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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FilmThe Teacher
Compelling, crowd-pleasing drama from Czech director-writer duo Jan Hrebejk and Petr Jarchovsky Read more »| 28 Feb 2017 -
FilmI Am Not Your Negro
Raoul Peck brings James Baldwin’s powerful words to the screen Read more »| 28 Feb 2017 -
Uk Festivals
Lipstick Under My Burkha wins GFF audience award
Glasgow Film Festival audiences vote banned Indian movie Lipstick Under My Burkha as this year’s Audience Award winner Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
Uk Festivals
Africa Oyé unveils first acts for 2017
The UK's largest festival of African music and culture returns for its 25th outing Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
Uk FestivalsLoop, Songhoy Blues play Liverpool Psych Fest 2017
The annual gathering of sonic adventurers unveils a hefty first wave of acts for 2017, including The Black Angels and Laetitia Sadier Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
Uk Festivals
Leeds International Festival unveils first line-up
Lauren Laverne, Rag'n'Bone Man and a Leeds United film premiere all set for the inaugural festival Read more »| 27 Feb 2017
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Art
LightNight Liverpool returns with Time theme
Liverpool's annual late-night culture crawl LightNight returns for the eighth time on Fri 19 May with nine new commissions and over 100 free events. Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
Music
Lost In France @ O2 ABC, 21 Feb
In 2015 a group of scene-defining Scottish musicians escaped from the present to travel almost two decades back to their past. With the space and distance to... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Uk FestivalsEminem to headline Reading and Leeds Festivals
Guess who's back? Back again... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Film
Weirdos
An endearingly sweet, emotionally satisfying road movie from Bruce McDonald Read more »| 23 Feb 2017 -
Uk Festivals
RD Laing and Psychiatry on Screen
With RD Laing biopic Mad to be Normal closing the Glasgow Film Festival, we take a look at other films which shed light on the controversial psychiatrist's a... Read more »| 23 Feb 2017 -
Uk Festivals
Festival No. 6 reveals first bands for 2017
Flaming Lips and UK exclusive shows from Mogwai and Bloc Party top the bill in Portmeirion, north Wales Wayne Coyne and co top the line-up for the sixth run... Read more »| 23 Feb 2017 -
Uk Festivals
Goldfrapp and Mr Scruff join Bluedot line-up
Hawkwind and Vitalic also scheduled to appear at the Jodrell Bank festival this summer Read more »| 22 Feb 2017 -
Film
Juho Kuosmanen on The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki is about an unassuming Finnish boxer who has his nation's hopes pinned on his success. We speak to its directo... Read more »| 22 Feb 2017 -
Uk Festivals
Carnival Fifty Six festival unveils 2017 line-up
The new festival is headlined by Mark Ronson, with a host of great Scottish bands on the undercard Read more »| 22 Feb 2017