Every year I plan on attending a Secret Cinema event. It looks so exciting, different, a unique experience. Every year I go to purchase a ticket……. but then I don’t. Tickets are expensive (usually £60-£100+) plus the cost of travel to get to an event in London can be a real added expense.
However rather than sulk in my relatively poor person despair I have compiled for you a collection of outdoor cinema events a quarter of the price and local to our area! Let’s go through some cinema you can watch under the stars.
Free event this weekend is Littlehamptons Screen On The Green Saturday 17th. It’s a cost-free event located on the sea front. All you need to bring is a blanket and some booze. I’m not personally keen on the fixture this year which is Hairspray but the atmosphere is great and you can take pooches along which is always a bonus in my books. Food stalls are open from 19:00 and the film begins just after sun down at 20:30. As it is not ticketed, I would recommend turning up a little earlier to secure the perfect view of the giant 40ft inflatable screen.
Another event I am attending is a paid one. An outdoor viewing of Mama Mia 2 is on Tuesday 20th at the Weald & Downland Living Museum just outside of Chichester. Tickets as of now are still available and an adult ticket is £15. I am taking my mum along as it is her favourite film (I’m packing tissues), she makes a mean picnic and she doesn’t drink so she can be designated driver which is handy as I will be getting into the spirit with…..some spirits. Cheers. Weald & Downland Living Museum does host outdoor cinema events over the entire summer period and so check out the link below to browse what’s on.
Just outside our jurisdiction of West Sussex, but its Brighton (our honouree city) so it’s worth a mention is the Luna Beach Presents. With 3 viewings a day and featuring films from the likes of As Star Is Born, Sing Along Bohemian Rhapsody and Dumbo. Standard Admission is £12.50 and you can upgrade to a sunchair seat or even VIP beach hut.
CineStock specialise in outdoor cinema events and are set up for viewings at Holbrook Club in Horsham. Mama Mia is the August feature and Jurassic Park and Bohemian Rhapsody in September. A nice touch to this event is they set up live music which plays until the sun has set and dark enough for the films to begin. This is not an open forum and Jurassic Park is the best film ever and so I’m making my ticket purchase in advance (£12.00).
These are just a few examples of the many open-air cinemas available in our local area and you don’t have to spend big bucks to get a big experience.
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Littlehampton: http://www.visitlittlehampton.co.uk/whats-on/screen-on-the-green/
Chichester: https://www.wealddown.co.uk/events/summer-season-cultural-evenings-of-film-theatre-music-opera/
Brighton: https://thelunabeachcinema.seetickets.com/tour/luna-beach-cinema/default/1/200
Horsham: https://www.cinestock.co.uk/outdoor-cinema/2019-venues#outdoor-cinema/holbrook-club-2019-section
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