Holiday

Lasers paired to music are a great way to celebrate holidays throughout the year in the Virginia Living Museum’s Abbitt Planetarium.

Daytime shows cost: VLM members free, non-members $4 plus Museum admission.

Evening shows cost: VLM members $3, non-members $6.

Holiday Evenings in the Planetarium – November 24 & December 22

6:30 pm – Star of Wonder: Mystery of the Christmas Star

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7:30 pm – Laser Holidays

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List of Shows

July 4th Spirit of America Laser Show

2019 Dates: TBD

Cost daytime shows: VLM members free, non-members $4 plus Museum admission

Please purchase tickets in advance. This show is likely to sell out.

Join us in the Abbitt Planetarium for a celebration of America. Spirit of America mixes great patriotic music with America-inspired rock & roll and songs that have defined American music. Rock on to great artists like John Fogerty, Garth Brooks, Lee Greenwood and so many, many more.

Recommended for ages 6 and up.

This program made possible by Heck Industries.

Show Playlist

God Bless America by Celine Dion
Hoedown by Aaron Copeland
Centerfield by John Fogerty
Fifties Medley by Various Artists
The Star Spangled Banner by KISS
The World’s Greatest by R. Kelly

Servicemen on Parade by Aaron Copeland
Standing Outside the Fire by Garth Brooks
Pink Houses by John Cougar Mellencamp
Only in America by Brooks & Dunn
State Medley by Various Artists
God Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood

*The 11:30 am showing will not include the complete show playlist.

Fright Light October

It’s a howling good time in the Abbitt Planetarium with this frightfully awesome mix of terror-ific tunes! Wild and weird laser images accompany songs from Black Sabbath, Garbage, The Who and so many more! Come enjoy this laser spook-tacular!

Please note that a selected group of the songs listed here will be played at any given show. Your show’s playlist will be determined by your laserist. For more information, contact us at (757) 595-1900

2019 Dates: TBD

Cost: Members $3, Non-members $6

Show Playlist

Thriller by Michael Jackson
Godzilla by Blue Oyster Cult
Monster Medley by Various Artists
Close Encounter of the Third Kind by John Williams
Enter Sandman by Metallica
Men in Black by Will Smith
Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters by Weird Al Yankovic
Re: Your Brains by Jonathan Coulton
Firestarter by Prodigy

Dead Man’s Party by Oingo Boingo
Iron Man by Black Sabbath
Horror Movie Medley by Various Artists
Another Brick in the Wall by Pink Floyd
Push It by Garbage
Frankenstein by The Edgar Winters Group
The Devil Went Down to Georgia by The Charlie Daniels Band
Feed my Frankenstein by Alice Cooper

Laser Holidays

2018 Dates: Vary. Check the calendar.

Times: Vary. Check the calendar.

From Randy Travis and James Galway to The Jackson 5 and Burl Ives we’ve got everyone’s favorite holiday classics – and even a few that might just become your favorite! Celebrate the season with the music and magic of Laser Holidays

Show Playlist

Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by Tchaikovsky
Up on the Housetop by The Jackson 5
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer by Burl Ives
Winter Wonderland by The Eurythmics
Deck the Halls (orchestral)
Jingle Bell Rock by Randy Travis
White Christmas by Bing Crosby
Christmastime by The Smashing Pumpkins
Oichie Chiun (Silent Night) by Enya

The Chipmunk Song by Alvin and the Chipmunks
All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth by Spike Jones and His City Slickers
Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree by Ronnie Spector and Darlene Love
Frosty the Snowman by The Cocteau Twins
Carol of the Bells by David Foster
The Christmas Song by Nat King Cole
All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey
We Wish You a Merry Christmas by Jame Galway

Closed November 22 and December 24 & 25.

Cost daytime shows: VLM members free, non-members $4 plus Museum admission

Cost evening shows: VLM members $3, non-members $6

Star of Wonder: Mystery of the Christmas Star

2018 Dates: TBD

Times: Vary. Check the calendar.

Since 1965, we have journeyed in the footsteps of the Magi, seeking the identity of a mysterious star which foretold the coming of a king. Over the years, the scientific thinking has changed, archaeology has revealed new clues about the lands in which these events took place, and our understanding of who the Magi might have actually been has grown. The show was completely revised in 2008 to offer a truly immersive look at the journey of the Magi while examining the latest clues and seeking once more to understand the appearance of the Star of Bethlehem.

Our presentation of Star of Wonder: Mystery of the Christmas Star is made possible by E&S Spitz.

Recommended for ages 8 and up

Closed November 22 and December 24 & 25.

Cost daytime shows: VLM members free, non-members $4 plus Museum admission

Cost evening shows: VLM members $3, non-members $6