REST Fest 2024: Eclipse Edition

It's the total solar eclipse and our REST is revolutionary! Eclipse myths tell of celestial dragons and humans fighting for the light. Before the sky goes dark mid-day, let's light up Austin with parades, live music, dance, haptic art, dinner in the dark, and practice RESTiprocity. > > > SCHEDULE OF FESTIVITIES! < < < WEDNESDAY | APRIL 3 REST Fest Eve at the Dougherty Arts Center Theater (DAC) 6 pm | Dinner in the Dark (DAC) Featuring Taste of Ethiopia (vegan), custom drinks, and immersive art games with The Theorists 7:30 pm | Dance in the Dark (DAC Theater) Blues Social Dance with Live Music from The Sharp Dress Nines! 🌑 🌒 🌓 🌔 🌕 🌖 🌗 🌘 🌑 THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY | APRIL 4-6 Dreamland Performances and Parties 6 pm | Open House (DAC) Featuring: Free Artisan Market, Immersive Art, VR, Body Work, and Hammock Garden Sound Baths 7 pm | Live Music and Dance performances (DAC Theater) Featuring: The Theorists, XYZ Atlas, and Immersive Art Installations by Denver Gonzales 8 pm | Light Up Austin Parade (Butler Park) Featuring: Free golden hour performance parade 8 pm | Dance in the Dark Social (DAC Theater) Featuring: Brazilian Zouk social dance (Th/Sat) and Kizomba social dance (Fri) 🌑 🌒 🌓 🌔 🌕 🌖 🌗 🌘 🌑 SUNDAY | APRIL 7 REST! 🌑 🌒 🌓 🌔 🌕 🌖 🌗 🌘 🌑 MONDAY | APRIL 8 Ending Ritual and Total Solar Eclipse 10 am | Ending Ritual (DAC Theater) Join us for a closing circle and giving back to the Dougherty Arts Center for being our REST Fest home 1:32 pm - 1:41 pm | Total Solar Eclipse (Butler Park) Front-row viewing and free parking for the total solar eclipse 🌑 🌒 🌓 🌔 🌕 🌖 🌗 🌘 🌑 > > >TICKETS < < < 🐉 February 12 🧧 Happy Chinese New Year! Tickets are open on the first Super New Moon! 🐉 March 10 🌑 Second Super New Moon Suprise!! *Subscribe to our Newsletter for the discount deal! thetheorists.org/contact 🐉 April 3-8 ✨ Third Super New Moon and total solar eclipse - it's showtime!! Prices go up at the door. *No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Limited pay-what-you-can rush tickets are available at the door. All proceeds directly pay unhoused artists to create and curate art shows with our programs Draw Together and Urban Echo. 🌑 🌒 🌓 🌔 🌕 🌖 🌗 🌘 🌑 REST Fest is a collaborative experiment by The Theorists, produced by Fisterra (www.fisterra.xyz). It has been financed in part by the City of Austin’s Elevate Grant Program.