FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES
SPRUCE PINE ALIENXPO
UFO & ALIEN EXPO SPEAKER CONFERENCE
ALIENXPO SPEAKER CONFERENCE
ALL DAY AT THE CROSS ST. COMMERCE CENTER!
VIP CELEBRITY MIXER
Starts at- 5:00-6:30
12:00-1:00 James Rink
AREA 51 COSTUME CONTEST
MILKYWAY STAGE OAK AVENUE SPRUCE PINE
JOIN US AT THE AREA 51 COSTUME CONTEST a fun festival event for all ages and pets! Participate in plenty of Activities at the Spruce Pine Alien Festival! Dress like your favorite Alien, Monster or TV Character and win prize Money.
Enjoy a fun filled day shopping for unique Alien Merchandise and local Arts & Crafts. Be sure to bring a lawn chair and pull up your spot in front of the Milk way stage and listen to all the Free Music with headliner band Thirty Ought Six.
The Alien Festival activities also includes an interactive younger Children’s Space area located in the town’s central park grass area on locust street (lower street).
Visit the Alien fun zone where Children of all ages will have a fantastic day in the festival. Tickets are available for zero gravity Bounce Houses and Galactic Giant Slides located at the Close Encounter zone in the Festival on Oak avenue! Have a Blast meeting the Alien Speakers and taking family photos at our Area 51 Space Backdrops. Protect Spruce pine and play laser in a giant Predator Spaceship
SLUICE FOR ALIEN GEMSTONES
TRY YOU LUCK AT THE MOBILE GEM MINE
TAKE HOME ALIEN GEMS! SLUICE FOR TREASURE AND GEMS.
SPRUCE PINE IS LOADED WITH CELESTIAL ALIEN GREEN GEMS AND YOUR FAMILY CAN SLUICE FOR YOUR OWN LOVELY GEMS AND HAVE THEM MADE INTO JEWELRY.
Try your hand at the Spruce Pine Alien Festival Mobile Gem Mine Activity located near the Close Encounter Children’s Area with games bounce houses & Alien Train Ride.
Sluice for Alien Treasure and find gemstones!
Show all your friends and family the treasure that you uncovered from Mystical Spruce Pine, NC famous for it’s raw gems such as Emeralds, Aquamarine, Tourmaline, Quartz and Garnets. Purchase Meteorite Gemstone and take a piece of Spruce Pine home!
This fun family activity is near Walnut and Oak Avenue.
PURCHASE BUCKETS OF GEMS TO SLUICE AT BOOTH #
Children's Close Encounter Zone
The Alien Festival Encounter Zone will be open all day for children of all ages.
Tickets Available for $1
Wrist bands give you an all day pass to the Giant Bounce Houses, Alien Slides and mazes.
Train Tickets: only $3 per person
Purchase a ticket to ride the Alien Train and tour through the whole Alien Festival.
Tickets and wristbands will be sold all day at the entrance of the Close Encounter Zone at the Fun Time Inflatables tent.
The Alien Encounter Zone is in the Howell Spark’s Realty parking lot on the corner of Walnut and Oak Avenue near the Main Stage.
HAVE A CLOSE ENCOUNTER & SAVE THE PLANET PLAY UFO LASER TAG
Save Planet Earth from the UFO Invasion
Children & Adults of all ages can purchase a wristband to fight off the Alien Invaders in Spruce Pine on June 8th and save planet Earth.
Alien tickets: Only $ 5 each per game
or
Alien Wristbands: $10 for all day
Don’t miss your chance to enter a real Alien UFO and fend off the invaders with lasers and tag the extraterrestrial predators and each other!
Located Near the Corner of Oak & Walnut near the Children’s Close Encounter Zone
in front of Howell Sparks Realty!
PURCHASE TICKETS AT ALIEN FESTIVAL FOR SPECIAL STARGAZING EVENT AT THE BARE DARK SKY OVSERVATORY
Observe Stars, Galaxies and Planets
June 8th 9:30pm -10:30pm
-or-
June 8th 11:00pm -Midnight
Tickets: Adults $20 Children $5 (12 & under)
In the event of rain or clouds, the event will be moved into the Arthur Planetarium
66 Energy Exchange Drive, Burnsville, NC
The International Dark Sky Park and is one of only two in the world that operates as an Observatory and a Planetarium!
Call 828-470-7584
Email with Observatory Questions:
Email with Planetarium Questions:
Welcome to the Arthur Planetarium!
The Glenn and Carol Arthur Planetarium, located at the Earth to Sky Park in Burnsville, NC, will now wow audiences with traditional astronomy shows to other STEM education shows all underneath a 36 ft projection dome. Comprised of 60 seats beneath the dome, the planetarium is a multi-use destination for visitors, residents, school children, and Mayland students.
The Arthur Planetarium is handicap and wheelchair accessible.
Join us for an evening of stargazing as you’ve never seen before! Depending on the time of year and the moon phase, visitors will be able to view the moon, planets, and stars through our 34″ diameter mirror on our custom-built Newtonian telescope, as well as our smaller 14″ mirror Meade planetary telescope. With the assistance of our two observatory Managers, visitors will spend two hours viewing and learning about the night sky.
SAM SCOPE
Named the “Sam Scope” in memory of Samuel Phillips, the telescope is an f/3.6 Star Structure Newtonian telescope, with a 34 inch (0.86 meters) mirror. It is the largest telescope in the Southeast US dedicated to public use.
The Samuel L. Phillips Family Foundation, a local nonprofit organization, provided funding for the fabrication of the telescope. Enjoy this magical celestial journey to the stars!
MITCHEL COUNTY ANIMAL RESCUE
ADOPT-MAKE DONATIONS- GET INFO-BUY PET SUPPLIES-SAVE A PET
BOOTH LOCATION:
TENT IN FRONT OF THE GROVE CHURCH
Come to the Spruce Pine Alien Festival and adopt a puppy or dog and give them a Loving Home. We are so proud to sponsor the Mitchell County Animal Shelter!
Experience a Real Tarot Reading
Experience A Real Tarot Reading by Beth Stamper.
Explore your Future and the secrets that lay ahead in your life and those around you!
Professional Tarot Reader Beth Stamper will read your Future with Alien & Spaced Themed Tarot Cards.
You will find Beth at Booth #
Call for Appointment (828) 499-6952
