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 FestivalsYorkshire Festival 2016: What to see
The world's largest disco ball joins a programme of acrobatic theatre shows, River Nile-inspired music, a garden within a garden, a fire garden, street parties and more for Yorkshire Festival. Read more »| 10 Jun 2016 -
Uk Festivalsbluedot festival announces science line-up
bluedot, the new festival at Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre, has revealed its science programme, which will see luminaries from across the science and art wor... Read more »| 10 Jun 2016 -
Uk FestivalsMeg Ryan & Kevin Smith among stars attending EIFF
Edinburgh Film Festival (15-26 June) reveal some of the big stars and upcoming talent heading to the festival this year, including Meg Ryan, Jonathan Pryce, Brian Cox, Harley Quinn Smith and Robert Sheehan Read more »| 10 Jun 2016 -
International FestivalsZygmunt Bauman at Leggendo Metropolitano
We popped to Italy for the International Festival of Literature Leggendo Metropolitano 2016, and found Zygmunt Bauman musing on the nature of happiness. Read more »| 10 Jun 2016 -
Uk Festivals
European City of Science festival lineup announced
The programme for Science in the City festival, part of Manchester's year as European City of Science, has been revealed Read more »| 09 Jun 2016 -
Uk Festivals
Sound + Vision lineup unveiled for EIFF 2016
Badly Drawn Boy and FOUND top a bill of live music at Summerhall, while Glasgow's Chemikal Underground Records gets the documentary treatment Read more »| 09 Jun 2016
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Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh Book Festival reveals 2016 programme
The programme for the 2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival has been revealed, with Jonathan Safran Foer and Stewart Lee among a host of names set for appearances. Read more »| 09 Jun 2016 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Edinburgh Fringe: Where to find your programme
The full Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme was unveiled today at the Scottish Cafe and Restaurant. Read more »| 08 Jun 2016 -
Uk Festivals
Brew At The Bog 2016: The Review
Sunshine is here – cue the annual slew of summer festivals vying for our holiday time (and a big slice of our bank accounts). With a multitude of event... Read more »| 08 Jun 2016 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Traverse Theatre unveils 2016 Fringe programme
Comedian Daniel Kitson features in the Traverse Theatre programme for the 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Read more »| 07 Jun 2016 -
Uk FestivalsMichael Caton-Jones: “Pain is temporary, film is forever”
Michael Caton-Jones is back later this year with Urban Hymn, which the Rob Roy director describes as "a sort of Ken Loach musical." Ahead of his "In Conversa... Read more »| 07 Jun 2016 -
Uk Festivals
Finnish films breaking out internationally
As EIFF's wide-ranging Focus on Finland strand gives audiences a chance to get a flavour of the nation's cinema, which is little known on these shores beyond the work of Aki Kaurismäki, we speak to some of the filmmakers breaking out beyond its borders Read more »| 07 Jun 2016 -
Uk Festivals
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Top Picks
We get set for Sheffield Doc/Fest, the UK's greatest celebration of documentary filmmaking, by picking out our highlights from the programme Read more »| 03 Jun 2016 -
Uk Festivals
XpoNorth: How a solo developer won the 2015 Moray Game Jam
Application and software development student Corrie Green tells us how he conquered the Moray Game Jam single handed Read more »| 02 Jun 2016 -
Uk Festivals
XpoNorth: Filmmaking in the North of Scotland
Two filmmakers with successful careers outside the UK's traditional filmmaking hubs explain their approach and tell us how festivals like XpoNorth keep them connected Read more »| 02 Jun 2016