This calendar contains a wide variety of events across the DFW Metroplex for all ages and interests. We hope you will use it as your central hub for planning your stay in DFW if you have travelled to view the Total Solar Eclipse or if you are a resident seeking to make the most of this once-in-a-lifetime experience.
While the majority of the events are scheduled during the weekend before the Total Eclipse, others are programmed in the months leading up to the April 8, 2024 celestial event. Learn more about the Total Eclipse DFW here.
Event options include learning opportunities to help you and your family understand what happens during the Total Solar Eclipse, how to prepare and most importantly, how to protect your eyes during the lead up to and the aftermath of the period of totality.
Other events include music, arts, sports, celebrations, museums, businesses, food, local entertainment, tours and many others.
Total Eclipse DFW invited groups with events to upload the information to our site as a service to the community. We take no responsibility for the events, organizations/entities or any representations they have made. We provided the calendar only and are not liable for users’ experience with these organizations or events. By using the calendar on this website, you take full responsibility for your own dealings with the event organizers and posters.
With this understanding in place, we suggest you check back regularly to see additional events that have been posted. We expect the calendar to be updated more frequently by the community as the Total Solar Eclipse nears!
Totality Over Texas - Grand Prairie, Texas A once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event is happening over Texas in 2024! Total solar eclipses are a rare and beautiful phenomenon, and in this new planetarium show, you will learn how eclipses happen, how to safely view one, and where these two eclipses take place. Texas is the nexus for […]
Totality Dallas: A Solar Eclipse Festival - Dallas, Texas Join Dallas Park and Recreation on Monday, April 8, 2024, at Samuell Farm to watch the 2024 eclipse safely! Samuell Farm, located just outside of Dallas (in Mesquite), is in the direct path of the eclipse and will experience 4 minutes and 7.6 seconds of complete […]
Solar Eclipse Crafts - The Colony, Texas Get ready for the total solar eclipse by creating your pinhole viewer and other solar crafts. Learn about eclipses and how to safely […]
A Brief History of Eclipses - Garland, Texas Ever wonder how people throughout history have viewed eclipses? Wonder no more with this lively reenactment by the South Garland Library puppeteers! Learn how people throughout history reacted to eclipses and other astronomical phenomena.
PLEASE JOIN US SUN-DAY APRIL 7TH WHAT: Please join for a "Pre-Eclipse Festival" - a special day of events WHEN: SUN-DAY April 7, 2024 WHERE: Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas WHY: Eclipse experts at The Frontiers of Flight Museum want to celebrate and prepare our community for the eclipse happening the next day! Total Solar Eclipse Viewing WHAT: Our […]
Solar Eclipse Cocktail Hour - Plano, Texas Join us on the third-floor pool deck and enjoy a cosmic cocktail + light bites as a Carnegie Institute for Science astronomer explains […]
Eclipse Cocktails & Cosmic Conversations with The Perot Museum Eclipse Cocktails and Cosmic Conversations with The Perot Museum of Nature & Science at Mesa Mezcal & The Westin Irving Convention Center Join us for an evening of Eclipse cocktails and cosmic conversations at Mesa Mezcal! Mesa Mezcal invites you to kick off the Solar Eclipse wonderment with a lecture and Q&A […]
Dallas Plano Eclipse: Cosmic Cocktail Hour with Astronomer **Reservations not necessary; walk-ins are welcome! Dallas Plano Eclipse: Cosmic Cocktail Hour with Astronomer A Night of Cosmic Wonder: Join us for an […]
Navarro College’s Planetarium - located within the Cook Education Center - will present an expanded schedule of presentations during the weeks leading up to the event as well as play host to a total solar eclipse event on April 8, 2024. We’ll have solar eclipse glasses for sale (free solar viewers will be available for […]
Total Solar Eclipse Photo Workshop - Paris, TX On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse, known as the "Great North American Eclipse," will carve a narrow path of totality from southwest to northeast across 13 U.S. states. To experience the total phase of the eclipse, you must be located within this narrow path of […]
Watch the Eclipse with Eclipse, the Alpaca! - Maypearl, Texas A once-in-a-lifetime chance to watch the 2024 total solar eclipse with our alpaca, Eclipse (and his 60+ other alpaca friends), at our ranch in Maypearl, Texas (45 minutes from Dallas or Fort Worth). We are offering limited tickets to this special event, which includes parking, […]
Total Eclipse of the Heard - McKinney, Texas Turn around, bright eyes! Get ready for an unforgettable experience at the Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary. On April 8th, 2024, a total solar eclipse will be visible from our location, and we’re planning an incredible event to celebrate this rare cosmic event. Join us […]
