Free Party: A Folk History

They wanted the freedom to party. The state saw them as the enemy within.

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.

Cast

Spiral Tribe

DiY

circus warp

Circus Normal

Free Party People

Crew

Aaron Trinder

Director

Kate Allan

Producer

Andrew Gaston

Editor

Nick Evans

Editor

Marc Hardman

Co-Producer

Lusk Kumar

Co-Producer

Jez Lewis

Co-Producer

Joe Giacomet

Co-Producer

Justi Echelles

Co-Producer

Olly Calverley

Co-Producer

Clips & Videos

Free Party: A Folk History / trailer 2025 - The story of the largest ever illegal rave, Castlemorton