Read this before the lights go out.
Goodnight Sundance Book
Park City's final Sundance is in 2026. An affectionate roast and final goodnight to indie film’s most famous party.
Our Story
Goodnight Sundance is a razor-sharp, poetic sendoff to one of the most influential cultural institutions of the past four decades—written as Park City braces for its final Sundance in 2026. A dark parody of a familiar bedtime story, the book blends satire, reportage, and elegy to capture the festival as locals know it best: the lines and lanyards, influencers and auteurs, luxury creep and borrowed cool, the volunteers holding it together, and the residents watching their hometown briefly turn into a movie set. With precise cultural references and a lullaby-like rhythm, it turns insider frustration and affection into reflection, critique into mourning, and nostalgia into a wry goodnight. A percentage of book sales helps support the Historic Egyptian Theatre, helping keep this 100-year-old Main Street theater alive long after the festival packs up and moves on.
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