By Emily Glickman
It's officially summer, and longer days and warmer nights mean finding any excuse to be outside. What could be a better nighttime entertainment choice than hanging out in a park or parking lot? Hanging out in a park or parking with free movies! With five local outdoor movie festivals happening throughout the summer, you could be watching a different film almost every night.
Each festival seemingly has a theme: Music buffs can head to Wyman Park Dell, families can gather at AVAM's Flicks From The Hill, high school nostalgia seekers can congregate for Union Craft Brewery's "School's Out" celebrations, and Italians (both in blood and at heart) will feel at home with Little Italy's Open Air Firm Fest.
And you have your pick in terms of genre and subject matter. You've got your sex-crazed humor with American Pie, your fluffy musical with West Side Story, your mobster classic with The Godfather II, and even your self-help journey to find yourself with Eat Pray Love.
No matter what you like to watch, you'll be able to find something throughout these festivals – Films On The Pier even has a whole schedule still to be released. Bring friends, family, or even just your trusty lawn chair, and sit back, relax, and enjoy the balmy Baltimore night. Make sure to pack the bug spray, because these festivals will be worth the bites.
Friends of Wyman Park Dell Summer Movies
Bands at 7 p.m., movie at sundown, Wyman Park Dell, North Charles and 29th Streets, wymanparkdell.org/summer-movies-and-bands
June 18: Festival Express
June 25: Yellow Submarine
Flicks From The Hill
9 p.m., Federal Hill in The Hughes Family Outdoor Theater, avam.org/news-and-events/events/flicks-from-the-hill.shtml
July 11: West Side Story
July 18: Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
July 25: Rear Window
Aug. 1: Raising Arizona
Aug. 8: Cry-Baby
Aug. 15: Finding Forrester
Aug. 22: The NeverEnding Story
School's Out: Summer Movie Series
Doors 7 p.m., movie at 9 p.m., Union Craft Brewery, 1700 Union Ave, unioncraftbrewing.com
June 14: Dazed and Confused
June 21: Fast Times At Ridgemont High
June 28: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
July 6: American Pie
Open Air Film Fest
Music at 7 p.m., movie at 9 p.m.., Corner of High and Stiles streets, Little Italy, littleitalymd.com/activities.htm
July 5: Moonstruck
July 12: To Rome With Love
July 19: Von Ryan's Express
July 26: Marriage Italian Style
Aug. 2: Casino Royale
Aug. 9: Eat Pray Love
Aug. 16: La Dolce Vita
Aug. 23: The Godfather II
Aug. 30: Cinema Paradiso
Films On The Pier
Dusk, Broadway Pier, 1616 Thames Street, fellspointmainstreet.org.
July 10: Looper
July 17: Ted
July 24: The Dark Knight Rises
July 31: Flight
Aug. 7: 21 Jump Street
Aug. 14: Skyfall
Aug. 21: Pitch Perfect
Aug. 28: The Avengers
