2025 Events and Activities
Join us for a full day of hands-on activities, live science performances, underground connections, and tours throughout the City of Lead, South Dakota.
Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center
Your event headquarters!
Registration and tour sign-up
Underground livestream from the DUNE Caverns at 10:00 AM
Ask a Scientist Underground | 11:00 AM–3:30 PM
Virtual and augmented reality
Live science demonstrations by Fermilab, Black Hills Energy, and others
Homestake Opera House
Engage with scientists, performers, and educators starting at 9 AM until 5 PM
Professor Sko’s energetic science shows
SURF 101: An introduction to the science happening deep underground
Live aerial arts performances
A special panel with visiting scientists from around the world
Handley Center
Experience hands-on STEM activities for all ages from 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Little Shop of Physics
Museum of Geology
The Mammoth Site
and more!
Tours
Enjoy tours starting at 9 AM until 3:00 PM
Historic Yates Hoistroom
Tour the historic, 85-year-old Yates Hoistroom and get a behind-the-scenes look at the massive machinery that powers the elevator system carrying people and equipment nearly a mile underground.Čhaŋgléška Wakȟáŋ, SURF's ethnobotanical garden
Enjoy a tour of SURF's new ethnobotanical garden, featuring live music performances by Wake Singers, Starr Chief Eagle, and more!
Tour sign-up information coming soon!
Feed Your Curiosity—and Yourself!
Take a break and refuel! Food trucks and local restaurants will be open throughout Lead.