Planetarium Mobilis featuring Highway Lights
Thu, Jun 04
|Factory on 5th
Relax your way through the galaxy with us.
Time & Location
Jun 04, 2026, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Factory on 5th, 3409 E 5th St., Austin, TX 78702, USA
About the event
"Stunning and transcendent" The Austin Chronicle
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Planetarium Mobilis is an immersive art experience that features local ambient musicians and images from space projected on a planetarium screen. The audience will lounge on yoga mats and pillows to experience this one hour performance and video installation. Traditional seating is also available. On June 4, ambient classical duo Highway Lights will accompany NASA imagery reimagined by filmmaker Anlo Sepulveda. Herbal tea will be served after the performance to ease re-entry. Street parking is plentiful and you can grab some excellent tacos at El Fenix if you are peckish before lift off. Their truck is in front of the pink Factory on 5th building. Justine's, Central Machine Works, and Kinda Tropical are also just blocks away.
Highway Lights is cellist Sara Nelson (Austin Symphony) and pianist composer Justin Sherburn (Montopolis). Influenced by Brian Eno,…
Tickets
Floor
Bring a yoga mat! For this hour long experience you will lie down on the floor and look up at the stars while Highway Lights performs. Gorgeous video created by Anlo Sepulveda will take you on a journey to the moons of Saturn and return you safely back to this cozy space on 5th street in just under one hour.
$20.00
+$0.50 ticket service fee
Seat
Don't want to lie down? You can sit around the perimeter of our planetarium and enjoy the performance from traditional seating. The view of the stars is still excellent.
$20.00
+$0.50 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00