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What's coming up and when are we open? Mostly Friday & Saturday nights through April(except April 1st & 2nd for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie opening week).
What fun events are happening this spring?
April 1st-2nd: Easter Break with Super Mario Galaxy & Hoppers
April 3rd & 4th: Super Treats 2.0 with Super Mario Galaxy
April 10th-11th: Super Galaxy and Beyond with Super Mario Galaxy & Project Hail Mary plus fun extras
April 17th-18th: Awesome 80's with Super Mario Galaxy & Ferris Bueller's Day Off 40th Anniversary event
April 24th-25th: Drive-in Prom-The 80s with Michael & Pretty in Pink 40th Anniversary
May 1st-2nd: Fabulous Fun Weekend with The Devil Wears Prada 2 & Michael
Mother's Day Weekend: May 8th-9th: The Devil Wears Prada 2 & Mamma Mia/ Sunday May 10th: The Devil Wears Prada 2 & Fried Green Tomatoes 35th Anniversary
Saturday May 9th: Spring Fling Craft and Vendor Show Mother's Day Weekend Market
Picklefest 2026: May 15th-May 31st
May 15th-17th: Big Screen Blockbusters Weekend with Shrek 25th Anniversary & Top Gun 40th Anniversary
May 22nd-24th: Memorial Day Weekend fun with The Mandalorian & Grogu, Mortal Kombat 2 & more!
May 29th-30th: Twister 30th Anniversary Weekend featuring Twister & Twisters double feature and many fun extras!
More info, tickets and event details coming soon!
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Our 6th annual Spring Fling Craft and Vendor show arrives Saturday May 9th with the return of our Mother's Day Weekend Market. We have made a few changes this year and look forward to a fun and successful show. We've had 80-120 vendors at these shows over the past 5 years and now have registration open for vendor sign up at the link below.
We are seeking artists, authors, crafters, MLM, Peer to Peer, small businesses, organizations and more to set up for this special event. The rate is $50 to sign up and includes a complimentary Date Night Combo gift package($43 value) as well as plenty of marketing via social media, our digital marquee and on screen all through April and the show weekend(over $250 value). We are only accepting 120 total vendors with room for up to 8 food trucks/food vendors. Vending spaces are roughly 20'x20' and set up in rows on screen 2 at the drive-in.
Admission and parking for shoppers is free as always for this event and we'll be offering up some amazing raffle items for visitors to win. Raffle tickets will be available at the Burger Barn to sign up for the give aways. Giveaway items will be from our vendors, the drive-in and we are looking for event sponsors also! Gates will open at 9am and the show/shopping will take place 9am-2pm here on the drive-in grounds rain or shine.
Follow this event for updates on vendors, giveaways and the show!
Disclaimer- ONLY the Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in page is responsible for hosting and operating this event. We will NOT contact you via comments or messenger to get payment or sign up vendors. The ONLY way to register as a vendor, is via the official link on this event under 'tickets' or on the registration link on our website. Please report any scammers to us immediately so we can get rid of them and please use common sense when interacting with others. Thank you!
The Drive-in Opens early this week(NOT an April Fools Joke!!!)
We are showing the movies Wednesday & Thursday for the nationwide opening of the Super Mario Galaxy Movie.
Showing April 1st & 2nd
Screen 1- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie PG
Screen 2- Hoppers PG
Gates open at 7pm, 7:40 pm Showtime
Free Easter Goodies for all attendees both nights
10% of all concession sales donated to 2 local schools for their class fundraisers these 2 nights.
Open Rain or Shine!
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie 4.3-4.4
Tickets are NOW ONSALE for our Super Treats Weekend April 3rd-4th for the new The Super Mario Galaxy Movie at the drive-in!
To allow room for everyone, the same movie will show on both big screens on opening weekend Friday & Saturday nights.
Not only will we have the movie, but we have a ton of interactive fun, photo ops and food/drink specials to enjoy with the movie! Plus the Easter Bunny will be here 4.3-4.4 for the Super Treats Weekend for free pictures and free carousel rides before the show! We also have many free Easter Gifts to give out to all the kids attending the event this weekend.
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie continues the weekend of April 10th and 11th on screen 1 with some fun extras to enjoy as the weather warms back up. We're planning to host a Mario Kart Tournament on the big screen! (Official details coming soon)
Back on screen 2, we have the larger than life hit movie PROJECT HAIL MARY for 2 nights only and plenty of themed food and drink specials plus our Burger Barn & Snack Bar open with plenty of delicious treats.
Gates will open at 6:30 pm both nights with a 7:50 pm showtime. Mario Kart will start after Super Mario Galaxy ends on screen 1(weather dependent) and end after Project Hail Mary ends or we have our grand champion!
We have to get the gaming details down first, so watch for more about the tournament coming up!
The Drive-in takes a trip back to 1986 with one of Illinois' most iconic hit movies with the return of Ferris Bueller's Day Off for it's 40th Anniversary!
Bring the family to the final shows of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie on screen 1 or come for the leisure on screen 2 & Save Ferris!
Themed drinks and food specials available and appropriate vibes.
We’re bringing back the 80’s this spring with the 40th anniversary of Pretty in Pink on screen 1 and the brand new biopic Michael featuring the king of pop and tons of the most iconic music of the 80’s.
