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Glastonbury The Movie: The 30th Anniversary Cut & Q&A

Glastonbury The Movie: The 30th Anniversary Cut & Q&A

Arts & Culture

Thu 23 July · Havant

Thursday, 23 July 2026 · 7:30 pm

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The film that defined a generation — now rebuilt from the ground up for the big screen. Film/Event Cinema. Glastonbury The Movie: The 30th Anniversary Cut & Q&A session: TBC.

Age recommendation: 12+. The film captures three days of music, magic and midsummer madness from the ground level up — the point of view not of the elite, but of the festival goer. It was 1993.

The BBC had not yet arrived. The fence was still permeable. There were no phone masts.

Half the people there had bunked in, and hardly anyone knew who was on the main stage. Popular culture in the UK was poised on the edge of a seismic shift — and these filmmakers, armed with Panavision CinemaScope cameras and an army of friends, caught it all. Shot using the same Panavision CinemaScope cameras and lenses as the great Hollywood epics, the film captures three days of music, magic and midsummer madness from the ground level up — the point of view not of the elite, but of the festival goer.

There is no narration. No captions. No backstage access.

Just the raw, unfiltered, gloriously human experience of being there. It opened in UK cinemas in 1996. Thirty summers on, that world feels like another planet.

But the film endures — and on the big screen, in 4K, with Dolby sound, it is quite something to behold. Q&A session with director Robin Mahoney. Join us early for a live Q&A with Robin Mahoney, offering a rare chance to hear the stories behind the work and ask your questions directly.

Robin Mahoney made his first feature, The Punk, at just 25—premiering at Cannes and releasing internationally. He went on to direct Glastonbury The Movie, the first feature film to receive National Lottery funding, which premiered at the London International Film Festival and reached UK cinemas nationwide. In 2009, he produced and edited the feature Sus.

Now, in 2026, he returns to where it all began—rebuilding his debut film for the big screen, 30 years on. Complimentary Glastonbury The Movie 3-Disc Special Edition DVD box set. For the first 20 tickets sold, bookers will receive a free DVD box set of the original Glastonbury The Movie 3-Disc Special Edition – these will be available to pick up on the afternoon or evening screening.

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Ages 12+
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via thespring.co.uk