Public:Group Solstice Show

WINTER SOLSTICE

2026

Whistling past the sun's graveyard

For the past few years, a number of people got together to stream over 24hrs of music. It'd be nice to do it again. Why? Because nothing matters unless we decide it matters.

"This is what it is to be human: to see the essential existential futility of all action, all striving -- and to act, to strive." -Spider Robinson, Stardance

2026 planning

Winter Solstice: December 21st: 20:50 UTC December 21st: 16:50 AST (UTC -4) December 21st: 15:50 EST (UTC -5) December 21st: 14:50 CST (UTC -6) December 21st: 13:50 MST (UTC -7) December 21st: 12:50 PST (UTC -8) December 21st: 11:50 AKST (UTC -9) December 21st: 10:50 HST (UTC -10) December 21st: 21:50 Spain & Germany (UTC + 1) December 22nd: 03:50 Vietnam (UTC + 7) This list will be updated to better reflect host locations Sunsets (Dec 21th): AST(San Juan, PR): 17:53 EST(Boston, MA): 16:14 EST(Dryden, NY): 16:35 CST(Grand Forks, ND): 16:37 MST(Mimbres, NM): 17:11 PST(Crescent City, CA): 16:49 AKST(Anchorage, AK): 15:41 HST(Honolulu, HI): 17:54 This list will be updated to better reflect host locations Sunrises (Dec 22st): AST(San Juan, PR): 06:52 EST(Boston, MA): 07:10 EST(Dryden, NY): 07:32 CST(Grand Forks, ND): 08:15 MST(Mimbres, NM): 07:07 PST(Crescent City, CA): 07:41 AKST(Anchorage, AK): 10:14 HST(Honolulu, HI): 07:05 This list will be updated to better reflect host locations

Status of the streaming software

• Last year's streaming setup worked well, so we'll hopefully be going with the same thing.
• If you are interested in streaming your set(s) yourself, please test your setups ahead of time. Contact seanth at gmail dot com if you need help.

The Sets

• SCHEDULE AND SIGNUP AVAILABLE AT SIGNUP GENIUS: Signup Sheet

Tutorials & Solar calculators

• Tutorial on using GarageBand to make a pre-recorded (canned) set
• Useful for calculating some solar and lunar events: https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/solcalc/sunrise.html , https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/@5562087

Past tributes

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