Bands
DJs
Exhibitions
Talks
Films
Dance
Street Food
Record Fair
‘I am a Cliché’ Film Screening
The death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex frontwoman Poly Styrene sends her daughter Celeste on a journey around the world to reconcile their fraught relationship. Featuring unseen archive material and rare diary entries narrated by Oscar-nominee Ruth Negga.
5.30 – 7pm
Leicester Museum & Art Gallery
New Walk, Leicester
Women in Punk Talk
After-film discussion on women in punk hosted by Dr Emma Parker with filmmaker Celeste Bell, Ruth Miller, founder of Punk Girl Diaries & Unglamorous, and producer/ activist Cindy Sasha.
7.30 – 9pm
Leicester Museum & Art Gallery
New Walk, Leicester
Essential Logic Gig
The Rage & Revolution team and Firebug presents ‘Essential Logic’ featuring Lora Logic of X-Ray Spex plus Jesuscarfish & Boilers.
8 – 11.30pm
Firebug
Millstone Lane, Leicester
Punk Bands at Duffy’s Bar
Join us at Duffy’s with Nottingham UK post Punk/New Wave band Diablo Furs and all-female Leicester punk band Pretty Dirty Rats.
8 – Midnight
Duffy’s,
Pocklingtons Walk
SATURDAY 19TH AUGUST
Scooterama v Punkorama Jubilee Square Extravaganza!
We’re bringing back the popular Scooterama event with Leicestershire Alliance Scooter Club pulling together 2-wheeler clubs from across Leicestershire for a fantastic scooter display with 2-Stroke Soundsystem and live band Last Edition on the stage.
12 – 3pm
Jubilee Square
A feast of local Punk bands and DJs on stage including Spabnia, The Wonky Portraits, Tri Subversion and more tbc. Plus DJ Fitz, Andrew Rana and DJ Zebbie spinning Punk & Reggae tunes, all hosted by the wonderful Alexander T Smith. Cocktail Bar by Firebug, street food stalls and a record fair by River Soar Records.
3pm – 8pm
Jubilee Square
Punk Fiction Talk
Join acclaimed Leicester author Nicholas Hogg, contributor to Punk Fiction (2009), and Dr Emma Parker (University of Leicester) to discuss literature’s impact on punk and punk’s impact on fiction, poetry and drama.
3 – 4pm,
Leicester Museum & Art Gallery,
New Walk, Leicester
‘Jubilee’ Film Screening
1978 cult punk film directed by Derek Jarman, starring Jenny Runacre & Ian Charleson. A Q&A with Jenny Runacre and Dr Emma Parker follows.
Phoenix Cinema,
Time TBC
Punk Bands at Duffy’s Bar
Last Edition (full set), Eryx London, Velvet Crisis, Dada Women
8 – Midnight
Duffy’s,
Pocklingtons Walk
8 – 12PM, DUFFY’S, POCKLINGTONS WALK
Leicester turns Punk!
As you walk round Leicester check out John Lewis and city centre charity shop Punk-themed window displays including Sue Ryder, DAPP, and White Rose.
Punk Films
Check out The Highcross Showcase Cinema De Lux website and Phoenix Arts website for details of Punk and counterculture films being shown during August.
showcasecinemas.co.uk
phoenix.org.uk
Punk: Rage & Revolution
Visit our main exhibitions which feature the chaos and creation of the 1970s British punk scene.
Now until 3rd September
Leicester Museum and Art Gallery
Extended: Soft Touch Arts
New Walk, Leicester
Punk: Reimagined Exhibition
Talented students’ work responding to Punk activism in design from De Montfort Arts Design and Humanities and Computer Science Departments and Leicester Media School.
3rd – 18th August
LCB Depot,
Cultural Quarter
Taking Liberties Exhibition
Featuring legendary Sex Pistol’s artist and designer Jamie Reid’s political and social injustice work from 1970 to now.
8th July – 2nd September
The Gallery,
De Montfort University
SUNDAY 20TH AUGUST
CLOSING PARTY
