Updated: Jun 24
If you enjoy watching movies under the stars, do not let city lines stop you! The following outdoor movie nights are in Cambridge, Revere, and Foxborough.
The outdoor movie season (in Boston) starts in June and ends around September.
Different entities throughout the Boston-area host movie nights on open green spaces. They include:
Boston's Mayor (Boston)
DCR (Massachusetts)
The Lot (Dorchester)
Kroc Center (Dorchester)
The Prudential Center (Copley)
Boston Landing (Boston)
The Coolidge (Brookline)
Asian CDC (Chinatown)
MIT Open Space (Cambridge)
Kendall Center (Cambridge)
Revere Beach (Revere)
Patriot Place (Foxborough)
Boston offers movie nights in multiple neighborhoods throughout the city, including Roxbury, Dorchester, Roslindale, Jamaica Plain, and East Boston.
Not in our experience. Despite being free, movie nights offer plenty of viewing room so that everyone can see and enjoy the night. I'm sure it depends on which location you choose.
Yes! Some older films like "Back to The Future" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" are shown year-after-year despite being from the 1980's. Recent movies are also shown. For example, Disney's Wish was released in November of 2023 and was shown twice in the summer of 2024.
Some events offer pre-movie entertainment with the actual movie starting at dusk.
Elemental is being played at 6 different places this year, making it the most showed movie of 2024.
In order to see the movie screen it has to be dark outside. This means the sun has to set or be setting.
Some may cancel. If it's only a light drizzle that doesn't last long, the event may go on.
You can bring a lawn chair or blanket. We also suggest bringing a water bottle, light snacks, and sweaters. Even though movie nights happen during the summer, the weather cools down a lot after the sun goes down.