Park Theatre
30 The Square,
Goderich,
ON
N7A 1M4
30 The Square,
Goderich,
ON
N7A 1M4
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The Park Theatre opened its doors on March 6, 1950 with Gene Kelly in “On The Town” (unknown if extras added). On grand opening, then-Mayor George Mathieson and Air Vice and the Chair of the Goderich Board of Trade Marshall Sully made special addresses before assisting local theater pioneer H.J. Sutherland in cutting the ribbon.
The Park Theatre’s opening in Goderich also caused several other theaters to close, including the nearby Capitol Theatre in 1955, Seaforth’s Regent Theatre in 1958, the Roxy Theatre in Clinton in 1959, and Exeter’s Lyric Theatre in 1963.
In 1998, a second screen was added. But unfortunately, the Park Theatre suffered major damage from an EF3 tornado that hit Goderich on August 21, 2011. Major renovations were made before reopening that November. COVID closed the theater in March 2020, and the theater sat abandoned for two years before reopening on April 27, 2022.