Bing Crosby Film Festival

Dec 7th

10AM - 10PM

The 2024 Annual Bing Crosby Holiday Film Festival will be held on Saturday, Dec 7, 2024, featuring some of the best loved, family-friendly films of Spokane’s famous son Bing Crosby, two of which are celebrating special milestones.

The non-profit Bing Crosby Advocates (BCA) is presenting its 17th annual festival during the Bing Crosby Theater at 901 W. Sprague Avenue in downtown Spokane as part of the community’s yearly celebration of the holiday season. It was on the stage of this theater, known in 1925 as the Clemmer, that young Harry L. “Bing” Crosby began his career by singing and performing skits in between silent films shown there. BCA led the effort to rename the theater for Bing in 2006.

The films will be introduced by Spokane historian and narrator Tom McArthur, and host of KSPS’ Saturday Night Cinema Shaun Higgins, along with BCA’s own Carol Capra.

Doors open at 10:30 a.m. The festival begins with the 11:00 a.m. showing White Christmas. This year is the 70th anniversary of the release of the musical starring Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen. (The song, “White Christmas”, was released in 1942 and is the number one selling single of all time.) Then a romantic comedy “Here Comes the Groom” starring Bing and Jayne Wyman. The 75th anniversary of “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court”, starring Bing Crosby and Rhonda Fleming. At 7:00 p.m. the festival concludes with a repeat showing of White Christmas.

“It’s such an honor to present these treasures in the exact place where Bing launched his career nearly 100 years ago,” said Dave Reynolds, Board President of Bing Crosby Advocates. “The smiles we see from film-goers at these festivals show us how Bing still brings joy to all ages.”