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Let’s Support the Ruskin Drive-In! 🎬🌙❤️
If you're looking for a fun, low-cost family activity — something nostalgic, outdoors, and uniquely "old Florida"
If you're looking for a fun, low-cost family activity — something nostalgic, outdoors, and uniquely “old Florida” — we still have a gem right here in South Hillsborough County: the Ruskin Drive-In Theatre.
It opened in 1952… and it’s one of the last true family drive-ins still operating in the entire nation.
But it needs our support.
Find out what's happening in Fish Hawkfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Last year’s hurricanes destroyed their screen, and they worked incredibly hard to rebuild and re-open. The community stepped up then — but attendance has dropped sharply since June, and they’ve been operating at a loss every month. After more than 70 years, this beloved local tradition is at risk.
- Let’s not lose this piece of history.
- Let’s show up again.
- Let’s fill the lot like the good old days. 🚗✨
⭐ What Makes the Ruskin Drive-In Awesome:
🎟️ Super affordable (CASH ONLY):
• $7 per person (ages 9+)
• $2 for kids 5–8
• Kids 4 and under: FREE
And yes — that's two movies for the price!
Find out what's happening in Fish Hawkfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
🍿 Great snack bar (cash only):
Their concessions keep the drive-in running.
All cars purchase a $5 food voucher (redeemable at the snack bar).
- 📻 Bring a portable radio (or use your car radio).
- 🐶 Dogs welcome when leashed and well-behaved.
- 🎉 Play areas for the kids (before the show).
- ☀️Open year-round, including holidays (closed Mon/Tues).
🎥 Currently Showing (Nov 14–20):
7:30 PM — The Wild Robot (PG)
9:15 PM — Back to the Future II (PG)
❤️ Why It Matters
Places like this don’t exist much anymore.
Generations have grown up here — kids in pajamas, parents in lawn chairs, windows down, popcorn in hand, watching movies under the Florida sky.
- It survived hurricanes.
- It survived decades of change.
- Now it just needs us to show up again.
👉 Let’s remind our community this nostalgic, affordable treasure is still here.
👉 Share this post.
👉 Plan a family night.
👉 Support local. Support history. Support the Ruskin Drive-In.
Ruskin Drive-In
http://www.ruskinfamilydrivein.com/
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