Celebrating 70 years in 2024!
☾ Now Open Friday -Sunday Nights
Join us at the drive-in this weekend! 1175 S. Sangamon Ave. Gibson City IL 60936
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Join us at the drive-in this weekend! 1175 S. Sangamon Ave. Gibson City IL 60936
From the bottom of our heart, THANK YOU ALL!
The voting period has now ended for the 2024 USA Today reader's choice 10 Best Drive-ins contest. They will officially announce the top 10 on Wednesday May 22nd. Whether we are on that list or not, we are proud and blown away by all the votes, social media shares, news and encouragement shown to us the past 4 weeks the voting has been going on.
If we make it on the list, we'll be sure to thank you even more as we continue to celebrate our 70th Anniversary all season long.
Until they make the announcement, we encourage you to keep up that support by attending our upcoming events, making plans to join us for future movies and telling everyone you know that the Harvest Moon is one of 279 remaining drive-ins open in the US and working hard to provide fun for the entire family for years to come!
We'll see you all soon!
Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in
1175 S. Sangamon Ave.
Gibson City IL 60936
Admission Prices:
12 and older- $10.00 a person
Kids 4-11- $8.00 a person
Kids under 4 are free
$5 food permit fee(to bring in outside food/drink/snacks) Billed at $5 per vehicle, each vehicle bringing in or sharing food brought in must have a food permit. A percent of each permit sold is donated to St. Jude!
Gates open at 6:30 pm Friday & Saturday and 7:30 pm Sunday
Showtime is 8:35 pm
Screen 1 Double Feature
8:35 pm:
91.3 FM
IF
Rating: PG Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes
&
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Rating: G Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes
Screen 2 Double Feature
8:35pm:
88.5 FM
The Wizard of Oz (85th Anniversary)
Rating: G Runtime: 1 hour 42 minutes
&
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 2 hours 25 minutes
We look forward to welcoming you all back for our 70th Anniversary celebration!
In addition to the movies, each night we'll be hosting our kid's box car build off where you bring out cardboard cars custom made and designed by the kids to compete for fun prizes. You create and build the cars at home, then show them off at the contest on the night you join us!
It's also the return of our Pajama Party weekend! Dress in your favorite comfy pjs and you might win a prize at intermission time!
We will have some fun themed snacks and local collaborations to enhance the experience with tasty treats by Tab's Chocolates & more.
Plus- we have some really sweet collectibles and kids stuff to enjoy including Kid's combos and the IF figure popcorn container!
One of our favorite early season events returns this Memorial Day Weekend with the Retro Luau Party Weekend May 24th-26th!
Not only do we have the top 2 movies in the world including the brand new family movie Garfield on screen 1 and IF on screen 2, but we have fun extras the whole family will enjoy.
Luau inspired food and drink options, the Tiki Hut will reopen for it's summer season run on Friday and Saturday nights. The Snack Bar and Burger Barn will be open all 3 nights slinging some fresh food and inspired tropical treats.
We have free leis for everyone!
The drive-in gets a luau inspired makeover with fun photo spots, free carousel rides before the show and we have a special intermission plus relaxing vibes to start our summer off right.
The drive-in will also be open 7 nights a week starting Memorial Day Monday and run that way through the middle of August when school goes back into session.
Our May calendar is absolutely full of fun events for all ages! From anniversary classics newer and older, brand new blockbuster movies and a bunch of fun extras celebrating food, fun and special occasions.
May 17-19 Pure Imagination & Pajama Party Weekend
Screen 1: IF & Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Screen 2: Wizard of Oz 85th Anniversary & Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Box Car Build-off & PJ contest plus fun extras for all ages.
May 24-27 Memorial Day Weekend Retro Luau Party
Screen 1: The Garfield Movie
Screen 2: IF
Luau and tropical inspired treats, photo spots, free leis, chill vibes and fun for all ages.
Memorial Day- Start of our summer season being open 7 nights a week through mid August
May 31-June 2 Chilly Dilly Pickle Fest
Screen 1: The Garfield Movie
Screen 2: Twister
25+ pickle goodies, photo spots, contests and fun celebrating pickles!
