Disney’s 101 Dalmatians
Friday, January 24, 2025 @ 7pm
In a Disney animation classic, Dalmatian Pongo is tired of his bachelor-dog life. He spies lovely Perdita and maneuvers his master, Roger, into meeting Perdita's owner, Anita. The owners fall in love and marry, keeping Pongo and Perdita together too. After Perdita gives birth to a litter of 15 puppies, Anita's old school friend Cruella De Vil wants to buy them all. Roger declines her offer, so Cruella hires the criminal Badun brothers to steal them -- so she can have a fur coat.

Director – Hamilton Luske
Production year – 1961
Rating – G
Studio – Walt Disney Pictures
Cast – Betty Lou Gerson, Cate Bauer, Frederick Worlock, J. Pat O'Malley, Tom Conway
Runtime – 80 minutes

Tickets: $8.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

The Avalon Theatre Presents…
THE MAGIC NATE SHOW
Saturday, January 25, 2025 @ 2pm

"Magic" Nate LeGros is a Central Ohio Magician from Delaware, OH. Nate has been studying magic for over 26 years and been performing professionally for the last 14. Performing a mixture of classic and modern magic, adding in his experience from street and stage performing, Magic Nate creates a unique experience for every show. Nate started performing magic professionally in 2009 and since that time has worked with the Sam Bish Foundation, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus Pride Fest, the Arnold Sports Festival, the Utica Setoma Ice Cream Festival, and over five dozen libraries.

After the show, stick around for a magic workshop. Magic Nate will teach kids how to craft and perform a magic trick of their own. Erica Carlson will also be twisting custom balloon creations for those in attendance.

Ticket Price - $15.00 [Adults] & $8.00 [Children 13 & under]

Pokémon Detective Pikachu [The Movie]
Saturday, January 25, 2025 @ 7pm
Sponsored By: RIDIN’ HIGH CARDS

POKÉMON TRADE SHOW | 4pm - 7pm

Ace detective Harry Goodman goes mysteriously missing, prompting his 21-year-old son, Tim, to find out what happened. Aiding in the investigation is Harry's former Pokémon partner, wise-cracking, adorable super-sleuth Detective Pikachu. Finding that they are uniquely equipped to work together, as Tim is the only human who can talk with Pikachu, they join forces to unravel the tangled mystery.

Director – Rob Letterman
Production year – 2019
Rating – PG
Studio – Warner Bros.
Cast – Ikue Otani, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Ken Watanabe, Ben Fox
Runtime – 105 minutes

Tickets: $8.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Disney’s Aladdin
Friday, January 31, 2025 @7pm

Aladdin is a lovable street urchin who meets Princess Jasmine, the beautiful daughter of the sultan of Agrabah. While visiting her exotic palace, Aladdin stumbles upon a magic oil lamp that unleashes a powerful, wisecracking, larger-than-life genie. As Aladdin and the genie start to become friends, they must soon embark on a dangerous mission to stop the evil sorcerer Jafar from overthrowing young Jasmine's kingdom.

Directors – John Musker
Production year – 1992
Rating – G
Studio – Walt Disney Pictures
Cast – Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, Gilbert Gottfried
Runtime – 90 minutes

Tickets: $8.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Groundhog Day
Saturday, February 01, 2025 @ 7pm

A cynical TV weatherman finds himself reliving the same day over and over again when he goes on location to the small town of Punxsutawney to film a report about their annual Groundhog Day. His predicament drives him to distraction, until he sees a way of turning the situation to his advantage.

Director – Harold Ramis
Production year – 1993
Rating – PG
Studio – Columbia Pictures Industries Inc.
Cast – Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky, Brian Doyle-Murray
Runtime – 101 minutes

Tickets: $8.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

The First Wives Club
Saturday, February 08, 2025 @ 7pm

Despondent over the marriage of her ex-husband to a younger woman, a middle-aged divorcée plunges to her death from her penthouse. At the woman's funeral, her former college friends (Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton) reunite for the first time in nearly 30 years. When the three discover the reason for their friend's suicide, they realize that all of their ex-husbands have taken them for granted -- and deciding it's time for revenge, they make a pact to get back at their exes.

