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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MusicBig City @ Queen's Park, Glasgow, 29 Jun
Mogwai's inaugural Big City festival is a wonderfully Scottish take on the all-out all-dayer, executed to near-perfection Read more »| 04 Jul 2024 -
MusicYoung Fathers @ City Park, Stirling, 29 Jun
Under the gaze of Stirling Castle, Young Fathers give an anthemic, cathartic performance and prove once again to be a truly unmatched live act Read more »| 04 Jul 2024 -
FilmEIFF to close with Carla J. Easton’s Scottish girl band documentary
Edinburgh International Film Festival will close with the world premiere of Since Yesterday: The Untold Story Of Scotland’s Girl Bands, directed by Carla J. Easton and Blair Young Read more »| 03 Jul 2024 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEdinburgh International Festival announces 2024 opening event
Where to Begin, this year's EIF opening event, will use George Heriot's as its venue, turning the private school into a vessel for a large-scale communal experience that “celebrates the creative force of the city" Read more »| 18 Jun 2024 -
Uk FestivalsSounds of the Summer: Meet Kelburn Garden Party's Pyramid Stage
We're back at Kelburn Garden Party this July curating their Pyramid Stage, so it's time to get better acquainted with the lineup Read more »| 14 Jun 2024 -
Edinburgh FestivalsThe Substance to close EIFF’s Midnight Madness strand
The eagerly awaited body horror The Substance – starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid – will close the new Midnight Madness strand at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 11 Jun 2024
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Edinburgh FestivalsEdinburgh International Book Festival announce 2024 programme
Amid controversy about its commercial chief sponsor, the Edinburgh International Book Festival launches the 2024 programme. With a new festival director, a new venue and a new outlook, it’s all change Read more »| 05 Jun 2024 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEIFF previews its Midnight Madness strand
Edinburgh International Film Festival will preview its new Midnight Madness strand with new slasher flick In a Violent Nature Read more »| 29 May 2024 -
MusicSonica announces its 2024 programme
Sonica, Glasgow’s biennial festival of innovative audiovisual art, returns with a lineup featuring a blend of international and local talent. Alessandro Cortini, SHHE, Becky Šik and Alex Smoke are among the lineup Read more »| 29 May 2024 -
ArtEdinburgh Art Festival announces its 2024 programme
For its 20th birthday, Edinburgh Art Festival has assembled a lineup of over 200 artists with a programme exploring the 'conditions under which we live, work, gather and resist' Read more »| 28 May 2024 -
Edinburgh FestivalsIntroducing The Besties! – New Awards at the Edinburgh Festivals
We're announcing a new awards series – produced by Capital Theatres, Premier Scotland, The Skinny and Fest – which promises to celebrate the best of the Edinburgh Festivals Read more »| 28 May 2024 -
Uk FestivalsEdinburgh Tradfest 2024: The Report
Tradfest 2024 showcases the best of parallel folk traditions, the evolution of genres over time, and the face of the new party-loving trad audience Read more »| 23 May 2024 -
Uk FestivalsKelburn Garden Party 2024: The Pyramid Stage lineup
Our 2024 Pyramid Stage lineup for Kelburn Garden Party is complete, with Bikini Body, LVRA and rEDOLENT set to headline Read more »| 13 May 2024 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEdinburgh Film Festival will open with Saoirse Ronan in The Outrun
The much-anticipated adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s The Outrun will open EIFF, and the festival also announced that its short film prize will be named in honour of Oscar-winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker Read more »| 09 May 2024 -
Edinburgh FringeSummerhall share 2024 Edinburgh Fringe programme
Summerhall will be bringing another eclectic selection of theatre and performance to Edinburgh this August, as well as some of the coolest club nights around Read more »| 09 May 2024