Join us for a guest favorite – Saturday Alive! Each month, we discuss a new topic and introduce you to several of our animal ambassadors. There is always something fun to learn at the Anniston Museums and Gardens! This program is included with museum admission and free for AM&G members.
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Third Thursday: Simply Southern Sandwiches
Celebrate the flavors of the South with a tasting program that puts garden-fresh ingredients front and center. Enjoy a lineup of delicious sandwiches while learning how these classic ingredients shape beloved regional recipes. Come hungry and ready to savor simple, seasonal, Southern-inspired bites! Simply Southern Sandwiches is $12/person. AM&G members receive a $4 discount. Pre-registration is required. This program is included with museum admission and free for AM&G members. Register
The Lion King Movie at Oxford Performing Arts Center
Location & Time
All movies take place on the lawn at 200 Choccolocco Street, Oxford, AL 36203. Showings begin at 8:00 PM, late enough for it to be dark enough for the projector to shine through.
Seating
Bring your own blankets or outdoor chairs. No seating is provided.
Food & Drink
Food trucks have been invited, and you’re welcome to bring your own food and non-alcoholic drinks. No glass containers, and no alcohol.
Pets
Leashed, well-behaved pets are welcome. Please bring bags and clean up after them.
General Rules
Weather
Check oxfordpac.org/movies before heading out. Cancellations will be posted by noon on the day of the showing. Movies may be canceled for rain or high winds due to the size of the screen. Canceled showings may be rescheduled later in the year based on availability and licensing.
About The Movie
We’ve saved the best for last. What better way to close out an entire summer of outdoor movies than with the film that contains arguably the most powerful opening minutes in cinema history? As the sun rises over the Pride Lands and Elton John’s voice fills the air, something happens to every person watching — young or old, first-timer or hundredth — that is very hard to put into words.
The Lion King is a story about legacy, loss, responsibility, and coming home to who you were always meant to be. It is Hamlet filtered through the African savanna and brought to life with hand-drawn animation and a Hans Zimmer score that belongs in a museum. It is also, simply, one of the greatest films ever made — a movie that has meant something profound to every generation that has encountered it.
Watching it under the actual stars on a warm August night, surrounded by your community as summer draws to a close, is as close to a perfect movie experience as it gets. Come early. Come together. Bring everyone you love. And when that circle of life swells and Pride Rock comes into view, let yourself feel every bit of it.
The stars await. The king awaits. Summer ends here — and it ends beautifully.
Finding Nemo Movie at Oxford Performing Arts Center
Location & Time
All movies take place on the lawn at 200 Choccolocco Street, Oxford, AL 36203. Showings begin at 8:00 PM, late enough for it to be dark enough for the projector to shine through.
Seating
Bring your own blankets or outdoor chairs. No seating is provided.
Food & Drink
Food trucks have been invited, and you’re welcome to bring your own food and non-alcoholic drinks. No glass containers, and no alcohol.
Pets
Leashed, well-behaved pets are welcome. Please bring bags and clean up after them.
General Rules
Weather
Check oxfordpac.org/movies before heading out. Cancellations will be posted by noon on the day of the showing. Movies may be canceled for rain or high winds due to the size of the screen. Canceled showings may be rescheduled later in the year based on availability and licensing.
About The Movie
Pack your beach chairs and prepare to be swept out to sea — in the best possible way. Finding Nemo is one of Pixar’s crown jewels: a breathtakingly beautiful, funny, and deeply moving film about a father who crosses the entire ocean to find his son, and a son who discovers he was braver than he ever knew.
It is a film about letting go. About holding on. About the way love makes us both fearless and terrified at the same time. And it is, in the humble opinion of basically everyone, one of the most gorgeous animated films ever put to screen — the kind of movie where every single frame could be a painting.
As summer begins to wind down and the school year starts to loom on the horizon, there’s no better film to gather around than one that celebrates adventure, family, and the courage to keep swimming no matter what. The little ones will be enchanted. The grown-ups will feel things they weren’t prepared for. And everyone, at some point, will say “just keep swimming” with a smile they can’t quite explain.
Bring the family, find your perfect spot, and let the ocean come to you.
Back to the Future Movie at Oxford Performing Arts Center
Location & Time
All movies take place on the lawn at 200 Choccolocco Street, Oxford, AL 36203. Showings begin at 8:00 PM, late enough for it to be dark enough for the projector to shine through.
Seating
Bring your own blankets or outdoor chairs. No seating is provided.
Food & Drink
Food trucks have been invited, and you’re welcome to bring your own food and non-alcoholic drinks. No glass containers, and no alcohol.
Pets
Leashed, well-behaved pets are welcome. Please bring bags and clean up after them.
General Rules
Weather
Check oxfordpac.org/movies before heading out. Cancellations will be posted by noon on the day of the showing. Movies may be canceled for rain or high winds due to the size of the screen. Canceled showings may be rescheduled later in the year based on availability and licensing.
About The Movie
It’s one of the most perfect movies ever made. Not perfect for its genre. Not perfect for its era. Just perfect, full stop — a film so precisely crafted, so relentlessly entertaining, and so genuinely heartfelt that it has never aged a single day since 1985.
Back to the Future is the story of a kid, a scientist, a time-traveling DeLorean, and what happens when you accidentally erase your own existence. It’s an adventure. It’s a comedy. It’s a surprisingly touching story about parents and children and the people we become. It’s also the reason an entire generation checked their car’s speedometer at 88 mph at least once.
