Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Theatre District · Birmingham

Also listed in: Birmingham Bars Birmingham Nightlife Over 50 Birmingham

Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema is the year-round home of the Sidewalk Film Festival, a two-screen cinema with a full bar inside the restored Pizitz Building in the Theatre District. The bar and concession stand open at least thirty minutes before the first screening and the venue says a ticket is not required to come in. It runs monthly movie trivia, free filmmaker networking nights and a Film 101 series alongside first-run and repertory screenings.

Address
1821 2nd Avenue North, Birmingham, AL
How to find it
The cinema and its bar are inside the Pizitz Building at 1821 2nd Avenue North, and you do not need a movie ticket to walk in for a drink.
Website
www.sidewalkfest.com
Cuisine
beer, wine, cocktails
Verification
Details researched October 14, 2026. Hours and offerings change, so confirm with the venue before visiting.
Heaviest Corner on EarthMcWane Science CenterAlabama TheatreLyric Theatre2nd Avenue North16th Street North20th Street South5th Avenue NorthB'HAM ChickenBayonetBistro 218Broad Street Peaux Boys + NOLA IceCala CoffeeCarrigan'sClimaxxGa Briella's RestaurantGolden Age Wine GardenGreen Acres CafeHelenLa FêteLa MoreliAna BakeryMoon ShineOno Poke (The Pizitz)Pho PhoPilcrow Cocktail CellarRoad to BurmaRêveShu ShopSilver KatiThai EsaneThe Collins BarThe Louis BarThe Spun CowThe Standard (The Pizitz)The Yard at Elyton HotelTrattoria ZazaUnos Tacos
The bright pin is Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema. The other pins are nearby spots we cover; tap one to open it. Drawn from OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Good for

What people come here for, beyond what is on the menu.

Craft Cocktail Programs

Been to Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema lately? We found its website and hours, and nothing from this year that shows the doors are open. If you know, tell us.

Tell us it is open

Community submissions

No community submissions for Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema yet.

Submit a Spot

Discovery profile 11 of 17 readable

For whoever runs Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema. This is what a search engine or an AI assistant can currently read about the place. It is free, it is here whether the venue joins in or not, and it can be corrected any time.

  • Street address on file
  • Neighborhood assigned
  • Phone number published A missing phone number breaks the last step of most local searches.
  • Website on file
  • Hours published Hours drive the most time-sensitive question in local search.
  • Cuisine or specialty described
  • Photography on file
  • Website reachable HTTP 200
  • Served over HTTPS
  • Structured data present Declared: Organization, WebSite, SearchAction, Person
  • Declares a business type A Restaurant, BarOrPub, or LocalBusiness type is what puts a venue into local answer sets.
  • Page description written
  • Menu linked from the homepage A menu behind a PDF or an image is invisible to every system that reads text.
  • Hours published on site Hours are the most time-sensitive fact in local search and the most commonly stale.
  • Address published on site
  • Social profiles linked Linked profiles are how a machine confirms it is looking at one business and not two.
  • Open to AI crawlers No AI crawler is blocked in robots.txt.

Website checks last run October 15, 2026 against the venue's own site.

Run this place? If we have you filed wrong, or we are missing what you most want to be known for, tell us. It is free and it stays free.

Claim this profile How this works

Real People
Local Love
All Welcome
Never Pay-to-Play