A personal and passionate review of Rebellion Festival 2025, with reflections on mental health, loss, resilience, and the healing power of live music. Lorraine Carter takes you through three unforgettable days of punk rock, highlighting standout performances from female-fronted bands, North East punk legends, and festival favorites, while celebrating the sense of community that makes Rebellion more than just a music festival.

Phil Thorns shares 25 of his favorite concert shots, featuring snaps from around the UK, including Rebellion Festival, Scarborough Punk Festival, O2 Academy Leeds, O2 Ritz Manchester, Rock and Roll Circus Sheffield, and Yellow Arch Studios, Sheffield.

From Mexico’s underground to Rebellion 2025, Las Fokin Biches ignite the Loud Women Stage with feminist fire and unapologetic punk.

The bass that built Manchester still rumbles. Peter Hook & The Light hit the UK for a tour.

You can’t turn off TV Smith; he’s been on tour since ’77 and isn’t slowing down. Catch the 2025 UK dates, starting Oct 24 in Ramsgate.

Meet James the Kid: The Five-Year-Old Capturing Rebellion Festival 2025

Featuring Interrobang, The Undertones, two competing sets of “bois,” and more…

Los Fastidios, Desperate Measures, Dave Dictor, Riskee and the Ridicule, Wonk Unit, The Meffs, Swell Maps, The Anti-Nowhere League, The Undertones, and The Damned.

Rebellion Festival gave the Opera House to Eve Libertine & Eva LeBlanc; what unfolded was part chaos, part ritual, and all unforgettable.

John Greenwood trades the punter’s view for the press pit - capturing sets from Phat Problem, Dakka Skanks, UK Subs, Circle Jerks, Steve Ignorant, and TV Smith & The Bored Teenagers, closing out with the fierce energy of Maid Of Ace.

1MU takes on the Thursday of Rebellion ‘25, featuring Evil Blizzard, Steve Ignorant’s Slice Of Life, TV Smith & The Bored Teenagers, and more…

In the first installment of his series Women to the Front at Rebellion, Dick Slaughter Photo highlights London-based punk/metal four-piece and force of nature, Lady Rage.

Our own Dick Slaughter shares his first picks from the Rebellion Festivals—featuring Las Fokin Biches, Peter Hook & The Light, Steve Ignorant, Perrybois, Dollheads, KnuckleHeadz Band, MDC, Subhumans, The Damned, Eve Libertine, Lady Rage, TV Smith… and maybe even you.

The boys are heading back to the Rebellion Festival in Blackpool, England, followed by a takeover of the Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas back home in the States.

In Spite Magazine is proud to present Wasted World

A punk/rock/slacker comic born and bred in Blackpool, UK—the home of Rebellion.

We all love Charlie Harper and the UK Subs at Rebellion Festival—but maybe not as much as Lorraine Cater. She’s getting geared up for Blackpool by catching Rebellion acts on the road, including the UK Subs, Destructors 82, and Yur Mum at a rare Lincolnshire gig.

Indonesian hardcore heroes Perrybois—featuring members of Turtles Jr.—are set to hit Rebellion Festival and head out on a short UK tour, bringing their fierce, uncompromising sound to new audiences.

We asked Dick Slaughter Photo for 20 band recommendations for Rebellion Festival—he gave us 27.

I took the long road from California to Blackpool, making a crucial pit stop at Berkeley’s UC Theatre, where TV Smith and The Damned turned back the clock (and blew out the amps).

Don’t let a total lack of punk credentials stop you from enjoying Rebellion ‘25 - 1MU guides you through some of the maelstrom with some more offbeat picks…