Past Events

What better place to grow a lifelong love of learning, community, and the outdoors than our FREE weekly early childhood education series in Waterloo Park? Little hands get hands-on fun at wonder-filled workshops focused on literacy, bilingual storytelling, music and dance, cultural learning, and nature play. Each week features a different style of play from […]

In celebration of the first total solar eclipse in Austin, TX since 1397, the Long Center and the Simons Foundation, as part of its “In the Path of Totality” initiative, are hosting a FREE eclipse viewing party on the Long Center lawn and H-E-B Terrace. Doors open at 11 AM in anticipation of totality, occurring at 1:36 PM local time.

LOCATION:
Hartman Concert Lawn
701 W. Riverside Drive
Austin, TX 78704

Vampire Weekend performs during the total solar eclipse at Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park on April 8, 2024! Eclipse glasses will be provided at the show. Tickets go on sale Tuesday, February 13 at 10am at Ticketmaster.com.

Take part in three days of eclipse-related programming from April 7- 9, as part of Simons Foundation’s “In the Path of Totality” initiative celebrating the first total solar eclipse in Austin, TX since 1397. Celebrate this once-in-a-lifetime celestial event with poetry and storytelling, family-friendly educational programs, music, and more! Learn more at inthepathoftotality.org.

Created and hosted by writer Maria Popova, The Universe in Verse is a charitable celebration of science and the wonder of reality, winged with poetry and music. This event is supported by the Simons Foundation and is part of its “In the Path of Totality” initiative. Only a few tickets left! Limited walk-up tickets available […]

Commissioned by Fusebox and Waterloo Greenway, Guadalupe Maravilla’s Serpent of the Sun and the Moon is a bronze sound-healing sculpture designed specifically for the solar eclipse on April 8. The sculpture will be on view in the Lebermann Plaza at Waterloo Park daily during park hours beginning April 2, 2024. The installation is free and […]