Total Solar Eclipse events planned for Bollinger County – KBSI Fox 23 Cape Girardeau News

MARBLE HILL, Mo. (KBSI) – An eclipse-themed weekend is planned in Bollinger County ahead of the Solar Eclipse on Monday, April 8.

The Bollinger County Chamber of Commerce’s eclipse event begins Friday night and continues through the weekend.

Friday, April 5
6 in the afternoon
Mayfield Events Center
Free eclipse photography seminar by Wade Dowdy Jr.

Saturday, April 6
10 am to 3 pm
Marble Hill Ball Park – Ultimate Car Show featuring East Bound and Down The Ultimate Smokey & the Bandit

8 in the afternoon
Movies at Magnolia Park
The Land Before Time
Free to attend

2024 Missouri State Knights of Columbus Total Eclipse Ceremony
April 6-8
Knights of Columbus Hall
Leopold, MO

• 10 am-5 pm – bar-b-que competition
• afternoon – side trip
• 5:00 – Euchre tournament
• 7-10 pm – live music

Sunday, April 7

Knights of Columbus Hall in Leopold, MO

• 7:30-10 am – breakfast at KC Hall – Leopold
• 11 am – 5K run
• Noon – Mary’s bloody contest
• 1 pm – dart competition
• 5:00 – cornhole competition
• 7pm – Texas Hold ’em tournament
• 7-10 pm – live music
• 8:30 pm – fireworks display

Monday, April 8

Knights of Columbus Hall in Leopold, MO

• 10:00 – Knight of Columbus Memorial Mass in St. John in Leopold, MO
• 12:41:13 pm – The eclipse begins
• 6 pm – lottery drawings

Eclipse Watch Party

• 11 am 3 pm
  Bollinger County Library (207 Mayfield Drive in Marble Hill)
  Mayfield Event Center (209 Mayfield Park in Marble Hill)