Join the premier eclipse viewing celebration in Cleveland - Total Eclipse Fest 2024 at Great Lakes Science Center. The Science Center and its partners NASA's Glenn Research Center and The Cleveland Orchestra will host a three-day celestial celebration at North Coast Harbor in downtown Cleveland. This free, outdoor, family-friendly science and arts festival will feature free concerts, performances, speakers, and hands-on science activities with community partners.

Schedule of Events

April 6, 2024

10 a.m. - Talespinner Children's Theatre brings Chicken Storytime to life
11 a.m. - Refresh Collective Teaching Artists
12 p.m. - The City Club of Cleveland welcomes Dr. Erin MacDonald, an astrophysicist aerospace engineer, science fiction consultant and host of the YouTube channel Dr. Erin Explains the Universe, for a presentation about her work in Star Trok and the interconnectivity of science and pop culture a moderated chat and audience OBA
2 p.m. - Near West Theatre
3 p.m. - Great Lakes Science Center Break-it Big Science Show
3:35 p.m. - Refresh Collective Dee Jay Doc &Friends
4 p.m. - Refresh Collective Apostie Jones Live Band

Food and Drink
Festival guests can check out a variety of local food trucks, concessions and other treats right on festival grounds. Food truck vendors include:

Betty's Bomb A Burgers
The Proper Pig Smokehouse
Blasian Fusion Foods
Boardwalk Specialties
Sprinkle It! Cupcake and Cookie Cafe

April 7, 2024

10 a.m. - Talespinner Children's Theatre performs the beloved Hare & Tortoise
11 a.m. - Creating Lewis with Emergence Ensemble
11 a.m. - Cleveland International Elm Festival presents Maestro in The DOME Theater -no bichel required.) Women make up only about three percent of all symphony conductors.

Luckity, the La Maestra competition at the Philharmonie de Paris concert hali hopes to boost this statistic

Meet five female conductors from all corners of the globe as they train and compete for fame, individuality, and recognition in a male-dominated world

After the fim, there will be a Q&A with the tim's director, Maggie Contreras

12 p.m. - Near West Theatre Teen Performance
1 p.m. - Great Lakes Science Center Liquid Nitrogen Dump
1:15 p.m. - Refresh Collective
1:30 p.m. - The Cleveland Orchestra on the Kulas Solar Stage in Great Latres Science Canter-co ticher required with an Out of this World free family concert of galactic propertions featuring music by Mozart. Misty Mazzoli. Debussy bussy and Beethoven's First Movement from Symphony No
2 p.m. - Papo Ruz y La Dulzura de la Salsa performs eve satsa pand
3 p.m. - Refresh Collective Student Showcases
4 p.m. - Karamu House brings the funk
Celebrate with Refresh Collective, a performance and art nonprofit that empowers youth and adults through the power of hip hop music and screen printing. They will be bringing the festival stage to life throughout the weekend!
4:50 p.m. - Refresh Collective

Food and Drink
Festival guests can check out a variety of local food trucks, concessions and other treats right on festival grounds. Food truck vendors include:

Betty's Bomb A Burgers
The Proper Pig Smokehouse
Blasian Fusion Foods
Boardwalk Specialties
Barrio Tacos
Sprinkle It! Cupcake and Cookie Café

April 8, 2024

10 a.m. - Refresh Collective DJ Battle
Special presentations and quest speakers throughout the morning
12 - 5 p.m. - Refresh Collective DJ Set
1-4 p.m. - NASA Totel Eclipse broadcast
1:59 p.m. - Eclipse Starts
3:13 p.m. - Totality begins
3:15 p.m. - Maximum totality
3:17 p.m. - Totality ends
4:28 p.m. - Eclipse ends
5 p.m. - Cleveland International Film Festival presents Small Town Universe In The DOME Theater-no tichet tich required Green Bank West Virginia is the only place in the United States where ceil phones and Wifiare not allowed as they would interfere with the world-famous.radio telescope with its sights set on the stars Meet the residents and scientists who live side by side After the Rum, there will be a GSA with the fim's director Kebe Dellamaggiore and featured subjec Ellie White.

Food and Drink
Festival guests can check out a variety of local food trucks, concessions and other treats right on festival grounds. Food truck vendors include:

Betty's Bomb A Burgers
The Proper Pig Smokehouse.
Blasian Fusion Foods
Boardwalk Specialties
Barrio Tacos
Nickalos' Caribbean
Wack-E-Wontons
Sprinkle It! Cupcake and Cookie Cafe

Date:
April 6-8, 2024

Location:
Great Lakes Science Center, 601 Erieside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114

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