San Diego County’s series of more than 100 summer movie screenings in various parks returns this Fridaywith a showing of “Barbie.”
Locals can meet at Waterfront Park in downtown San Diego for the event starting at 6 p.m. The opening of the summer movie season will be highlighted with additional activities, including bounce houses, crafts, music and games.
The series will continue on May 31 with a showing of “The Little Mermaid” at Fallbrook Community Center and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” at the Torrey Highlands Neighborhood Park in Carmel Valley. Also next weekend, “The Sandlot” will be shown at Standley Recreation Center in University City on Saturday.
Parks in all corners of the county are participating this summer in places such as Ramona, Julian, Escondido, North Park, Golden Hill, Imperial Beach, San Ysidro and Chula Vista. The film selections are described as family-friendly, with movies that debuted as recently as 2023 along with classics going as far back as “Rear Window” from 1954.
The screenings will continue through October and end with a final film, “The Book of Life,” on Nov. 1 at Old Town State Park. The movies start 15 minutes after sunset on each date. Attendees can bring their own blankets, beach chairs and picnics, and some locations may offer pre-movie activities.
For more information, go to summermoviesinthepark.com.
May 24 Waterfront Park Downtown: “Barbie”
May 31 Fallbrook Community Center: “The Little Mermaid”
May 31 Torrey Highlands Neighborhood Park: “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem”
June 1 Standley Recreation Center: “The Sandlot”
June 7 Pacific Beach/Taylor Library: “The Little Mermaid”
June 7 Scripps Ranch Community Park: Trolls Band Together”
June 8 Sweetwater Place Park: “The Little Mermaid
June 8 Dos Picos County Park: “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem”
June 8 Rolling Hills Park: “The Sandlot”
June 8 Morley Field Sports Complex: “The Sandlot”
June 14 Pine Valley County Park: “The Little Mermaid”
June 14 Golden Hill Recreation Center: “Shrek”
June 14 Doyle Recreation Center: “Wonka”
June 15 Poway Community Park: “The Little Mermaid”
June 15 Buena Vista Softball Field: “The Princess Bride”
June 15 Flinn Springs County Park: “Cars”
June 15 Cesar Solis Community Park: “Migration”
June 21 Encanto Recreation Center: “Luca”
June 21 Colina Del Sol Park: “Wonka”
June 22 Jess Martin County Park: “Jungle Cruise”
June 22 Potrero County Park: “Wonka”
June 22 Wegeforth Elementary Joint Use Field: “Monsters Inc”
June 22 Crown Point Park: “Luca”
June 28 Waterfront Park: “Trolls Band Together”
June 28 Nobel Recreation Center: “Finding Nemo”
June 28 Veterans Park Imperial Beach: “Migration”
June 29 Poway Community Park: “Migration”
June 29 Otay Lakes County Park: “Trolls Band Together”
June 29 University City Village: “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”
July 6 Lincoln Acres County Park: “Elemental”
July 12 Lindo Lake County Park: “Migration”
July 12 Sabre Springs Recreation Center: “Kung Fu Panda 4”
July 12 Naval Training Center (NTC Park): “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile”
July 12 Silver Wing Recreation Center: “Wonka”
July 12 Berry Street Park: Migration
July 12 Willie Henderson Sports Complex: “Kung Fu Panda 4”
July 13 Poway Swim Center: “Elemental”
July 13 Brengle Terrace Softball Field: “Wish”
July 13 Lake Morena County Park: “Kung Fu Panda 4”
July 13 Morley Field Sports Complex: “Beauty and the Beast”
July 13 Rancho Bernardo Glassman Recreation Center: “Trolls Band Together”
July 13 Santa Clara Recreation Center: “Wish”
July 19 Pine Valley County Park: “Barbie”
July 19 Cesar Chavez Community Center: “Trolls Band Together”
July 19 Villa La Jolla Park: “Migration”
July 19 Mt. View Community Center: “Raya and The Last Dragon”
July 19 Linda Vista Recreation Center: “The Addams Family”
July 20 Horse Creek Ridge County Park: “Migration”
July 20 Marcy Park: “The Greatest Showman”
July 20 South Clairemont Park: “Wall-E”
July 20 Memorial Recreation Center: “Migration”
July 26 Sweetwater Summit Regional Park: “Migration”
July 26 La Mesa Municipal Pool: “Elemental”
July 26 Dusty Rhodes Park: “Kung Fu Panda 4”
July 26 Bay Terraces Community Park: “Wonka”
July 26 Cadman Recreation Center Clairemont “Shrek”
July 27 Poway Community Park Poway “Kung Fu Panda 4”
