Places to
see ongoing laser shows
Below are some places with ongoing laser shows where you have a good chance to see laser shows. Many of these shows, especially at theme parks, may run only during peak times such as summer and holidays, to keep people in the parks at night. Therefore, be sure to check with the venue to see if the laser show is running, before making firm plans.
If you have additional locations and suggestions for long term, ongoing laser shows, please contact us.
Finding temporary shows
Also, special events such as fairs and expositions often have laser shows either as part of the event itself, or as a peripheral event. (For example, lasers were used in the 2010 Super Bowl halftime show to enhance the performance of The Who.)
To find temporary or touring laser shows, search for "laser show" or "lasershow". In Google, click on the "News" link at the top of the search results; this returns the latest news items about laser shows. To give an example, a Google News search conducted in mid-March 2010 turned up about ten upcoming shows scheduled for various U.S. cities.
United States
Various/Touring
Paramount's
Laser Spectacular, shows built around one group or musician, such as
Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson and Alan Parsons. Check the schedule to see
when it is nearby.
California
Anaheim - Disneyland, Fantasmic evening show
Cupertino -
DeAnza Planetarium at DeAnza College (seasonal). From Peter Holley:
"This is a LIVE show with a live operator. The equipment is a 3W
Coherent white light and a planetarium-class Laser Fantasy projector
with 2 channel analog color modulation that is mixed and sent to three
separate scan heads. There is also a path for PCAOM scanning that is
used occasionally. Most if not all shows are Laser Fantasy based with
heavy use of cycloids with a measure of graphics interspersed and
occasional PCAOM graphics."
Colorado
Boulder - University of
Colorado,
Fiske
Planetarium
Georgia
Atlanta -
Stone Mountain Park
Florida
Miami -
Miami Space Transit Planetarium
Orlando -
Orlando Science Center
(seasonally)
Orlando - Walt Disney World:
EPCOT Center, Illuminations evening show
Disney's Hollywood Studios, Voyage of the Little
Mermaid show
Disney's Hollywood Studios, Fantasmic evening show
Orlando - Sea World, occasional evening fireworks/waterscreen show
Orlando - Universal Orlando (older park, not
Islands of Adventure),
Universal 360 Cinesphere
Spectacular show around the lagoon (runs seasonally)
Kentucky
Louisville - University of
Louisville Rauch
Planetarium
Louisiana
Baton Rouge -
Dixie Landin' Theme
Park. "Summer Lights on Summer Nights" laser show from May 20 -
August 8 2010, weeknights (M-F) at 9:00 PM.
Nevada
Las Vegas - Sam's
Town,
Mystic Falls Park area
New York
Near Buffalo - Darien Lake Theme Park Resort presents
Laserblast from
mid-May through early October. This 24-minute show features
sophisticated laser visuals projected onto a gigantic mesh screen,
dynamic beam effects viewed in mid-air and precisely-timed pyrotechnics
-- all choreographed to music ranging from rock to country and pop to
patriotic. This show has won numerous awards from ILDA and IAAPA.
New York City -
Grand Central Terminal laser show (seasonally in winter)
North Carolina
Hickory -
Catawba Science Center
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh - Carnegie Science Center
"Laser Nights"
Pittsburgh -
Kennywood Amusement
Park. Nightly shows 30 minutes before closing, began in May 2010
(may be summer only).
South Carolina
Myrtle Beach - The Carolina Opry
"Light"
South Dakota
Crazy Horse (Black Hills area) -
Crazy Horse Memorial
Texas
Killeen
-
Mayborn
Planetarium and Space Theater
Lubbock -
Moody Planetarium
at Texas Tech University
Washington State
Grand Coulee -
Grand
Coulee Dam
Seattle -
Laser Dome
at Pacific Science Center
China
Hong Kong - Nightly laser & light show in Hong Kong Harbour. Probably the world's largest ongoing lightshow.
