Plaza Classic Film Festival Announces Movie Lineup & Pop-Up Locations

The Plaza Classic Film Festival just released the movie schedule and pop-up locations that begin July 30 through August 9, 2020, across the city of El Paso.

The 13^th annual Plaza Classic Film Festival will be on tour across El Paso with a modified pop-up drive-in movie-style version of the festival due to the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic.

This year the El Paso Community Foundation will be hosting a hybrid festival of the annual Plaza Classic Film Festival. Due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the festival will debut 11 consecutive nights of pop-up drive-in movies at various locations around the city along with 5 days of digitally streamed films online.

Plaza Classic Film Festival Movie Schedule & Pop-Up Locations

Thursday, July 30

• The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine (the sing-along version) at Ardovino’s Desert Crossing

Friday, July 31

• Jaws and Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid at the El Paso Community College Valle Verde campus

Saturday, August 1

• Smokey and the Bandit and the Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup at the El Paso Community College Valle Verde campus

Sunday, August 2

• Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds at Camp Cohen Water Park (formerly Cohen Stadium)

Monday, August 3

• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial at Camp Cohen Water Park (formerly Cohen Stadium)

Tuesday, August 4

• Jurassic Park August 4 at the El Paso County Coliseum

Wednesday, August 5

• Selena at the El Paso County Coliseum

Thursday, August 6

• Godzilla, King of The Monsters! at The Hospitals of Providence East Campus

Friday, August 7

• Young Frankenstein and Frankenstein at The Hospitals of Providence East Campus

The tour closes with the Plaza Classic Film Festival's 12th annual showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, on a double bill with Hedwig and the Angry Inch, on Saturday, August 8, and Casablanca on August 9 at the El Paso International Airport’s newly christened Hangar 7 Studios.

For the complete Plaza Classic Film Festival Schedule Click HERE

On Sundays through Thursdays during the movie festival features will be preceded by Laurel and Hardy shorts, Three Stooges shorts, or Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoons.

Admission

• Admission begins at 7:30 p.m. Movies start at 8:30 p.m.
• Parking will be on a first-come, first-served basis
• Mask-wearing attendants will park vehicles (cars, pickup trucks, vans, and SUVs only)
• Sound will be broadcast via low-power FM radio - The frequency will be announced on the screen at each show

Tickets

• Admission is $25 per vehicle for all shows, including double features.
• Advance tickets are on sale now at plazaclassic.com/schedule - Click HERE 
• Contactless ticketing will be available at each site if the show is not sold out

Safety Precautions

• Social distancing measures will be enforced
• Vehicles will be spaced apart in a checkerboard pattern
• Patrons are strongly encouraged to stay in their vehicles
• Attendees are welcome to bring food and beverages
• Concessions will not be available at most locations
• Portable restrooms will be available at each location