Spend Eclipse Weekend In Little Rock With Someone Special
True love may only come once in a lifetime, and so does viewing a total solar eclipse in Little Rock. (OK, OK – you could wait 21 years for the next one, in 2045.)
Capture romantic moments with your partner here in Little Rock during eclipse weekend, April 6, 7, and 8, 2024. The city will have a lot to offer over the course of the weekend, including activities best shared by two.
First, enjoy a weekend of musical performances at the First Security Amphitheater in Riverfront Park, along the banks of the Arkansas River. The free concert series will include performances on all three days of eclipse weekend. Jazz and funk group Rodney Block Collective & All-Star Friends will perform from 6-8 p.m., Saturday, April 6. Gates will open at 5 p.m.
Country musician Ward Davis will perform from 8-9:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 7. Gates will open at 6 p.m. The Cons of Formant will perform as the opening act from 7-7:45 p.m.
On April 8, The Machine Performs Pink Floyd will take the stage from approximately 12:40-1:40 p.m., pausing for a 20-minute intermission ahead of full totality between 1:51-1:54 p.m. The band will then resume their performance from 2-3 p.m., with partial totality concluding at 3:11 p.m. Gates will open for the show at 11 a.m.
If you want a performance that’s perhaps more intimate, consider “Holst’s The Planets: The Solar Eclipse Concert,” held at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 6 and 3 p.m., Sunday, April 7, at Robinson Center. Click here to buy tickets.
The South Main (SoMa) neighborhood is also planning an elaborate eclipse-day celebration with SoMa in the Dark: Path of Totality Eclipse Watch Party. The event includes a viewing area from 12th to 17th streets complete with seats, telescopes, refreshments, viewing glasses and other amenities down the center of Main Street.
As part of the SoMa celebration, an eclipse watch party is being held at 11 a.m., Sunday, April 8, at the Bernice Garden.
As for a romantic meal with your partner on eclipse weekend, look no further than one of the many options in downtown Little Rock’s River Market District. Click here for a full list of restaurants in the city.
Also be sure to check out the Vogel Schwartz Sculpture Garden, which is positioned along the banks of the Arkansas River. (Connected to Riverfront Park, this could also be a good spot to observe the eclipse on Monday, April 8.)
A few more suggestions for a couple’s outing in Little Rock could include the William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum; Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, and Mosaic Templars Cultural Center.
As for April 8, Rusty Tractor Vineyards is hosting an Eclipse Party from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will include food trucks and live music from Tragikly White. Tickets are $50 for those 17 and older, and $20 for children ages 7-16. Children under 6 are free. Each ticket includes viewing glasses and an eclipse cup.
Click here to view up-to-date information on the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse in Little Rock.
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