Star Party/Laser Evenings

Star Gazing

The Virginia Living Museum offers free star gazing beginning at sunset on the second Saturday of every month. Star gazing is weather dependent. Several telescopes are set up on the grounds and staff astronomers are available to help visitors identify objects in the night sky.

The evening also includes a planetarium program and several laser shows. Shows are $3 for VLM members, $6 for non-members. Double features are $5 for VLM members and $10 for non-members.

The Wild Side Café is open on Star Party nights from 6-8:30pm.

Laser Nights

Looking for some Saturday night fun? Start with a planetarium program. Then experience a sensory extravaganza as laser shows provide music to both the eyes and ears every second Saturday of the month. The museum has an incredible state-of-the-art laser system that splashes brilliant high-color LED laser light all across the entire surface of the dome. It’s the most amazing light show you’ve ever seen! Plus, there’s music to suit every taste. Different bands are featured every month.

Cost: Members $3, non-members $6 per show. Double features are $5 for VLM members and $10 for non-members.

Saturday, September 8

Cost: Members $3 per show, non-members $6 per show. Double features are $5 for VLM members and $10 for non-members.

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Virginia Skies

Time: 7:30pm

Explore the evening skies above Virginia in this classic planetarium presentation. A staff astronomer will discuss seasonal constellations as well as any planets visible. Additional topics may be explored depending on celestial happenings around the time of your visit.

Laseropolis

Time: 8:30pm

Recommended: ages 6 and up

A mind-blowing mix of music and equally dazzling laser effects come together to make a truly awesome laser experience. Jam to bands like Oasis, Future Sounds of London, Emerson Lake & Palmer and so much more. Ancient towers hide the symbols that will transport you to new experiences of sight and sounds. Should you survive the journey through the four space-time pillars, a portal will be opened into a previously unseen and unheard dimension! Laseropolis is an eclectic mix of musical themes surveying pop, rock, alternative and oldies.

Show Playlist

Karn Evil 9 by Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Head Over Feet by Alanis Morrisette
Rock Lobster by The B52s
Firestarter by Prodigy
Under the Milky Way by The Church
Papua New Guinea by Future Sounds of London

Spiderwebs by No Doubt
Foreplay by Boston
Champagne Supernova by Oasis
End of the World (As We Know It) by REM
Torn by Creed
Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
One of These Days by Pink Floyd

The Vision Bell

Time: 10pm

Recommended: ages 15 and above

Inspired by the release of 1994’s “The Division Bell,” this Pink Floyd laser show combines their most recent material with some of their oldest. Some of these songs contain lyrics some parents may find objectionable.

Please be aware that volume levels during our Pink Floyd program will be high and the imagery can be intense.

Show Playlist

Keep Talking
One Slip
Astronomy Domine
Any Colour You Like
Brain Damage
Eclipse
Have a Cigar
Wish You Were Here

Another Brick in the Wall (Part I)
The Happiest Days of Our Lives
Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)
Hey You
Is There Anybody Out There?
Pigs on the Wing (Part II)
One of These Days
Hero’s Return

Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon

Time: 11:30pm

Dark Side of the Moon offers a mixture of psychedelic, rock and jazz sounds. Its sonic backdrops and atmospheric soundscapes combined with a unique assortment of sound effects yield an emotional resonance. When accompanied by a diverse and unusual display of laser art, the overall feel is a dramatic and haunting atmosphere.

From the very beginning of lasers, this album has represented the ultimate in laser show experiences. And it’s still true today. Join us for the seminal laser show experience with one of the most incredible albums of all time. Considered by many critics to be the album that brought the commercial breakthrough to Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon.

Please note that we do not recommend this program for children under the age of 15.

Some of these songs contain lyrics some parents may find objectionable.

Please be aware that volume levels during our Pink Floyd program will be high and the imagery can be intense.

Show Playlist

Speak to Me
Breathe
On the Run
Time
The Great Gig in the Sky

Money
Us and Them
Any Colour You Like
Brain Damage
Eclipse

Saturday, October 13

Cost: Members $3 per show, non-members $6 per show. Double features are $5 for VLM members and $10 for non-members.

