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Summer Classics return to the Kentucky Theatre

Enjoy discounted tickets at this annual movie festival featuring family friendly animation, film noir, blockbusters, and other summer classics.

The Kentucky Theatre's neon marquee brightly illuminated against the dark night.

Become a member for discounts on tickets and non-alcoholic concessions. | Photo by @herdlani

Nothing says summer quite like a bucket of popcorn, a frosty soda, and a blockbuster movie. Lexingtonians have flocked to the Kentucky Theatre’s Summer Classics series for nearly 30 years, and this year’s lineup of 16 cinema masterpieces continues the tradition.

Beginning Wednesday, May 21, film fanatics can enjoy a specially selected movie every Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. and 7:15 p.m., with tickets starting at $6.50.

Tickets are on sale now, so find your favorite films and snag your seats. (City Editor Sam already has his tickets for Return of the Jedi on July 30.)

“Raising Arizona” | May 21
“12 Angry Men” | May 28
“Close Encounters of the Third Kind” | June 4
“The French Connection” | June 11
“One Hundred and One Dalmatians” | June 18
“The Lady from Shanghai” | June 25
“Do the Right Thing” | July 2
“My Fair Lady” | July 9
“Imitation of Life” | July 16
“Raiders of the Lost Ark” | July 23
“Star Wars: Return of the Jedi” | July 30
“Notorious” | August 6
“All That Jazz” | August 13
“Heat” | August 20
“Blade Runner” | August 27
“The Big Lebowski” |September 3

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