Sunday 1st November 2026
Museum of Youth Culture
51 St. Pancras Way, London NW1 OPU
Tickets here

6:30 pm: Stories From The She-Punks: Music with a different agenda (2018) screening

7:15 pm: Q&A with the filmmakers, Gina Birch and Helen Reddington (aka Helen McCookerybook), chaired by curator and author Marie Arleth Skov

8–10 pm: DJ sets from Tyson (Ladies Music Pub) and Estella Adeyeri (Big Joanie)

Part of the Up Yours! God Save The Queens festival.

World Premiere Screening plus Q&A with the director
28 October 2026, at 6:20 pm
Brighton – Duke Of York’s Picturehouse – More info and buy tickets

London Screening plus Q&A with the director
29 October 2026, at 8:30 pm
London – Rio Cinema Dalston – More info and buy tickets

“Beneath Brighton’s waves, a punk revolution erupted. The Piranhas, The Depressions and Peter & The Test Tube Babies turned humour, mischief and music into a fiercely communal movement, centred around The Vault – an underground burial crypt transformed into a legendary gig venue. Told through 15 years of interviews [incl. Helen McCookerybook], performances and animation, Punk Brighton captures a scene that confronted fascism, rocked against racism and fought to save Brighton & Hove Albion. Featuring Fatboy Slim, the film celebrates the city’s enduring DIY spirit and two figures who defined it: Attrix Records founder Rick Blair and The Piranhas’ irrepressible Bob Grover.”

Helen McCookerybook will be playing a set of entirely new songs from her upcoming album, “The Darkside Truth”, live at:

The Betsey Trotwood
56 Farrington Road, London EC1R 3BL
Sunday 11th October 2026, at 2 pm (Matinee)

With support from Robert Rotifer’s Radical Friendship Theory

Tickets: wegottickets.com/f/22135

“Don’t miss out on this – a really one-off event with Kenji Kenji travelling all the way from Glasgow to sing with Robert Rotifer who is travelling all the way from Berlin.
I’ll be travelling all the way from Barnet, singing songs about Brighton that I wrote in Newcastle upon Tyne!”

REBELLION FESTIVAL 2026

Helen McCookerybook Live
ALMOST ACOUSTIC STAGE
Saturday 8th August, 6:30-7:00 pm

Helen McCookerybook Talks with:
LITERARY STAGE
Pete Bentham of Pete Bentham and the Dinner Ladies
Saturday 8th August, 12:55-1:25 pm
LITERARY STAGE
Shanne Bradley of The Nips/The Men They Couldn’t Hang
Sunday 9th August, 2:50-3:20 pm

Full line ups: www.rebellionfestivals.com/line-up