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Virginia Skies

Time: 7:30pm

Laser Magic

Time: 8:30pm

This program offers a magical mix of music, from those you love to those you have forgotten, all presented in concert with stunning laser images! This musical compilation is fun for the entire family and includes artists like Joan Jett, The B-52’s, Will Smith, The Blackhearts and much more. It’s musical fun for the whole family!

This program is family-friendly: Inappropriate song lyrics have been eliminated or blanked.

Show Playlist

Santorini by Yanni
Godzilla by Blue Oyster Cult
Love Gets Me Every Time by Shania Twain
Men in Black by Will Smith
My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion
Storms in Africa by Enya
Money by Pink Floyd
Semi-Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind

Time Warp Medley by Various Artists
Diana (Candle in the Wind ’97) by Elton John
Don’t Speak by No Doubt
The Hunter by Bjork
I Love Rock and Roll by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Rock Lobster by the B-52s
Tub Thumping by Chumbawumba

Laser X

Time: 10pm

Recommended: ages 15 and above

The top alternative songs of the ’90s helped usher in a major cultural shift, as serious-minded, image-free bands blew hair metal and pop off the airwaves almost overnight. Many of these bands have gone on to become the new ruling class of rock ‘n’ roll in the years, and decades, that followed. This wild show featuring music from Chris Cornell, Rage Against the Machine, White Zombie and many more.

Some of these songs contain lyrics some parents may find objectionable.

Please be aware that volume levels during our Laser X program will be high and the imagery can be intense.

Show Playlist

Lost by Stabbing Westward
Bulls on Parade by Rage Against the Machine
Zero by Smashing Pumpkins
Park Avenue by Girls Against Boys
Monkey Wrench by Foo Fighters
Would by Alice in Chains
Push It by Garbage

Sunshower by Chris Cornell
Guilty by Gravity Kills
Shame by Stabbing Westward
Block Rockin’ Beats by The Chemical Brothers
Du Hast by Rammstein
More Human than Human by White Zombie

The Wall

Time: 11:30pm

The Wall is best considered as a continual story rather than a collection of individual songs. It tells the tale of a rock star named Pink and his downward spiral into madness. To the listener, and indeed many critics, The Wall is a gripping and spellbinding musical journey – beautiful, haunting, powerful and thought provoking. It is a timeless classic, and one of Pink Floyd’s best, becoming the group’s second best seller behind Dark Side of the Moon.

Now coupled with spectacular and mesmerizing laser art, Pink Floyd’s classic 1979 epic about personal struggle takes on a unique look, weaving its story in one of the most popular laser shows ever produced! Visitors will become lost and spellbound as their senses join this timeless journey.

Some of these songs contain lyrics some parents may find objectionable.

Please be aware that volume levels during our Pink Floyd program will be high and the imagery can be intense.

Saturday, November

Cost: Members $3 per show, non-members $6 per show. Double features are $5 for VLM members and $10 for non-members.

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Virginia Skies

Time: 7:30pm

Hypnotica

Time: 8:30pm

This program is family-friendly: Inappropriate song lyrics have been eliminated or blanked.

Techno and lasers – perfect together. Join us for a body-shaking laser experience with pulsing beats, dazzling lights, and incredibly imagery. Featuring bands like The Crystal Method, Delerium, Faithless and many more.

Show Playlist

Trip Like I Do by the Crystal Method
Love Island by Fat Boy Slim
Insomnia by Faithless
Narayan by Prodigy
Joga by Björk
Silence by Delerium

Acid 8000 by Fat Boy Slim
Comin’ Back by The Crystal Met
Music: Response by The Chemical Brothers
hod
Setting Sun by the Chemical Brothers

Laser Metallica

Time: 10pm

Recommended: ages 15 and above

Metal meets lasers! And it is intense! The theater shakes with awesome hits like Enter Sandman, Nothing Else Matters, Sad But True and so much more. You’ve never done metal ’til you’ve done it with lasers!Please note that we do not recommend this program for children under the age of 15.

Many of these songs contain lyrics some parents may find objectionable.

Please be aware that volume levels during our Metallica program will be high and the imagery can be intense.

Show Playlist