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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FilmScott Graham & the cast on Scottish small-town drama Run
Shell and Iona director Scott Graham returns with third feature Run. Sitting down with The Skinny and some of the film's cast, Graham tells us how his tale was inspired by a visit to his hometown and the story of a Bruce Springsteen obsessed fisherman Read more »| 07 Feb 2020 -
TheatreWorkers Theatre on Something Has to Happen Festival
We catch up with the folk from The Workers Theatre about radical art, how a theatre cooperative works and why their upcoming festival – Something Has To Happen – couldn't be more timely Read more »| 06 Feb 2020 -
Uk FestivalsStag & Dagger Glasgow adds more bands to line-up
Ghostpoet, Just Mustard and Mush join the line-up for the Glasgow all-dayer Read more »| 31 Jan 2020 -
Uk FestivalsGlasgow Film Festival 2020: Our Top Ten Films
Family feuds, apocalyptic absurdism and hard-hitting historical drama – here are our picks from the GFF programme Read more »| 31 Jan 2020 -
Uk FestivalsKelburn Garden Party 2020: first acts announced
Max Cooper, Andrew Weatherall, Free Love, Swim School and Squiggles are among the first acts to be announced for the 2020 festival Read more »| 31 Jan 2020 -
Uk FestivalsSoma Skool announces 2020 line-up
Annual electronic music conference and showcase event, Soma Skool has revealed the first wave of names for its 2020 edition, including a panel discussion hosted by The Skinny Read more »| 30 Jan 2020
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Uk FestivalsThe Skinny at Glasgow Film Festival 2020
We're presenting a chat on the future of cinema at Glasgow Film Festival – and helping throw a whopper of a party as well... Read more »| 29 Jan 2020 -
Uk FestivalsGlasgow Film Festival 2020: Programme revealed
The GFF 2020 programme features new films from Anthony Baxter, Mark Cousins and Hirokazu Kore-eda Read more »| 29 Jan 2020 -
Uk FestivalsDays of the Bagnold Summer set for Glasgow Film Festival
The Skinny are teaming up with Glasgow Film Festival for the Scottish premiere of the new film by Simon Bird, with a soundtrack by Belle and Sebastian Read more »| 24 Jan 2020 -
Uk FestivalsGlasgow Short Film Festival unveils 2020 opening film
Glasgow Short Film Festival opens with a hybrid of film and performance, with the 2020 edition also hosting a rare gig from synth pioneer Felix Kubin Read more »| 23 Jan 2020 -
International FestivalsLes Trans Musicales de Rennes 2019: The Report
As the legendary French festival enters its fifth decade, it's business as usual – a truly global, cutting-edge affair Read more »| 16 Jan 2020 -
FilmUncut Gems
The Safdie brothers follow up Good Time with another frenetic New York drama, as Adam Sandler gives a great performance as a brash jeweller who dabbles in various suspect tradings across the city Read more »| 10 Jan 2020 -
FilmCaitlin Moran’s How to Build a Girl to close Glasgow Film Festival
This UK premiere starring Booksmart’s Beanie Feldstein will be joined by French drama Proxima, starring Eva Green, which will open the festival Read more »| 09 Jan 2020 -
FilmGlasgow Film Festival to turn the Arches into Neo-Glasgow
Glasgow Film Festival announce its first set of special event screenings, which will turn the Argyle Street Arches into Neo-Glasgow for a weekend of special immersive film screenings of sci-fi cult classics from Total Recall to Tank Girl Read more »| 11 Dec 2019 -
Uk FestivalsBelle & Sebastian to headline Doune the Rabbit Hole
Motown legends Martha Reeves and the Vandellas are also among the first wave announced today for the Stirlingshire festival, alongside Pussy Riot, The Bluebells and Girl Ray Read more »| 10 Dec 2019