Free Outdoor Movie Screening in Chicago This Summer
Aside from outdoor concerts and rooftop bars, outdoor movies are also free in Chicago! This summer, Chicago Park District is throwing down with some awesome movies Cool Hand Luke, Purple Rain, and Labyrinth. Below are the schedules of all the free movies in the city, so c’mon and bring your own blanket, and chill the night away.
JUNE
JUN 14Tue
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Pottawattomie Park
JUN 14Tue
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Kedvale Park
JUN 15Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Mary Bartelme Park
JUN 15Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Harold Washington Playlot Park
JUN 16Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Commercial Club Playground
JUN 16Thu
RonaldoFree, BYO picnic and chairs.
Hollywood Park
JUN 16Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Pasteur Park
JUN 16Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Wicker Park
JUN 17Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Shedd Park
JUN 17Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Gladstone Park
JUN 17Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
West Chatham Park
JUN 17Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Washington Park (DuSable Museum)
JUN 18Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Gross Park
JUN 18Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Pulaski Park
JUN 18Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Sauganash Park
JUN 19Sun
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Piotrowski Park
JUN 20Mon
Movie showing northwest of E Balbo Ave and S Columbus Dr. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Grant Park
JUN 21Tue
Free, come early for pavilion seats.
Millennium Park
JUN 21Tue
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
McKinley Park
JUN 21Tue
Movie showing north of Bryn Mawr Ave, east of Lake Shore Drive. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Kathy Osterman Beach
JUN 21Tue
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
West Lawn Park
JUN 22Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Blackhawk Park
JUN 22Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Foster Park
JUN 22Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Harrison Park
JUN 22Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Independence Park
JUN 22Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Olympia Park
JUN 23Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Brooks Park
JUN 23Thu
The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Riis Park
JUN 23Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Wicker Park
JUN 24Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Athletic Field Park
JUN 24Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Cornell Square Park
JUN 24Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
North Park Village Nature Center
JUN 24Fri
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julia Newmar
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Kathy Osterman Beach
JUN 25Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Touhy Park
JUN 25Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Ellis (Samuel) Park
JUN 25Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Oz Park
JUN 25Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Winnemac Park
JUN 26Sun
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
LeClaire Courts/Hearst Community
JUN 26Sun
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Maggie Daley Park
JUN 27Mon
Movie showing northeast of S. Hyde Park Blvd. and E. 53rd St. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Harold Washington Playlot Park
JUN 27Mon
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Holstein Park
JUN 27Mon
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Sherwood Park
JUN 28Tue
Free, come early for pavilion seats.
Millennium Park
JUN 28Tue
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Ward (Aaron Montgomery) Park
JUN 29Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Kosciuszko Park
JUN 29Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Lindblom Park
JUN 29Wed
Movie showing east of Stockton Dr, across from the Cultural Center. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Lincoln Park
JUN 30Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Lowe Playground Park
JUN 30Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Tuley Park
JUN 30Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Wentworth Park
JUN 30Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Wicker Park
JULY
JUL 1Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Homan Square Park
JUL 1Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Indian Boundary Park
JUL 1Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Ronan Park
JUL 5Tue
A League of Their OwnFree, come early for pavilion seats.
Millennium Park
JUL 6Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Brainerd Park
JUL 6Wed
Movie showing east of the Calumet Park Fieldhouse. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Calumet Park
JUL 6Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Shabbona Park
JUL 7Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Normandy Playground Park
JUL 7Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Riis Park
JUL 7Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Wilson (John P.) Park
JUL 8Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Eugene Field
JUL 8Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Meyering Playground Park
JUL 8Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Oz Park
JUL 9Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Avondale Park
JUL 9Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Eckhart Park
JUL 9Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Rosenblum Park
JUL 11Mon
Movie showing south of the skate park at Burroughs Beach. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Burroughs (Margaret) Beach Park
JUL 11Mon
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Hoyne Playground Park
JUL 12Tue
Movie showing on the patio behind the Chicago History Museum. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Lincoln Park
UL 12Tue
ree, come early for pavilion seats.
Millennium Park
JUL 12Tue
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Ward (Aaron Montgomery) Park
JUL 12Tue
MinionsFree, BYO picnic and chairs.
Daniel Webster Park
UL 13Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Midway Plaisance Park
JUL 13Wed
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Amundsen Park
JUL 13Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Piotrowski Park
JUL 13Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Touhy-Herbert Park
JUL 14Thu
Movie showing northeast of Simonds Dr and Montrose Ave. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Lincoln Park
JUL 14Thu
MinionsMovie showing east of the Calumet Park Fieldhouse. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Calumet Park
JUL 14Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
La Follette Park
JUL 15Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
O’Hallaren Park
JUL 15Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Ping Tom Memorial Park
JUL 15Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Independence Park
JUL 15Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Maplewood Park
JUL 15Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Mayfair Park
JUL 16Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Washington Park (DuSable Museum)
JUL 16Sat
War RoomFree, BYO picnic and chairs.
