We have noticed, thru polling as you can see from the Official Solar Eclipse 2024 Texas Facebook group, that most folks do not want these “music festivals” that are popping up. Our events, however, will not have any “music line ups”.  We have several other properties outside our main property at Equirina Fields Ranch that are specifically dedicated to the academic side of the eclipse for those that want to study the eclipse and do not want all the loud noise around.  Our primary academic property is DEAD CENTER on the line of totality, overlooks beautiful Lake Buchanan, and provides some of the most amazing views you can imagine.

The “Cause”

Our cause is a simple one. The federal government denied our county any federal broadband internet dollars due to a very gross mistake caused by a local Spicewood resident who thought they knew what they were doing and clearly didn’t. This has left A LOT of our lower income families with school children, and specifically the school children themselves, simply flat left out.  We are putting on this event and will be donating a good chunk of our profits into this problem and resolving it so ALL of our school children can have an equal footing when it comes to internet and getting access to remote school and other learning resources that are simply only found online.

The “Location”

As they say, its all about location, location, location.  This is exactly why we choose Equirina Fields Ranch to host our main eclipse event.  We will have 30 different food vendors wrapped around the huge 100′ x 400′ arena with over 100 crafts and merchandise vendors just outside of it.  Pretty much as big as a football field with 45′ high arched ceilings, it’s an AMAZING space.  We will have a giant stage spanning the entire distance of the north end of the arena. (We have special plans for this which we’ll announce later in 2023.)  Just a little over 100 acres, this amazing Central Texas Hill Country Ranch is a fully operational ranch (so please don’t disturb the livestock ).  Just check out the venues section for more photos.

The “Eclipse”

If your interested in booking a vendor space, either one of our premium vendor spaces around the arena, or one of our standard vendor spaces, there’s several important things to understand.  First and foremost, only Lot #6 and Lot#7 are set at flat rate “Early Bird Specials”.  However, the rest of our spaces are by auction only.  So when you go to bid, the page will throw an error letting you know you have to login to bid.

Very similar to eBay, you just register your email and name, and it will drop you into your “My Account” page, and then you just simply have to navigate back to the lot page you were interested in to place a bid.  Please be sure to add your billing and shipping addresses in as should you win one of the auctions on one of our auctioned spaces, your welcome kit will be shipped there.

Go Stargazing, Ltd

We are pleased to be working with the folks from Go Stargazing, Ltd who will be hosting many workshops on how to photograph and film the eclipse as well as premium guided stargazing tours on Saturday and Sunday nights.  This promises to be an amazing collaboration for our event and our guests alike.  Make sure you check back to our website news feed often for Official Announcements on this part of our event.  Some of their people where at the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse in Oregon so they have direct and in-depth experiences with eclipses. Unlike a lot of other folks who claim they can teach you, these folks have actually done it before, many times in the past, and travel the world filming eclipses.

Booking Information

We currently only have 1 single Premium RV lot left that include hookups, INCLUDING FIBER FED INTERNET!  Our primitive RV lots do have some pretty awesome wifi, not like at a hotel.  Our Tent & Vehicle spaces are the most economical of course and right now are on flat rate early bird specials.  All bookings includes all 4 nights, April 5th – 9th, 2024.  Check in time will be 12 noon and check out time on the 9th of April is at 3PM.  We expect all guests and vendors and to be off property so that our staff can get going on the cleanup process.  Just click the book now button below to browse the spaces available.

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Vendors will have the opportunity to setup for the weekend that will host out of town guest to experience the total eclipse in Burnet county.

As the guests arrive thought out the weekend awaiting the Monday afternoon eclipse we are scheduling a multitude of activities to keep everyone busy and entertained. Aside from having vendor booths for shopping and eating we will also have:
• Science Expo Tent with Space Documentaries
• Triotech XD Dark Ride Interactive Theater
• Kids Bounce Houses
• Astronomy seminar
• Midway carnival

What you can expect:
• Every vendor will have enough space for their RV/ travel trailer along with space to setup their vendor booths for an additional $97 fee for the entire event.
• Vendor will need to check-in between Monday, April 1 and Thurs April 4th.
• Vendors will be allowed to setup their own booth hours for the weekend anytime after they check in.
• All vendors will be listed on the happy times events website and will have an opportunity to take pre-order sales.
• Free onsite wi-fi service for linking up
• Several security officers will be on-site both day and night 24/7 for the entire event.

