What is the best music festival documentary of all time?

Mud, headliners and the occasional disaster: the festival film is its own small genre. Pick the one that captured its crowd best.

1. 1
   Festival

   Murray Lerner's 1967 documentary on the Newport Folk Festival, featuring Bob Dylan and Joan Baez.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Message to Love

   Murray Lerner's film of the chaotic 1970 Isle of Wight Festival.
   999pts
3. 3
   Woodstock

   Michael Wadleigh's 1970 Oscar-winning film of the 1969 festival and its three days of peace and music.
   912pts
4. 4
   Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert

   A 2020 look at two decades of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
   879pts
5. 5
   Summer of Soul

   Questlove's 2021 film unearthing footage of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival.
   879pts
6. 6
   Monterey Pop

   D.A. Pennebaker's 1968 film of the 1967 Monterey festival, with landmark performances by Hendrix, Otis Redding and Janis Joplin.
   684pts
7. 7
   Fyre Fraud

   Hulu's 2019 competing documentary on the Fyre Festival disaster and its founder.
   684pts
8. 8
   Festival Express

   A 2003 documentary on the 1970 train tour carrying the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin and The Band across Canada.
   684pts
9. 9
   Homecoming

   Beyoncé's 2019 film of her 2018 Coachella headline set and the rehearsals behind it.
   684pts
10. 10
    Jazz on a Summer's Day

    Bert Stern's 1959 film of the Newport Jazz Festival, shot in vivid colour.
    560pts
11. 11
    Trainwreck: Woodstock '99

    Netflix's 2022 docuseries on the infamous 1999 festival.
    560pts
12. 12
    Fyre

    Netflix's 2019 documentary on the collapse of the luxury Fyre Festival in the Bahamas.
    560pts
13. 13
    Glastonbury

    Julien Temple's 2006 patchwork film on the history of the Glastonbury Festival.
    410pts
14. 14
    Glastonbury Fayre

    The 1972 film of the early Glastonbury festival, made with its founder Michael Eavis in the audience.
    410pts
15. 15
    Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage

    HBO's 2021 documentary on the violence and chaos at the 1999 Woodstock anniversary festival.
    410pts
16. 16
    Wattstax

    The 1973 film of the Stax Records benefit concert held in Los Angeles seven years after the Watts riots.
    0pts

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