{"id":17777,"date":"2013-01-08T19:59:11","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T19:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lern.org\/?p=1342"},"modified":"2021-08-02T12:21:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T17:21:17","slug":"7-ways-to-host-the-best-movie-or-music-night-your-town-has-seen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lerntest\/7-ways-to-host-the-best-movie-or-music-night-your-town-has-seen\/","title":{"rendered":"7 ways to host the best movie or music night your town has seen"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Host<\/a>Outdoor movie nights and musical\u00a0performances are summer staples\u00a0in many towns, and even parks and\u00a0recreation departments with small\u00a0budgets and staffs can take part in\u00a0the fun.
\nHere are some ideas for having the\u00a0best movie or music night possible:
\n1. Pick a location\u00a0that makes sense
\nJust like with fun runs and races, a\u00a0great location can make or break your\u00a0music or movie night. Don\u2019t pick a\u00a0spot next to a busy road or railroad\u00a0tracks, make sure there is enough\u00a0parking, and don\u2019t expect people not\u00a0to need a restroom nearby.<\/p>\n

2. Have food
\nA night at the movies isn\u2019t really\u00a0complete without a snack, so partner\u00a0with area restaurants, food trucks or\u00a0even a team or group that\u2019s doing\u00a0a fundraiser to offer attendees food\u00a0and drinks during the night.<\/p>\n
3. Do something different
\nDo you show a lot of children\u2019s movies?\u00a0Why not play off the theme of\u00a0the movie. The Los Altos Recreation\u00a0Department found great success by\u00a0hosting a viewing of Finding Nemo\u00a0at the public pool.<\/div>\n
4. Bring in partners<\/div>\n
Get local businesses to sponsor individual\u00a0events or the entire season in\u00a0exchange for advertising. This way,\u00a0people can go for free and the businesses\u00a0cross-promote your event.<\/div>\n
5. Have planned activities
\nHave one of your Zumba instructors\u00a0lead an intermission dance session\u00a0and give attendees a glimpse of your\u00a0other programming, or partner with\u00a0the area farmers or artisans market\u00a0so one event flows right into the\u00a0other.<\/div>\n
6. Pick a theme you can\u00a0use the entire season
\nHaving a theme people can get and\u00a0stay excited about means bigger\u00a0crowds for your events. Whether it\u2019s\u00a0Classics, Movies of the 80\u2019s, Hair\u00a0Metal Cover Bands or whatever else\u00a0you choose, make sure you have\u00a0enough movies or bands to fill an\u00a0entire season so people know what to\u00a0expect and you don\u2019t fail to deliver.<\/div>\n
7. Give the people\u00a0what they want
\nThese events are meant to be fun\u00a0and casual, so a fun and casual approach\u00a0can be taken when it comes\u00a0to market research, too. Have attendees\u00a0fill out short surveys, do a poll\u00a0on Facebook and ask what theme\u00a0community members would like to\u00a0see next year, or even hold a contest\u00a0to have the community pick the
\ntheme are great ways to get people\u00a0engaged and ensure you\u2019re delivering\u00a0to them events they\u2019ll enjoy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Outdoor movie nights and musical\u00a0performances are summer staples\u00a0in many towns, and even parks and\u00a0recreation departments with small\u00a0budgets and staffs can take part in\u00a0the fun. Here are some ideas for having the\u00a0best movie or music night possible: 1. Pick a location\u00a0that makes sense Just like with fun runs and races, a\u00a0great location can make or break<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1343,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lerntest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lerntest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lerntest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lerntest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lerntest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lerntest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18762,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lerntest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17777\/revisions\/18762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lerntest\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lerntest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lerntest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lerntest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}