We’re not just showing movies though, drive-in prom is all about showing up and showing off with themed Photo Booth, hits of the 80’s dance time before the show and during intermission, best dressed contest, prom snacks and mocktails and more!
Tickets will go on sale as soon as we get our movies confirmed.
So start planning your best fit, pick a date, group or come stag and we’ll see you at the prom this April!
Join us as we kick off the month of May with a Fab new function May 1st and 2nd with the brand new movie The Devil Wears Prada 2 on screen 1 or hit Michael on screen 2.
The drive-in is always more than a movie, but we're going to be extra for this one with a Best Dressed Fashion Contest, F&D specials and appropriate preshow fun.
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We're celebrating the leading ladies in our life with a very special 3 night engagement of themed movies, specials and as is our tradition: a free treat for all the mothers that join us this weekend for a movie!
Friday & Saturday is the new smash hit The Devil Wears Prada 2 on screen 1 and this musical hit Mamma Mia! on screen 2.
Sunday we switch gears and offer up a limited 1 Night Only screening of Fried Green Tomatoes for it's 35th Anniversary in conjunction with Fathom Events on screen 2(The Devil Wears Prada 2 is still showing on screen 1 Sunday)
We'll have several themed specials, giveaways, raffles and fun for the ladies and families.
PS- Join us Saturday May 9th for our Spring Fling Craft & Vendor Show: the Mother's Day Market from 9am-2pm with over 100 vendors featuring a huge variety of arts, crafts, fashion, decor, baked goods, independent businesses, food trucks, family activities and more! The Spring Fling is FREE for parking and admission(craft show only)
May 15th-17th we go back to celebrate the theatrical rerelease of 2 of the biggest hits of the 80's and 2000's as we kick off our 3 weekend run of the Chilly Dilly Pickle Fest 2026.
On screen 1, it' the animated hit for all ages with the 25th Anniversary of SHREK. Back on screen 2 is the biggest movie of 1986 with the 40th Anniversary of TOP GUN back on the big screen.
Join us for themed specials and bring your appetite with the dozens of Pickle Specials, photo ops, merch and fun for 3 big weekends.
Pucker up and pull your pickle pals for the 3rd Annual Chilly Dilly Pickle Fest at the World Famous Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in. The pickle party runs Friday-Sunday nights at the end of May with nearly 100 different pickle items on the menu including mocktails, slushies, snow cones, creations, cotton candy, drinks, food and more! Plus several types of pickles to enjoy as well as pickle flavored specialty items.
We'll have our pickle photo ops, contests, and more as we celebrate a drive-in icon and one of America's favorite foods!
May 15-17
Shrek 25th Anniversary
Top Gun 40th Anniversary
May 22-24
The Mandolorian & Grogu + Mortal Kombat 2
May 29-31
Twister 30th Anniversary & Twisters Double Feature
The Mandorlian & Grogu + TBD Double Feature
Menus, Photo Ops, Contest Details & more coming soon.
Star Wars under the Stars is back with This is the Way Weekend May 22nd-24th over the Memorial Day Holiday Weekend.
We're opening the brand new movie The Mandalorian and Grogu on the big screen plus bringing the fatalities of Mortal Kombat II as an epic double feature for all ages plus a bunch of our signature event fun. We'll have some photo op areas, dressing up is highly encouraged with contests for best character cosplay, we are hoping to have some special guests here for 1-2 nights and we have the limited collectible merch!!! Plus we have fun extras for fans to enjoy including our Light Saber Slushies, Food and Drink Specials and more.
Movies on screen 2 are TBD but will also be an epic combo to kick off the summer in style and it is weekend 2 of the Chilly Dilly Pickle Fest with all the Pickle party extras!
More info and tickets coming soon!
A TWISTER IS ON IT'S WAY TO THE HARVEST MOON TO CELEBRATE 30 YEARS OF OUR FAVORITE STORM MOVIE!
Get ready to enter the "suck zone"—the good kind! We’re tracking a massive system of fun heading straight for the theater with several special guests, interactive fun, themed specials & a double feature of Twister & Twisters on the big screen over 3 nights!
"It's the extreme!" The Twister Tribute truck and Twister Fanatics storm chasers are bring out the truck, screen used items from the movies and F-5 levels of awesome!
THE FORECAST:
he Extreme Twister Truck, Twisters Dodge Ram Tribute Truck from the 2024 movie, and more special guests!
Chaser Car Show- Meet the local heroes who weather every storm and do the work to alert people of dangerous storms! Chasers from across the US will be in attendance for meet and greet, photos and to tell you their stories!
The Legend: Take photos with DOROTHY, the iconic storm-chasing tech and other fun things from the smash hit movies.
Foood!: Fuel up before the next "cell" arrives!
Dozens of themed specials to fill you up for the adrenaline packed double feature showings.
COW! I've got to go Julia, we've got cows!
Step inside the Twister Tube storm simulator, grab a photo with our flying cows and photo back drops like the neon twister and more!
Plus it's the final 3 nights of Pickle Fest, so plenty of Pickle Perfect Fun to enjoy with the shows!
(Special guests and tribute vehicles on Friday & Saturday ONLY)

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