Inside the Sundance Takeover at 427 Main Street

How the Elvis Mitchell Suite, Supper Club, and Film Lounge Will Become Park City’s Center of Gravity 

Every Sundance features countless pop-ups, lounges, and parties, but only a handful of addresses truly matter. The ones where filmmakers don’t just stop by, but linger. Where industry conversations begin over drinks, deepen over panels, and carry seamlessly into the night without ever changing locations.

This year, that address will be 427 Main Street.

From January 22–25, the historic Main Street venue will become one of the festival’s most influential hubs, as The Elvis Mitchell Suite, Ryan Heil’s Supper Club, and Film Lounge takeover transform the space into a round-the-clock Sundance nerve center. With daytime salons, premieres, magazine celebrations, and late-night programming unfolding under one roof, along with select moments at the Velvet Room, 427 Main Street will function less like a single venue and more like a fully realized Sundance ecosystem.

Here’s how it will unfold, and why it will matter.

Thursday, Jan. 22 — A Takeover Begins

The week will open with a Carousel premiere party at the Velvet Room, immediately drawing filmmakers, press, and industry executives into the orbit of the 427 Main Street takeover. Momentum will build with a VIP reception for The Incomer, featuring elevated hospitality and cocktails from Ketel One and Casamigos, before expanding into a full premiere party that widens both the room and the guest list.

By 10:30 p.m., when Moby steps behind the DJ booth, it will be clear this is not a satellite event—it’s a destination anchoring the night’s energy.

Friday, Jan. 23 — From Industry Discourse to Indie Celebration

Friday will establish 427 Main Street as an all-day anchor.

The morning will begin with The Elvis Mitchell Suite, transforming the venue into an intimate, salon-style environment for interviews and filmmaker conversations. Running alongside it, the VESPA STUDIO will welcome talent into an exclusive portrait space led by renowned photographer Jeff Vespa, ensuring the venue is as visually productive as it is intellectually active.

The afternoon will shift to the W|B x Kickstarter “Shifters Series,” a creator-driven program examining how independent filmmakers are navigating a rapidly evolving industry. That discussion will flow directly into CONNECTICUT at Sundance, presented by Hartford Film, Jane Owen Public Relations, Weazl Sauze, the City of New Haven, and the City of Hartford, a milestone gathering that will mark Connecticut’s first-ever official presence at Sundance, spotlighting the state as an emerging destination for filmmaking while celebrating its broader arts, culture, and entertainment community.

The evening will center on the screening of the short film Self Custody, followed by a post-screening discussion featuring Adrian Grenier, lead actor and director Garrett Patten, and co-director Fernando Ferro.

From there, the room will transition seamlessly into the MovieMaker Magazine Celebration of Independent Film, presented by TBK Productions and Weazl Sauze. 

Long regarded as one of the most influential voices in independent cinema, MovieMaker Magazine has spent decades championing emerging filmmakers, definitive indie lists, and the craft behind breakout films, making its Sundance celebration the most industry-relevant magazine event of the festival, where serious creators, tastemakers, and decision-makers reliably converge.

The night will continue with the CHEKD Lounge / Fast Lane Drive Party, keeping the film lounge active well into the early hours and reinforcing 427 Main Street as a space that won’t reset, only evolve as day turns into night.

Saturday–Sunday — The Cultural Core at 427 Main Street

What will truly define the takeover is that 427 Main Street will serve as the official home of The Elvis Mitchell Suite, presented in partnership with Rabbit Hole.

Hosted by Elvis Mitchell, former New York Times chief film critic and longtime host of the Peabody Award–winning public radio program The Treatment, the suite has become one of Sundance’s most respected conversation spaces, prized for thoughtful, filmmaker-first dialogue over spectacle.

This year’s lineup will include a marquee sit-down with Guillermo del Toro, alongside Mitchell’s signature intimate conversations with Ethan Hawke, Ryan Coogler, and additional top-tier festival talent. Following a widely praised run the previous year, the suite will return under the same production team (SUBJECT and JOPR), further establishing 427 Main Street as a cultural salon and industry nerve center.

Running in parallel will be the return of Ryan Heil’s Supper Club, a beloved Sundance tradition that ran for 15 years and will come back for one final celebration. Helmed by Heil, the Supper Club will bring festival history full circle with the return of legacy title Wet Hot American Summer, a nostalgic, high-energy nod to Sundance’s irreverent past, staged firmly in the present tense of the festival.

Why 427 Main Street Will Matter

With appearances set from Moby, Adrian Grenier, and Guillermo del Toro; the return of The Elvis Mitchell Suite hosted by Elvis Mitchell and presented with Rabbit Hole Distillery; and The Supper Club reviving Sundance classics; and a film lounge programmed from morning through late night, 427 Main Street is poised to become one of Sundance’s most consequential addresses.

For anyone navigating Park City with limited time and serious intent, the conclusion will be clear: this is where Sundance will concentrate its conversations, culture, and momentum.