{"id":207621,"date":"2026-07-06T20:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T01:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=207621"},"modified":"2026-07-06T20:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T01:36:15","slug":"movie-night-returning-to-downtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/07\/06\/movie-night-returning-to-downtown\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Night returning to downtown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW indepedendent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Main Street Van Wert\u2019s annual Downtown Movie Night is returning on Saturday, August 1. This year&#8217;s featured film is Disney&#8217;s <em>Zootopia 2<\/em>, presented as part of the&nbsp;Ohio Goes to the Movies&nbsp;program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The free community event is sponsored by&nbsp;Van Wert Manor&nbsp;and will begin at&nbsp;6:30 p.m.&nbsp;in Historic Downtown Van Wert. The location where the movie will be shown will be announced closer to the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re thrilled to once again partner with Ohio Goes to the Movies to bring a free family movie night to our community,&#8221; said&nbsp;Mitch Price, Executive Director of Main Street Van Wert. &#8220;Events like this create lasting memories for families while supporting our downtown businesses and encouraging people to experience everything Historic Downtown Van Wert has to offer.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-Events-Facebook-Cover-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-207623\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Event details<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What:\u00a0Main Street Van Wert Downtown Movie Night<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Featured Film:\u00a0Disney&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Zootopia 2<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Date:\u00a0Saturday, August 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Time:\u00a06:30 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cost:\u00a0free admission\/bounce houses\/concession stand and food trucks\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Location:\u00a0Historic Downtown Van Wert<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Guests are encouraged to arrive early to find seating, visit downtown businesses, and enjoy dinner before the movie begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For updates regarding weather or additional event information, follow&nbsp;Main Street Van Wert&nbsp;on Facebook or contact the Main Street Van Wert office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW indepedendent staff\/submitted information Main Street Van Wert\u2019s annual Downtown Movie Night is returning on Saturday, August 1. This year&#8217;s featured film is Disney&#8217;s Zootopia 2, presented as part of the&nbsp;Ohio Goes to the Movies&nbsp;program. The free community event is sponsored by&nbsp;Van Wert Manor&nbsp;and will begin at&nbsp;6:30 p.m.&nbsp;in Historic Downtown Van Wert. The location where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-14 12:59:04","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207621"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207624,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207621\/revisions\/207624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}