MANITOWOC – Three free outdoor movie nights will be held this summer and fall.
The first will feature “Raiders of the Lost Ark” at 8:30 p.m. June 26 at Lighthouse Park, 475 Maritime Drive.
The second will be “Moana 2” at 8:30 p.m. Aug. 7, also at Lighthouse Park.
And the third will be “Hocus Pocus” at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 3 at Washington Park, 1115 Washington St.
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Food and drinks will be available for purchase at each movie showing by Happy Snax.
Guests are encouraged to set up their own chairs and blankets on the grass for the movie nights. The Lighthouse Park movie nights will overlook Lake Michigan.
The “Hocus Pocus” showing Oct. 3 kicks off a Halloween-themed weekend in the city. The following day, Oct. 4, Nightmare Off Eighth will be held. The new event in downtown will be hosted by a group of local business owners.
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The movie nights are organized by the city’s tourism department, Visit Manitowoc, and expand on one movie showing last year that brought hundreds to Lighthouse Park along the lakefront for a showing of “Finding Nemo.
For more details, go to www.visitmanitowoc.com/movie.
Contact Brandon Reid at breid@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter: Manitowoc outdoor movie nights set at Lighthouse Park, Washington Park