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 FestivalsBFI London Film Festival 2015 Guide
Your guide to BFI London Film Festival: what to see, where to buy your tickets and where to watch the films Read more »| 08 Oct 2015 -
Uk Festivals12 films to see at London Film Festival 2015
With London Film Festival 2015 kicking off today, we choose the best films to see at the UK's glitziest celebration of cinema Read more »| 08 Oct 2015 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEdinburgh Hogmanay Street Party line-up announced
Maximo Park and WHITE are among the names confirmed today for Edinburgh’s annual Hogmanay Street Party. Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
Edinburgh FestivalsDocument Human Rights Film Festival 2015: Preview
An international documentary festival, Document Human Rights comes to Glasgow's CCA in October 2015. Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
Uk Festivals
Play Poland 2015: Preview
90s disco underdogs, sex changes, and bringing cartoons to the kids: we get with the programme as Play Poland turns five Read more »| 06 Oct 2015 -
Uk Festivals
Scotland Loves Anime 2015: Preview
We take a look at some of the highlights of this year's Scotland Loves Anime event, one of the best times of the year for animation fans or those just inclined towards cult-attracting fare from the Far East. There will be monsters Read more »| 06 Oct 2015
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Uk Festivals
Southside Film Festival 2015: Preview
The fifth Southside Film Festival comes to Glasgow, with Martin Scorsese's Hugo among the highlights. Read more »| 05 Oct 2015 -
Uk Festivals
Sleaford Mods, The Ex join Stewart Lee ATP bill
The first wave of acts for next April’s All Tomorrow’s Parties weekender, curated by comedian Stewart Lee, have been unveiled. Read more »| 05 Oct 2015 -
International Festivals
The Notwist, Heems, Prefuse 73 join Le Guess Who? 2015
The full line-up for this year’s Le Guess Who? festival in the Dutch city of Utrecht has been confirmed. Read more »| 01 Oct 2015 -
Music
Liverpool Psych Fest 2015: The Review
“Everywhere they played people would be asking them 'are you playing The Psych Fest this year?' It wasn't 'Liverpool' Psych Fest, it's almost like it g... Read more »| 30 Sep 2015 -
International Festivals
Jake Gyllenhaal: “Do you think masculinity lacks sensitivity?”
From a skinny sociopath in Nightcrawler to a jacked boxer in Southpaw, the last few years have seen Jake Gyllenhaal go to extremes for his art. He's at it again with true-life disaster flick Everest – we catch up with the star at the Venice Film Festival Read more »| 24 Sep 2015 -
Music
Liverpool Psych Fest: Sacred Bones Records interviewed
It's a prolific time for Brooklyn's Sacred Bones label; with some of the finest records of the year under their belts, and ahead of Liverpool Psych Fest (where they’ve co-curated a stage with Chile’s BYM label), we chat with general manager Taylor Brode Read more »| 17 Sep 2015 -
Uk Festivals
Five to see at Liverpool Psych Fest 2015
Off to Liverpool Psych Fest? Still sorting your Altered Hours from your Zhods? Worry not – here's five of the lineup's best to get you started Read more »| 17 Sep 2015 -
Uk Festivals
Scottish Queer International Film Festival 2015
Finding good LGBT cinema on UK screens can be a challenge. Praise be, then, for SQIFF (24-27 Sep), a new community-focused film festival representing and reflecting queer identity Read more »| 09 Sep 2015 -
Edinburgh Festivals
The Magic Flute @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, 28 Aug
Mozart's opera The Magic Flute gets the Barrie Kosky treatment at Edinburgh International Festival. Read more »| 08 Sep 2015