Dark Sky Week 2026

Dark Sky Week is April 13-20 2026. And the entire month of April is declared as Dark Sky Month in Utah.

Please contact us at darkskyutahboard@gmail.com if you have events you want added to this list.

Salt Lake Area:
Friday, April 10th - Star Party at Wheeler Farm (9-11pm)
Tuesday, April 14th - Clark After Dark: Lights Out (Ages 18+) -- Clark Planetarium
Wednesday, April 15th -- Dark Sky Talk and Star Party  (7-11pm) -- U. of Utah Willard Eccles Astronomy Observatory

Logan:
Thursday April 16th, Launch of the Cache Valley Starlight Alliance, 7-8pm, Logan City Library, Community Room B

State Parks:
Saturday, April 11, Antelope Island 6pm, Public Star Party w/ Ogden Astronomical Society
Wednesday April 15, Jordanelle State Park 8pm, Junior Ranger: Nocturnal Investigations
Friday April 17, Wasatch Mountain State Park 7-10pm, Dark Sky Event & Star Party
Friday April 17, Jordanelle State Park 8:30pm, Know Your Place Constellation Tour
Friday April 17, Goblin Valley State Park 8:45pm, Dark Sky Week- Deep Space Exploration! 
Friday April 17-Sunday April 19, Snow Canyon State Park, Celebration of Urban Night Sky designation
Friday April 17, Willard Bay State Park 7-11pm, Star Party – EKO Adventure Challenge
Saturday April 18, Deadhorse Point State Park, Astro Arts (10:30am) and Star Party: Orion's Retirement Party (9:00pm)
Saturday April 18, Fremont Indian State Park & Museum, Central Utah Astronomy Festival, 11am-11pm
Sunday, April 19, Piute State Park, Central Utah Astronomy Festival, 4pm-11pm

Wayne County:
April 14 – 7:00 PM, Bicknell Theater: Lighting the Night – Dr. Anil Seth
April 15 – 7:00 PM, Etta Place Cider:  Space Trivia Night (ages 21 and over only)
April 16 – 10:00 – 2:00, Shooke Coffee: View the sun through a Solar Telescope and visit the Dark Sky Information Table
April 17 – Self-guided Tour of Night-Friendly Lighting (map available at the Bicknell Theater, Dark Sky Coffee, Etta Place Cider, Sand Creek RV Park, and Shooke Coffee)
April 18 – 9:30 PM, Bi-annual Monitoring of Night Quality (Contact Barb Walkush at barb.walkush@gmail.com to participate.)