The theater will offer four performances with the option of limited seating to promote social. Also, live music returns to the Bijou in March. Santikos owns and operates 10 theaters in the San Antonio area. The Tennessee Theatre and Gay Street on a rainy night. But then again, there’s a lot of comics saying way more outlandish stuff and can still book.
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I’m not on TV or at risk for a network pulling show, the only way I’d be starving is if venues wouldn’t have me, Morril said. “These are exciting times for Santikos, we opened two new theaters this year, Santikos New Braunfels and Santikos Westlakes, we just finished a remodel of our IMAX auditorium at Palladium, we have plans to announce future developments and remodels later this year, and we remain the most financially sound theater operator in the country,” Brooks said. Comedian Sam Morril will be making a stop at Knoxvilles Bijou Theatre on his 'Class Act Tour' on June 8. Starting this summer, “Bijou Series” art films will be shown across all Santikos theaters. Santikos will continue to support independent filmmakers and art films. “We’re also pleased to continue serving the Balcones Heights community with our Santikos Northwest Theater, located just across the highway, less than 1 mile away from the Bijou,” Brooks said. Santikos has operated the Bijou since December 1987.īrooks said while the company is sad to announce its closing, they’re excited about the future of Santikos. Knoxville News Sentinel 0:04 1:33 Big Ears Festival is set to bring countless artists to Knoxville this spring, but it won’t be the only opportunity to enjoy amazing music and shows. “It’s this changing dynamic of art films, and our lease coming up for renewal that led to the decision to close The Bijou,” Brooks said.
“There was a record bidding war between Amazon, Netflix and Apple, and Apple won with a $25 million purchase.”Īs art films are exploring new ways to be profitable and gain exposure, it’s not always going to mean that they get shown in traditional theater settings.
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In 1937, it once again was a movie house, but by the end of the same year, was closed. “‘CODA’ which won Best Movie (at the Oscars) was allowed to play in our theaters for only one week prior to opening on Apple,” Brooks said. The Bijou Theatre opened on Apwith the play The Knife and continued as a legitimate theatre until 1935, when it switched to an all-cartoon movie format, but only briefly, since by 1936, it had returned to legitimate theatre. The theater was located at Wonderland of the Americas in Balcones Heights.Īndrew Brooks, the executive director of sales and marketing for Santikos, confirmed the closure on Tuesday, saying the closure was due, in part, to the changing art-film dynamic during the COVID-19 pandemic. BALCONES HEIGHTS, Texas – The Bijou theater, San Antonio’s arthouse theater, is closing its doors after 35 years.
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