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film · Wednesday 1 July 2026 · 7:30pm 
Wexford Arts Centre Summer Film Screenings
At Wexford Arts Centre · High Street, Wexford, Co. Wexford
At Wexford Arts Centre · High Street, Wexford, Co. Wexford
The Wexford Retro Movie Club brings a season of much-loved films to the Wexford Arts Centre Theatre across summer 2026, running from July through to mid-September. It is the kind of programme that suits anyone who wants a proper night out at the cinema without the multiplex experience - an intimate setting, a curated pick, and a crowd that actually wants to be there. Families with older children, couples, and solo film lovers all turn up for these, and the atmosphere tends to be relaxed rather than reverential.
The summer programme leans heavily into the cult-classic territory that holds up across generations. The 2026 lineup includes The Goonies (23 July), Labyrinth (13 August), and The Princess Bride (10 September), alongside Ladies Nights with Grease and Magic Mike. Each film is screened in the centre’s theatre space, a room that has hosted everything from live theatre to contemporary art events and has the flexibility that comes from decades of creative use. The building itself has been standing since 1776 - originally a market house, later a town hall - which gives any evening here a slightly different quality to sitting in a commercial cinema. Tickets are €8 per screening, and booking is recommended for the popular titles. Post-screening chat tends to happen naturally in the foyer rather than being formally organised, but the audience usually lingers.
Wexford town is roughly two hours south of Dublin on the N11/M11, and about an hour and a half from Cork via the N25. Irish Rail runs services to Wexford station from Dublin Connolly and Rosslare Europort, with the town centre a short walk from the platform. Bus Eireann operates regular services from Dublin, Waterford, and surrounding Wexford towns. The arts centre sits in the old core of Wexford, close to the main quays, and street parking is available in the surrounding streets in the evening. There is a surface car park at the nearby quayside too.
Wexford is a compact town that rewards a bit of wandering - the medieval street pattern is still there in the narrow lanes running off the main street, and the waterfront gives you a clear sense of why this was a Norse trading port. A screening is an easy anchor for an evening that starts with food on the quays. There is more to see in Wexford and across Co. Wexford.
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