Red Sox to host "Halloween Movie Night" at Fenway Park presented by Alamo Drafthouse Friday, October 27
BOSTON, MA – Fenway Park will host “Halloween Movie Night at Fenway Park,” presented by Alamo Drafthouse, on Friday, October 27, featuring the 1993 Halloween movie classic, _Hocus Pocus_, in celebration of the film’s 30th anniversary. Prior to the ticketed screening of _Hocus Pocus_, families are invited to enjoy free festive activities in the Gate B concourse and trick-or-treat around the warning track.
Tickets for the screening of Hocus Pocus directly following trick-or-treating are $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. Children ages 2 and under are free. Fans can purchase movie tickets at redsox.com/movienight. A ticket will be required to remain in the ballpark for the screening of Hocus Pocus.
Trick-or-treating will take place on the warning track from 4-6:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Wally the Green Monster will be present, along with balloon artists, face painters, and stilt walker “Big League Brian.” Costumes are encouraged, but for fan safety, masks will not be allowed.
All fans can enter the ballpark through Gate B for trick-or-treating and Halloween Movie Night.
Hocus Pocus will be shown at 7 p.m. on the center field video board. To ensure the best viewing on the 40 by 100-foot videoboard, fans in attendance will be seated in the lower seating bowl and down the first base line. Concessions will be available.
About Hocus Pocus
Hocus Pocus stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, and Thora Birch. Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the film is centered around three 17th-century witches who are resurrected on Halloween in modern-day Salem by an unsuspecting boy who must figure out how to get them back in the ground.
About Alamo Drafthouse
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema was founded in 1997 as a single-screen mom and pop repertory theater in Austin, TX. Twenty-six years later, with 39 locations and counting (with Boston coming in later this summer at location number 40), Alamo Drafthouse has been called "the best theater in America" by Entertainment Weekly and "the best theater in the world" by Wired. Alamo Drafthouse has built a reputation as a movie lover's oasis not only by combining best-in-class food and drink service with the movie-going experience, but also introducing unique programming and high-profile, star-studded special events. Alamo Drafthouse created Fantastic Fest, a world-renowned genre film festival dubbed "The Geek Telluride" by Variety featuring independents, international filmmakers, and major Hollywood studios. Alamo Drafthouse continues to expand its brand in new and exciting ways, including the American Genre Film Archive, a non-profit film archive dedicated to preserving, restoring and sharing film, and with eight new theaters announced for this year and beyond.