Channel 5 Carnival · Denver, Colorado · 2026

The Carnival, all sixteen pieces.

Andrew Callaghan’s Carnival is part talent show, part town hall, part variety show. Performers sign up from the crowd and the audience decides who moves on by decibel level. We filmed it from the floor, from the balcony, on a drone, and in the line outside. Everything plays here; nothing loads until you press it.

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On stage · 2 · Talent show · 7 · In the line · 7

On stage.

2 pieces

Denver · On stage

Freestyle and the question of the week

Maceo asks Andrew Callaghan what made him smile this week, then freestyles on Nigeria’s electricity crisis and the bounty programme.

Denver · On stage

The question of the week, put to the room

What is a question you would ask people around the world? Plus contortions, and three winners sent on to Pueblo.

The talent show.

7 pieces

Denver · Talent show

A comedy rap about socks

Little C Rap Therapist, from unincorporated Denver City, first time on any stage. Brought bars and brought props.

Denver · Talent show

Fruit Eyes play acoustic

A Denver indie rock band playing an original, before an intermission for the host’s tattoo.

Denver · Talent show

Art activism, and an edibles story

A comedian on curfew and a Christian mother, then Matter from Chiba Kills on eighteen years of art activism and communities building their own shade.

Denver · Talent show

A contortionist nobody was ready for

Full flips and zombie poses. “He’s fully flipped. Wow.”

Denver · Talent show

Freestyle, spoken word and dance

An immigrant father’s restoration, Andrew’s hypotheticals, and George Raaton freestyling on gentrification and Vail Corporation.

Denver · From the balcony

A Neutral Milk Hotel cover, from above

The same room from the balcony seats, shot on a drone.

Denver · From the balcony

The format, from the air

Drone footage of the show running. The winner is decided by crowd volume, measured in decibels.

In the line outside.

7 pieces

Denver · In the line

An Irish fan and an aspiring journalist

“Andrew listens. That’s why he gets the best conversations.” Irish language revival, Nigeria’s electricity, and tulips in bloom.

Denver · In the line

Documenting war from all sides

Luchi and Brody on archiving a conflict from every perspective rather than one.

Denver · In the line

Which Denver stories go uncovered

Paul and Messiah on what is not being reported. “The goal is to ask a lot of people.”

Denver · In the line

A hitchhiker on a spiritual mission

Alex, five weeks on the road from Massachusetts, on faith, homelessness and why the line wraps the block.

Denver · In the line

Do we have free will?

Two fans on Sam Harris, grief, learned helplessness, and why you are not doing what makes you happy.

Denver · In the line

Immigration, independent media, subcultures

A local filmmaker on Denver’s underground, and how the bounty programme pulls work from Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and India.

Denver · At the mall

Landscape or portrait

Two filmmakers arguing about how to shoot. “I’ll film you filming me.”

The story behind these, with the quotes and what kept coming up across every conversation, is written up in the release.

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