---
title: 'Festival Express (2003)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bob Smeaton'
released: '2003-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/festival-express-2003'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372279/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Festival Express (2003)

2003 · 90 min · Documentary, Music · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Festival Express is a 2003 British documentary film about the 1970 train tour of the same name across Canada taken by some of North America's most popular rock bands, including Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Buddy Guy, Flying Burrito Bros, Ian & Sylvia's Great Speckled Bird, Mountain and Delaney & Bonnie & Friends. The film combines footage of the 1970 concerts and on the train, interspersed with contemporary recollections of the tour by its participants.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bob Smeaton](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-smeaton)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Eddie Kramer](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-kramer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Clarke Mackey](https://cinepixo.com/people/clarke-mackey)

## Cast

- [Buddy Guy](https://cinepixo.com/people/buddy-guy)
- [Delaney & Bonnie](https://cinepixo.com/people/delaney-bonnie)
- [Grateful Dead](https://cinepixo.com/people/grateful-dead)
- [The Band](https://cinepixo.com/people/the-band)
- [Janis Joplin](https://cinepixo.com/people/janis-joplin)

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