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: Dimensions and Wee Dub lineups announced
Dimensions Festival (27-31 Aug) has just announced the first wave of acts confirmed to play in 2014. The Croatian festival takes place in Pula, in the surrou... Read more »| 11 Dec 2013 -
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Lost Map announce new festival for 2014
With his new imprint Lost Map firing on all cylinders, it seems life post-Fence Collective is going swimmingly for Johnny Lynch, aka The Pictish Trail. The m... Read more »| 10 Dec 2013 -
International FestivalsLes Trans Musicales de Rennes Festival 2013
Since 1979, Trans Musicales has maintained a position as one of the truly most unique, startling, baffling and often downright bonkers music festivals on the calendar. We take a look at what curator Jean-Luis Brossard holds up his sleeve this December... Read more »| 22 Nov 2013 -
Edinburgh FestivalsLeviathan
Paravel and Castaing-Taylor’s non-narrative, anthropological collaboration – both a documentary and an abstract horror film – depicts the m... Read more »| 22 Nov 2013 -
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Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival 2014 launches
Between 31st January and 8th February 2014, Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival returns to Scotland for a 7th year. Hosted by Artistic Director Simon Har... Read more »| 20 Nov 2013 -
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Preview: Food For Real Film Festival
It's the second time around for Liverpool's Food For Real Film Festival – foodies and film-lovers rejoice! Read more »| 20 Nov 2013
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Uk FestivalsFrench Film Festival 2013: Marius
Daniel Auteuil continues to establish his position as the world’s biggest fan of Marcel Pagnol by remaking Alexander Korda’s 1931 adaptation of t... Read more »| 18 Nov 2013 -
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Bedwyr Williams @ Welsh Pavilion, Venice Biennale
There’s something eccentrically humungous about the garden observatory cum shed that's been ceremoniously dropped into a small Venetian chapel by W... Read more »| 13 Nov 2013 -
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Future My Love
Maja Borg's first feature film is a poetic blend of doc, road trip and love story Read more »| 11 Nov 2013 -
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Opening Culture: Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival 2013
A glimpse at the visual arts strand of Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival, which celebrates the best local talent alongside internationally renowned artists and is now in full swing Read more »| 05 Nov 2013 -
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French Film Festival UK 2013: Vive le cinéma!
With an eclectic programme of Francophone movies screening over a month in Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow, the French Film Festival UK (7 Nov–7 Dec) shows that, in terms of cinema, the Auld Alliance is alive and well Read more »| 29 Oct 2013 -
Uk FestivalsDance @ THAT Festival
A youth festival would be quite poor without dance in it; after all, it is how many young people interact – in clubs, or in dance classes (or dare I sa... Read more »| 21 Oct 2013 -
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Africa in Motion 2013: A Continent on the Move
Africa in Motion is back for its 8th edition with another stellar programme of contemporary cinema from the African nations Read more »| 07 Oct 2013 -
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THAT's The Way To Do It: THAT Festival 2013
Now in its second year, THAT Festival is bringing the cream of Scottish theatre, performance, music and literature to Stirling's Macrobert arts centre. We asked curator Alice McGrath to tell us about the highlights of the programme Read more »| 04 Oct 2013 -
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Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia @ Camp and Furnace, 27-28 September
As one of the most anticipated dates in Liverpool’s gigging calendar, this year the onus on Psych Fest was to open the weekender to a bigger audience t... Read more »| 02 Oct 2013