MAINSTREET News:
Los Alamos MainStreet & Creative District (LAMSCD) is excited to announce ScienceFest 2025: Catalysts & Currents. This year’s event, which runs from June 20-28, will highlight relationships between big events and aftermaths, causes and effects, and discoveries and applications.
What Is ScienceFest?
LAMSCD organizes and curates ScienceFest, an annual community celebration of all things STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math). The festival inspires curiosity and exploration in kids and adults.
ScienceFest begins June 20, with a Friday-night concert and Night Market at Ashley Pond Park. The next day, hands-on and interactive booths showcasing STEAM fill the park from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., giving people a wonderful opportunity to engage deeply with discoveries and questions. This year, the Los Alamos Airport is hosting an open house from 1-5 p.m. to educate the public about aviation. Throughout the week, attendees can enjoy a variety of special events, including lectures, panel discussions, and a Tuesdays @ the Square concert, all of which will reflect the theme of Catalysts and Currents. The festival concludes with Discovery After Dark, an adults-only evening of science-related fun June 28. All events are free.
How to Engage
LAMSCD invites the public to its multi-faceted event and is seeking businesses for Discovery Day on June 21, Discovery After Dark on June 28, and weekday activities in between. Participants can sign up as exhibitors or vendors to showcase displays, activities, or demos related to the theme of Catalysts and Currents.
Additionally, this year Los Alamos MainStreet & Creative District announces a Call for Content. This effort is meant to gather a broad variety of topics and events during the festival, and offer participants a chance to bring their ideas to fruition.
To propose an event or activity between June 20-28, please submit a brief letter of interest to Alison Watkins, Los Alamos MainStreet & Creative District Event Manager, at alison@losalamos.org. Potential participants are welcome to contact Watkins with questions and to discuss ideas and activities. Requests for financial assistance or other support and resources can be included in the proposal submission. Priority for financial resources will be given to non-profits and small businesses. Decisions will be announced by Friday, April 4.
Keep up with the latest on ScienceFest, including topics to consider, by visiting https://www.losalamossciencefest.com/ for more information.