24 Hour Rock Show

Overview

In Finland in 2015, British Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller unveiled a rock show. No, he didn't pick up an instrument. Rather, he staged a 24-hour movie marathon filled with music documentaries playing all day and all night.

In 2024, it's Melbourne's turn to dance through this cinema endurance test (or remain seated, if you can resist the urge to do more than just tap your toes). 24 Hour Rock Show is making a trip Down Under for RISING 2024, and also linking in with the Day Tripper music festival. Both that fest-within-the-fest and this feast of films kick off at 12pm on Saturday, June 8.

You'll get priority access to 24 Hour Rock Show if you're hitting up Day Tripper, but entry to the screenings at The Capitol are free either way. Deller will be on hand to get things started with a speech — and then movies upon movies (upon movies upon movies) will roll.

The iconic Stop Making Sense, 2023's ONEFOUR: Against All Odds and Glastonbury the Movie are just some of the flicks getting a whirl. The Judas Priest- and Dokken-focused Heavy Metal Parking Lot, No Fixed Address on Tour in the UK, Johnny Cash live at San Quentin and Grace Jones: Private Life are also on the bill. 

And, amid clips from the archives at the ABC and Rage, unreleased fan footage of Warumpi Band playing live and more, Aussie concert film Australian Made features INXS, Divinyls, The Triffids and Jimmy Barnes, while DOA: A Right of Passage heads on Sex Pistols' last tour, complete with Iggy Pop, The Clash and Billy Idol as well.

Top Stop Making Sense image: Jordan Cronenweth, A24.