Light Rail Weekender, June 27-29

June 25, 2025
Categories: General News
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It’s a weekend to celebrate cinema, with free or cheap movie screenings happening across Charlotte. Here are a few that you can see without a car; just take the light rail from campus!

Don’t forget – students who pay the miscellaneous transportation fee have the CATS All-Access Pass linked to their Niner Net email. So instead of buying a light rail ticket, just download the CATS Pass App, login with your @charlotte.edu email, and then ride Charlotte light rail fare-free!

“The Princess Bride” at Movies in the Park

  • When: 7:30 p.m., Friday, June 27
  • Where: Fourth Ward Park
  • Cost: Free

Bring blankets and chairs for a free movie night under the stars. Fourth Ward Park’s final showing for its Movies in the Park series will be “The Princess Bride.” In the classic adventure comedy, our swashbuckling hero must rescue his true love from a cruel prince, while making unlikely but helpful friends along the way. 

Enjoy pre-show music, free popcorn and food trucks starting at 7:30 p.m. The actual movie starts at sunset or around 8:30 p.m. No reservation is required, but get there early for the best spots!

Directions: From UNC Charlotte Main Station, take the Blue Line southbound and get off at 7th St Station. Walk about 0.3 miles to 301 N Poplar St. 

a scene from the movie, "The Sound of Music," where a woman walks with her arms spread wild through a wide field of yellow flowers and grass with tall mountains in the distant background

“The Sound of Music” at Carolina Theater

  • When: 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Saturday, June 28
  • Where: Carolina Theater Uptown
  • Cost: Tickets start at $16

The hills are alive at Carolina Theater, with one-day-only screenings of “The Sound of Music” in celebration of the film’s 60th anniversary. Get tickets for the 2 p.m. matinee or the 7 p.m. sing-along special, if you can’t help but join in the lyrics to “Do Re Mi” while you watch. 

Directions: From UNC Charlotte Main Station, take the Blue Line southbound and get off at 7th St Station. Walk about 0.2 miles to 230 N Tryon St.

exterior of a building at sunset, the building has movie posters framed on the walls and big glowing letters above the entrance that read "Independent"

“The Artist” at Independent Picture House

  • When: 3 p.m., Saturday, June 28 and 2:30 p.m., Sunday, June 29
  • Where: Independent Picture House
  • Cost: Free

The Independent Picture House is celebrating its third anniversary with free screenings of “The Artist.” The 2011 movie is an homage to black-and-white silent films of early Hollywood. It follows the story of a silent movie star in 1927, as silent movies were trending out and new “talkies” were taking over.

Directions: From UNC Charlotte Main Station, take the Blue Line southbound and get off at Sugar Creek Station. Walk about 0.3 miles to 4237 Raleigh St.