The 2025 Bryce Canyon Astronomy Festival is scheduled for Thursday, June 26, Friday, June 27, and Saturday, June 28th, 2025.

As always, attending the festival is free with park admission. Some events require advance sign-up. Evening programs have tickets available same-day at 8 a.m. the Visitor Center. There is no advance sign-up. Other programs, such as the astrophotography workshop, can be signed up for in advance. Most other programs, including nightly telescope viewing, are open to the public.

Schedule:

Daytime Activities

10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Solar telescopes (weather and staffing dependent) and a special NASA Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and University of Utah booth.

Evening Program

Topic Pending - 8:30pm - 45 minutes
Planetarium Educator Dr. Amy Sayle takes you on a trip through the constellations and the eternal legends they tell. Help act out one of the greatest star stories ever told..
NOTE: Location given at sign-up. This program requires reservations, which can be made same-day at the Visitor Center beginning at 8 a.m. until capacity is reached. Tickets limited to 6 per group.

Topic Pending
North Campground Outdoor Theater
9:00 p.m. 45 minutes
Join Astrobiologist, Julia DeMarines, as we discuss three big questions with BIG implications. What would you say to an alien if given the chance? Should we be sending messages to aliens, exposing our location in the cosmos? Who speaks for Earth? Julia will discuss the history of METI (Messaging ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence) and the ethical issues invoIved in sending these powerful messages out there. If you've watched or read The Three Body Problem, this talk is for you! Audience participation is encouraged!

NOTE: If there is inclement weather this program will be moved to the Lodge Auditorium, where tickets will be required. These can be picked up same-day at the Visitor Center beginning at 8 a.m. until capacity is reached. Tickets limited to 6 per group.

Stargazing

10:00 p.m. - Midnight
Aditional Parking lot across from Visitor Center
Shuttle hours will be extended for the festival. As parking at the Visitor Center and evening program locations will be limited, we advise parking at the Shuttle Station or boarding from your campground in the park. Shuttles will run until 12:15 a.m.
Volunteers point their telescopes at some of the night sky's most spectacular sights. White-light flashlights are prohibited due to their negative impact on night vision.

Free Astrophotography Workshop

9:00 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.
High Plateaus Institute and Bryce Amphitheater area
Sign up by e-mailing [email protected] or clicking this link.