Experience a 3-day science-packed festival with immersive hands-on activities, speakers, live entertainment, telescopes, planetarium shows, and much more!

Festival Schedule:

Saturday, April 6, 2024

EISENHART AUDITORIUM:

10:30-11:15am: ASTRODANCE: Across the Universe

Noon-12:45pm: NASA'S WEBB AND ROMAN TELESCOPES Tony Whitman, L3Harris Technologies

1:30-2:15pm: ECLIPSE ACROSS AMERICA: WHEN THE MOON EATS THE SUN, Phil Plait

3:45-4:30pm: WHAT WE LAUGH ABOUT IN THE SHADOWS, Comedy on Deck

BAUSCH AUDITORIUM:

11:15am-Noon: HOW CAN WE FIND PLANETS AROUND OTHER STARS? Michael Richmond, RIT

12:45-1:30pm: PUSHING THE EDGE OF THE COSMIC FRONTIER, Jeyhan Kartaltepe, RIT

2:15-3pm: WE LIVE IN A PLASMA UNIVERSE David Schaffner, Bryn Mawr College

Sunday, April 7, 2024

EISENHART AUDITORIUM:

10:3O-11:15am: THE SEARCH FOR EARTH-LIKE PLANETS Matthew East, L3Harris Technologies

Noon-12:45pm: HAUDENOSAUNEE AND THE ECLIPSE Allie Hargrave

1:30-2:15pm: STUDYING THE GEOLOGY OF THE MOON Cate Larsen, AKA Groovy Geologist

3:45-4:30pm: EINSTEIN'S ECLIPSE Matthew Stanley, NYU

BAUSCH AUDITORIUM:

11:15am-noon: FRONTIERS OF PLASMA PHYSICS, Eva Kostadinova, Ph. D. Auburn University

12:45-1:30pm: GALAXIES & THE UNIVERSE Dr. Kelly Douglas, U of R

2:15-3pm: NASA HISTORY: 60 YEARS OF DISCOVERY Jim Porter, NASA Solar System Ambassador

Monday, April 8, 2024

L3HARRIS STAGE:

11:45am-12:30pm: THE ISOTOPES

l:15-l:55pm: NASA Astronaut Lee Marin & Representative Joe Morelle

COUNTDOWN TO TOTALITY
2-3:20pm

2:07pm Moon begins to cover the Sun
3:20pm Totality begins @ RMSC

DYLAN MARLOWE
Columbia Nashville Recording Artist

3:30ish Concert Begins
4:33pm Eclipse Ends for Rochester

BAUSCH AUDITORIUM & EISENHART AUDITORIUM:

10-10:30am & 11-11:30am: BALLET SOL Rochester City Ballet (Eisenhart Auditorium)

12:15-1pm: THE LAUGH OF TOTALITY (PG-13) the Facts Machine Podcast (Bausch Auditorium)

Fest Date: April 6 - 8, 2024

Hours:
Saturday: 10am–5pm
Sunday: 10am–5pm
Monday: 9am–5:30pm

Location: Rochester Museum and Science Center - 657 East Avenue Rochester, NY 14607

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