July 27 Hilton Head Park: “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem”
July 27 Collier County Park: “Guardians of the Galaxy”
July 27 University City Gardens: “Wonka”
July 27 El Monte County Park: “Trolls Band Together”
July 27 Pacific Highlands Ranch Recreation Center: “Migration”
Aug. 2 Cesar Solis Community Park: “Kung Fu Panda 4”
Aug. 2 Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve: “Migration”
Aug. 2 North Park Recreation Center: “Shrek”
Aug. 2 Cabrillo Recreation Center: “Ice Age”
Aug. 2 Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center: “Kung Fu Panda 4”
Aug. 3 Ocean Air Recreation Center: “Elemental”
Aug. 3 Tecolote Recreation Center: “Monsters Inc”
Aug. 3 Montgomery-Waller Community Park: “Elemental”
Aug. 3 Memorial Recreation Center: “Wonka”
Aug. 6 Pacific Beach Library: “The Princess Bride”
Aug. 6 Officer Jeremy Henwood Memorial Park: “Toy Story 4”
Aug. 9 San Carlos Recreation Center: “Kung Fu Panda 4”
Aug. 9 Spring Valley County Park: “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken”
Aug. 9 Robert Egger Sr. South Bay Recreation Center: “Under The Boardwalk”
Aug. 9 Colina Del Sol Park: “Kung Fu Panda 4”
Aug. 9 Adams Recreation Center Ballfield: “The Secret Life of Pets”
Aug. 9 Berry Street Park: “Kung Fu Panda 4”
Aug. 10 Old Poway Park: “Hook”
Aug. 10 Brengle Terrace Softball Field: “Barbie”
Aug. 10 Otay Lakes County Park: “Barbie”
Aug. 10 Santee Lakes: “Migration”
Aug. 10 Rolando Elementary School: “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”
Aug. 10 Rancho Bernardo Recreation Center: “The Little Mermaid”
Aug. 16 4S Ranch Sports Park: “Elemental”
Aug. 16 Fallbrook Community Center: “Trolls Band Together “
Aug. 16 Azalea Recreation Center: “Migration”
Aug. 16 Mountain View Community Center: Elemental
Aug. 16 Cherokee Joint Use Field: Kung Fu Panda 4
Aug. 17 Morley Field Sports Complex: Trolls Band Together
Aug. 17 Flinn Springs County Park: The Sandlot
Aug. 17 Tierrasanta Recreation Center: Trolls Band Together
Aug. 17 Chollas Lake Amphitheater: The Little Mermaid
Aug. 17 North Clairemont Recreation Center: Migration
Aug. 23 San Dieguito County Park: How to Train Your Dragon
Aug. 23 Collier Park: Wish
Aug. 23 Robb Athletic Field: Migration
Aug. 23 Nobel Recreation Center: Kung Fu Panda 4
Aug. 23 Lopez Ridge Recreation Center: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Aug. 24 Jess Martin County Park: Lady and the Tramp
Aug. 24 Felicita County Park: The Goonies
Aug. 24 Heritage County Park: Rear Window
Aug. 24 Allied Gardens Recreation Center: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Aug. 24 Clay Park: Elemental
Aug. 30 Ocean Beach: Lilo and Stitch
Aug. 31 Waterfront Park: Elemental
Aug. 31 Lincoln Acres County Park: Mrs. Doubtfire
Sept. 7 La Jolla Recreation Center: Wonka
Sept. 13 Spring Valley County Park: Elemental
Sept. 13 Lindo Lake County Park: Little Giants
Sept. 13 Point Loma Community Park: Wonka
Sept. 14 Stagecoach Park:Toy Story
Sept. 20 La Mesita Park La Mesa Wonka
Sept. 21 Sweetwater Summit Regional Park: A Million Miles Away
Sept. 21 Flinn Springs County Park: Barbie
Sept. 21 Town Center Community Park: Encanto
Sept. 21 Felicita County Park: The Sandlot
Sept. 21 Heritage County Park: Mean Girls
Sept. 28 Rancho Guajome Adobe County Park: Nacho Libre
Oct. 5 Waterfront Park: Haunted Mansion
Oct. 11 North Park Mini Park: The Greatest Showman
Oct. 11 Nobel Recreation Center: Coco
Oct. 12 Hellhole Canyon Preserve: Mt. Kung Fu Panda 4
Oct.12 Lake Morena County Park: Hocus Pocus
Oct. 12 Felicita County Park: Coco (in Spanish)
Oct. 12 Hilltop Recreation Center: The Goonies
Oct. 18 MacArthur Park: Trolls Band Together
Oct. 19 Otay Lakes County Park: Hocus Pocus
Oct. 19 Live Oak County Park: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Oct. 19 Mira Mesa Recreation Center: Hotel Transylvania 4
Oct. 19 Mt. Hope Cemetery: Monster House
Oct. 25 Torrey Highlands Neighborhood Park: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Oct. 25 Pacific Beach Recreation Center: Hotel Transylvania
Oct. 25 Ocean Beach Recreation Center: Hotel Transylvania 2
Oct. 25 Presidio Recreation Center: Trolls Band Together
Oct. 26 Agua Caliente County Park: “Ghostbusters: Afterlife”
Oct. 26 Horse Creek Ridge County Park: Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island”
Oct. 26 Standley Recreation Center: “Hotel Transylvania 3”
Nov. 1 Old Town State Park: “The Book of Life”