Looking for something fun for all the family? Or perhaps a special date night after being locked inside for so long? Well The Luna Drive In have announced their open-air, drive in screenings are back - and you can get tickets now from lunadriveincinema.com.
The new drive-in season kicks off on April 12th, and will be followed by The Luna Cinema’s traditional outdoor cinema which is set to open late June. Venues will hold between 180 and 400 cars per screening and will utilise both the highest definition outdoor LED screens and Luna’s traditional digital projection cinema solution across the various sites.
Ticket price for the drive-in offer is £32.50 per car during off peak early matinee screenings, and £37.50 per car in peak evening screenings.
VIP tickets are priced at £42.50 for Gold Circle on off peak early matinees, and £47.50 for peak evening screenings (This ticket gets you access to a parking space in the front three rows). These are available now from lunadriveincinema.com, so what are you waiting for?
Over the past 13 years, The Luna Cinema has established itself as the market leader in the UK’s open air and pop-up cinema industry. Pivoting to a drive-in format in response to the pandemic in 2020, the hugely popular experience attracted nearly a quarter million people across the year, with 179,000 in the summer alone. After a long winter lockdown, film fans will be delighted to hear it is returning once again this April at sites across the country, including Blenheim Palace, Knebworth House, the Birmingham NEC and Bluewater in Kent, with more venues to be added soon.
For those experiencing Netflix-fatigue, the time has come to return to the beauty of big-screen cinema, and an evening out that fuses the nostalgia of classic Americana with state of the art technology for a 21st Century take on the drive in cinema format.
Bluewater will present two screenings each night from Monday to Friday. At the weekends, there will be three screenings starting in the afternoon with a film for all ages, followed by evening showings against the backdrop of the setting sun.
Knebworth House, Blenheim Palace and NEC Birmingham will host a single screening each evening, seven nights a week. It’s the perfect night out for those eager to escape lockdown as soon as the government roadmap allows.
Film buffs are in for a treat as The Luna Cinema celebrates the anniversary releases of some cult classics including 25 years of Romeo and Juliet, 20 years of Legally Blonde, and 35 years of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off . What better way to celebrate these films than watch them in all their big screen glory?
The Luna Cinema will also be featuring many more classics such as The Goonies, Grease, Back to the Future and Dirty Dancing. For those who want to see more recent releases the line-up also includes Disney’s Onward, Wonder Woman 1984, Rocketman, Joker and Knives Out. There’s something for everyone to enjoy.
George Wood, founder of The Luna Cinema, said: “Following an extended winter break, we are incredibly excited to be announcing our Spring drive-in season, starting in April, and to be able to offer the return of the big screen experience for all those people desperate for some entertainment that isn’t inside the four walls of your living room. The move to Drive In Cinema in 2020 was a revelation for us, after staying away from the format for the previous 12 years! The socially distanced element was a given, but the level of audience enjoyment and communal sense of being part of an event that manages to blend that rose-tinted 1950’s American nostalgia with brand new 21st century technology to bring the drive in cinema right up to date, took us all by surprise. People clearly love the experience and it wasn’t just the novelty of getting out of the house! It took a pandemic, but the drive in cinema is now a part of the UK’s cinema offering and long may it continue.”
Does this sound like a fun activity you fancy taking the kids along to this summer? Or perhaps a romantic setting for a date post lockdown? Let us know your thoughts in the comments box.
