Rock All Day!
Turn up the volume and get ready to rock! Rock All Day is a full-throttle celebration of music, rhythm, and rock star flair. Design your own album cover, explore the sounds around you, rave to rock music classics, and even hit the red carpet with your new rock star look. This family-friendly event mixes creativity, performance, and music history to inspire the next generation of musicians and music lovers.
What to Expect🎸
Make Your Own Album Cover
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM | Art Studio
Design your very own rock album cover using 6x6” cardboard squares, collage materials, and mixed media. Supplies include magazine clippings, feathers, beads, string, and more.
Instrument Design 101
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM | Makerspace
Learn about different ways instruments produce sounds and create your own instrument to play in our newly opened Makerspace!
The Face of a Rock Star + Red Carpet Photo Op
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM | Main Lobby
Get face painted with a signature rock star look of your choice, then strike a pose at our paparazzi-ready red carpet photo station. A true star is born.
Sounds of Our Surroundings (Sound Lab)
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM & 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Classrooms A/B
Explore how everyday sounds—from sugar packets to water glasses—become music. Learn to classify environmental sounds and discover how rock musicians used everyday objects in famous hits. Try making your own music with found objects.
Rock Star Rave + Air Guitar Contest ft. Creek Don’t Rise
11:00AM – 12:00 PM & 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Grand Lobby
Let loose on the dance floor with your best rock moves, then take center stage in our Air Guitar Contest! Winners receive a special prize, and all participants get a music-themed keychain.
Creek Don’t Rise
1:00PM - 2:00PM | Sculpture Garden
Creek Don't Rise is an eclectic four-piece band hailing from the mountains of West Virginia/Kentucky. Their soulful, blues inspired music takes influence from their native Appalachia, spanning across "Country, Blues Soul, Rock n Freakin Roll".
Blues Listening Lounge: The Mother of Rock ‘n’ Roll
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM | Curiosity Café
Celebrate National Blues Day with a trip through the history of blues and rock. Plug into our headphone station and discover how blues rhythms helped give birth to rock and roll.
Electric Guitar Cart
Various Times | Throughout Museum
Check out an electric guitar up close at our roaming cart. Learn about its parts, hear how it works, and feel the music.
