A word from the owner

3/20/24

Greetings all you drive-in fans! It is our distinct pleasure to welcome you to the Tiffin Drive-In Theater's historic 75th Anniversary Season! Yes, 75 years of double features, popcorn, soda, sunsets, good times, and great memories. Think of all the cars that have parked on our lot since 1949 and all the movies that have flickered across the screen, entertaining generations of movies-goers with the uniquely fun experience of a night at the drive-in for 75 years.

We plan to look back a few times this season, but also look forward to once again bringing you another fun year of great new shows at the theater. And we are starting off the season with a bang!

Our opening weekend features none other than the Big G himself -- Godzilla! There's hardly a bigger star of the drive-in theater than Godzilla. And after ending the 2023 season with Godzilla (Godzilla Minus One) we now open the 2024 season with Big G in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. If you have seen the trailers you know this movie promises to be a spectacular monster romp. And there is no better place to see these gigantic beasties duke it out than on our GIANT drive-in screen. This monster smackdown is followed by last December's hit Wonka.

On screen 2 will be the ghostly new comedy adventure Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, with second feature Madame Web.

Come out and enjoy the fun of the opening weekend of our 75th Anniversary Season! Bring your kids out early to enjoy our wonderful new childrens' playground! And get ready for another great year in the long history of our unique and spectacular drive-in theater!

-Michael Cole, Owner  

11/30/22

We are now closed for the 2022 Season. It has been a great year at the Tiffin Drive-In Theater with our new building, new equipment, new screens, new projectors, and our newly expanded lot.

We want to extend a big THANK YOU to all of you who came out this season, especially those "drive-in regulars" who we saw almost every week! We really appreciate you making us part of your entertainment routine, and establishing our newly renovated venue as a centerpiece of the entertainment landscape in the Tiffin and Seneca County community.

We love what we do here! It is such a pleasure to put on a show and provide some good food and a fun atmosphere for people to enjoy a movie and a night out with your friends and family week after week. Our young staff did a great job of providing friendly service with a smile this season, and many of them will be back next year to do it all over again. I am so proud of them and lucky to have them working with me.

Next year promises to be even better! Hollywood is coming further out of its pandemic slump and is really starting to hit its stride again. The current schedule for our season next year is looking amazing! Everything from Dungeons & Dragons to Guardians of the Galaxy. From The Little Mermaid and Super Mario to Spider-Man and Indiana Jones -- we will have them ALL on the biggest screen in the area, and the brightest and sharpest cinema projector in the world! Plus a few fun Retro surprises up our sleeves!

It will all be here at the Tiffin Drive-In Theater next spring. Look for more announcements here and on our social media throughout the off-season. Thanks again for a great 2022!

-Michael Cole, Owner  

3/22/22

Hello Everyone! We are getting very close to opening. A few hurdles still remain that we need to get over before we can officially set a date. But we are getting Very Very Close!

As we all get ready, I want to make sure that YOU are all ready. I know you drive-in veterans out there already know this, but it's worth a reminder to you and an announcement to everyone else.

If you don't have one already, go out now and get yourself a good FM stereo radio. Get the best one you can, with a good antenna. The audio for our movies is broadcast from an FM radio transmitter in our projection tower. This has been the audio delivery system for drive-ins for years.

The FM radios in your vehicles will work fine as well. But many new cars and trucks do not have an auxiliary setting with their ignition keys in which you can have power to your radio for as long as you like. These new vehicles will keep power to your radio for only a short time then turn off. And it's awkward to keep turning it back on throughout the movie.

Your car radio is fine. But a portable FM radio just makes it easier to keep the audio going, as well as allowing you to be outside your car in lawn chairs and such. Consider this radio advice just a bit of drive-in housekeeping.

We want you to have the best audio possible, to accompany and enjoy what will be the newly enhanced image quality on our screens this season from our all-new projectors.

More about THAT later!

Opening Night is getting close. So get Ready!

-Michael Cole, Owner