Celebrate 40 Years of Labyrinth With a Live Band in El Cajon

Some movies get a rerelease. This one gets a band. Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert puts the entire 1986 film on screen at The Magnolia in El Cajon while a live band plays the score from the stage.

The movie runs start to finish. The music comes from a few feet below it. Black Ink Presents produces the show, and this one lands 40 years after Labyrinth first reached theaters.

Bowie’s Vocals, a Band Right Below Them

David Bowie’s original vocals stay in the mix, so “Magic Dance” and “As the World Falls Down” land in the voice that made them. Everything around those vocals is played live: the score Bowie wrote with Trevor Jones, the one that pushes Sarah deeper into the maze while her 13 hours run out.

A live score does something to a film you already know by heart. Cues you have heard a hundred times suddenly have a person attached to them, and the big swells hit at a volume no living room can match.

Forty Years of Goblins, Puppets, and Practical Effects

Henson built this world by hand, and it still holds up. Hoggle, Ludo, and Sir Didymus are puppets and performers in suits. The Escher staircase at the end came together with wire work and camera angles, not software.

That craft is why the film keeps finding new people. Four decades in, it plays to a crowd that knows every line coming and still wants to watch it happen.

See you there!

Forty years on, Labyrinth still earns a full room and a band to match. Grab your tickets, get there early, and let the Goblin King do the rest.

📆 Wednesday, October 28 | 7 PM
📍 210 E Main Street, El Cajon
🎟️ Secure your spot here
ℹ️ See the full schedule here

See you there, San Diego!