Dawes Park
ADD
JUL 16Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Langley Playlot Park
JUL 16Sat
Movie showing in the lawn at Farwell Ave. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Loyola Park
JUL 17Sun
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Hiawatha Park
JUL 17Sun
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Jonquil Park
JUL 17Sun
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Lake Shore Park
JUL 18Mon
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Chippewa Park
JUL 18Mon
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Euclid Park
JUL 18Mon
Movie showing north of Bryn Mawr Ave, east of Lake Shore Drive. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Kathy Osterman Beach
JUL 19Tue
Moonstruck & Silence of the Lambs
Free double feature, come early for pavilion seats.
Millennium Park
JUL 19Tue
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Mary Bartelme Park
JUL 19Tue
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Kells Playground Park
JUL 19Tue
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Wicker Park
JUL 19Tue
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Mozart Park
JUL 20Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Midway Plaisance Park
JUL 20Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Beverly Park
JUL 20Wed
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Hamilton Park
JUL 20Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Kilbourn Park
JUL 20Wed
The Amazing Spider Man 2 (2014)
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Owens Park
JUL 21Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Moore Park
JUL 21Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Oakdale Park
JUL 21Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Trebes Park
JUL 21Thu
Sponge Bob: Sponge Out of Water
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Wildwood Park
JUL 21Thu
Sponge Bob: Sponge Out of Water
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Rainey Park
JUL 22Fri
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Mandrake Park
JUL 22Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Revere Park
JUL 22Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Douglas Park
JUL 23Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Armstrong Park
JUL 23Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Winnemac Park
JUL 23Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Berger Park
JUL 23Sat
Movie showing east of the Humboldt Park Boathouse. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Humboldt Park
JUL 24Sun
Movie showing northeast of S Hyde Park Blvd and E 53rd St. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Harold Washington Playlot Park
JUL 25Mon
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Calumet Park
JUL 25Mon
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Foster Park
JUL 26Tue
Kartemquin Films 50th Anniversary Celebration
Free documentary screening, come early for pavilion seats.
Millennium Park
JUL 26Tue
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Chicago Women’s Park and Gardens
JUL 26Tue
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Ward (Aaron Montgomery) Park
JUL 26Tue
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Walsh Playground Park
JUL 27Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Touhy Park
JUL 27Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Midway Plaisance Park
JUL 27Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Hermosa Park
JUL 27Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Kelly Park
JUL 27Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Mann Park
JUL 27Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Lindblom Park
JUL 28Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Dunbar Park
JUL 28Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Fuller Park
JUL 28Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Harrison Park
JUL 28Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Avalon Park
JUL 29Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Armour Square Park
JUL 29Fri
SpongeBob: Sponge Out of Water
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Nat King Cole Park
JUL 29Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Senn Playlot Park
JUL 29Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Athletic Field Park
JUL 30Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Fosco Park
JUL 30Sat
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Garfield Park
JUL 30Sat
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Peterson Park
JUL 31Sun
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Churchill Field Playlot Park
JUL 31Sun
Rookie of the YearFree, BYO picnic and chairs.
Jonquil Park
AUGUST
AUG 1Mon
Movie showing south of Belmont Harbor, east of Lake Shore Drive. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Lincoln Park
AUG 1Mon
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
River Park
AUG 1Mon
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Daniel Webster Park
AUG 2Tue
Free, come early for pavilion seats.
Millennium Park
AUG 2Tue
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Grand Crossing Park
AUG 2Tue
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Ward (Aaron Montgomery) Park
AUG 2Tue
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Welles Park
AUG 3Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Midway Plaisance Park
AUG 3Wed
Movie showing in the lawn at Farwell Ave. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Loyola Park
AUG 3Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Brands Park
AUG 3Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Shabbona Park
AUG 4Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Adams Playground Park
AUG 4Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Gill Park
AUG 4Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Minuteman Park
AUG 4Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Wicker Park
AUG 4Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Trumbull Park
AUG 5Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Clarendon Park Community Center
AUG 5Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Palmer Park
AUG 5Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Riis Park
AUG 5Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Mayfair Park
AUG 6Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Columbus Park
AUG 6Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Rowan Park
AUG 6Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Sherwood Park
AUG 7Sun
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Brooks Park
AUG 7Sun
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Kelvyn Park
AUG 8Mon
Movie showing northeast of S Hyde Park Blvd and E 53rd St. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Harold Washington Playlot Park
AUG 8Mon
Movie showing behind the South Shore Cultural Center. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
South Shore Cultural Center
AUG 9Tue
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Taylor-Lauridsen Playground Park
AUG 9Tue
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Archer Park
AUG 9Tue
Movie showing east of the Marquette Park spray pool. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Marquette Park
AUG 9Tue
Free sing-along, come early for pavilion seats.
