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The Babylon Kino
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Columbia, South Carolina's place for underground movies. Available to rent @ www.babylonkino.com

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Join us at 8 PM for a side-splitting comedy show!
Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/laughs-at-...
February 13, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Who's ready for open mic tonight? Join our host PudgeeTime @ 7:30 for a chill night of laughs. FREE admission.
February 11, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Submissions are open for the second annual Babylon Fest film festival at The Babylon Kino in Columbia, S.C., June 5 & 6. Send us your weirdest underground movies! filmfreeway.com/BabylonFest
February 9, 2026 at 8:05 PM
🔶Feb 11 @ 7:30 - THE JOKE ROOM open mic comedy

🔶Feb 12 @ 9 - NOMAD KARAOKE

🔶Feb 13 @ 8 - LAUGHS AT THE BABYLON returns! Join us for a night of side-splitting comedy as Ayeshia Ayeshia and Tyrone Burston take the stage.
www.eventbrite.com/e/laughs-at-...
February 9, 2026 at 7:38 PM
This Friday, we have an exciting Double Feature event!!

7 PM - the Babylon Phone Fest, featuring short films from several local filmmakers. FREE admission!

8 PM - VELVICIDE, the new feature film from South Carolina writer-director Kenneth Perkins!
Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/theba...
February 5, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Tonight @ 9 ✴️ Come on down for a night of karaoke! FREE admission.
February 5, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The Babylon Phone Fest is this Friday @ 7 PM! FREE! It doesn't take an expensive camera to start making movies. All you need is a phone and an idea. www.facebook.com/share/1XZcND...

Afterward @ 8 PM: VELVICIDE, a tight new thriller from Kenneth Perkins in Augusta. www.facebook.com/share/1AVHUg...
February 4, 2026 at 9:38 PM
VELVICIDE is a tight new thriller from Kenneth Perkins in Augusta. Twisty and creepy with an incredible lead performance by Atlanta actress Gea Rose, VELVICIDE is THE USUAL SUSPECTS but with a super indie vibe. Join us Friday at 8:00 P.M. for a special screening. www.facebook.com/share/1AVHUg...
February 2, 2026 at 8:44 PM
The Babylon Phone Fest is this Friday @ 7! FREE admission!

One of our goals is to support budding filmmakers. It doesn't take an expensive camera to start making films. All you need is a phone and an idea! We can't wait to show you this selection of short films, many of which were filmed locally!
February 2, 2026 at 6:49 PM
🔶Feb 4 @ 7:30 - THE JOKE ROOM open mic night - FREE admission

🔶Feb 5 @ 9 - KARAOKE NIGHT - FREE admission

🔶Feb 6 @ 7 - BABYLON PHONE FEST short film festival

🔶Feb 6 @ 8 - VELVICIDE horror feature

🔶Feb 6 @ 7 - THE MAGIC SERPENT kaiju feature ✳️KID FRIENDLY✳️

🔶Feb 7 @ 9 - ANIME NIGHT - ESCAFLOWNE
February 2, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Tonight @ 8 PM - MESSIAH OF EVIL

A young woman hunts for her missing father in a small coastal town of Point Dune. She uncovers a sinister evil that threatens to consume the town.

www.tickettailor.com/events/theba...
January 30, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Please to accept Cameron Scussa’s BAD DAY TO BE A GOLF BALL for the Babylon Fest smartphone movie contest. Two more days to submit! Details here: filmfreeway.com/BabylonFest
January 29, 2026 at 7:49 PM
UPDATE: Looks like snow is hitting Columbia on Saturday. Due to the uncertainty of weather conditions, we have moved the VELVICIDE screening to February 6th at 8 PM, as a double screening with our Babylon Phone Fest at 6 PM.

Stay warm and safe this weekend!
January 29, 2026 at 12:12 AM
VELVICIDE is a tight new thriller from Kenneth Perkins in Augusta. Twisty and creepy with an incredible lead performance by Gea Rose, VELVICIDE is like THE USUAL SUSPECTS but with a super indie vibe. Join us Saturday at 8:00 P.M. for a special screening: www.facebook.com/share/1AVHUg...
January 27, 2026 at 8:31 PM
ONE MORE WEEK LEFT to submit your short films! We can’t wait to showcase your work in February 6!
January 26, 2026 at 8:49 PM
MESSIAH OF EVIL is “an undervalued gem of American gothic filmmaking,” according to Slant. Join us Friday at 8:00 P.M. for this moody, beautiful—and largely unknown—horror movie brimming with color, liminal spaces and haunting images. www.tickettailor.com/events/theba...
January 26, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Anime Night has been postponed till February 7th due to the inclement weather this weekend. Stay safe and warm this weekend, and we’ll see you back at the kino soon!
January 24, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Tickled to accept Ed Connolly's funny and weird THE ANCIENT RITUAL for The Babylon Kino's first annual film fest for movies strictly shot on phones. You've got 'til Jan. 31 to submit! filmfreeway.com/BabylonFest
January 24, 2026 at 8:19 PM
✳️Tonight @ 8 ✳️ The LAUGHS AT THE BABLYON comedy show returns! The number one spot for monthly hilarity, starring some of the wittiest comics on the east coast! This month featuring Michael Clayton and Jas Gill.

Tix: www.eventbrite.com/e/laughs-at-...
January 23, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Tonight @ 9 PM! Step in out of the cold for a night of music and chill vibes.
January 22, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Two great comedy events this week!

🔶Tonight @ 7:30, PudgeeTime is hosting his weekly open mic comedy night - FREE admission!

🔶Friday @ 8, LAUGHS AT THE BABYLON returns with Michael Clayton and Jas Gill, with a side-splitting comedy show
Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/laughs-at-...
January 21, 2026 at 8:10 PM
ESCAFLOWNE tells the story of Hitomi, an ordinary student whose life has lost all meaning until she gets transported to the planet Gaea. This classic anime’s “artistry should satisfy discriminating fans,” one critic writes. Join us Saturday at The Babylon Kino. www.facebook.com/share/1Bvbsv...
January 20, 2026 at 9:05 PM
🔶Wednesday @ 7:30 - THE JOKE ROOM open mic night

🔶Thursday @ 9 - NOMAD KARAOKE NIGHT 🪩🎶🎙️

🔶Friday @ 8 - LAUGHS AT THE BABLYON comedy show
www.eventbrite.com/e/laughs-at-...

🔶Saturday @ 8 - ESCAFLOWNE - 2000 Japanese animated adventure dark fantasy feature film
www.tickettailor.com/events/theba...
January 19, 2026 at 7:57 PM
In SUNDAY, a disinterested girl chooses her phone over the beautiful nature around her. We're please to accept SUNDAY for the first annual smartphone film fest at The Babylon Kino.

Deadline is Jan. 31. Details here: filmfreeway.com/BabylonFest
January 16, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Saturday @ 8! Two cops are set up by their corrupt boss, who secretly heads a satanic cult. After his wife is killed, one cop is determined to bring him down.

Join us for a thick slice of 1993 cult classic cheese that is guaranteed to have you in stitches!

www.tickettailor.com/events/theba...
January 16, 2026 at 6:19 PM