Atlas Obscura is planning a four-day festival in Hot Springs to celebrate the total solar eclipse in April.
The Ecliptic festival is slated for April 5 – April 8, the day of the solar eclipse. Atlas Obscura, a media and entertainment company “dedicated to inspiring wonder and curiosity about the world,” said 4,000 people are expected to attend.
Attendees will have the option to stay in “luxe glamping tents,” camp on their own, or arrange accommodations nearby. Atlas Obscura has partnered with Valley of the Vapors, an international indie music festival, to put together a lineup of musicians, including Allah-Las, Blonde Redhead, Shannon and the Clams, Deerhoof, and Mary Lattimore.
John Bucher, a mythologist and storyteller, will attend. So will Kelly Reidy, a theoretical physicist, Atlas Obscura said in a news release.
“Over the course of four days, we’ll come together to celebrate this rare astronomical event with an all-out festival of wonder featuring celebrated scientists, legendary musicians, curated vendors, artists, and explorers,” Megan Roberts, Atlas Obscura’s vice president of Experiential, said in a statement.
In 2017, the last time there was a total solar eclipse over parts of the United States, Atlas Obscura held its first eclipse festival in the Snake River Valley in Oregon. “Based on the success of that event, there was significant demand for a larger, more expansive festival for the global Atlas Obscura community, longtime Valley of the Vapors attendees, and fans from the region,” Atlas Obscura said.
For more information about the Ecliptic festival, visit this website.
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