We anticipated the weekend attendance to be between 3000 - 4000.

Submit your application before 08/31 to take advantage of the early bird pricing
• 30x15 - Standard Lot, no power (can use own generators or rent one from Happy Times Events) Early Bird Price $547
• 50x30 – Premium Lot with power - Early Bird Lots have been sold out, but we still have 24 lots @ 1447

Please contact us with any questions: info@happytimesvents.com

 

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Early Bird Special Sale Ends On: August 31, 2023

Event dates are from April 5th - April 9th, 2024.  Except the park and view tickets are for the day of the Eclipse only.   All Early Bird Spaces are standard spaces only.  If you book one now, you'll get your choice of spots when we release the property maps as well as your choice of space.  We are allowing choice in order of purchase.  So, first order in gets first pick, last order in gets last pick.  Fairly simple.  Listed below are the lot types and available Early Bird space/lot launch quantities.  The quantity left for Early Bird specials will be listed on the booking page using the link below.

Academic Only Package: Starting at $1997 | MORE INFO
Premium RV Lots: NOT OPEN FOR SALE YET
Standard RV Lots:
25 @ $447 per lot
Standard Popup-Camper Lots: 50 @ $347 per lot
Standard Tent & Vehicle Lots: 50 @ $247 per lot
Park & View Only Lots: 100 @ $97 per lot
Local residents (ie, Burnet County Residents) contact support for a hefty discount

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This window is scrollable and we have several locations with availability.

Primary Location: Equrina Fields Ranch
Address:  9871 N U.S. Hwy 281, Burnet, TX 78611
Time In Totality: Approximately 4mins, 5secs

Available for Other Events: Yes
Special Notes:  Day pass and park-and-view ticket holders will be allowed in at this location.  This location holds a 25 acre midway space, 5 bounce houses, and a HVAC controlled Science Expo tent.
Lot/Space Types: Premium RV Spaces (includes water, power, sewer, and fiber fed wifi), Standard RV Spaces (no hookups), Standard Travel Trailer/Popup Camper Spaces, Tent/Vehicle Only Spaces, Premium Food Vendor Spaces (w/power and refuse removal), Standard Vendor Spaces (no power 30'x20' spaces ).

Secondary Location: Pope Ranch
Address: TBA
Time In Totality: Approximately 4mins, 22secs

Available for Other Events: No
Special Notes: A free shuttle will be provided from this location to our Primary Location so folks in with spaces in this location can enjoy all our activities easily.
Lot/Space Types:  30 Academic VIP Spaces, 20 Premium RV Spaces, and 10 Food Vendor Spaces.  All spaces include power, water, and fiber fed wifi OR hardline internet, no sewage services for RV's will be provided.


Secondary Location:
Shackleford Exclusive VIP Location
Address: TBA
Time In Totality: Approximately 3mins, 40secs

Available for Other Events: No
Special Notes: A free shuttle will be provided from this location to our Primary Location so folks in with spaces in this location can enjoy all our activities easily.
Lot/Space Types:  45 Exclusive VIP Spaces and 5 Standard Food Vendor Spaces.  All spaces are primitive parking space only and no power, water, sewer or internet will be provided.


Secondary Location:
Christiansen Ranchette
Address: TBA
Time In Totality: Approximately 4mins, 12secs

Available for Other Events: No
Special Notes: A free shuttle will be provided from this location to our Primary Location so folks in with spaces in this location can enjoy all our activities easily.
Lot/Space Types:  25 Academic VIP Spaces.  All spaces include power, water, and fiber fed wifi OR hardline internet, no sewage services for RV's will be provided.

 


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