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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MusicLe Guess Who? – Day Three: Six of the Best
Despite being over the half-way point, the best of Le Guess Who? is yet to come. With a evening of heavy hitters ahead of us, including sublime sets from Destroyer and Kamasi Washington, we fuel up with some strong coffee and settle in for the long haul. Read more »| 22 Nov 2015 -
MusicLe Guess Who? – Day Two: Six of the Best
Difficult to believe from the array of delights on offer, but day one of Le Guess Who? presented a relatively gentle introduction to an incredible line-up. Read more »| 21 Nov 2015 -
MusicLe Guess Who? – Day One: Six of the Best
Le Guess Who? is an alternative music festival in Utrecht, a city on the rise in terms of both tourism and cultural cachet. With this year's festival featuri... Read more »| 20 Nov 2015 -
Uk Festivals
Glasgow Film Festival 2016: Early programme announcements
Glasgow Film Festival have revealed today some programme information about the 2016 addition, and some exciting news about a new strand dedicated to the film industry Read more »| 18 Nov 2015 -
International Festivals
Trans Musicales 2015 preview
The Trans Musicales festival, which has been running in the ornate city of Rennes since 1979, is an incomparably idiosyncratic and challenging festival. It&r... Read more »| 17 Nov 2015 -
International Festivals
C Duncan, WHITE join Eurosonic Noorderslag line-up
The Eurosonic festival in Groningen, Netherlands has added more than 100 new acts from across Europe to its 2016 line-up. Read more »| 17 Nov 2015
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Uk Festivals
Live At Leeds announces first bands for 2016
Live at Leeds have announced the first wave of acts for next year's festival, which will feature a digital programme for the first time. Next year's Live at... Read more »| 16 Nov 2015 -
Art
Liverpool Biennial 2016: Artists announced
Liverpool Biennial have announced details of 37 artists from around the globe who will take part in next year's festival. Read more »| 16 Nov 2015 -
International Festivals
Angel Olsen, Stewart Lee, Tortoise for ATP Iceland
Blanck Mass, Sleep, Tortoise and Angel Olsen have all joined the line-up for ATP Iceland 2016. Read more »| 13 Nov 2015 -
Uk Festivals
Akram Khan's Giselle to premiere in Manchester
English National Ballet has announced that its new production of Giselle by Akram Khan will open at Manchester's Palace Theatre – with a score by Ben Frost Read more »| 11 Nov 2015 -
Uk Festivals
Paul Mason at Manchester Literature Festival
Journalist and author of PostCapitalism: A Guide to Our Future, Paul Mason advocates the emergence of a new, sharing economy at an event as part of Manchester Literature Festival Read more »| 09 Nov 2015 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Mogwai set for Edinburgh International Festival 2016
Mogwai will perform their score for Mark Cousins' documentary Atomic, Living in Dread and Promise at next year's Edinburgh International Festival, ... Read more »| 04 Nov 2015 -
Uk FestivalsFrench Film Festival 2015: Preview
The annual French Film Festival returns for its 23rd edition, with another diverting, varied programme – we select some highlights Read more »| 04 Nov 2015 -
Uk Festivals
LFF 2015 Highlights: The Discoveries
We've already shared our Best of LFF featuring the established filmmakers, now is the turn of the six less-celebrated filmmakers who screened kickass films this year Read more »| 03 Nov 2015 -
Uk Festivals
Manchester Literature Festival: An Ape’s Progress
A Rake’s Progress is a series of eight paintings by 18th-century artist William Hogarth. Read more »| 02 Nov 2015