Millennium Park
AUG 10Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Oriole Park
AUG 10Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Dvorak Park
AUG 10Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Midway Plaisance ParK
AUG 10Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Foster Park
AUG 10Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Park No. 540
AUG 11Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Davis Square Park
AUG 11Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Hamlin Park
AUG 11Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Harris Park
AUG 11Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Bessemer Park
AUG 12Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Kosciuszko Park
AUG 12Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Vittum Park
AUG 12Fri
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
West Pullman Park
AUG 12Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Independence Park
AUG 13Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Winnemac Park
AUG 13Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Bradley Park
AUG 13Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Samuel Ellis Park
AUG 14Sun
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Jonquil Park
AUG 14Sun
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Wolfe Playground Park
AUG 15Mon
Movie showing south of the skate park at Burroughs Beach. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Margaret Burroughs Beach Park
AUG 15Mon
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Dvorak Park
AUG 15Mon
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
South Shore Cultural Center
AUG 16Tue
Free, come early for pavilion seats.
Millennium Park
AUG 16Tue
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Augusta Park
AUG 16Tue
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Mary Bartelme Park
AUG 16Tue
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Senka Park
AUG 17Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Bell Park
AUG 17Wed
Movie showing on the patio behind the Chicago History Museum. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Lincoln Park
AUG 17Wed
Movie showing northeast of S Hyde Park Blvd and E 53rd St. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Harold Washington Playlot Park
AUG 18Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Graver Park
AUG 18Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Moran Playground Park
AUG 18Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Wrightwood Park
AUG 19Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Edgebrook Park
AUG 19Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Ridge Park
AUG 19Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Austin Town Hall Park
AUG 20Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Washington Park (DuSable Museum)
AUG 20Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Chicago Women’s Park and Gardens
AUG 20Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Oz Park
AUG 20Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Unity Playlot Park
AUG 21Sun
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Harrison Park
AUG 22Mon
Movie showing east of the Calumet Park Fieldhouse. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Calumet Park
AUG 22Mon
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Cotton Tail Park
AUG 22Mon
Movie showing behind the South Shore Cultural Center. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
South Shore Cultural Cente
AUG 23Tue
Free screening with WBEZ’s Sound Opinions, come early for pavilion seats.
Millennium Park
AUG 23Tue
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Lawler Park
AUG 23Tue
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Ward (Aaron Montgomery) Park
AUG 24Wed
Movie showing at the north end of La Villita Park, at 27th St. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
La Villita Park
AUG 24Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Riis Park
AUG 24Wed
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
White (Willye B.) Park
AUG 25Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Berger Park
AUG 25Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Seward Park
AUG 25Thu
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Frank J. Wilson Park
AUG 26Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Abbott Park
AUG 26Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Athletic Field Park
AUG 26Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Franklin Park
AUG 26Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Jensen Park
AUG 26Fri
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Margaret Donahue Park
AUG 27Sat
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Movie showing at 39th St and Lake Shore Drive. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Humboldt Park
AUG 27Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Oz Park
AUG 27Sat
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Veterans’ Memorial Park
AUG 28Sun
Captain America: The First Avenger
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Jonquil Park
AUG 29Mon
Movie showing northwest of E Balbo Ave and S Columbus Dr. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Grant Park
AUG 29Mon
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Holstein Park
AUG 29Mon
Movie showing behind the South Shore Cultural Center. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
South Shore Cultural Center
AUG 30Tue
Chicago Onscreen Local Film Showcase
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Northerly Island Park (Fieldhouse)
AUG 30Tue
Favorite Chicago movie (audience choice)
Free movie TBA, come early for pavilion seats.
Millennium Park
AUG 31Wed
Chicago Onscreen Local Film Showcase
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Kelly Park
AUG 31Wed
Chicago Onscreen Local Film Showcase
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Palmer Square Park
SEPTEMBER
SEP 1Thu
Chicago Onscreen Local Film Showcase
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Margate Park Fieldhouse
SEP 1Thu
Chicago Onscreen Local Film Showcase
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
West Pullman Park
SEP 2Fri
Chicago Onscreen Local Film ShowcaseF
ree, BYO picnic and chairs.
Pulaski Park
SEP 2Fri
Chicago Onscreen Local Film Showcase
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Revere Park
SEP 3Sat
Chicago Onscreen Local Film Showcase
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Gage Park
SEP 3Sat
Chicago Onscreen Local Film Showcase
Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Midway Plaisance Park
SEP 5Mon
Movie showing north of Bryn Mawr Ave, east of Lake Shore Drive. Free, BYO picnic and chairs.
Kathy Osterman Beach
