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: Lineup announcements for Latitude, The Great Escape, MELT! and more
A roundup of the latest festival lineup news, with news about The Great Escape, Latitude, MELT! Festival and more Read more »| 22 Jan 2014 -
Uk Festivals
Programme announced for the Glasgow Music and Film Festival
Glasgow Music and Film Festival (GMFF) announced its programme today, with special events and screenings featuring artists including legendary synth pioneers Goblin, Lauren Mayberry of CHVRCHES, indie rockers Admiral Fallow and rapper Danny Brown Read more »| 21 Jan 2014 -
Uk FestivalsFestival Watch: Inaugural BBC Radio 6 Music Festival headliners announced
The inaugural BBC Radio 6 Music Festival will welcome a grand total of 30 bands to the stage, with their sets broadcast live on the station. Epic indie rock ensemble The National head up the lineup announced so far Read more »| 21 Jan 2014 -
International FestivalsFestival Watch: Croatia's The Garden Festival welcomes Ben UFO, Quantic and more
Taking place in Tisno in Croatia, The Garden Festival (2-9 July) is a week-long orgy of beats, bass and bacchanalia. Returning for its 9th year, the festival has a strong focus on cutting-edge electronic music Read more »| 20 Jan 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeSo You Think You're Funny opens for 2014
Applications for this year's So You Think You're Funny awards open at midday today. The award, which focuses on new and emerging comics, is open to anyone new to stand-up comedy, over 18, who has not peformed regularly before June last year Read more »| 17 Jan 2014 -
Uk Festivals
Festival Watch: Fuck Buttons, Kurt Vile, and Swans join ATP Iceland
The bill for ATP Iceland (10-12 July) keeps getting better - joining already-announced headliners Portishead and Interpol will be an impressive selection of bands from across the musical spectrum, including Fuck Buttons, Kurt Vile and Swans Read more »| 15 Jan 2014
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Uk Festivals
Festival Watch: King Creosote, Miaoux Miaoux, Casual Sex and more to play Brew at the Bog
Thirteen more bands including King Creosote, Miaoux Miaoux and Casual Sex have been added to the lineup for Brew at the Bog, the one-day music festival taking place at Bogbain Farm in Inverness Read more »| 10 Jan 2014 -
Uk FestivalsFestival Watch: Outkast to reunite for Coachella 2014
The lineup for this year's Coachella Festival (11-13 & 18-20 Apr) was announced this week, the big news being that Atlanta rap duo Outkast have reformed to headline the event, alongside Arcade Fire Read more »| 09 Jan 2014 -
Uk Festivals
Festival Watch: Portishead & Interpol for ATP Iceland, Slayer & Alice In Chains for Sonisphere
The headliners for this year's ATP Iceland (10-12 Jul) have been announced – the first two artists heading upthe bill in Keflavík will... Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
Uk Festivals
Puppet State: Manipulate Festival 2014
Manipulate Festival returns for a seventh year with its repertoire of innovative international visual theatre and film Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
Uk Festivals
Once More, with Feeling: re:play Festival 2014
Every year, re:play festival gives us the opportunity to see short-run or one-off theatre that we didn't catch over the last 12 months – and this year's programme takes some new steps Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
Uk Festivals
Three must-attend 2014 film festivals
Want to get a head start on next year’s top ten movies? We look ahead to three great UK film festivals happening early 2014 Read more »| 18 Dec 2013 -
Uk Festivals
Festival Watch: MUTEK Barcelona headliners announced; T in the Park gets 1am license
MUTEK takes place in Canada, Mexico and Barcelona in Spain, with the Barcelona show providing a chance for Spanish artists to play alongside international lu... Read more »| 16 Dec 2013 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Film News: More prize money for EIFF; ¡Viva! Festival line-up announced
A roundup of film news: EIFF increases its prize funds; Manchester's ¡Viva! Spanish & Latin-American Film Festival and Glasgow Youth Film Festival programmes unveiled, Spiderman set for two spin-off movies; plus: the latest trailers Read more »| 13 Dec 2013 -
Uk Festivals
Festival Watch: Sónar 2014, with Massive Attack, Richie Hawtin and more
Sónar Barcelona (12-14 June) has announced the first wave of acts confirmed to play the 2014 edition of Europe's most established music festival dedic... Read more »| 12 Dec 2013