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 FestivalsFestival Watch: Swans to headline Supersonic, plus new names for EXIT, Open'er, and Truck Fest
Michael Gira's Swans announced for Birmingham's Supersonic Festival, Disclosure bring Carl Craig and Green Velvet to EXIT, plus lineup additions for Open'er and Truck Fest Read more »| 13 Feb 2014 -
Uk FestivalsFestival Preview: Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema
We look ahead to Scotland’s largest celebration of silent cinema Read more »| 12 Feb 2014 -
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Bestiaires @ Traverse
An attempt to describe Dudapaiva's Bestiaires to anyone who hasn't seen it will inevitably fall short of the scale, skill, and thought behind this perfo... Read more »| 12 Feb 2014 -
Uk FestivalsFestival Watch: Sounds From The Other City, Riverside, Sonisphere, Nuits Sonores and more
A round-up of the latest festival lineup additions, including the first wave of acts for Salford's Sounds From The Other City, and the cream of Glasgow electronic music for French festival Nuits Sonores Read more »| 12 Feb 2014 -
Uk FestivalsBBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra announce Tectonics lineup, featuring Thurston Moore, Bill Wells and more
Since the inaugural year of its Scottish incarnation in 2013, the Tectonics Festival (9-11 May) sees the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra collaborating with a... Read more »| 11 Feb 2014 -
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Festival Watch: Lauryn Hill for Outlook, plus Snowbombing, Farmfestival and more
A round-up of the latest Summer festival lineup additions, including Lauryn Hill for Outlook, the Sbowbombing lineup, and more Read more »| 11 Feb 2014
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The Nordic Haven for Docuphiles: DocPoint 2014, Finland
We look at the programme for this year's DocPoint Film Festival in Helsinki, the largest documentary festival in Scandinavia Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
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Celtic Connections: Bill Callahan / The Deep Dark Woods / Cath and Phil Tyler @ O2 ABC, 1 February
In contrast to the clockwork brackishness of Saturday night Sauchiehall Street, Celtic Connections winds down with a set from Drag City enigma, Bill Callahan... Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
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Away From Home @ The Lowry, Salford, 30 Jan
Kudos to any actor who begins a play walking on stage stark naked with nothing but a hastily grabbed towel. Such is the entrance of solo performer Rob Ward (... Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
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Festival Watch: Mogwai, Slint, Shellac and more for Optimus Primavera
A round-up of the latest summer festival lineup additions, including Slintm Shellac, Mogwai and more for Optimus Primavera Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
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Festival Watch: ATP Iceland, Isle of Wight, Green Man, Unknown, Willowman
A round-up of the latest festival lineup additions from Unknown, ATP Iceland, Isle of Wight, Green Man, Willowman, featuring CHVRCHES, Wild Beasts and more Read more »| 06 Feb 2014 -
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Beacons Festival announces 2014 lineup, with Hookworms, DARKSIDE, The Fall and many more
The Beacons Festival announce a strong bill, including Jon Hopkins, Hookworms, East India Youth and more Read more »| 06 Feb 2014 -
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Chewing the Scenery: Food and the Glasgow Film Festival
From Ratatouille-inspired pop-up restaurants to Italian pastry chefs mixed up in gangland killings, we take a foodie look at this month’s Glasgow Film Festival Read more »| 04 Feb 2014 -
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Festival Watch: Reading & Leeds, OFF Festival, Damnation, Tramlines
A round-up of Summer festival lineup additions, including Arctic Monkeys for Reading and Leeds, Bolt Thrower for Damnation, Neutral Milk Hotel and Fuck Buttons for OFF Festival, and more Read more »| 04 Feb 2014 -
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Celtic Connections: Mogwai / RM Hubbert @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 28 January
As much a charismatic banter machine as he is an emotionally charged singer-songwriter, RM Hubbert has the vast hall completely captivated and respectfully s... Read more »| 03 Feb 2014