1 Screen, 880 Seats
214 Main Street, Lexington, KY 40507, USA
The Kentucky Theatre is an historic cinema located in downtown Lexington, Kentucky. It is one of a few classic movie palaces from the first, golden age of cinema construction that still operates today. It first opened its doors in October 1922 and since then has offered movie screenings and live performances. The theater’s schedule blends screenings of current Hollywood blockbusters with foreign, independent, and art films.
Each summer, the Kentucky Theatre hosts a Summer Classics series, showing a different classic film each Wednesday throughout the summer. Most films in the series are paired as one-night double-features or shown with an accompanying cartoon. These also include performances by organists part of the Bluegrass Chapter of the American Theatre Organ Society, which include classic and modern pieces and a sing-along before the show.