The planned return of Dubbo’s drive-in has triggered an “overwhelming amount of interest” locally and beyond in the lead-up to tickets going on sale for the one-off event, organisers report.
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Momentum continued to build for April’s Westview Drive-In reopening when a program of five classic movies was revealed on Monday.
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Top Gun, Grease, Dirty Dancing and Nightmare on Elm Street will be shown at the April 7-9 event.
Drive-in enthusiasts will have the chance to secure a spot when tickets go on sale online at 9am on Friday.
Tickets will cost $35 per car per movie, with a 400-car maximum capacity at each of the five sessions.
The drive-in project, a partnership between Dubbo City Youth Council and Dubbo Regional Council (DRC), has been more than a year in the making.
It will bring movies back to the outdoor screen more than 30 years after the Westview Drive-In Theatre closed.
“There has been an overwhelming amount of interest in the reopening of the drive-in and there is a limit to the amount of cars we can have at each session so I would encourage everyone to get in quickly to get their tickets because I predict they won’t be available for long,” DRC youth development officer Jason Yelverton said.
A flood of interest on social media met the announcement of the reopening.
“I think everyone in the community and not just within Dubbo, right across NSW, I’ve had people contact me really interested and wondering how they can get tickets,” Mr Yelverton said.
“I think it’s going to be great for Dubbo, in terms of bringing a lot of people outside town here.”
On the Friday and Saturday nights there will be two sessions and on Sunday there will be one session.
“On the Friday we will be showing Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and then Top Gun, Saturday’s line-up will be Grease for the early session and Dirty Dancing for the late session and on Sunday night we have the horror classic Nightmare on Elm Street,” Mr Yelverton said.
“We tried hard to get a range of classic films so we would have something that appealed to everyone.
“Showing classic films will also bring back memories for those who have been to the drive-in before while also giving the younger generation a taste of what the drive-in was like during its heyday.”
Mr Yelverton told of his appreciation for the local businesses and other community members who had got behind the project.
“On behalf of the Dubbo City Youth Council and Dubbo Regional Council I would like to thank everyone who has put so much work into making this project a reality for Youth Week 2017,” he said.
“... I really can’t say enough about how much the community’s jumped on board.
“It just goes to show Dubbo is a great place to live.”