Watching it outside on a warm July night is an experience that captures everything great about summer: the ease of it, the joy of it, the feeling of being exactly where you’re supposed to be. Bring a picnic. Bring your best friend. Bring your kids so you can watch their face the first time they see the clock tower sequence.
Some things are worth doing right, and Back to the Future on a big outdoor screen on a summer night is absolutely one of them.
Miss Alabama Volunteer 2026 at Oxford Performing Arts Center
This event is presented in partnership with Miss Alabama Volunteer.
Join us this summer as Alabama’s most accomplished, talented and beautiful young women come together to compete for the titles of Miss Alabama Volunteer, Miss Alabama Teen Volunteer, Miss Camellia State, Miss Camellia State Teen, and Miss Camellia State Junior Teen. This is an event that YOU will not want to miss!
Behind The Scenes Tours at Oxford Performing Arts Center
Dive into the captivating world behind the curtains with our Behind the Scenes tours at the Oxford Performing Arts Center! These tours offer an exclusive look at the complex production systems that breathe life into every performance. You’ll gain insight into the meticulous processes of our Production Department, where creativity meets functionality to set spectacular scenes and host dynamic artists. Explore our cutting-edge lighting systems that illuminate each performance with precision and our advanced sound technology that ensures every note hits perfectly in the audience.
Perfect for theater enthusiasts, aspiring artists, tech geeks, and anyone curious about the mechanics of live entertainment, these tours demystify the technical wizardry and artistic ingenuity that make the magic happen. Whether you’re interested in the technical details or the creative process, our Behind the Scenes tours provide a comprehensive and engaging experience.
Join us to see how we merge technology and art to deliver unforgettable performances at the Oxford Performing Arts Center. Sign up for a tour today and step into the fascinating world that operates beyond the spotlight!
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Zootopia 2 Movie at Oxford Performing Arts Center
Location & Time
All movies take place on the lawn at 200 Choccolocco Street, Oxford, AL 36203. Showings begin at 8:00 PM, late enough for it to be dark enough for the projector to shine through.
Seating
Bring your own blankets or outdoor chairs. No seating is provided.
Food & Drink
Food trucks have been invited, and you’re welcome to bring your own food and non-alcoholic drinks. No glass containers, and no alcohol.
Pets
Leashed, well-behaved pets are welcome. Please bring bags and clean up after them.
General Rules
Weather
Check oxfordpac.org/movies before heading out. Cancellations will be posted by noon on the day of the showing. Movies may be canceled for rain or high winds due to the size of the screen. Canceled showings may be rescheduled later in the year based on availability and licensing.
About Zootopia 2
Hot off its theatrical run, Zootopia 2 arrives at our outdoor screen just in time for a summer night you won’t forget. Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde are back, this time navigating their most complicated and dangerous case yet — one that pulls back the curtain on the founding of Zootopia itself and forces them to question everything they thought they knew about the city they’ve sworn to protect.
The dynamic between the ever-optimistic bunny cop and the street-smart, wisecracking fox is sharper than ever, and the film introduces a wild new cast of characters that will have audiences laughing, gasping, and cheering out loud. With stunning animation that expands the world of Zootopia into dazzling new districts and corners of the city, this sequel is a visual feast perfectly suited for the big outdoor screen.
It’s the kind of movie that reminds us why we love going to the movies in the first place — big emotions, big laughs, and something genuinely meaningful underneath it all. Bring the whole family, come with high expectations, and prepare to fall in love with Zootopia all over again.
The city never sleeps, and neither will you after this one.
Shrek Movie at Oxford Performing Arts Center
Location & Time
All movies take place on the lawn at 200 Choccolocco Street, Oxford, AL 36203. Showings begin at 8:00 PM, late enough for it to be dark enough for the projector to shine through.
Seating
Bring your own blankets or outdoor chairs. No seating is provided.
Food & Drink
Food trucks have been invited, and you’re welcome to bring your own food and non-alcoholic drinks. No glass containers, and no alcohol.
Pets
Leashed, well-behaved pets are welcome. Please bring bags and clean up after them.
General Rules
Weather
Check oxfordpac.org/movies before heading out. Cancellations will be posted by noon on the day of the showing. Movies may be canceled for rain or high winds due to the size of the screen. Canceled showings may be rescheduled later in the year based on availability and licensing.
About Shrek
Once upon a time, in a faraway swamp not unlike your own backyard, a green ogre changed animated movies forever — and tonight, he’s doing it again on our big outdoor screen. Shrek is the film that had the audacity to ask: what if the fairy tale was a lie? What if the hero smelled bad and wanted to be left alone? What if the donkey wouldn’t stop talking?
The result was one of the most beloved animated films ever made, a movie that works on every level for every age. The kids will lose it over Donkey. The adults will catch all the jokes that flew over their heads the first time. And everyone will cheer when Shrek and Fiona finally get their moment.
Bring the whole family — the neighbors, the cousins, the people you keep saying you’ll make plans with — because Shrek is the rare film that turns a crowd of strangers into a room full of friends. Grab your layers, claim your patch of lawn, and prepare to recite every line in unison with a hundred of your closest companions.
After all, this is our swamp now.
6th Annual Independence Day Celebration
Join us on Saturday, July 4th, for a festival of food, fun, and fireworks at the Piedmont Sports Complex from 4 PM to 8 PM. Vendors will be available selling food, but the live music and activities at the festival are FREE! More details will be released as we near the event date. We can’t wait to see you!