Outdoor Movie Nights

Applications are open to London residents and neighbourhood-based groups. Resident or groups can only apply for one outdoor movie night per year.

Schools, school councils, faith-based organizations, places of worship, businesses or non-profit organizations cannot apply. 

Residents who host outdoor movie nights in their neighbourhood must:

• Choose a movie that has a public viewing license in Canada
• Promote the event in their neighbourhood such as using posters, flyers, and on social media. Our goal is for a minimum of 100 residents to attend
• Be present at the park throughout the setup, running of the movie and cleanup

The City of London will:

• Reserve the park and provide insurance for the event
• Provide all the necessary equipment and staff, and set up and tear down the equipment
• Provide the movie (if released) and purchase the license to publicly show the movie
• Print a limited number of posters and flyers and provide them to the organizing resident to distribute
• Determine cancellation of an outdoor movie night, should there be inclement weather (rain dates are not guaranteed)

Outdoor movie nights take place from the third weekend in June to the third weekend in September. 

City staff begin setup by 7 p.m., and cleanup must be complete by 11 p.m. There are a limited number of movie nights each season based on availability of resources. 

Outdoor movie nights can only take place in City of London parks. Click here to checkout our neighbourhood parks.

In the event of rain, thunderstorms or high wind, the outdoor movie night will be cancelled.

The movie license companies control whether the movie requested is available for a license on a specific date. 

Insurance coverage begins one hour prior to the movie beginning or when City staff arrive.