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.

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.

The Rage & Revolution team and Firebug presents ‘Essential Logic’ featuring Lora Logic of X-Ray Spex plus Jesuscarfish & Boilers.

Join us at Duffy’s with Nottingham UK post Punk/New Wave band Diablo Furs and all-female Leicester punk band Pretty Dirty Rats.

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.

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.

In tribute to the late, great punk artist Jamie Reid, who dedicated his life to social injustice, we will be creating a community art installation on Jubilee Square as part of the Punk Weekender activities 12-8pm. Show us “What makes you angry today?” with your own drawings, doodles, words and graffiti on our mural. We plan to showcase the finished piece in Leicester!

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.

This is a free drop-in event.

1978 cult punk film directed by Derek Jarman, starring Jenny Runacre & Ian Charleson. A Q&A with Jenny Runacre and Dr Emma Parker follows.

Last Edition (full set), Eryx London, Velvet Crisis, Dada Women

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.

Check out The Highcross Showcase Cinema De Lux website and Phoenix Arts website for details of Punk and counterculture films being shown during August.

Talented students’ work responding to Punk activism in design from De Montfort Arts Design and Humanities and Computer Science Departments and Leicester Media School.

Featuring legendary Sex Pistol’s artist and designer Jamie Reid’s political and social injustice work from 1970 to now.

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