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 FestivalsIn Pictures: Liverpool Sound City 2014
Liverpool Sound City 2014 For three days over 1-3 May, Liverpool didn't get a wink of shuteye as the now mammoth Sound City festival brought an embarrassmen... Read more »| 12 May 2014 -
Uk Festivals
Summer at the Festivals: A Field in Scotland (or England)
We take a look at the wealth of experiences on offer on the UK festival circuit, focusing on the thriving and growing number boutique outdoors festivals, and the big-top extravaganzas of T in the Park, Glastonbury, and Reading and Leeds Read more »| 07 May 2014 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Film News: Star Wars VII cast revealed; Restored Stereoscopic animations by Norman McLaren at EIFF
In today's Film News, we take a look at the strand on animator Norman McLaren at this year's EIFF; debate the merits of the newly-revealed Star Wars VII cast; and showcase some highlights from the Southside Film Festival's Cinemap events Read more »| 02 May 2014 -
Uk FestivalsStreet Art: Ascent at Chorlton Arts Festival
Leafy Chorlton gets a splash of bold colour this month when several of the Northwest's up-and-coming artists display work across the Manchester suburb during the Chorlton Arts Festival Read more »| 02 May 2014 -
Uk Festivals
Northwest Festival Watch – May 2014
The latest local affairs in northwest England, including Slime City Festival and Baltic Block Party Read more »| 01 May 2014 -
Uk FestivalsRabble-rousing: Writing on the Wall 2014
Liverpool literary festival Writing on the Wall returns this month with a focus on the First World War. Festival director Madeline Heneghan and this year's ‘rebel ranter’, Owen Jones, tell us more Read more »| 29 Apr 2014
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Uk Festivals
GoNorth announce live showcase lineup
GoNorth Festival (4-5 Jun) is Scotland's specialist showcase festival and creative industries showcase, taking place annually at venues across Inverness. Tod... Read more »| 28 Apr 2014 -
Uk Festivals
In Pictures: Threshold 2014
Threshold Festival 2014 The fourth year of Liverpool's grassroots festival of music and arts commandeered a clutch of venues in the Baltic Triangle over the... Read more »| 28 Apr 2014 -
Uk FestivalsNorthwest Festival Watch: Liverpool Sound City
Bird and Ex-Easter Island Head consider the scope of Liverpool Sound City on the run-up to the May bank holiday weekend event Read more »| 24 Apr 2014 -
Uk Festivals
Behaviour Festival: Sam Halmarack and the Miserablites @ The Arches
Having lit up crowds from Edinburgh’s fringe to Australia, Sam Halmarack brings his pop spectacular back to Scotland. There’s only one problem, h... Read more »| 23 Apr 2014 -
Uk Festivals
Richard Gadd: Cheese and Crack Whores @ Blackfriars Basement, Glasgow International Comedy Festival
Richard Gadd is clearly having a bad time. So bad, in fact, that it's debatable which would be better - to review him, or refer him to the Samaritans. This is a deliciously weird hour, from the moment you walk in Read more »| 22 Apr 2014 -
Uk Festivals
Devitt and Storrie @ State Bar, Glasgow International Comedy Festival
As Devitt and Storrie take the floor in the crowded basement of the State Bar, there is a palpable sense of mischief. A prickling sense that something is afo... Read more »| 22 Apr 2014 -
Uk Festivals
In Pictures: Glasgow International 2014
In Pictures: Glasgow International 2014 Read more »| 15 Apr 2014 -
Uk Festivals
TOY, Telegram, Ghost Outfit for inaugural Manchester Psych Fest
The lineup for the inaugural Manchester Psych Fest will feature TOY, Telegram, Ghost Outfit, Second Shepherds and others take over the city's Night & Day Cafe for a bringing together of the psychedelic music community Read more »| 14 Apr 2014 -
Uk Festivals
Down by the River: Riverside Festival
We quiz Soma boss Dave Clarke on this year's Electric Frog and Pressure Riverside Festival Read more »| 10 Apr 2014