Directors – Hugh Wilson
Production year – 1996
Rating – PG
Studio – Paramount Pictures
Cast – Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, Dan Hedaya, Stockard Channing
Runtime – 105 minutes

Tickets: $8.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Mamma Mia - Valentine Event
Friday, February 14, 2025 @ 7pm

Donna (Meryl Streep), an independent hotelier in the Greek islands, is preparing for her daughter's wedding with the help of two old friends. Meanwhile Sophie, the spirited bride, has a plan. She secretly invites three men from her mother's past in hope of meeting her real father and having him escort her down the aisle on her big day.

Director – Phyllida Lloyd
Production year – 2008
Rating – PG-13
Studio – Universal Pictures
Cast – Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård
Runtime – 108 minutes

Tickets: $15.00
Includes: Ticket, Glass of Champagne, Assorted Chocolates [per person]

Sound of The Avalon Presents…
An Evening With THE GROOVE BROTHERS BAND
Saturday, February 15, 2025 @ 7pm

A Special Evening with The Groove Brothers Band. Featuring 2 full sets, the 1st set all the Classic Guitar & Horn Driven songs from the 70's and the 2nd set will feature their "A Celebration of The Allman Brothers Band" Tribute set! A special combination show only at The Avalon Theatre for their Hometown crowd!!

Central Ohio Based Band The Groove Brothers Band is celebrating 11+ years & 375+ shows and winners of the 2022 QFM96 House Band Contest! Playing Some of the Areas Best & Most ICONIC 60's & 70's Classic Rock, Rhythm and Blues, Funk and Soul Music! Playing Music That Will Make You "Shake Your Body Like Your Back Ain't Got No Bones"!! The Groove is a High energy, 8 piece band (including an Amazing rhythm section, 2 Guitarists, Full Horn Section, Hammond B3 Organ/Piano player & an Amazing Vocalist!) Featured in our 8 piece band...Matt Goble on Lead Vocals & Guitar, Jeremy Ormeroid on Guitar & Vocals, Max Prime on Bass & Vocals, Matt"Jebus"Stuber on Saxophone & Vocals, Howard Everitt on Trumpet, Ted Basinger on Trombone, Keith Blair on Hammond B3 Organ/Piano and Doug Bryant on Drums.

The Groove released their debut album, "New Day" on July 11th, 2023 recorded with Joe Viers at Sonic Lounge Studios. Our 1st single "Mystified By You" released in December 2022, the 2nd single "New Day" released January 31st 2023, our 3rd single "Keep On Keepin On released on March 21st, 2023 and our 4th single "What It's All About" released on May 9th, 2023. Available on all streaming and download platforms and now receiving more that 20K streams in 4 months in 40+ countries around the globe! Their 1st 4 singles all debuted and were featured on the QFM96 weekly show Archie's Homegrown Thursday's.

Ticket Price - $15.00 [Adults] & $8.00 [Children 13 & under]

February 2025 Day-Off Classic Cartoons
Monday, February 17, 2025 @ 12pm

Marysville schools are out, family is in town for the holiday weekend, and Classic Cartoons are on the big screen! Tickets are only $2 and these cartoons are perfect for the whole family. We'll have our full concessions available and everyone is welcome. Enjoy your day off at The Avalon!
All tickets are general seating and can be purchased online at theavalontheatre.org or at the theatre box office!

Runtime - 1hr

Ticket Price - $2.00

The Sting
Friday, February 21, 2025 @ 7pm

Following the murder of a mutual friend, aspiring con man Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) teams up with old pro Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman) to take revenge on the ruthless crime boss responsible, Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw). Hooker and Gondorff set about implementing an elaborate scheme, one so crafty that Lonnegan won't even know he's been swindled. As their big con unfolds, however, things don't go according to plan, requiring some last-minute improvisation by the undaunted duo.

Director - George Roy Hill
Production year – 1973
Rating – PG
Studio – Universal Pictures
Cast – Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Ray Walston
Runtime – 129 minutes

Tickets: $8.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

To Kill A Mockingbird
Friday, February 28, 2025 @ 7pm

Scout Finch (Mary Badham), 6,and her older brother, Jem (Phillip Alford), live in sleepy Maycomb, Ala., spending much of their time with their friend Dill (John Megna) and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley (Robert Duvall). When Atticus (Gregory Peck), their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson (Brock Peters) against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.

Director – Robert Mulligan
Production year – 1962
Rating – NR
Studio – Universal Pictures
Cast – Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Philip Alford, Phillip Alford, John Megna
Runtime – 129 minutes

Tickets: $8.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Saturday, March 01, 2025 @ 2pm

Based on Truman Capote's novel, this is the story of a young woman in New York City who meets a young man when he moves into her apartment building. He is with an older woman who is very wealthy, but he wants to be a writer. She is working as an expensive escort and searching for a rich, older man to marry.

