{"id":52116,"date":"2026-05-09T09:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/?p=52116"},"modified":"2026-05-09T09:37:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:37:56","slug":"90s-rave-documentary-free-party-a-folk-history-set-for-streaming-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/52116","title":{"rendered":"&#8217;90s rave documentary, Free Party: A Folk History, set for streaming release &#8211; DJ mag"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>New footage has been added for the 2026 screening of the film<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/djmag.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/djm_23_961x540_jpg\/public\/2026-05\/doc-n-roll-film-festival-music-documentary-free-party-movement-Moreton-Lighthouse_Credit_MichelleMiles.jpg.webp.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A still from the Free Party documentary\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo credit: Michelle Miles, Free Party: A Folk History<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8217;90s rave documentary,&nbsp;<em>Free Party: A Folk History<\/em>, will be available to stream very soon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film, which premiered online last May, will be available to watch for 30 days from 21st May through the Eventive platform, and is expected to land on mainstream streaming platforms later this year.&nbsp;New footage has been added for this 2026 version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pre-order a stream of&nbsp;<em>Free Party: A Folk History&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/watch.eventive.org\/freeparty\/play\/69e9088e67d1eb283561579c\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. A portion of proceeds from the streaming release will be donated to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/refugeecommunitykitchen.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Refugee Community Kitchen<\/a>, as well to contributors who helped with compiling the archive footage. Remaining profits will go toward future projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Free Party: A Folk History<\/em>&nbsp;was released in conjunction with the the 33rd anniversary of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/djmag.com\/features\/castlemorton-1992-photographing-illegal-rave-changed-uk-dance-music-forever\">legendary week-long Castlemorton rave<\/a>&nbsp;and marks 41 years since the 1985&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2016\/jan\/15\/battle-of-the-beanfield-stonehenge-1985-rose-brash-photograph\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Battle of the Beanfield<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As well as featuring trailblazing free party collectives such as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/djmag.com\/features\/history-spiral-tribe-uks-most-notorious-travelling-sound-system\">Spiral Tribe<\/a>, Circus Warp, and Nottingham\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/djmag.com\/features\/how-diy-sound-system-blazed-trail-90s-free-party-movement\">DiY Sound System<\/a>, the film packs in never-before-seen footage and socio-political history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read our Q&amp;A with&nbsp;<em>Free Party: A Folk History<\/em>&nbsp;filmmaker Aaron Trinder&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/djmag.com\/features\/90s-rave-documentary-free-party-folk-history-celebrates-unifying-spirit-of-era\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/djmag.com\/news\/90s-rave-documentary-free-party-folk-history-set-streaming-release\">https:\/\/djmag.com\/news\/90s-rave-documentary-free-party-folk-history-set-streaming-release<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New footage has been added for the 2026 screening of the film Photo credit: Michelle Miles, Free Party: A Folk History The &#8217;90s rave documentary,&nbsp;Free Party: A Folk History, will be available to stream very soon.&nbsp; The film, which premiered &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/52116\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[622,130,128],"class_list":["post-52116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1","tag-film","tag-free","tag-party"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52116"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52119,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52116\/revisions\/52119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}