Moonlite Drive-In Theatre, Abingdon, VA
17555 Lee Hwy.
Opened in 1949. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. Closed in Oct. 2013 after not converting to digital. Re-opened briefly in fall of 2016, still showing film, but closed again by the end of the year. By 2018 it was a vandalized wreck. In 2020 and 2021, the downtown Barter Theatre used the Moonlite as an outdoor venue for its productions but has since moved back to its indoor stage.
Moonlite Drive-In Theatre, Abingdon, VA
17555 Lee Hwy.
Opened in 1949. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. Closed in Oct. 2013 after not converting to digital. Re-opened briefly in fall of 2016, still showing film, but closed again by the end of the year. By 2018 it was a vandalized wreck. In 2020 and 2021, the downtown Barter Theatre used the Moonlite as an outdoor venue for its productions but has since moved back to its indoor stage.