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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Edinburgh FringeThe Besties 2026: Week Three Winners
Palestinian Circus, Craig Manson, Comedy Club 4 Kids and EIF's exhibition on the legacy of slavery are among our final batch of Besties winners for 2026 Read more »| 29 Aug 2026 -
Edinburgh FestivalsScotland on Screen: Promising Scottish Shorts at EIFF 2026
Among the most exciting homegrown cinema at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival was a programme of shorts created during the second year of the NFTS Sean Connery Talent Lab. We highlight three of the best films from the lineup Read more »| 28 Aug 2026 -
Edinburgh FringeJack Rooke @ Underbelly Bristo Square
Jack Rooke reprises his debut show Good Grief a decade on, and appraises the changes in his life and the wider world in the intervening years Read more »| 28 Aug 2026 -
Edinburgh FringeMarc Jennings @ Monkey Barrel Comedy
If & When is a tightly-paced hour of amusing insights, astute observations, and personal anecdotes by Marc Jennings Read more »| 28 Aug 2026 -
Edinburgh FringeEdith Alibec @ Banshee Labyrinth
Edith Alibec hits an infectious note of childlike wonder in her clowning show, The Void Read more »| 28 Aug 2026 -
Edinburgh FestivalsDavi Pontes + Sebastião Abreu @ Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
At the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, a choreographed performance subverts the codes inherited from Western dance tradition, writes Edinburgh Art Festival Emerging Writer Khadea Santi Read more »| 28 Aug 2026
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Edinburgh FringeClosure Cabaret @ Hoots Nicholson Square
Maria Ansdell’s Closure Cabaret is an adorable, heartfelt, hilarious little show about learning to love and, perhaps by its end, learning to let go Read more »| 28 Aug 2026 -
Edinburgh FestivalsVerdi's A Masked Ball @ Festival Theatre
Verdi’s tragedy receives a spectacular Gilded Age makeover in this lavish and superbly performed production as part of Edinburgh International Festival Read more »| 28 Aug 2026 -
Edinburgh FringeGameplay @ Pleasance Dome
Carmen Collective's latest Fringe offering is an inventive and unsettling collision of history, sound and storytelling that asks us to imagine the unimaginable Read more »| 28 Aug 2026 -
Edinburgh FringeHudson Hughes @ Underbelly Cowgate
Hudson Hughes channels the spirit of Alan Partridge in the densely-packed At Your Service Read more »| 27 Aug 2026 -
Edinburgh FringeLil Wenker @ Pleasance Courtyard
Lil Wenker throws everything into pint-sized tyrant Prince Wilfred in her new show BOYKING Read more »| 27 Aug 2026 -
Edinburgh FringeFreya Parker @ Underbelly Bristo Square
One half of the sketch comedy duo Lazy Susan, Freya Parker strikes out with an hour of smart, insightful stand-up Read more »| 27 Aug 2026 -
Edinburgh FringeRosalie Minnitt @ Pleasance Courtyard
Rosalie Minnitt brings her Regency fever dream Clementine back to the Edinburgh Fringe Read more »| 27 Aug 2026 -
Edinburgh FestivalsMagnus Westwell: Caught Hold of Nothing @ Biscuit Factory, Leith
An embodied performance by artists Magnus Westwell and Océane Robin enchanted Edinburgh Art Festival Emerging Writer Mayson Taylor Read more »| 27 Aug 2026 -
Edinburgh FringeMother, Maiden and Crone @ Bedlam Theatre
Fair is foul and foul is far in Mother, Maiden and Crone – a rip-roaring queering of Shakespeare’s Macbeth packed with drag numbers, dazzling humour, and drama Read more »| 27 Aug 2026