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Enjoy a movie in the parks!
The big screen in your backyard, Movies in the Parks returns this summer, bringing Hollywood movies and local films to local parks for the twenty-sixth season. Join us in the parks for classics from the Golden Age of Hollywood, retro childhood favorites, and the best family-friendly box office hits. Movies in the Parks is part of Night Out in the Parks, which features cultural & arts events in parks throughout the city each year.
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Schedule
107 Events
Jul
17
17
Movies in the Parks at Lincoln
Location Notes
This movie will be at Belmont Harbor located @ N. Lake Shore Dr. and Belmont Ave. The screening will take place in the grass field near the AIDS Garden.
8:45 PM - 10:15 PM
Movies in the Parks at Fuller
Movies in the Parks at Homan Square
Movies in the Parks at Lincoln
Jul
17
17
Movies in the Parks at Lincoln
Location Notes
This movie will be at Belmont Harbor located @ N. Lake Shore Dr. and Belmont Ave. The screening will take place in the grass field near the AIDS Garden.
8:45 PM - 10:15 PM
Movies in the Parks at Lake Shore
Movies in the Parks at Roberts Square
Movies in the Parks at Bartelme
Movies in the Parks at Maplewood
Movies in the Parks at Chicago History
Jul
21
21
Movies in the Parks at Chicago History
Location Notes
1601 N. Clark St, back side of the museum
8:45 PM - 10:26 PM
Movies in the Parks at Chicago Women's
Movies in the Parks at Fernwood
Movies in the Parks at Harrison
Movies in the Parks at Hoard
Movies in the Parks at Peterson
Movies in the Parks at Trebes
Movies in the Parks at Park No. 596
Movies in the Parks at Park No. 596
Movies in the Parks at Sheridan
Movies in the Parks at Ward
Movies in the Parks at Oakwood Beach
Movies in the Parks at Oz
Movies in the Parks at Steelworkers
Movies in the Parks at Brooks
Movies in the Parks at Holstein
Movies in the Parks at Mozart
Movies in the Parks at Chase
Movies in the Parks at Hamilton
Movies in the Parks at Ward
Movies in the Parks at Kenwood
Movies in the Parks at Kilbourn
Movies in the Parks at Marquette
Movies in the Parks at Graver
Movies in the Parks at Kennicott
Movies in the Parks at Kosciuszko
Movies in the Parks at Fosco
Movies in the Parks at Franklin
Movies in the Parks at Lake Shore
Movies in the Parks at Lincoln
Aug
1
1
Movies in the Parks at Lincoln
Location Notes
This movie will be located at Belmont Harbor @ N. Lake Shore Dr. and Belmont Ave. The screening will take place in the grass field near the AIDS Garden.
8:30 PM - 10:44 PM
Bohemian Rhapsody
Movies in the Parks at Seward
Movies in the Parks at Winnemac
Movies in the Parks at Bartelme
Movies in the Parks at White (Willye B.)
Movies in the Parks at Wrightwood
Movies in the Parks at River
Movies in the Parks at Tuley
Movies in the Parks at West Lawn
Movies in the Parks at Byrnes
Movies in the Parks at Chippewa
Movies in the Parks at Eugene Field
Movies in the Parks at Mayfair
Movies in the Parks at South Shore
Movies in the Parks at Douglass
Movies in the Parks at LeClaire-Hearst
Movies in the Parks at Rutherford Sayre
Movies in the Parks at Donahue
Movies in the Parks at Murray
Movies in the Parks at Cornell Square
Movies in the Parks at Hamlin
Movies in the Parks at Chicago History
Aug
11
11
Movies in the Parks at Chicago History
Location Notes
1601 N. Clark St, back side of the museum
8:30 PM - 10:32 PM
Movies in the Parks at Churchill Field
Movies in the Parks at Grand Crossing
Movies in the Parks at Ward
Movies in the Parks at Mozart
Aug
12
12
Movies in the Parks at Mozart
8:30 PM - 9:43 PM
Paquito D'Rivera: From Carne y Frijol to Carnegie hall
Movies in the Parks at Smith
Movies in the Parks at South Shore
Movies in the Parks at Austin Town Hall
Movies in the Parks at Commercial Club
Movies in the Parks at Ridge
Movies in the Parks at Piotrowski
Movies in the Parks at Touhy
Movies in the Parks at Harold Washington
Movies in the Parks at Lake Shore
Movies in the Parks at Bartelme
Movies in the Parks at Hollywood
Movies in the Parks at Rosenblum
Movies in the Parks at Rosenblum
Movies in the Parks at Eckhart
Movies in the Parks at Wildwood
Movies in the Parks at Wrightwood
Movies in the Parks at Harrison
Movies in the Parks at Jefferson
Movies in the Parks at Smith Playlot
Movies in the Parks at Edgebrook
Movies in the Parks at Veteran's Memorial
Movies in the Parks at Wicker
Movies in the Parks at Berger
Movies in the Parks at West Chatham
Movies in the Parks at Lake Shore
Movies in the Parks at Osterman Beach
Aug
22
22
Movies in the Parks at Osterman Beach
Location Notes
The movie will be located at Kathy Osterman Beach at the corner of Sheridan Rd. and N. Lake Shore Dr.
8:30 PM - 10:29 PM
Movies in the Parks at Oz
Movies in the Parks at Lincoln
Aug
31
31
Movies in the Parks at Lincoln
Location Notes
Lincoln Park Cultural Center: 2045 N. Lincoln Park West
8:30 PM - 10:34 PM
Star Wars: A New Hope