If you’re visiting the States this summer and want to catch a flick, here’s your one-stop guide to the best outdoor movie venues across the country. The featured image of Red Rocks Amphitheatre is by eliduke.
Movies with a View – Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York City
- Setting: Beside the Brooklyn Bridge, the Manhattan skyline is the backdrop to the movie screen.
- Schedule: Weekly on Thursdays (6pm), July 11 to August 29, 2013
- Highlights: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (July 11), Vertigo (August 22)
- Admission: Free
EAT | SEE | HEAR – various locations, Los Angeles
- Setting: Various public locations around LA, including downtown’s Los Angeles State Historic Park. The screen is 3.5 stories tall, and each night features a selection of LA’s food trucks and is opened by a live performance from a local up-and-coming band.
- Schedule: Weekly on Saturdays (5:30pm), June 22 to September 14
- Highlights: Almost Famous (July 27), The Breakfast Club (September 14)
- Admission: $15 per person (two-ticket minimum per car)
NoMa Summer Screen – Loree Grand Field, Washington DC
- Setting: Grassy neighbourhood park. There’s always four or five local food trucks in attendance.
- Schedule: Weekly Wednesdays (7pm), May 22 to August 21
- Highlights: Moonrise Kingdom (July 17), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (August 7)
- Admission: Free
Movies in the Parks – Millennium Park, Chicago
- Setting: Millennium Park’s stunning Jay Pritzker Pavilion, which sits before the city’s epic skyline.
- Schedule: Weekly on Tuesdays (6:30pm or 7:30pm), June 4 to August 30
- Highlights: Moulin Rouge (July 16), Buena Vista Social Club (July 30)
- Admission: Free
Film Night in the Park – Dolores Park, San Francisco
- Setting: Iconic view of the San Fran skyline all lit up. Dolores is one of seven locations in the series.
- Schedule: Fridays and Saturdays, June through September
- Highlights: The Princess Bride (August 3), Skyfall (September 21)
- Admission: Free
Film on the Rocks – Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver
- Setting: America’s most rockin’ amphitheatre. Each film is preceded by a live concert.
- Schedule: Weekly on Tuesdays (7pm), June 4 to August 13
- Highlights: Die Hard (July 2), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (August 13)
- Admission: $12
Screenings Under the Stars – Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia
- Setting: Riverside Amphitheatre, with the bright lights of Camden in the background and Benjamin Franklin Bridge to the left
- Schedule: Weekly on Thursdays (8pm), July 11 to August 29
- Highlights: The Dark Knight Rises (July 11), Silver Linings Playbook (July 18)
- Admission: Free
PEMCO Movies – Magnuson Park, Seattle
- Setting: Green park beside Pontiac Bay. Food trucks in attendance. Cirque performances by The Cabiri.
- Schedule: Weekly on Thursdays (movies start at dusk), July 11 to August 29
- Highlights: Skyfall (August 1), Raiders of the Lost Ark (August 15)
- Admission: Free
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