2023 Movies on the Beach & Bandstand

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MOVIES ON THE BEACH are shown Monday nights at dusk June -August.


MOVIES ON THE BANDSTAND are shown Friday nights at dusk in September.


All movies nights are subject to weather and beach conditions.


Bring a sand chair or blanket for both locations. Bandstand showings offer limited bench seating.

Thanks for a great season and for making us one of the nation's best movie events!

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Rock Dog

ROCK DOG (2019) 

JUNE 5     

Rated PG– A Tibetan mastiff living in a remote mountain community dreams of being a rock star. But when he heads to the big city to seek his fortune, his unprotected flock of sheep are preyed upon by a hungry wolf.

Puss In Boots

PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH (2022) 

JUNE 12 - RESCHEDULED FOR JUNE 14TH 

Rated PG– Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: he has burned through eight of his nine lives. Puss sets out on an epic journey to find the mythical Last Wish and restore his nine lives.

spirit

SPIRIT UNTAMED (2021)  

JUNE 19               

Rated PG - A young girl befriends a wild mustang named Spirit after moving with her aunt from the city to a small frontier town named Miradero. Together with her two friends and their horses, she pursues a life of exploration, adventure, and danger on the wide-open plains.

Cheaper

CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN (2003) 

JUNE 26 

RESCHEDULED FOR JUNE 28TH  

Rated PG – A successful small-town football coach and his wife lead a surprisingly idyllic - if necessarily regimented - life with their family of twelve children. When dad gets an offer he can't refuse to coach a Big Ten football team, they move to the city, his increasing workload, and his wife's book tour, turn the clan upside down.

Rumble

RUMBLE (2021)

JULY 3 

RAINED OUT

Rated PG– An aspiring monster wrestling coach, Winnie, takes on the challenge of coaching Rayburn, an inexperienced wrestler and charming underdog. Winnie and Rayburn aim to take down the monster wrestling world champion, Tentacular. Rumble is based on Rob Harrell's novel, “Monster on the Hill.”

Lorax

THE LORAX (2012)

JULY 10 

Rated PG– In a land where real vegetation is rare, a young boy (voice of Zac Efron) seeks to impress his pretty neighbor by getting a tree. But in the process, he encounters the Lorax, a cantankerous yet endearing creature intent on preserving the forest.

This movie correlates to the 2b1 concert being shown on the Bandstand Wednesday July 12th at 7:30.

Hidden Figures

HIDDEN FIGURES (2017)   

JULY 17

Rated PG – Female mathematicians Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Based on the unbelievably true-life stories of these women, known as "human computers", they quickly rose the ranks of NASA specifically tasked with calculating the momentous launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, and guaranteeing his safe return.

Midway

MIDWAY (2019) 

JULY 24

Rated PG -13 - In 1942, a few months after the infamous Pearl Harbor attack and a few years before World War II ended, the Japanese forces were once again planning to stage a sudden attack against their opponents this time near the Midway Atoll. Their plan, however, was intercepted, and the American forces arrived at the Pacific Ocean theater just in time to stop them. The battle lasted for three days, and its outcome became a critical turning point in the ongoing war. 

Be sure to attend Periers Day on the Bandstand July 27th and learn about the twinning relationship between Bethany Beach and Periers France.

Harry Potter

HARRY POTTER & THE SORCERER’S STONE (2001) 

JULY 31 (Harry Potter’s Birthday)

Rated PG – Adaptation of the first of J.K. Rowling's popular children's novels about a boy who learns on his eleventh birthday that he is the orphaned son of two powerful wizards and possesses unique magical powers of his own. He is summoned from his life as an unwanted child to become a student at Hogwarts, an English boarding school for wizards. There, he meets several friends who become his closest allies and help him discover the truth about his parents' mysterious deaths at the hands of a powerful adversary. 

This movie is sponsored by the South Coastal Library. 

Paw Patrol

PAW PATROL: THE MOVIE  (2021) 

AUGUST 7 - Rained out/rescheduled for August 9th.           

Rated G - When their biggest rival, Humdinger, becomes Mayor of nearby Adventure City and starts wreaking havoc, Ryder and the heroic pups kick into high gear to face the challenge head on. While one pup must face his past in Adventure City, the team finds help from a new ally, the savvy dachshund Liberty. Together, the PAW Patrol fights to save the citizens of Adventure City.

Elvis

ELVIS  (2022) 

AUGUST 14 - Rained out/ rescheduled for August 23rd.          

Rated PG-13 A look at the life of the legendary rock and roll star, Elvis Presley.

Elvis’ death on August 16, 1977, is commemorated every August in Memphis during Elvis week. 

Experience Jesse Garron’s Tribute to Elvis August 17th at 7:30 p.m. on the Bandstand.

Moana

MOANA (2016)  

AUGUST 21                     

Rated PG –an adventurous teenager is inspired to leave the safety and security of her island on a daring journey to save her people. Inexplicably drawn to the ocean, Moana convinces the mighty demigod Maui to join her mission, and he reluctantly helps her become a wayfinder like her ancestors who sailed before her. Together, they voyage across the open ocean on an action-packed adventure, encountering enormous monsters and impossible odds, and along the way, Moana fulfills her quest and discovers the one thing she’s always sought: her own identity.

Maverick

TOP GUN MAVERICK (2022)

SEPTEMBER 1

Rated PG-13 - After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw, call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick's late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose.”

YESTERDAY

YESTERDAY (2019)   

SEPTEMBER 15  

Rated PG-13 - After a freak accident during a worldwide blackout, struggling musician Jack Malik wakes to discover that he is the only person in the world to remember The Beatles. Using this newfound benefit to his advantage, Jack begins plagiarizing the work of the legendary band to launch his career to superstardom.

“Yesterday” was released as a single on September 13, 1965. 

Don’t miss Beatlemania Again September 16th at 6:30 p.m. on the Bandstand.

Shazam

SHAZAM (2019) 

SEPT 22 - Canceled - no rain date                

Rated PG -13 – We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson’s (Angel) case, by shouting out one word—SHAZAM!—this streetwise 14-year-old foster kid can turn into the adult Super Hero Shazam (Levi), courtesy of an ancient wizard. Still a kid at heart—inside a ripped, godlike body—Shazam revels in this adult version of himself by doing what any teen would do with superpowers: have fun with them! 

West Side Story

WEST SIDE STORY (2021) 

SEPTEMBER 29                

Rated PG - 13 – An adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.