Newburgh opens voting for 2026 free summer movie series
Newburgh residents have until June 1 to choose the films for a free six-night summer series at Safe Harbors Green, from Frozen to Zootopia 2.
Residents can help decide which movies play at Safe Harbors Green this summer, with Newburgh opening voting for its 2026 Summer Movies Contest and setting a June 1 deadline for the public to choose the family titles that will anchor the city’s free downtown series. The ballot includes Zootopia 2, Lilo & Stitch, Space Jam, Frozen, A Minecraft Movie, Ratatouille, The Grinch and The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants.
The 2026 Summer Movie Series is scheduled for Thursday nights on June 18 and 25, and July 9, 16, 23 and 30. The screenings are free and funded through the City of Newburgh Community Development Block Grant program, which the city says supports programs that benefit the welfare of the entire community through federal and state grant funding. Safe Harbors of the Hudson says the summer movies are free and open to the public, and that screenings begin at dusk, with pre-movie events and a cookout hosted by the City of Newburgh Police Department starting at 7:30 p.m.
The movies will be shown at Safe Harbors Green, the half-acre urban park at Broadway and Liberty Street in downtown Newburgh. Lisa Silverstone serves as executive director of Safe Harbors of the Hudson, the organization that hosts the site’s summer programming and says those events are meant to create rich creative experiences for neighbors and visitors.
The public vote is the latest example of Newburgh using resident input to shape a visible downtown event backed by public dollars. In 2025, the city’s Summer Movie Series ran from June 26 through July 31 and the lineup chosen by voters included Inside Out 2, Moana 2, Mufasa: The Lion King, Wicked, Despicable Me 4 and Sonic 3.
The city has also used the series to build a broader summer calendar around Safe Harbors Green. In 2024, the Summer Movies on Safe Harbors Green schedule included six screenings from June 27 through August 1, along with pre-movie events and the police department cookout, showing how the program has become part of the city’s effort to draw families downtown and keep the park active during the summer season.
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