The summer movie season is here – not just at theaters but at Bayshore, which will once again host its free Family Flicks outdoor movie series complete with the addition of some bonus live entertainment beyond its featured presentations.
Hosted on Wednesday nights at 5:30 p.m. throughout the summer in The Yard, Bayshore's central green space, Family Flicks will screen a selection of some of the biggest movies in recent years – including all-ages-approved blockbusters like "The Super Mario Bros. Movie," "Wonka," "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish," "Elemental" and "Kung Fu Panda 4." The films will show on the giant screen overlooking The Yard, with food trucks and other vendors surrounding the grounds during the night.
It's not just the titles that are new to this year's lineup, though, as an hour before each movie rolls, Family Flicks will also host special off-screen entertainment in the space. The pre-show lineup includes live animals, bouncy houses, fairy tale princesses come to real life and other family-friendly demonstrations and displays.
So, with no further ado, here's the lineup of fun – both on the big screen and off – coming to Bayshore this summer with the Family Flicks movie series:
- June 12 – "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" with Elite Sports Club bounce house
- June 19 – "Rock Dog 3: Battle the Beat" with HAWS Mobile Unit
- June 26 – "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish" with Elite Sports Club bounce house and Elmbrook Humane Society
- July 3 – "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem" with Elite Sports Club bounce house
- July 10 – "Trolls Band Together" with Fairytale Birthday Company princesses
- July 17 – "Wish" with bubble show
- July 24 – "Migration" with Schlitz Audubon Nature Center raptor meet and greet
- July 31 – "The Little Mermaid" with Fairytale Birthday Company princesses
- Aug. 7 – "Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie" with Elite Sports Club bounce house and Elmbrook Humane Society
- Aug. 14 – "Wonka" with Fairytale Birthday Company princesses
- Aug. 21 – "Elemental" with Betty Brinn Children's Museum Wonder Wagon and North Shore Fire Department
- Aug. 28 – "Kung Fu Panda 4" with Schlitz Audubon Nature Center reptile and amphibian meet and greet
For more Bayshore summer shenanigans – including its Sounds of Summer free music series on Friday nights – click here for the concert lineup and click here for more event details.
And stay tuned to OnMilwaukee for even more summer concert series and festival info!
As much as it is a gigantic cliché to say that one has always had a passion for film, Matt Mueller has always had a passion for film. Whether it was bringing in the latest movie reviews for his first grade show-and-tell or writing film reviews for the St. Norbert College Times as a high school student, Matt is way too obsessed with movies for his own good.
When he's not writing about the latest blockbuster or talking much too glowingly about "Piranha 3D," Matt can probably be found watching literally any sport (minus cricket) or working at - get this - a local movie theater. Or watching a movie. Yeah, he's probably watching a movie.
