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Grab your chairs, blankets, & pillows, and head downtown to Saengerfest Park for a FREE family-friendly event under the stars. Held the 1st Saturday of each month. Note: Movie start times are approximate. Movies will start once the sky is sufficiently dark.
Saengerfest Park is conveniently located at the corner of The Strand and 23rd Street.

2011 Movie Line-Up:

April 2, 7 pm, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL
Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightly
Buena Vista Pictures; Directed by Gore Verbinski
2003 - Rated PG-13

Charming rouge pirate Jack Sparrow (Depp) loves his life of adventure on the Caribbean Sea. All of his pleasure is brought to an end, however, when his nemesis Captain Barbossa (Rush) steals his ship. When Elizabeth Swann, the daughter of the governor, is captured by Barbossa aboard the Black Pearl Elizabeth's childhood friend Will Turner joins with Jack to rescue the girl and get his ship back in this rollicking adventure.

May 7, 7:30 pm, RUDY
Sean Astin, Ned Beatty,Charles S. Dutton, Lili Taylor, Robert Prosky
TriStar Pictures; Directed by David Anspaugh
Rated PG; 112 minutes; 1993

The uplifting true story of how one young man, Rudy Ruettiger (Sean Astin), refuses to limit his dreams or bow to reality as he pursues his lifelong goal-to wear the uniform, if only for one down, of the Notre Dame football team.

June 4, 8 pm, THE BREAKFAST CLUB
Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall
Universal Pictures; Directed by John Hughes
Rated R; 95 minutes; 1985

A brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel and a recluse are forced to spend a Saturday together in high school detention. The five bare their souls to each other then band together against their sadistic and insecure principal in this teen drama featuring the 80s 'Brat Pack.'

July 2, 8:30 pm, Ocean's 11
George Clooney, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Don Cheadle, Elliott Gould, Sydney Pollack, Carl Reiner
Warner Bros.; Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Rated PG-13; 116 minutes; 2001

In this remake of the original 1960 feature which starred Frank Sinatra and the Rat pack, George Clooney takes over as Danny Ocean, an ex-con who pulls his crew together to plan an unprecedented robbery of three major Las Vegas casinos simultaneously during a boxing match. A stellar ensemble cast filled with today's brightest young stars surrounds Ocean and his plan for the ultimate heist.

August 6, 8:30 pm, MAMMA MIA
Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth
Universal Pictures; Directed by Phyllida Lloyd
Rated PG-13; 108 minutes; 2008

In this big screen version of the stage musical featuring the songs of ABBA, Donna is the mother to Sophie, who's on a quest to discover the identity of her father on the eve of her wedding. Donna owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island and when three men from her past arrive unexpectedly it is a trip down memory lane that no one will ever forget.

September 3, 8 pm, THE STING
Robert Redford, Paul Newman,Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Ray Walston
Universal Pictures; Directed by George Roy Hill
Rated PG; 129 minutes; 1973

The scene is the Chicago underworld of the 1930s, prospering while the rest of the world suffers from the depression. Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) is an apprentice con man who is ready to tackle the big league. Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman) is the king of the con men, aging but no less clever. Together, they set about to pull "The Big Con."

October 1, 8 pm, THE BIRDS
Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren
Universal Pictures; Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Not Rated; 119 minutes; 1963

The residents of Bodega Bay are suddenly confronted with a malicious, full-scale attack by birds of all shapes and sizes. Hitchcock's purest expression of an arbitrary universe, The Birds constitutes a prodigious technical achievement. Under the guidance of bird trainer Ray Berwick, Hitchcock employed thousands of real birds and his own ingenuity to create the most terrifying aspect of The Birds, the undeniable reality of seemingly impossible events.


Sponsored by The Partnership, The Galveston Park Board/Convention & Visitor's Bureau & Mitchell Historic Properties.