Lido on the Roof 2023–24

Overview

What's better, the smell of fresh popcorn or the scent of fresh air? Now that starlight screenings have returned to Lido's Rooftop Cinema in Hawthorn, you can enjoy both at once. Perched atop the Glenferrie Road picture house, the outdoor screen is once again lighting up with a selection of new release and retro movies in the open air for the rest of spring and throughout summer.

Highlights on the 2023–24 Lido on the Roof season include the biggest movie of the year, aka Barbie; big suits and brilliant tunes in the remastered Stop Making Sense; fresh titles such as The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes and Napoleon; and Christmas flicks when the time comes.

Also on the bill: everything from Grease, 24 Hour Party People, The Parent Trap and Spice World, to take care of the classics, through to Past Lives, Wonka, Priscilla and Ferrari.

Always a hot ticket, sessions sell out quickly here — if you need any more motivation to get booking.

Also, don't forget that the bar opens an hour before session start times for rooftop — and sunset — drinks.