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They wanted the freedom to party. The state saw them as the enemy within.
Free Party: A Folk History tells the untold story of the UK's largest-ever illegal rave — from the first meetings between ravers and new age travellers in the final days of Thatcher, through the explosive years that followed, to the infamous Castlemorton Common festival in 1992 and the Criminal Justice Act that tried to shut it all down.
Featuring Spiral Tribe, DiY Sound System, Circus Warp and many more — this is the story told by the people who were there.
Fully updated for 2026 with new footage.
Your ticket includes 5 films:
🎬 Main feature — Free Party: A Folk History (104 mins) 🎬 Bonus — Jeremy Deller in conversation with director Aaron Trinder on raves, free parties and Stonehenge 🎬 Bonus — Alan 'Tash' Lodge: A Traveller's Tale — four decades of archiving subcultural life 🎬 Bonus — Q&A: Meet the Sound Systems — Spiral Tribe, DiY, Circus Warp 🎬 Bonus— Q&A: Meet the Filmmakers — the people who shot before cameras were welcome
All for £6.50.
Streaming now until 21 June — Summer Solstice.
Released on 21 May 2026, the 34th anniversary of Castlemorton, this is an exclusive pre-release streaming event on Eventive only. A wider streaming release follows later in 2026. Once you unlock, you have 7 days to watch.
Winner — Doc N Roll Film Festival Audience Award
The film follows the inception of the movement, a meeting between ravers and the new age travellers during Thatcher's last days in power, and the explosive years that followed, leading up the infamous Castlemorton free festival in 1992 - the largest ever illegal rave, which provoked the drastic change of the laws of trespass with the notorious introduction of the Criminal Justice Act in 1994. FULLY UPDATED FOR 2026 this version of the film has never been screened before, complete with new footage.
- Year2026
- Runtime104 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited Kingdom
- PremiereVOD
- Rating12
- GenreDOCUMENTARY
- Subtitle LanguageFrench, Spanish, English
- Content WarningDrugs, Profanity, Violence
- AwardsDoc N Roll Audience Award
- Social Media
- DirectorAaron Trinder
- ProducerKate Allan, Aaron Trinder
- Executive ProducerJez Lewis
- Co-ProducerMarc Hardman, Lusk Kumar, Jez Lewis, Joe Giacomet, Justi Echeles, Olly Calverley, Jon Mead,
- FilmmakerAaron Trinder
- CastSpiral Tribe, DiY, circus warp
- CinematographerSteven Gray, Amanda Stockley, Aaron Trinder, Laurie Bowles, Geoff Taylor, Will Hadley
- EditorAaron Trinder, Andrew Gaston, Nick Evans
- AnimatorMarc Hardman
- ComposerAaron Trinder
- Sound DesignAaron Trinder
- MusicAaron Trinder
They wanted the freedom to party. The state saw them as the enemy within.
Free Party: A Folk History tells the untold story of the UK's largest-ever illegal rave — from the first meetings between ravers and new age travellers in the final days of Thatcher, through the explosive years that followed, to the infamous Castlemorton Common festival in 1992 and the Criminal Justice Act that tried to shut it all down.
Featuring Spiral Tribe, DiY Sound System, Circus Warp and many more — this is the story told by the people who were there.
Fully updated for 2026 with new footage.
Your ticket includes 5 films:
🎬 Main feature — Free Party: A Folk History (104 mins) 🎬 Bonus — Jeremy Deller in conversation with director Aaron Trinder on raves, free parties and Stonehenge 🎬 Bonus — Alan 'Tash' Lodge: A Traveller's Tale — four decades of archiving subcultural life 🎬 Bonus — Q&A: Meet the Sound Systems — Spiral Tribe, DiY, Circus Warp 🎬 Bonus— Q&A: Meet the Filmmakers — the people who shot before cameras were welcome
All for £6.50.
Streaming now until 21 June — Summer Solstice.
Released on 21 May 2026, the 34th anniversary of Castlemorton, this is an exclusive pre-release streaming event on Eventive only. A wider streaming release follows later in 2026. Once you unlock, you have 7 days to watch.
Winner — Doc N Roll Film Festival Audience Award
The film follows the inception of the movement, a meeting between ravers and the new age travellers during Thatcher's last days in power, and the explosive years that followed, leading up the infamous Castlemorton free festival in 1992 - the largest ever illegal rave, which provoked the drastic change of the laws of trespass with the notorious introduction of the Criminal Justice Act in 1994. FULLY UPDATED FOR 2026 this version of the film has never been screened before, complete with new footage.
- Year2026
- Runtime104 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited Kingdom
- PremiereVOD
- Rating12
- GenreDOCUMENTARY
- Subtitle LanguageFrench, Spanish, English
- Content WarningDrugs, Profanity, Violence
- AwardsDoc N Roll Audience Award
- Social Media
- DirectorAaron Trinder
- ProducerKate Allan, Aaron Trinder
- Executive ProducerJez Lewis
- Co-ProducerMarc Hardman, Lusk Kumar, Jez Lewis, Joe Giacomet, Justi Echeles, Olly Calverley, Jon Mead,
- FilmmakerAaron Trinder
- CastSpiral Tribe, DiY, circus warp
- CinematographerSteven Gray, Amanda Stockley, Aaron Trinder, Laurie Bowles, Geoff Taylor, Will Hadley
- EditorAaron Trinder, Andrew Gaston, Nick Evans
- AnimatorMarc Hardman
- ComposerAaron Trinder
- Sound DesignAaron Trinder
- MusicAaron Trinder