McHenry Outdoor Theater opens April 3 with likelihood to win galactic gaming alternative – Shaw Native

Not solely will McHenry Outdoor Theater followers have the prospect to benefit from the model new “Super Mario Galaxy Movie” this April, they’ll even have a shot at enjoying some Mario Bros. video games on the theater’s 100-foot-wide, five-story-tall display.

Scott Dehn, proprietor of the theater at 1510 N. Chapel Hill Road, Lakemoor, and Joe Cicero, president of promoting and promotions, stated pairing the uncommon, giant-screen gaming alternative with the most recent Mario film installment is the right kick-off to to the drive-in’s 2026 season, which begins Friday, April 3.

“To sit there and play games on a screen as big as what we have at the Outdoor, it’s like being a little kid again,” stated Cicero, who, together with Dehn, famous that it’s a deal with beforehand recognized solely to a handful of staff and shut pals.

To change into eligible, prospects visiting through the weekends “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” is enjoying ought to search for a QR code on-site. Follow the code hyperlink to a type and enroll. Winners’ names can be drawn two at a time in 10- or 15-minute game-play intervals after the film, now scheduled as a solo function for April 3-4, 10-11 and 17-18.

“There’s nothing like taking the controls after seeing one of your favorite games projected onto that huge screen,” Dehn stated. “To share that with customers is going to be a really cool experience — even for those who simply stay to watch.”

Several blockbusters are coming to the theater for the 2026 season. Films anticipated to spark pleasure embody the Michael Jackson biopic, “Michael,” the most recent Star Wars installment, “The Mandalorian and Grogu” and “Toy Story 5.”

Additional new releases embody “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” “Minions & Monsters,” “Masters of the Universe” and Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey.”

“This is by far the most stacked season I’ve ever seen,” stated Dehn. “The summer movie season always has its tent-pole features. But very rarely do you get this much in the way of back-to-back, name-recognition intellectual properties. It’s unprecedented – one right after another.”

Cicero agreed that followers may have loads to cheer on the massive display this yr.

Customers can benefit from the 2026 blockbusters at 2025 costs. Tickets will stay $15 per grownup and $10 per youngster ages 4 to 12, with children 3 and youthful free.

A good way to avoid wasting is the McHenry Outdoor 2026 season cross, out there now at goldenagecinemas.com. Once the seven-days-a-week portion of the season resumes after Memorial Day, $15-per-carload specials can be again every Tuesday and Thursday. The Reel Deal Pizza Meal additionally will return on Mondays. And on Sundays, the brand new Dog Deals of Summer will beckon with $2 scorching canines.

The McHenry Outdoor is also dog-friendly, so well-behaved, leashed canines are all the time welcome.

Visit goldenagecinemas.com for extra info.