Sussex Drive-In

133 Aiton Road,
Sussex, NB E4G 2V5

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on September 28, 2024 at 5:52 pm

Opened with Elvis in “It Happened At World’s Fair”. A complete calendar of showings was also listed on its grand opening advertisement.

rivest266
rivest266 on September 28, 2024 at 5:43 pm

Opened on June 8th, 1967 Sussex Drive-In openingSussex Drive-In opening 08 Jun 1967, Thu The Evening Times-Globe (St. John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada) Newspapers.com

FB
FB on August 27, 2023 at 5:24 pm

CBC has a vintage news report of the drive-in from 1991: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q13ftlLndpg

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on October 13, 2018 at 11:18 am

There is a campsite next door to the drive-in, where some of the campsites have speakers.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on September 14, 2017 at 6:37 pm

The Open Air Cinema blog posted in 2009 that the Sussex opened in 1967, founded by Gerald Alexander and his family. They sold to Tom Boudreau, Paul Galloway and Randy Defazio in 2008.

For whatever reason, the Sussex never appeared in the IMPAs. That happens sometimes.

Owner Tom Boudreau told the Telegraph-Journal in May 2017 that the Sussex had never shut down and had been open for “50+ years.” He also said the drive-in’s capacity was “around 450,” reached twice in 2016.