So much to do and see each weekend to start off the summer during our 70th Anniversary season. Don't just watch a movie, experience it under the stars this year with us at the Harvest Moon!
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One of our favorite early season events returns this Memorial Day Weekend with the Retro Luau Party Weekend May 24th-26th!
Not only do we have the top 2 movies in the world including the brand new family movie Garfield on screen 1 and IF on screen 2, but we have fun extras the whole family will enjoy.
Luau inspired food and drink options, the Tiki Hut will reopen for it's summer season run on Friday and Saturday nights. The Snack Bar and Burger Barn will be open all 3 nights slinging some fresh food and inspired tropical treats.
We have free leis for everyone!
The drive-in gets a luau inspired makeover with fun photo spots, free carousel rides before the show and we have a special intermission plus relaxing vibes to start our summer off right.
The drive-in will also be open 7 nights a week starting Memorial Day Monday and run that way through the middle of August when school goes back into session.
We kickoff the summer fun with the first annual Chilly Dilly Pickle Fest May 31st-June 2nd right here at the Harvest Moon.
Up on screen 1, we will have the family(and food) related movie Garfield. Back on screen 2, we will be showing the iconic TWISTER.
Dill Pickles and Drive-ins have been an inseparable pair since the 1950's and we're celebrating our love of pickles in a big way!
We will have over 20 different Pickle themed food and drink items including:
Dachos(dill pickle nachos), Pickle Burgers, Pickle Fries, Pickle Slushies and Shaved Ice, several pickle inspired drinks/mocktails, pickle candy, pickle cotton candy, pickle popcorn, pickle pretzels, mini donuts, pickle condiments, pickle pizza, pickle chips, fried pickle chips, pickle flights, pickle snacks and a whole host more!
We'll have all 3 of our food stands open for this event including the Tiki Hut/Pickle Bar, The Snack Bar & Burger Barn with the specials until we run out!
We will have fun photo spots including a life-size pickle jar, head in the hole photo prop, neon pickle wall, and our Pickle Posse of fun pickle characters to get photos with.(you and even put on the pickle costume and get pictures in it!)
We're selling a wide variety fun pickle merch including commemorative shirts, stickers, temporary tattoos, keychains and bringing in 3 vendors to offer up creative and customizable pickle items like blankets, tumblers/cups, shirts, collectibles & more.
We hope to make this the biggest pickle party in central IL!
We plan to open the gates around 5:30/6pm Friday and Saturday and 6:30 pm Sunday so people can get their pickle party on and show the world why the Harvest Moon is a big Dill this summer!
Admission tickets to the movies showing May 31-June 2 are your entrance fee for pickle fest and the movie. You get to experience all the extras with your admission, food/drinks and merchandise are sold separately.
See you at the drive-in!
Make plans to join us for the return of our Kid's Carnival to benefit St. Jude! 100% of the day's proceeds after expenses go to benefit St. Jude(tickets, games, activities and food sales!)
You must pay admission to see the movies, but you don't have to stay for them, just let us know at the ticket booth. Tickets for Games and Activities are sold at the Tiki Hut or Prize Tent.
25+ games to play with great prizes to win. All activities cost just $1- $2 to play and kids get a prize each time for games(activities with no prizes excluded). We have over $3500 in prizes to give out!
Games: Yard Pong, Axe Throwing(kid safe), Skill Ball, Corn Box, Duck Pond, Fish Pond, Dino Dig, Chuck a Duck, Bozo Buckets, Cone Zone, Basketball Shot, Cornhole Toss, Three in Row, Bottle Ring Toss, Fishbowl Toss, Bottle Knockdown, Avengers Bowling, Zombie Shooting Gallery, Balloon Darts, and Peddle Karts.
We're looking for volunteers to help run the games with benefit packages.(volunteers get free admission to the event, a $10 dinner voucher to have dinner on us, and 2 admission passes for a future movie with a value of $40 for 3 hours of volunteer time) Please PM us if you would like to volunteer as we need 15-20 volunteers for the event!
