The FREE summer movie season is upon us!
As usual, many of these showings often involve kid-related activities prior to the show itself. For you newbies, many of these flicks are shown in parks or parking lots and begin at dusk, so be sure to spray everyone down with bug spray! Also, you’ll want to bring a lawn chair(s) and/or blankets. Lastly, you will want to bring along snacks and drinks. Many locations will sell concessions, or have nearby shops willing to sell you something, but not all have food options.
Our list of Kansas City’s free summer movies is below.
And be sure to check out the KC Kids Fun Events Calendar in the toolbar at the top of the page for more great kid- and family-friendly events around Kansas City this summer!
Thursday, June 9, 2011 – Independence Square, Liberty & Maple – “Kung Fu Panda”; Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “Shrek the Third” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Friday, June 10, 2011 – Oak Grove’s Webb Park – “The Goonies”; Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “Shrek the Third” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Saturday, June 11, 2011 – Briarcliff Village- “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”; Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “Shrek the Third” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Sunday, June 12, 2011 – Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “Shrek the Third” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 – Legends 14, KCK – “Doogal” and “Monsters vs. Aliens” (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends Outlets every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 – Legends 14, KCK – “Doogal” and “Monsters vs. Aliens” (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends Outlets every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)
Thursday, June 16, 2011 – Independence Square, Liberty & Maple – “Despicable Me”; Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “Monsters vs. Aliens” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Friday, June 17 – Gladstone Amphitheatre’s Movies in the Park - “Shrek Forever After”; Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “Monsters vs. Aliens” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Saturday, June 18, 2011 – Briarcliff Village- “Smoky and the Bandit”; Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “Monsters vs. Aliens” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Sunday, June 19, 2011 – Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “Monsters vs. Aliens” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 – Legends 14, KCK – “Madagascar 2” and “Ramona & Beezus” (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends Outlets every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 – Legends 14, KCK – “Madagascar 2” and “Ramona & Beezus” (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends Outlets every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am); Plaza Branch Kansas City Public Library – “Yogi Bear” at 2pm; Waldo Branch Kansas City Public Library – Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs at 2pm
Thursday, June 23, 2011 – Independence Square, Liberty & Maple – “Cars”; Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “How to Train Your Dragon” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Friday, June 24, 2011 – Street Flicks in Blue Springs – “Karate Kid”; Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “How to Train Your Dragon” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Saturday, June 25, 2011 – Briarcliff Village- “Jumanji”; Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “How to Train Your Dragon” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Sunday, June 26, 2011 – Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “How to Train Your Dragon” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Tuesday, June 28 – Legends 14, KCK – “Megamind” and “Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit” (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends Outlets every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)
Wednesday, June 29 – Legends 14, KCK – “Megamind” and “Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit” (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends Outlets every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)
Thursday, June 30, 2011 – Independence Square, Liberty & Maple – “Yogi Bear”; Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “Antz” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Friday, July 1, 2011 – Crown Center – ““50 First Dates” (maybe not a movie to take the kiddos to!)”; Hyde Park Children’s Film Festival – concert by Danny Cox at 7:30pm and “Despicable Me” at 8:30pm; Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “Antz” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Saturday, July 2, 2011 – Briarcliff Village- “Raiders of the Lost Ark”; Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “Antz” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Sunday, July 3, 2011 – Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “Antz” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 – Legends 14, KCK – “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Charlotte’s Web” (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends Outlets every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 – Legends 14, KCK – “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Charlotte’s Web” (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends Outlets every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)
Thursday, July 7, 2011 – Independence Square, Liberty & Maple – “Field of Dreams”; Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “Megamind” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Friday, July 8, 2011 – Crown Center- “Tootsie” (Again, not a little kid flick!); Hyde Park Children’s Film Festival – concert by Bob Walkenhorst & Jeff Porter at 7:30pm and “How to Train Your Dragon” at 8:30pm; Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “Megamind” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Saturday, July 9, 2011 – Briarcliff Village- “Little Giants”; Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “Megamind” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Sunday, July 10, 2011 – Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “Megamind” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 – Legends 14, KCK – “Shrek Forever After” and “Rugrats: The Movie” (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends Outlets every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 – Legends 14, KCK – “Shrek Forever After” and “Rugrats: The Movie” (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends Outlets every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am); Plaza Branch Kansas City Public Library – movie TBA at 2pm
Thursday, July 14, 2011 – Independence Square, Liberty & Maple – “Toy Story 3”; Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “Madagascar” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Friday, July 15, 2011 – Crown Center- “Hoosiers”; Hyde Park Children’s Film Festival – concert by Fast Johnny Ricker at 7:30pm and “The Muppet Movie” at 8:30pm; Raytown/Colman Park - “Despicable Me”; Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “Madagascar” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Saturday, July 16, 2011 – Briarcliff Village- “Planes, Trains and Automobiles”; Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “Madagascar” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Sunday, July 17, 2011 – Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “Madagascar” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 – Legends 14, KCK – “Kung Fu Panda” and “Rugrats in Paris” (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends Outlets every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 – Legends 14, KCK – “Kung Fu Panda” and “Rugrats in Paris” (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends Outlets every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)
Thursday, July 21, 2011 – Independence Square, Liberty & Maple – “Gnomeo & Juliet”; Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “Shrek Forever After” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Friday, July 22, 2011 – Gladstone Amphitheatre’s Movies in the Park - “Karate Kid”; Street Flicks in Blue Springs – “How to Train Your Dragon”; Crown Center- “A League of Their Own”; Hyde Park Children’s Film Festival – concert by Kaye & Michael Johnston at 7:30pm and “Rango” at 8:30pm; Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “Shrek Forever After” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Saturday, July 23, 2011 – Briarcliff Village- “Free Willy”; Kearney Amphitheater – “Justin Bieber’s Never Say Never”; Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “Shrek Forever After” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Sunday, July 24, 2011 – Screenland Crown Center Family Fun Summer Movies – “Shrek Forever After” (1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. $3 tickets, plus $2 for a popcorn/juicebox combo)
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 – Legends 14, KCK – “Yogi Bear” and “Wizard of Oz” (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends Outlets every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 – Legends 14, KCK – “Yogi Bear” and “Wizard of Oz” (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends Outlets every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am); Plaza Branch Kansas City Public Library – movie TBA at 2pm
Thursday, June 28, 2011 – Independence Square, Liberty & Maple – “How to Train Your Dragon”
Friday, July 29, 2011 – Crown Center- “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”
Saturday, July 30, 2011 – Briarcliff Village- “Caddyshack”;
Thursday, August 4, 2011 – Independence Square, Liberty & Maple – “Shrek Forever After”
Friday, August 5, 2011 – Merriam Aquatic Center’s Dive-In Theatre – “Despicable Me”
Thursday, August 11, 2011 – Independence Square, Liberty & Maple – “Tangled”
Friday, August 19, 2011 – Oak Grove’s Webb Park – movie TBA; Leawood’s Amphitheater at Ironwoods Park – “Footloose”