Director – Blake Edwards
Production year – 1961
Rating – TV-G
Studio – Paramount Pictures
Cast – Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Mickey Rooney
Runtime – 115 minutes

Tickets: $8.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Toy Story
Friday, March 07, 2025 @ 7pm

Woody (Tom Hanks), a good-hearted cowboy doll who belongs to a young boy named Andy (John Morris), sees his position as Andy's favorite toy jeopardized when his parents buy him a Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) action figure. Even worse, the arrogant Buzz thinks he's a real spaceman on a mission to return to his home planet. When Andy's family moves to a new house, Woody and Buzz must escape the clutches of maladjusted neighbor Sid Phillips (Erik von Detten) and reunite with their boy.

Director – John Lasseter
Production year – 1995
Rating – G
Studio – Disney Pixar
Cast – Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn
Runtime – 81 minutes

Tickets: $8.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Toy Story 2
Saturday, March 08, 2025 @ 2pm

Woody (Tom Hanks) is stolen from his home by toy dealer Al McWhiggin (Wayne Knight), leaving Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) and the rest of the gang to try to rescue him. But when Woody discovers that he's actually a valuable collectible from a once-popular television show called "Woody's Roundup" and is reunited with his horse Bullseye, Jessie the yodeling cowgirl (Joan Cusack) and his faithful sidekick, Stinky Pete the Prospector (Kelsey Grammer), he doesn't want to leave.

Director – John Lasseter
Production year – 1999
Rating – G
Studio – Disney Pixar
Cast – Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Don Rickles
Runtime – 92 minutes

Tickets: $8.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Toy Story III
Saturday, March 08, 2025 @ 7pm

With their beloved Andy preparing to leave for college, Woody (Kim Seung-jun), Buzz Lightyear (Park Il), Jessie (Ham Soo-jeong), and the rest of the toys find themselves headed for the attic but mistakenly wind up on the curb with the trash. Woody's quick thinking saves the gang, but all but Woody end up being donated to a day-care center. Unfortunately, the uncontrollable kids do not play nice, so Woody and the gang make plans for a great escape.

Director – Lee Unkrich
Production year – 2010
Rating – G
Studio – Disney Pixar
Cast – Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty, Don Rickles
Runtime – 103 minutes

Tickets: $8.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

The Parent Trap
Friday, March 14, 2025 @ 7pm

In this update of a 1961 film, twins Annie and Hallie (Lindsay Lohan) are strangers until happenstance unites them. The preteen girls' divorced parents, Nick (Dennis Quaid) and Elizabeth (Natasha Richardson), are living on opposite sides of the Atlantic, each with one child. After meeting at camp, American Hallie and British-raised Annie engineer an identity swap, giving both the chance to spend time with the parent they've missed. If the scheme works, it might just make the family whole again.

Director – Nancy Meyers
Production year – 1998
Rating – PG
Studio – Walt Disney Pictures
Cast – Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, Elaine Hendrix, Lisa Ann Walter
Runtime – 128 minutes

Tickets: $8.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Clueless
Friday, March 21, 2025 @ 7pm

Celebrate 30 years!
Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher (Alicia Silverstone) is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student Tai (Brittany Murphy) a makeover. When Tai becomes more popular than she is, Cher realizes that her disapproving ex-stepbrother (Paul Rudd) was right about how misguided she was -- and falls for him.

Director – Amy Heckerling
Production year – 1995
Rating – PG-13
Studio – Paramount Pictures
Cast – Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd, Dan Hedaya
Runtime – 110 minutes

Tickets: $8.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Hook
Friday, April 04, 2025 @ 7pm

When his young children are abducted by his old nemesis, Capt. Hook (Dustin Hoffman), middle-aged lawyer Peter Banning (Robin Williams) returns to his magical origins as Peter Pan. Peter must revisit a foggy past in which he abandoned Neverland for family life, leaving Tinkerbell (Julia Roberts) and the Lost Boys to fend for themselves. Given their bitterness toward Peter for growing up -- and their allegiance to their new leader, Rufio -- the old gang may not be happy to see him.