In addition to the games, we have- Face Painting by The Zoo Lady, Balloon Art/Animals from The Unique Twist, a Bounce House, Barrel Train Rides and Stuff N Love build your own stuffed animals!
Movies showing are Pixar's Inside Out 2 on screen 1 and Bad Boys Ride or Die on screen 2. Tickets can be purchased now at our website. Activity and games tickets must be purchased at the theater the day of the event.
Gates will open at 5:30 pm with the activities taking place from 5:30-8:30 pm, then showtime will be around 8:50 pm for the movies.
Bring the family out early and enjoy the extra fun with all of the proceeds benefiting St. Jude Children's Hospital!
Please don't go Bacon my heart this summer.
Just as the temperatures start to sizzle at the end of June, we're bringing out our 2nd flavor fest of the 70th anniversary season with Bacon Fest 2024.
We're celebrating a truly American food staple, smoking hot Bacon!
The new family movie combination of Inside Out 2 and Garfield will be on screen 1 while we host a drive-in creature feature and 90's classics Jurassic Park and Tremors on screen 2 featuring the one and only Kevin Bacon!
We'll have dozens of Bacon themed menu items from sweet, to salty and sizzling including bacon popcorn, cotton candy, candy items, nachos, hot dogs, burgers, fries and even dessert items like the maple bacon funnel cake!
You can grab a picture with our Bacon board or Bacon mascot and have some fun with us with extra contests like the Bacon and Beard showdown(prizes for whoever comes in tops in a custom mustache and beard contest).
Plus it's our 2nd Jeep Jamboree weekend of the season where those bringing out a Jeep or vehicle with a drop/removable top(broncos, slingshots, convertibles and roadsters) get a free gift item from us and we'll have our best looking Jeep contest each of the 3 nights. We're also working to have a fun overnight option you can take advantage of down the road for those that come from long distances to visit the drive-in.
Tickets will be available online at www.drive-in.fun in advance or at the gate each night.
Classic Car Cruise-in nights are coming back starting June 7th-9th!
Drive out to the drive-in in a classic car for a chance to get a prize and a discount on admission for everyone in the car on these nights.
It's a fun way to enjoy the movies in a truly retro experience!
This is for all the jeepers that love drive-in movies and want to have a fun night (all jeeps are welcome). Those that bring out a convertible, roadster or Jeep/bronco with a removeable top will get a free coupon for pop & popcorn AND a free duck!
That being said if you bring your jeep make sure to bring your ducks, you might even get ducked!
Showcase your Jeep and you could be featured on our Facebook page.
(For those that don’t know ducking a jeep with a rubber duck is an act of kindness in the jeeper community. It shows that you like their Jeep. It’s also just fun to do. Get ducked )
All vehicles welcome this is just a special extra for jeep, removable top vehicles & convertible owners.
Spread the word and get excited for lot's of drive-in fun!
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Introducing Drive-in Dollars!
What is it?
Simple, you get reward points for every admission you purchase to see a movie here at the Harvest Moon and every purchase of $10 or more that you spend on food and merch at our sales stands. Every point you earn adds up to great rewards such as Free Drinks, Free Popcorn, Free Admission.
Ask for your card at the Ticket Booth or Snack Bar
The Harvest Moon is a unique drive-in movie theatre located in the heart of central Illinois.
Conveniently located 35 miles from Bloomington Normal and 30 miles from Champaign Urbana, The Harvest Moon is the area's # 1 summer movie & event destination. From March - November we offer a unique escape with your favorite retro movies, sporting/music events on screen, live concerts and event rentals in our nostalgic atmosphere.
We are home to the $2 bill giveaway, retro movie nights, and the best drive-in food in the Midwest. Once you've been here, don't forget to tell your friends you've been the 'World Famous' Harvest Moon Twin Drive In and we'll see you again soon!
The Drive-in is now open on weekends for our 70th anniversary in 2024.
Aerial view of Local H Concert at the Harvest Moon in 2020.
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