Mars New Year
All speakers, unless noted, will be at the main stage, corner of Pittsburgh Street and Grand Avenue, by the spaceship.
Friday
5 p.m. — Festival opens with Mayor Gregg Har...
June 04, 2025
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Anticipation has been building in Mars for the 2025 Mars New Year, an event held every other year to coincide with the solar cycle of the planet. Plans for this year’s ev...
June 04, 2025
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Those who attended the previous Mars New Year celebration in 2023 may remember its official comic book, “Journey to Mars,” which told the tale of four teenagers making a ...
June 04, 2025
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June 04, 2025
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Coordinator Gregg Hartung, of the Mars New Year Festival, said this year the team is literally bringing the red planet to the borough Friday and Saturday, June 9 and 10.
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June 07, 2023
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Mars Robotics Association is back for its fourth year at the Mars New Year Festival with the Robotic Village — and, according to president and mentor Jeff Beckstead, this...
June 07, 2023
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More than 40 student projects from across the United States will vie to win the Mars STEAM Challenge on Saturday, June 10, during the Mars New Year Festival.
Jessica Beas...
June 07, 2023
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The planets are aligning this summer when the Mars New Year Festival will coincide with the annual Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival this year.
The biennial Mars New Year Fes...
June 07, 2023
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