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Movies Like The Festival

If you liked The Festival (2018), a comedy and music movie directed by Iain Morris, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Get Crazy

    Get Crazy (1983)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and music

    Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe's assistants Neil Allen and Willie Loman find romance while trying to save the drugs, violence, and rock…

  2. 2Soul Men

    Soul Men (2008)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and music

    Two former backup soul singers, Louis and Floyd, have not spoken to each other in 20 years, and reluctantly agree to travel across the country together to a reunion concert to honor their recently-deceased lead singer…

  3. 3A Mighty Wind

    A Mighty Wind (2003)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and music

    Three eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on an reunion concert in his honor, at the request of his son.

  4. 4Get Him to the Greek

    Get Him to the Greek (2010)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and music

    Pinnacle records has the perfect plan to get their sinking company back on track: a comeback concert in LA featuring Aldous Snow, a fading rockstar who has dropped off the radar in recent years. Record company intern…

  5. 5The After Party

    The After Party (2018)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and music

    When an aspiring rapper goes viral for the wrong reasons, he thinks his career is sunk. But a wild party gives him one more chance to make it right.

  6. 6Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

    Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and music

    When his new album fails to sell records, pop/rap superstar Conner4real goes into a major tailspin and watches his celebrity high life begin to collapse. He'll try anything to bounce back, anything except reuniting…

  7. 7Bo Burnham: Make Happy

    Bo Burnham: Make Happy (2016)

    ★ 8/10Also comedy and music

    Combining his trademark wit and self-deprecating humor with original music, Bo Burnham offers up his unique twist on life in this stand-up special about life, death, sexuality, hypocrisy, mental illness and Pringles…

  8. 8Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

    Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and music

    In Venice Beach, naive Midwesterner JB bonds with local slacker KG and they form the rock band Tenacious D. Setting out to become the world's greatest band is no easy feat, so they set out to steal what could be the…

  9. 9The Moment

    The Moment (2026)

    ★ 6.3/10Also music and comedy

    A rising pop sensation navigates fame and industry pressures while preparing for her arena tour debut, revealing the transformation of underground culture into mainstream success.

  10. 10Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh

    Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh (2018)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and music

    Adam Sandler takes his comical musical musings back out on the road, from comedy clubs to concert halls to one very unsuspecting subway station.

  11. 11The Inbetweeners Movie

    The Inbetweeners Movie (2011)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    High school graduation just wouldn’t be complete without an unchaperoned, uninhibited and unforgettable final holiday. At least that’s what Will, Jay, Simon and Neil think when they book a two-week stay on an exotic…

  12. 12Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

    Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (2025)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and music

    The now estranged bandmates of Spinal Tap are forced to reunite for one final concert, hoping it will solidify their place in the pantheon of rock 'n' roll.

  13. 13Joyful Noise

    Joyful Noise (2012)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and music

    G.G. Sparrow faces off with her choir's newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, over the group's direction as they head into a national competition.

  14. 14Detroit Rock City

    Detroit Rock City (1999)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and music

    In 1978, a Kiss concert was an epoch-making event. For the four teen fans in Detroit Rock City getting tickets to the sold-out show becomes the focal point of their existence. They'll do anything for tickets -- compete…

  15. 15Metallica: Through the Never

    Metallica: Through the Never (2013)

    ★ 6.8/10Also music

    Trip, a young roadie for Metallica, is sent on an urgent mission during the band's show. But what seems like a simple assignment turns into a surreal adventure.

  16. 16Wet Hot American Summer

    Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    It's the last day of Camp Firewood's season, but there's still time for the big talent show, a little romance… and for everyone to be wiped out by the piece of NASA's Skylab that's hurtling toward Earth.

  17. 17Bo Burnham: What.

    Bo Burnham: What. (2013)

    ★ 7.8/10Also comedy and music

    Left brain and right brain duke it out and then belt out a tune in comedian Bo Burnham's quick and clever one-man show. As intelligent as he is lanky, Burnham cynically pokes at pop entertainment while offering…

  18. 18King of Jazz

    King of Jazz (1930)

    ★ 6.5/10Also music

    A large-scale revue musical built around Paul Whiteman and his orchestra, presenting a series of musical performances, sketches, and staged tableaux in early two-color Technicolor, emblematic of Hollywood’s early…

  19. 19The Wedding Year

    The Wedding Year (2019)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    A commitment-phobic 27-year old’s relationship is put to the test when she and her boyfriend attend 7 weddings in the same year.

  20. 20A Night at the Opera

    A Night at the Opera (1935)

    ★ 7.4/10Also comedy and music

    The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and…

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