Historic Hemet Theatre — Attraction in Hemet

I have been to this historic movie house and theater here in Hemet, California several times. It is very well known in this area and highly respected. The owners are always present, and the staff is well-trained and friendly. They feature live shows, speakers on local topics and history, movies and lots of tribute bands. This year is their 100th year in existence, having been erected in 1921. I attended their 100-year Anniversary Gala last weekend where the real comedian Rich Little (not an imitator) performed a program that brought the house down with his spot-on imitations of George Burns, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Kermit the Frog, Jackie Gleason, Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne among so many others. The Theater sustained a terrible fire that damaged much of the building last year and they are still in the process of rebuilding but are definitely open for business. If you are in the Hub City of Hemet, this is a must-stop if you want to be...

I'm giving this four stars, honestly, out of nostalgia. And hope. This was, at one point, a lovely theater. That time has long since passed. There's been a few changing of hands in the last couple decades and it's now owned by what I believe is a non-profit preservation society. Which is for the best. This isn't an IMAX theater. It's an ooold theater. But old in the best way, with velvet curtains around the screen, crazy comfortable seats and bathrooms so old the lettering is in an art deco font.

I've seen some great movies here: Pulp Fiction, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Dark Knight, and the greatest movie ever made: Raiders of the Lost Ark. (It even had a teaser trailer for REVENGE of the Jedi!) The side building even used to be my favorite comic book shop! So yeah, nostalgia plays a big part here. But it is lovely. And I honestly believe that some day it'll be the five stars I...

This was my first time attending a concert at this location it was like an old fashioned theater it has been upgraded but still seems to need some work in the seats other than that the concert that I went to see was a tribute band to ACDC called La bonfire they were awesome we had a great time the beers were really reasonable prices and as soon as you walk in you smell the popcorn cooking it was amazing to smell that cuz I like popcorn from the movie theater I'm definitely going back they are going to have more concerts in the month to come and the people that work there are very friendly there are a lot of older folks who attended the concert but it doesn't matter because it's made it a cool environment didn't have to worry about all the younger crazy crowds u get at...