Nirvanna: The Band The Show The Movie

Opened Friday, February 13, 2026

Special Events

SHOWTIMES AT IFC CENTER

Thursday, February 12 at 6:00 and 6:30: Sneak preview hosted by Finn Wolfhard & Billy Bryk, followed by a Q&A with Matt Johnson & Jay McCarroll

Please note that there are additional showtimes of NIRVANNA: THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE that screen with open captions (on-screen display of dialogue and sounds). For those showtimes, click here.

In an epic decades in the making, Matt (Matt Johnson, Blackberry) and Jay (Jay McCarrol, The Dirties) accidentally travel back in time to the year 2008, after their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong. Blah blah blah blah blah.

Official selection: TIFF

“Hilarious as the movie can be, there’s an even more amusing meta level on which we laugh at how insane it is that it exists at all, marveling how they pulled it off.” – Variety

Previously screened October 27 & 28, 2025 followed by Q&As with director/star Matt Johnson and star Jay McCarrol

  • Country Canada
  • Running Time 100 minutes
  • Format DCP
  • Distributor Neon
  • Director Matt Johnson
  • Cast Matt Johnson, Jay McCarrol, Jared Raab
  • Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil, Closed Captioning, Descriptive Audio

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