Skating Polly + Lord Friday the 13th | Brighton

Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2026 at 20:00:00

Skating Polly brings their signature "ugly-pop" sound to Brighton and Hove at The Hope & Ruin on October 6th. Joined by trash-glam-punk duo Lord Friday the 13th, the evening features unruly, melodic punk from two high-energy US-based acts touring their latest expansive work.

Skating Polly live in Brighton at The Hope & Ruin on 6th October! Get tickets from SeeTickets: https://lovethyneighbour.seetickets.com/event/skating-polly/the-hope-and-ruin-brighton/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 Upcoming Love Thy Neighbour shows: 29042026 – Acid Mothers Temple. Hope & Ruin 01052026 – Love. Concorde 2 02052026 – House of All. Hope & Ruin 05052026 – Lorelle Meets The Obsolete. The Hope & Ruin 07052026 – LYR. Komedia 10052026 – Sean Rowe. Green Door Store 10052026 – Lucrecia Dalt. Chalk 19052026 – Charlie Parr. Green Door Store 02062026 – Real Farmer. The Prince Albert 02062026 – The Bug Club. Concorde 2 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 08112026 – Kiwi Jr. The Hope & Ruin 13112026 – The Boo Radleys. Lewes Constitutional Club 25112026 – Ozric Tentacles. Lewes Constitutional Club 06022027 – Jim Moray. Komedia Brighton

Organizer: Sedate Bookings

Genres: ROCK, INDIE, PUNK, INDIE_ROCK, ALTERNATIVE_ROCK