PUNK Festival Weekender

Event Description

A weekend celebrating PUNK!

Bought to you by the people behind PUNK:Rage & Revolution.

The PUNK Rage & Revolution Punk Weekender will be a celebration of all things PUNK, from film screenings to live gigs.

FRIDAY 18TH AUGUST

‘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

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

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

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

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

‘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

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 the main exhibitions which feature the chaos and creation of the 1970s British punk scene. Leicester Museum and Art Gallery and extended into Soft Touch Arts, New Walk

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

Punk: Rage & Revolution Closing Party
Featuring legends of punk including Buzzcocks, UK Subs, Chelsea, Ed Tudor Pole. Gestalt, The Verinos, First Wave, Hex Poseur, The Wonky Portraits, Glitch Magnet

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