Denis Sulta-curated line-up unveiled
Denis Sulta has curated a lively international line-up for FLY Open Air, with Seth Troxler, Gerd Janson and Or:la among those playing the all-dayer Read more »| 31 Jan 2018 -
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GSFF 2018: Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Don Hertzfeldt and more
Weerasethakul’s short films programme and Hertzfeldt's World of Tomorrow films are just two of the highlights of the eleventh Glasgow Short Film Festival, the programme for which has just been announced Read more »| 31 Jan 2018 -
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Get Into the Groove (Cairngorm)
Groove Cairngorm promoter Dougie Brown guides us through what to expect from the third instalment of the annual Groove Cairngorm Festival, and selects some favourite tracks he hopes to hear up the mountain Read more »| 29 Jan 2018 -
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Arctic Monkeys join TRNSMT line-up
Alex Turner and co head up a newly-announced day of the festival on Glasgow Green Read more »| 29 Jan 2018 -
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15 films to see at Glasgow Film Festival 2018
Glasgow Film Festival is back to brighten this Scottish winter with a typically vibrant programme of films (old and new, big and small), events and one-off movie happenings. Here's our guide to the 15 films we think you should seek out Read more »| 26 Jan 2018
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Uk FestivalsRiverside Festival adds Four Tet, Leftfield for 2018
The festival at Glasgow's Riverside Museum has added a host of new acts for its 2018 edition Read more »| 25 Jan 2018 -
Uk FestivalsGlasgow Film Festival announces 2018 programme
Glasgow Film Festival reveals its huge and eclectic 2018 programme, with hundreds of lively events and screenings, including the new films from Lynne Ramsay, Claire Denis, Wes Anderson and Agnès Varda Read more »| 24 Jan 2018 -
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Josie Long’s Glasgow-set comedy to premiere at GFF
Comedian and actor Josie Long’s love affair with Glasgow continues with her debut feature Super November – described as both a “romantic comedy and Orwellian dystopia”, it will have its world premiere at Glasgow Film Festival Read more »| 23 Jan 2018 -
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EIFF announce Karen Gillan as Youth Strand patron
The star of Guardians of the Galaxy and Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle has been named as patron of the Edinburgh International Film Festival’s youth strand “The Young and the Wild” Read more »| 18 Jan 2018 -
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GFF to close with doc on Scottish workers who defied Pinochet
Nae Pasaran tells the story of how workers at the East Kilbride Rolls-Royce factory defied Pinochet’s brutal dictatorship and helped ground half of Chile’s Air Force Read more »| 17 Jan 2018 -
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Trainspotting producer Andrew Macdonald leads GFF Industry programme
The full programme for Glasgow Film Festival's industry strand has been announced, and includes a timely look at gender imbalance and the urgent issue of harassment in the film business Read more »| 16 Jan 2018 -
Music
Eurosonic Noorderslag 2018: Preview
From much-hyped acts like Sigrid and Pale Waves to German techno marching bands and Icelandic hip-hop, we preview Eurosonic 2018 and take a closer look at the Danish acts at this year's festival in Groningen Read more »| 12 Jan 2018 -
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FrightFest reveal Glasgow Film Festival line-up
This year the horror festival features new films from Brian O’Malley and Xavier Gens, as well as haunting anthology tale Ghost Stories from The League of Gentlemen's Jeremy Dyson Read more »| 11 Jan 2018 -
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New Scottish Alternative Music Awards festival heading to Paisley
Scottish Alternative Music Awards - Paisley Takeover 2018 is a new two day event that will include live showcases, music workshops, industry seminars and in-store performances Read more »| 10 Jan 2018