Let’s roll down the windows, feel that warm breeze and turn up the radio because the 11th Annual Drive-In at Union Market is back. A DC “must-do,” the series of eight movies launches April 7, and will continue on the first and third Friday of every month through July 21st.
This is a cinephile and foodie match made in heaven with better-than-average concessions. Watch movies under the stars while munching and sipping on local, regional and international foods: Lebanese-inspired kabab shop Yasmine, homemade ice cream from The Creamery at Union Market, creative cocktails from Suburbia and more Union Market favorites.
Alcohol purchased from Market vendors is permitted on Neal Place. Alcohol is not allowed in the parking lot. For those on foot, pack your chairs and blankets and set up shop in front of Union Market for great views and picnic-style entertainment. Tickets are not required to watch on Neal Place.
Movie audio will be transmitted through an FM transmitter on the radio and through speakers placed on Neal Place. As always, all movies are shown with open captioning. The movie plays rain or shine!
Each movie showing costs $20 per car. “Sold Out” means that all 170 parking spaces have been reserved. All sales are final, no refunds issued.
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS
* Please note the times below as they change with sunset
Friday, April 7 | WALL-E
Sponsored by City Homes
In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
Rated G
6:45 pm parking lot opens, 7:45 pm parking lot closes, 8:00 pm MOVIE STARTS
Friday, April 21 | A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amid their own growing rivalry.
Rated PG
6:45 pm parking lot opens, 8:15 pm parking lot closes, 8:20 pm MOVIE STARTS
Friday, May 5 | THE KARATE KID
Sponsored by Grosvenor
A martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager.
Rated PG
7:15 pm parking lot opens, 8:15 pm parking lot closes, 8:25 pm MOVIE STARTS
Friday, May 19 | COCO
Sponsored by i5
Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family’s ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer.
Rated PG
7:30 pm parking lot opens, 8:40 pm parking lot closes, 8:40 pm MOVIE STARTS
Friday, June 2 | KING RICHARD
Sponsored by Grosvenor
A look at how tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard Williams.
Rated PG-13
8:00 pm parking lot opens, 9:00 pm parking lot closes, 9:00 pm MOVIE STARTS
Friday, June 16 | CLUELESS
Sponsored by Gables
Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school’s pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other.
Rated PG-13
8:00 pm parking lot opens, 9:10 pm parking lot closes, 9:10 pm MOVIE STARTS
Friday, July 7 | TOP GUN MAVERICK
Sponsored by Grosvenor
After thirty years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator, but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads TOP GUN’s elite graduates on a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it.
Rated PG-13
8:00 pm parking lot opens, 9:00 pm parking lot closes, 9:00 pm MOVIE STARTS
Friday, July 21 | HAIRSPRAY
Sponsored by Greystar
Pleasantly plump teenager Tracey Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.
Rated PG
8:00 pm parking lot opens, 8:45 pm parking lot closes, 9:00 pm MOVIE STARTS