Outdoor Movie Screenings in Public Spaces

Our official outdoor movie season kicked off last night with a screening of the 1961 jazz movie Paris Blues, starring Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier and Joanne Woodward. We teamed up with our local jazz radio station (KRTU) and Main Plaza, a beautiful venue in the heart of downtown San Antonio to celebrate the Year of Jazz. And what a celebration! Live music from jazz trombonist Ron Wilkens and his quartet got things off to a sizzling start and the film that followed was a real treat for cineastes and jazz fans alike. Featuring an Oscar-nominated music score by Duke Ellington, a club scene with trumpet master Louis Armstrong (that earned enthusiastic applause from our audience) and gorgeous stars in a beautiful setting, this movie was perfect for an al fresco screening on a lovely spring evening.


Coming up in May 2012: Train Movies at Historic Sunset Station + Classic Films at the San Antonio Botanical Garden

Looking for public outdoor cinema screenings? The list below is what we have found so far for 2012. Please let us know of other outdoor movie series not on the list.

United States California Hollywood: Cinespia San Francisco: Film Night in the Park *Squaw Valley: Squaw Valley Summer Movie series Colorado Boulder: Boulder Outdoor Cinema Denver: Film on the Rocks Louisiana New Orleans: NOMA Movies in the Garden Massachusetts Boston: Boston Harbor Hotel Movies by Moonlight Montana Missoula: Missoula Outdoor Cinema New York NYC: Rooftop Films Ohio *Gahana: Great Outdoors and Dive-in South Carolina Greenville: Moonlight Movies Texas San Antonio: Slab Cinema Wimberley: Corral Theater Statewide: Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow Washington *Gig Harbor: CinemaGig Seattle: Fremont Outdoor Movies

Worldwide Australia Road Movie Mobile Cinema Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth: Moonlight Cinema Sydney: St. George Open Air Cinema, Moonlight Cinema, Bondi Openair France Monaco: Monaco Open Air Cinema Paris: Outdoor Cinema de la Villette Germany Munich: Olympic Park Greece Athens: Zefyros Outdoor Cinema Santorini: Open Air Cinema Kamari Hong Kong Rooftop Cinema at the Fringe Club New Zealand Auckland: Openair Cinema Spain Barcelona, Spain: Montjuic Castle U.K. London: Somerset House