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

11:00 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 Programs

Topic Pending - 8:30pm - 45 minutes
Hear about the history and future of the universe! I'll talk about how cosmology started, how it's going, and where it could take us. Some of the newest research from JWST and DESI have helped refine our views of the early universe and give us new insight into dark energy. Unsurprisingly, there has been some dramatic claims about this research, so come find out what all the hubbub may actually be telling us.

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 - 9:00pm - 45 minutes
Rocket through space and sail among billions of stars and galaxies. Utilizing some amazing simulation software Astronomer Dean Regas will guide you through the mind-boggling scale of the universe. Along the way you’ll stop at the Moon and individual planets. Then you’ll make the jump to lightspeed and head to interstellar space and see all the galaxies in the universe.

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.
 
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.