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Sound on Screen

Fri 28 – Sun 30 Aug

Join us for a glorious summer celebration of music, movies and food across the bank holiday weekend!

We’ve got a 3-day line-up of 13 amazing music films, plus live bands, River Soar Records record fair, festival specials menu, guest beers, cocktails, and more!

Film tickets are £8, and are available individually.

*PLEASE NOTE – all screenings will have no ads or trailers and will start at the advertised time.

Festival films

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Rockers (1978) + King Flame Sound System 15

Fri 28 Aug, 7.30pm

The joyous Jamaican roots reggae classic gets a rare and spectacular big screen outing.

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The Girl Can’t Help It U

Sat 29 Aug, 3pm

The best rock 'n' roll film ever made, this high-voltage comedy features thrilling performances by Fats Domino, Little Richard, Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran.

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Dont Look Back 15

Sat 29 Aug, 3pm

D.A. Pennebaker’s groundbreaking rock documentary follows Dylan on his final acoustic UK tour in 1965.

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Urgh! A Music War 18+

Sat 29 Aug, 5.45pm

The definitive punk rock and new wave concert movie! Wall-to-wall live and loud performances from over twenty-four bands including The Police, The Cramps, Gary Numan, Joan Jett, John Cooper Clarke, Echo and The Bunnymen, XTC, OMD, Devo and so many more! Urgh!

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Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll! U

Sat 29 Aug, 5.45pm

The ultimate Rock ’n’ Roll masterclass sees Chuck Berry assemble an all-star band to celebrate his 60th birthday.

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Saturday Night Fever 18

Sat 29 Aug, 8.30pm

The 1977 blockbuster dance movie sees a disillusioned Brooklyn youth (played by a pre-Grease John Travolta) find purpose dazzling on the disco dance floors of New York.

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Stop Making Sense PG

Sat 29 Aug, 8.30pm

★★★★★ – Empire. Jonathan Demme’s inventive film of Talking Heads’ thrilling live show is widely acknowledged as one of the best concert films ever made.

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Woodstock 18

Sun 30 Aug, 12.30pm

Oscar-winning 3-hour music documentary of the iconic 1969 festival and celebration of peace and love that captured the countercultural spirit of the 60s, featuring Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Who, Joan Baez, and many more.

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Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser PG

Sun 30 Aug, 2pm

One of the most fascinating music documentaries ever produced takes us into the life and mind of musical genius, Thelonious Monk.

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Dance Craze 12A

Sun 30 Aug, 4.45pm

★★★★ – Guardian. The legendary 2Tone concert film featuring electric live performances from The Specials, Madness, The Selecter and more.

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Pink Floyd – The Wall 15

Sun 30 Aug, 5pm

Pink Floyd’s kaleidoscopic surrealist masterpiece is back on the big screen.

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Tommy 15

Sun 30 Aug, 7.30pm

Ken Russell’s weird, wired and ultra-maximalist vision of The Who’s definitive rock-opera.

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Babylon (1980) 15

Sun 30 Aug, 7.45pm

Set and made during Thatcher era Britain, Babylon follows dancehall DJ Blue (Forde) as he hopes to win a Sound System competition in Brixton. A masterfully executed cult classic that has had a lasting influence on British music culture.