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Upcoming Concerts & Special Events

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FiskEDM Live DJ Homemade Spaceship - Sept. 6 at 10pm

Homemade Spaceship combines his perspective of any genre he can find with the energy of low-end bass drops of Dubstep, Half-time, Future Bass, DnB, Trap, House etc. While still fusing all these genres, Homemade Spaceship performs with live instruments to captivate audiences at his high energy performances.
Aboriginal Skies by Paul Taylor

Special Talk: Aboriginal Skies - In the Land of the Lightning People - September 19 & 20 at 7pm

Join us as Australian storyteller and educator Paul Taylor will explore the creation story and ancient rock art describing Aboriginal beliefs about the heavens.
Samskara on the dome at Burning Man

Samskara RETURNS! - October 6 & October 27

Samskara returns to Fiske Planetarium this fall! Immerse yourself in an evolving and ongoing project inspired by the amazing digital artwork of Android Jones and created in collaboration with 360ART.

Past Concert & Special Events

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Cosmic Kirtan Connection
August 11, 2019 at 7:30pm Join Mira Devi & Friends, with special musical guest Kalika Fortin, for an evening of cosmic chanting. A full spectrum, live music experience, from soothing to grooving, will combine with Sanskrit mantras and stunning visuals for a multi-sensory tapestry of healing. Feel free to chant...

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Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Celebration
July 2019 Fiske celebrated during the month of July and took a trip back to 1969. On September 12, 1962, President John F. Kennedy gave his iconic "We Choose to Go to the Moon" speech at Rice University. Several years and many missions later, the three man crew of Apollo...

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The Bluegrastronauts - A Live Concert
July 20, 2019 at 9:30pm As featured on NPR’s Mountain Stage Radio Show , The Matchsellers’ Bluegrastronauts is the world’s first outer-space bluegrass odyssey . Mixing elements of tall tales, theater, science fiction and bluegrass, the Bluegrastonauts show isn’t quite like anything you’ve ever seen. Dressed as space travelers from...

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The Bluegrastronauts – A Family Space Adventure
July 20, 2019 at 1pm Bring the family out to enjoy a special kids version of "Bluegrastronauts." The time-traveling Bluegrass group The Matchsellers will take listeners onto a hilarious journey through the cosmos. Get ready to learn about the wild and crazy future, the perils of traveling through time &...

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Samskara - SOLD OUT!
July 7, 2019 at 6pm and 7:30pm Samskara returns to Fiske Planetarium this summer! ALL SHOWS SOLD OUT! Immerse yourself in an evolving and ongoing project inspired by the amazing digital artwork of Android Jones and created in collaboration with 360ART. It's based on ancient Vedic tales and Sanskrit mantras...

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Bringing Back Dark Skies: A Conversation about the Boulder Dark-Sky Ordinance
June 12, 2019 at 7pm Have you seen the Milky Way lately? Most of us haven’t - 80 percent of Americans can no longer see the Milky Way from their homes. Join this discussion with the Sierra Club, the International Dark-Sky Association, and Fiske Planetarium to learn why dark skies...

Samskara at Fiske with audience and dome in view
Samskara
ALL SHOWS SOLD OUT! May 4 at 2pm, 3:30pm & 5pm AND May 5 at 2pm, 3:30pm & 5pm Samskara returns to the Fiske Planetarium this Spring! Immerse yourself in an evolving and ongoing project inspired by the amazing digital artwork of Android Jones and created in collaboration with 360ART...

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Legato Live Concert
April 27, 2019 at 10-11:30pm Members of Technicolor Tone Factory and Genetics have come together to bring a fresh, unique sound to the booming Colorado music scene. Legato, an Italian term meaning tied-together, symbolizes how the member's styles and influences mesh in a smooth, cohesive way. With their roots firmly...

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You are (not so) Special: Understanding our Big, Messy Existence
April 26, 2019 at 7:00-8:00pm How is a galaxy billions of light-years away connected to us? Is our home nothing more than a tiny speck of blue in an ocean of night? In this exciting tour of a universe far larger than we can imagine, astrophysicist Dr. Paul M. Sutter...

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Exploring the Final Frontier
April 22, 2019 at 6pm Come learn how scientific breakthroughs are transforming the sci-fi dreams of Star Trek into today's modern technology with Dr. Ethan Siegel , award-winning author of Treknology: The Science of Star Trek from Tricorders to Warp Drive and Starts With a Bang! Ethan Siegel was born...