# Santa's Seaside Cinema at 31st Street Park > Event for families in the Virginia Beach–Chesapeake–Norfolk area (VA / NC). Times are Eastern Time. - When: Sat, Nov 21 (+3 more dates) · 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM - Where: 31st Street Park, 31st St & Atlantic Ave, Virginia Beach, VA 23451 - Ages: All ages - Price: FREE and open to the public - Organizer: Virginia Beach Events (City of Virginia Beach) - Official page: https://beacheventsvb.com/ - Last checked: Sat, Oct 24 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 42 metro areas as of Oct 24, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-10-24), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/activities/santa-s-seaside-cinema-at-31st-street-park--listing-035537151972ed0cd68ff166 ## About Free holiday afternoons at the Oceanfront's 31st Street Park with a family movie on four Saturdays. From noon there is live entertainment, visits with Santa, costume characters, face painting, balloon art, photo ops, a snack and hot cocoa bar and holiday shopping, and the film starts at 1:30 pm. The lineup is Frozen (Nov 21), The Grinch (2018 animated, Nov 28), A Christmas Story (Dec 12) and the 2009 animated A Christmas Carol (Dec 19), all rated PG. Bring blankets or chairs for the outdoor screening and dress for a breezy beach afternoon. ## Similar picks in Virginia Beach - [Planes, Trains and Santa at the Military Aviation Museum](https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/activities/planes-trains-and-santa-at-the-military-aviation-museum--listing-4806f0d489625a2dd9d0d91a) — Fri, Nov 27 (+2 more dates) · 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM · Military Aviation Museum · Paid · checked Oct 24. The Military Aviation Museum's annual Thanksgiving-weekend family event in Virginia Beach. Each morning at 10 am, weather permitting, Santa flies in on a vintage airplane (the… - [Holiday Trail of Lights at the Virginia Aquarium](https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/activities/holiday-trail-of-lights-at-the-virginia-aquarium--listing-726f9c320c4aecfc08326a8b) — Nov 20 – Jan 3 · 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM · Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center · All ages · From $12 · checked Oct 24. After 31 years as a drive-through on the Oceanfront boardwalk, Virginia Beach's holiday lights move to a new 1.1-mile walking trail on the Virginia Aquarium grounds. The trail… - [Frosty: A Musical Adventure](https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/activities/frosty-a-musical-adventure--listing-5b629301bf5c3cad9e10f8d9) — Tue, Nov 24 · 6:00 PM · Ferguson Center for the Arts, Newport News · From $12 · checked Oct 24. The Barter Players from Abingdon's Barter Theatre bring a new holiday musical inspired by the song 'Frosty the Snowman' to the Ferguson Center for the Arts. Catherine Bush's… - [NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet at the Sandler Center](https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/activities/nutcracker-magical-christmas-ballet-at-the-sandler-center--listing-698bf8af6ab3d527a083f981) — Wed, Nov 25 · 3:00 PM · Sandler Center for the Performing Arts · Paid · checked Oct 24. The touring NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet, billed as the largest Nutcracker production in North America, stops at the Sandler Center the day before Thanksgiving. The show… - [Holiday Parade at the Beach](https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/activities/holiday-parade-at-the-beach--listing-5972e5b77b9ac25473df5409) — Sat, Dec 5 · 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM · Atlantic Avenue, 15th to 25th Streets · All ages · Free · checked Oct 24. Virginia Beach's evening holiday parade on Atlantic Avenue at the Oceanfront. About 90 parade units travel north from 15th Street to 25th Street: giant balloons, marching bands… - [Holiday Yule Log Bonfire & Holiday Marketplace](https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/activities/holiday-yule-log-bonfire-and-holiday-marketplace--listing-7bc3afed07a10c64ac781e7c) — Sat, Dec 5 · Town Point Park, Norfolk · All ages · Free · checked Oct 24. For one Saturday afternoon in early December, Town Point Park on the Downtown Norfolk waterfront is decorated for the season around a towering Yule log bonfire. Families can… ## More for families - [Christmas and holiday events for kids in Virginia Beach](https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/christmas) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/christmas.md) - [This weekend in Virginia Beach](https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/this-weekend) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/this-weekend.md) - [Things to do with kids in Virginia Beach](https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach.md)