Dear Strand Fan,

This weekend begins an international event at the Strand.   CINEMA SCARES FILM FEST will be Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.   The schedule is incredible.   We will be showing films from the USA, UK, Italy, Belarus, Iceland, France, Spain, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, Germany, Austria, New Zealand.

We will have several filmmakers in attendance.   If you are a fan of the horror genre this will be a must see.   Take a look at the schedule to the left..wow!    Tickets are available at the door.  Thank you Cinema Scares for making your home at the Strand Theatre.

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SWEET BABY JAMES - America's #1 James Taylor Tribute.    Saturday October 5, 2024 at 7:30pm.   Don't miss America's #1 James Taylor tribute Sweet Baby James, as Nashville musician Bill Griese performs the songs of the legendary JT. Not your typical tribute band fare, and not a "look-alike" act, Griese delights audiences using only his uncanny Taylor-like vocals & guitar playing, and a refreshingly real stage presence.  This is a concert you won't want to miss.  Tickets are available at the door, online, or at Shelbyville Paint.



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TWITTY & LYNN: A SALUTE TO CONWAY AND LORETTA.  Twitty & Lynn return to the Strand on Sunday October 6, 2024 for a 3pm matinee performance.  There’s a moment right at the very beginning of any Twitty & Lynn show that affords country music fans the chance to look back in time. Just after the band has played the signature intro to “Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man,” Tre Twitty and Tayla Lynn shoot each other a glance that summons the electrifying chemistry of their grandparents: Tre is the grandson of Conway Twitty, Tayla is the granddaughter of Loretta Lynn.

Twitty & Lynn — and their internationally popular show “A Salute to Conway & Loretta” — aren’t impersonators. Tre doesn’t groom Seventies sideburns and perm his hair; Tayla doesn’t mimic her grandmother’s mannerisms. Rather, they are onstage celebrating country music, the lost art of duet singing, and the two beloved icons they refer to as “Poppy” and “Memaw.”
Our Tuesday Night Film Series with WEIRD SCIENCE (1985).  Weird Science is a 1985 American teen science fiction comedy directed by John Hughes. The film centers on two high school misfits, Gary Wallace (Anthony Michael Hall) and Wyatt Donnelly (Ilan Mitchell-Smith), who are socially awkward and constantly bullied by their peers. Desperate to become popular and confident, they use their computer skills to create the perfect woman, Lisa (played by Kelly LeBrock), through a science experiment.