Skating Polly live in Brighton at The Hope & Ruin on 6th October
Get tickets from SeeTickets: https://lovethyneighbour.seetickets.com/…/the…/3634042
Over the past decade, few artists have embodied the unbridled freedom of punk like Skating Polly.
Formed when stepsisters Kelli Mayo and Peyton Bighorse were just nine and 13, the Oklahoma-bred band have channeled their chameleonic musicality into a sound they call “ugly-pop,” unruly and subversive and wildly melodic.
With Kelli’s brother Kurtis Mayo joining on drums in 2017, they’ve also built a close-knit community of fans while earning the admiration of their musical forebears, a feat that’s found them collaborating with icons like X’s Exene Cervenka and Beat Happening’s Calvin Johnson, touring with Babes In Toyland, and starring as the subject of a feature-length documentary. On their double album Chaos County Line, Skating Polly reach a whole new level of self-possession, ultimately sharing their most expansive and emotionally powerful work to date. https://www.skatingpolly.com/
+ Lord Friday the 13th is a dollar-store trash-glam-punk band born in Austin, Texas and now based in Los Angeles, fronted by brother-sister duo Felix and Sloane Lenz.
Formed in early 2019, the band grew out of a lifelong creative partnership shaped by an unconventional upbringing in Athens, Texas—largely homeschooled, unschooled, and left to invent their own fun. That isolation became an advantage, giving them space to develop a strong sense of self, unburdened by outside norms, and a commitment to making something strange and entirely their own.
Early involvement in community theatre helped Felix and Sloane find confidence on stage and a sense of belonging, paving the way for their move to Austin full-time in 2015.
There, they immersed themselves in film, design, and music—making videos for local artists while building parallel creative careers in fashion, editing, graphic design, and animation. When Lord Friday the 13th finally took priority, everything clicked. Combining their skills, they turned the band into a fully realized universe—loud, scrappy, theatrical, and unmistakably theirs. https://www.lordfridaythe13th.com
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10052026 – Lucrecia Dalt. Chalk
19052026 – Charlie Parr. Green Door Store
02062026 – Real Farmer. The Prince Albert
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04072026 – My Precious Bunny. Revenge
12072026 – The Sleeves. The Rose Hill
24082026 – Michael Cera Palin. Green Door Store
29082026 – Weird Nightmare. Alphabet
10092026 – Ohtis. The Prince Albert
01102026 – The Tubs. Chalk
06102026 – Skating Polly. The Hope & Ruin
10102026 – A Certain Ratio. Lewes Constitutional Club
18102026 – Kacy & Clayton. Prince Albert
22102026 – Kristin Hersh. The Old Market
22102026 – Mr Bruce. Patterns
01112026 – Stu Larsen. The Prince Albert
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06022027 – Jim Moray. Komedia Brighton
