Auburn Garrett Drive-In History

Built in the 1950’s during the early years of the drive-in theater boom, the theater was a small, single screen drive-in with parking for around 150 cars. It opened on May 16, 1951 as the Tri-Hi Drive-In, showing “Isn’t It Romantic.”

The drive-in was renamed Garrett Drive-In in 1959 and expanded to Auburn Garrett Drive-In Theatre in 1960. A much larger screen was erected in the early 1970’s and additional parking was added to bring the theater’s capacity to 420 cars. Movie sound was originally provided by speakers mounted on pedestals, but is now provided on 88.9 FM radio signal.

On August 29th, 2022 the screen was heavily damaged during a severe storm and had to be taken down later.

In March of 2025 a beautiful new screen has been constructed for the re-opening of the theatre for the 2025 season.

The Auburn Garrett Drive-In is open seasonally Spring through September. We are always showing double features and occasionally triple features. You get to see 2 movies for the price of one!

Come spend the evening at the Auburn Garrett Drive-In and “Make New Memories”.