Saturday, October 11, 2025 | 12:00 - 4:00 pm

At Discovery Center!
502 SE Broad St, Murfreesboro

The Discovery Center’s signature Tennessee STEAM Festival kick-off event, “STEAM-A-Palooza” returns this year on Saturday Oct. 11th, from 12pm to 4pm.

This free outdoor event (rain or shine) features local artists, scientists and engineers for all-ages, hands-on fun. People ages 1-100 can travel booth to booth and learn about the processes behind robotics, composting, cosmetics, creative arts, physics, environmental conservation, mathematics, meteorology and everything in between. Live performances! Food Trucks! And more!

In addition, Discovery Center’s museum admission for indoor exhibits will be half-priced from 12pm to 4pm on this special day.

Overflow parking for the STEAM-A-Palooza will be at Holloway High School, located on 619 S Highland Ave, Murfreesboro, TN 37130.

2024 Participants:

Belle Meade Historic Site

Christina's Dance Center

Clyde M. York 4-H Center

Creative Girls Rock

Middle Tennessee Electric

Middle Tennessee Sinfonietta

Middle Tennessee Space Society

Middle Tennessee Rockhounds

MTSU Astronomy Club

MTSU Chemistry Society

MTSU Department of Chemistry

MTSU Fermentation

Murfreesboro Fire and Rescue

South Sudanese Girls Empowerment Front

Stewarts Creek Robotics- Stewarts Creek Middle School

Stones River Amateur Radio Club

Technology Engagement Center/Rutherford County Library System

Tennessee STEM Education Center

The Elephant Sanctuary

The Parthenon

TN First

Ultium Cells