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SNACK Bits: Scotland’s Essential New Music (September 2026)

Yeah, we took some time off. The music never stopped, but we took a ...

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Andy Reilly

SNACK Chats to

SNACK Chats to brings you conversations with artists, cutators and professionals across music, books, ...

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SNACK Student Guide 2026

SNACK magazine is Scotland’s national, independent A5 What’s On, Arts & Culture magazine Curated ...

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SNACK’s Response to the Closure of The Skinny

First of all, I’d like to apologise that it has taken over a week ...

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ESEA (East and Southeast Asian) Heritage Month Creates a Chance to Celebrate ESEA stories and Bring Community Together

It’s September, which means ESEA (East and Southeast Asian) Heritage Month is here again. ...

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Matin Cheung

Sarah/Shaun – Edinburgh Voodoo Rooms – September 2026 (Gig review)

Hot on the heels of supporting Maribou State at Fringe by the Sea, last ...

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Marc Bean

Glasgow’s Queer Screen Scene Is In Its Golden Age

Glasgow is a city with a great film scene and a great queer scene: ...

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Sophie Kindreich
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Justin Butcher – Scaramouche Jones (Fringe review) 4 Stars ****

It is Millenium Eve, mere hours away from turning midnight, as Scaramouche Jones, a ...

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Juliet Gartside

Jonno: Here Comes Mr Funny (Fringe review) 3 Stars ***

Daran ‘Jonno’ Johnson relishes in awkwardness. As he comes out on stage, he immediately ...

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Juliet Gartside
A smiling portrait of Sami Abu Wardeh leaning his cheek against his hand on an old wooden piano. He is wearing a black beret and a grey military-style jacket featuring a patch that reads 'Freedom'.

Sami Abu Wardeh Hates You (Fringe review) 4 Stars ****

This hour, Sami Abu Wardeh declares, will be filled with pure, genuine stand-up comedy. ...

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Juliet Gartside
Olivia Caw sitting in a plaid armchair holding a microphone against a blue background surrounded by multiple microphone stands for the Edinburgh Fringe theatre production Common Tongue.

Common Tongue acknowledges our inherited awkwardness about the Scots language and refuses to squander the words we’ve been given (Fringe review) 4 Stars ****

 Could you name a Scottish poet other than Robert Burns? (‘The only Scottish poet!’) ...

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Caragh-Rose Macfeeters