Jerome Indie Film & Music Festival

Welcome to the 9th Annual Jerome Indie Film & Music Festival. Our fest takes place in America's largest ghost town which was once coined as one of the Wickedest Towns in the West. We were chosen by Moviemaker Magazine in 2017 as one of the 25 coolest film festivals in the world. https://www.moviemaker.com/archives/festivals/the-coolest-film-festivals-in-the-world-2017/

We are known for the unique cinematic adventure that we offer but more importantly than that, we are a festival that wholeheartedly supports freedom of speech and storytelling. We do not shy away from controversial topics.

We are edgy, unexpected and are always looking for ways to surprise our guests! Each year we seek high and low throughout Jerome to screen independent films in the most unexpected places. We have screened films on a train, at a haunted gold mine, inside wineries, at surprise hilltop residences, in the basement hallway of a spooky hundred year-old high school, and inside rustic buildings throughout Jerome. With the exception of screening films in the historic Liberty Theatre, we magically create each and every theater from the ground up.

We are Arizona’s most ambitious and impassioned festival and have many new thrills up our sleeve for our 9th installment this year, which include the Wicked Wild Cinema Train where we screen independent films on an inside car and a band on the outside car during a 4 hour trek through the Verde canyons, over rivers and through mountains. We will be holding several special events this year which includes A Great Gatsby Wine Soiree with screening of 1922 silent film, Nosferatu, a Craft Beer Experience, a Willy Wonka Chef Brunch with Pairings as well as other unique elements. The founders are filmmakers and this festival is known as a filmmaker festival.

We can’t wait to meet you all on the hill. Guests who arrive immediately become family members and return each year.

Join us for year 9 -May 18-21, 2023