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Participants shopped local to support 80 small businesses, while also making thousands of charitable donations. This year, Metro and Interac are seeking to deepen their relationship with local communities by inviting diverse musicians to perform on-site and will be matching community charitable donations up to $150,000.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" id=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe last two years have driven home the importance of togetherness, community and supporting one another. The Metro Retro Drive-In, presented by Interac, checks all those boxes, allowing us to gather safely with family and friends while enjoying some movie favourites,\u201d said Daria Hill, Associate Vice President, Corporate Communications &amp; Sponsorships, Interac Corp. \u201cWe\u2019re proud to partner with Metro once again to help Canadians get more out of life this summer, while supporting local businesses and artists in reconnecting with their customers and audiences.\u201d<br><br>Movie-goers have the chance to support a variety of unique and locally sourced vendors at the InLife<sup>TM<\/sup> Marketplace, putting several creative small businesses in the spotlight. Attendees will have the option to donate to local community causes benefitting local residents using payment options like <em>Interac<\/em> Debit contactless payments, facilitated by tiptap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs Ontario\u2019s community grocer, this drive-in movie series was born out of all the moments we missed celebrating with our local communities,\u201d said Candace Woods, Head of Marketing at Metro Ontario Inc. \u201cWe are proud to work with local producers, artists, and community partners who help make our purpose, to nourish the health and well-being of our communities, come to life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New this year, movie-goers will be treated to a live MusicLife pre-show \u2013 featuring a diverse group of talented artists. Performers from the GTA include R&amp;B singer, thehonestguy, the smooth sounds of Levyi-Alexander J. Love, and soul artist Zenesoul.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBeing able to get back into performing in the community is just amazing. It&#8217;s one thing to create music, it&#8217;s another thing to share it in an environment filled with love,\u201d said Zenesoul, from Brampton, Ontario. \u201cInterac is giving me this opportunity to do what I\u2019m passionate about, and I can\u2019t wait to perform for audiences across Ontario.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ontarians interested in attending Metro Retro Drive-In can register <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metro.ca\/en\/recipes-occasions\/special-occasions\/drive-in-registration\">online<\/a>. Free tickets will be released weekly on a first-come, first-serve basis. The tour will stop at locations including Etobicoke, Pickering, Whitby, Mississauga, Hamilton, London, Barrie, Newmarket, Peterborough, Ottawa, and more. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Media contact for press passes and interview opportunities:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interac Corp., 416-869-2017,\u202fmedia@interac.ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Interac Corp.<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interac Corp. empowers Canadians to transact digitally with confidence by providing payment and value exchange services. Through our world-class privacy, fraud mitigation, governance and digital identity and authentication expertise, we help keep Canadian customers safe and secure when transacting. With nearly 300 financial institutions connected to our network, Canadians choose Interac products an average of 18 million times a day to pay and exchange money. Interac champions workplace culture and corporate citizenship based on the principles of responsibility, diversity and inclusion. We are proud to be one of&nbsp;Canada&#8217;s&nbsp;leading and most trusted financial brands. For more information, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3495425-1&amp;h=3505942660&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fc212.net%2Fc%2Flink%2F%3Ft%3D0%26l%3Den%26o%3D3205322-1%26h%3D2398595750%26u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.interac.ca%252Fen%252Fcontent%252F%26a%3DIn%2Bthe%2BKnow&amp;a=In+the+Know\"><em>In the Know<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ae, TM are owned by Interac Corp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Metro and Interac will match donations up to $100,000 and $50,000 respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metro Retro Drive-In, presented by Interac, will make 20 stops across the province of Ontario for an evening of film favourites and live musical entertainment TORONTO, May 17, 2022 \u2013 Back by popular demand, Interac Corp. today announced the highly anticipated event series of the season \u2013 the second Metro Retro Drive-In presented by Interac.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":93648,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"content-tags":[952,279],"content-category":[193],"spokespeople":[],"in_the_know_post_format":[173],"class_list":["post-93647","content","type-content","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","content-tags-enterprise-and-government","content-tags-interac-debit","content-category-news","in_the_know_post_format-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Interac and Metro Bring Back Free Drive-In Movies in Ontario<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Back by popular demand, Interac Corp. today announced the highly anticipated event series of the season \u2013 the second Metro Retro Drive-In presented by Interac.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interac.ca\/en\/content\/news\/its-showtime-interac-and-metro-bring-free-drive-in-movie-nights-back-to-ontario\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"It\u2019s showtime! 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