UPDATE – There are no more tickets available for the pop up drive in movie theatre in Kamloops as of this afternoon. All tickets appear to be sold out.
ORIGINAL – The City of Kamloops will be getting its first drive in movie theatre since the late 1990’s at the south facing parking lot at McArthur Island Park between June 25 and 27.
Dubbed ‘Twin Rivers Drive In’, Kamloops Film Society Executive Director Dusan Magdolen says it is a partnership between the Film Society, Lee’s Music, GK Sound, Tourism Kamloops, and the city of Kamloops.
“As the rules begin to loosen, we may look at opening our physical theatre as well. But we thought that this was a good way to sort of get started and give people something to go out to and have some fun,” he told NL News. “Plus drive ins have their own sort of experience when it comes to watching movies, and it should be a lot of fun.”
There will be two movies screened on all three nights – Trolls World Tour and Back to the Future. Tickets are available online, but due to provincial restrictions there will be a limit of 50 vehicles each night.
“No more than six people per vehicle. I believe the doors are opening at 8:30 p.m., with trailers or the pre-show starting at 9:15, and the first movie starting around 9:30 p.m., Magdolen said. “The second movie will start somewhere in the ballpark of 11:15 p.m..”
Due to provincial restrictions, there won’t be a concession, but people are able to bring their own snacks with them.
“We ask people to take their garbage with them,” Magdolen added. “You are able to turn you vehicle around like if you have a truck and be in the truck bed, but currently there is no walking pets around or sitting in chairs beside the cars. People will be able to to go to the washrooms which are on-site but not allowed to go roaming.”
Pending a successful weekend, the Twin Rivers Drive-In group hopes to make this a regular event throughout the summer months.
“We’ve put a great deal of effort into researching the latest health and safety protocols and have closely collaborated with the City to ensure the event will be held as safely as possible,” added Lisa Strachan, the Director of Destination Development and Trade Relations at Tourism Kamloops.
“If we couldn’t do the event right, then we didn’t want to do it at all, but with the easing of restrictions in the last couple of weeks we felt like this was the right time to launch.”
Organizers have released parking and traffic control plans, and you can get more details on the Kamloops Film Society website.
