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Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon
This fantastic sensory experience is a 42-minute long show whose audio is the full ten-track album "The Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd - nothing more, and certainly nothing less. The music is accompanied by visuals for each track, which each have a different theme; some futuristically looking forward and some a retro acknowledgment to Pink Floyd’s visual history, all relating to a time and space experience.
Showtimes:
- Friday, April 26th
- 5:30 PM
- 7:00 PM
- Sunday, April 28th
- 4:00 PM
- 5:30 PM
Ticket Prices
- ALL TICKETS: $17 ($15 ticket + $2 per ticket charge)
- Running Time: ~45 minutes
Tickets on sale now!
Dark Matter Mystery
When we weigh our Milky Way Galaxy we find that it has significantly more mass than we can see. There is something out there besides the stars and nebulae and dust, something even harder to detect than a black hole. And it's not just our galaxy that has this issue. Everywhere we look in the universe we find that there seems to be way more matterthan what we can see with our telescopes. What is this Dark Matter? Where did it come from? Why is it so hard to figure out? Join us as we ask these questions and more, as we seek to understand The Dark Matter Mystery.
Showtimes:
- Saturday, April 27th
- 5:30 PM with Laura Lege [SOLD OUT]
- 7:00 PM with Laura Lege
- Sunday, April 28th
- 1:00 PM with Christopher Taylor [11 LEFT]
- 2:30 PM with Christopher Taylor [12 LEFT]
Ticket Prices
- General Admission: $7 ($5 ticket + $2 per ticket charge)
- Kids 12 and under: FREE (but must claim ticket)
- Sac State Students: FREE (but must claim ticket)
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Important Information
- There are absolutely no food or drinks allowed in the Planetarium.
- Zooming through the universe on a 360º screen may cause motion sickness, please be advised.
- Field Trips are not handled by Hornet Tickets; please visit the booking site.
- Parking is not free for field trips. Please visit the UTAPS site for more parking information
- Will Call is available at the door or can be picked up in advance at the Hornet Ticket Office.
- Doors open about 15 minutes prior to show time. There is no late seating.
- There are no refunds for shows missed. Exchanges or refunds well in advance so that seats may be re-offered to the public may be considered.
- Shows are about an hour long, including a presentation, often a short film, and Q&A time.
Parking Information
The Sacramento State Planetarium is located in the Ernest E. Tschannen Science Complex (Science II)
The closest parking to the Planetarium is Parking Structure 2.
- Paid ticketed events include free parking on the TOP FLOOR of Parking Structure 2 ONLY, starting 1 hour prior to event start time. There is no free parking for Field Trips.
- Daily/hourly parking permits (valid in student parking spaces) are required otherwise. To purchase an $8 daily (or $4 two-hour) parking permit:
- Sign up for a PayByPhone account and download the app. When you arrive on campus, enter location number "5115" into the app to pay your parking fee.
- When you arrive on campus, pay with cash or credit at any permit machine located in all student parking lots/structures; view the campus map for locations.
Please view our campus map for parking lot locations.
Passenger Loading
Dropping off guests? There is a small parking lot of temporary parking spaces between the Bookstore and the Planetarium entrance that will get a vehicle the closest possible.
Purchasing Tips
- The most SUCCESSFUL way to purchase tickets to the overwhelmingly popular Sacramento State Planetarium is online.
- Customers who have created an account with paciolan (our NEW ticketing company) and are successfully logged in at the exact time tickets are released have had the best luck in procuring these hot tickets!
- Create your account in advance and have your login information available to have the best chance at purchasing!
- Please know that while we do our best to accommodate those who call in, we cannot be as fast as the internet and are unable to select tickets once they are in the virtual shopping carts of online customers.
Stay Connected
Find out about upcoming show dates by following the Planetarium's social media accounts (found on their website) and/or joining their mailing list!