Director – Steven Spielberg
Production year – 1991
Rating – PG
Studio – Columbia Pictures Industries Inc.
Cast – Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, Maggie Smith
Runtime – 145 minutes

Tickets: $8.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Disney’s Peter Pan
Saturday, April 05, 2025 @ 2pm

In this Disney animated film, Wendy (Kathryn Beaumont) and her two brothers are amazed when a magical boy named Peter Pan (Bobby Driscoll) flies into their bedroom, supposedly in pursuit of his rebellious shadow. He and his fairy friend, Tinkerbell, come from a far-off place called Neverland, where children stay perpetually young. Enchanted, the kids follow him back. But when Pan's nemesis, the pirate Captain Hook (Hans Conried), causes trouble, the kids begin to miss their old life.

Director – Jack Kinney
Production year – 1953
Rating – G
Studio – Walt Disney Pictures
Cast – Don Barclay, Roland Dupree, Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Heather Angel
Runtime – 77 minutes

Tickets: $8.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Disney’s Mary Poppins
Friday, April 18, 2025 @ 7pm

The story of a magical nanny, Mary Poppins, who arrives at the doorstep of the Banks family in London, where the strict banker father neglects his children, Jane and Michael; through her whimsical ways and enchanting adventures, Mary teaches the children to embrace joy and imagination, helping them connect with their father and find wonder in everyday life, all while using her magical abilities to transform their mundane routines into fantastical experiences.

Director – Robert Stevenson
Production year – 1964
Rating – G
Studio – Walt Disney Pictures
Cast – Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Glynis Johns, David Tomlinson, Ed Wynn
Runtime – 140 minutes

Tickets: $8.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Jailhouse Rock
Saturday, April 26, 2025 @ 2pm

A young man, Vince Everett (Elvis Presley), is convicted of manslaughter after being drawn into a bar fight while trying to defend a woman. In prison, Everett finds salvation when his cellmate, a country singer named Hunk Houghton (Mickey Shaughnessy), hears him sing and pegs him as a future star. Once released, Everett gets a job in a night club and meets Peggy Van Alden (Judy Tyler), a young woman who works for a record company and who, like Houghton, also sees talent in Everett.

Director – Richard Thorpe
Production year – 1957
Rating – TV-G
Studio – Warner Bros.
Cast – Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy, Jennifer Holden, Dean Jones
Runtime – 96 minutes

Tickets: $8.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Friday, May 02, 2025 @ 7pm

Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney) is having difficulty adjusting to his hard-labor sentence in Mississippi. He scams his way off the chain gang with simple Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson) and maladjusted Pete (John Turturro), then the trio sets out to pursue freedom and the promise of a fortune in buried treasure. With nothing to lose and still in shackles, their hasty run takes them on an incredible journey of awesome experiences and colorful characters.

Director – Joel Coen
Production year – 2000
Rating – PG-13
Studio – Walt Disney Pictures
Cast – George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter
Runtime – 106 minutes

Tickets: $8.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

The Goonies
Saturday, May 17, 2025 @ 7pm

Old-fashioned yarn about a band of adventurous kids who take on the might of a property developing company which plans to destroy their home to build a country club. When the children discover an old pirate map in the attic, they follow it into an underground cavern in search of lost treasure but come up against plenty of dangerous obstacles along the way.

Director – Richard Donner
Production year – 1985
Rating – PG
Studio – Warner Bros.
Cast – Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green
Runtime – 114 minutes

Tickets: $8.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Friday, May 23, 2025 @ 7pm

Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) arrives at Port Royal in the Caribbean without a ship or crew. His timing is inopportune, however, because later that evening the town is besieged by a pirate ship. The pirates kidnap the governor's daughter, Elizabeth (Keira Knightley), who's in possession of a valuable coin that is linked to a curse that has transformed the pirates into the undead. A gallant blacksmith (Orlando Bloom) in love with Elizabeth allies with Sparrow in pursuit of the pirates.

Directors – Gore Verbinski
Production year – 2003
Rating – PG-13
Studio – Walt Disney Pictures
Cast – Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport
Runtime – 143 minutes

Tickets: $8.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

The Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Saturday, May 24, 2025 @ 2pm

When ghostly pirate Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) comes to collect a blood debt, Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) must find a way to avoid his fate lest his soul be damned for all time. Nevertheless, the wily ghost manages to interrupt the wedding plans of Jack's friends Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley).

Director – Gore Verbinski
Production year – 2006
Rating – PG-13
Studio – Walt Disney Pictures
Cast – Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Bill Nighy
Runtime – 151 minutes

Tickets: $8.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available