Hidden Histories: We Are The Mods!

Event Description

‘If you weren’t a mod, you were a rocker. If you were neither of those, you were nothing…’

Discover real-life Quadrophenia as we explore the bars, coffee shops and venues linked to Leicester’s thriving 1960s mod scene. Find out how the main elements of this exciting youth subculture - fashion, music, drugs, transport and sociability - influenced the city’s mods.

IMPORTANT: You will be told the tour start location on the Booking Details PDF which will be sent by email once you have purchsed your ticket (the tour does not start at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery)

We Are The Mods! Guided tour dates:

• Sunday April 5th 2026


• Sunday May 10th 2026


• Sunday August 23rd 2026

Your guide, Shaun Knapp, is the author of High Flying Around (I & II) and Mods: Two City Connection. He was also co-curator of the Mods: Shaping a Generation and Punk: Rage and Revolution exhibitions which were recently held at Leicester Museum. Shaun previously worked for the museum service, helped establish the guided walks program for Leicester and has first-hand experience of strange ghostly happenings, hauntings and occurrences within Leicester City Centre.

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