Star Parties marked with an * Practical Astrophotography will be sponsoring or will be attending. If you attend an event stop by and see us!
| Name | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Winter Star Party– Cancelled 2022 | West Summerland Key, FL | February |
| Triad Starfest* | Jamestown, NC | March 4th – 5th |
| Global Astronomy Month | Everywhere! | April |
| International Dark-Sky Week | Everywhere! | April |
| Southern Star Astronomical Convention* | Little Switzerland, NC | April – TBD |
| Mid-South Star Gaze | French Camp, MS | April – TBD |
| Northeast Astronomy Forum (NEAF)* | Suffern, NY | April 9th – 10th |
| Astronomy Day (spring) | Everywhere! | May 7th |
| Texas Star Party* | Fort Davis, TX | April 24th – May 1st |
| Michiana Star Party | Vandalia, MI | May – TBD |
| Bootleg Spring Star Party | Harmon, IL | June – TBA |
| Bryce Canyon Astronomy Festival | Bryce Canyon National Park, UT | June 22nd – 25th |
| Cherry Springs Star Party* | Coudersport, PA | June 2nd – 5th |
| Grand Canyon Star Party | Grand Canyon, AZ | June 18th – 25th |
| Rocky Mountain Star Stare | Gardner, CO | June |
| Wisconsin Observers Weekend | Hartman Creek State Park, WI | June |
| Gateway to the Universe Star Party | Marten River Provincial Park, ON | July |
| Nebraska Star Party* | Valentine, NE | July 24th – 29th |
| Golden State Star Party | Adin, CA | July |
| Summer Star Party | Plainfield, MA | July |
| Mason-Dixon Star Party | York, PA | July |
| Connecticut River Valley Astronomers Conjunction | Northfield, MA | July |
| Astronomical League Convention (ALCon) | various cities | July/Aug |
| Maine Astronomy Retreat | Washington, ME | July/Aug |
| Saskatchewan Summer Star Party | Maple Creek, SK | July/Aug |
| Mount Kobau Star Party | Osoyoos, BC | August |
| Table Mountain Star Party | Oroville, WA | August |
| Northwoods Starfest | Fall Creek, WI | August |
| Oregon Star Party | Indian Trail Spring, OR | August |
| Stellafane Convention | Springfield, VT | August |
| Nova East | Smileys Provincial Park, NS | August |
| Manitoulin Star Party | Manitoulin Island, ON | August |
| Almost Heaven Star Party | Spruce Knob, WV | August |
| Thebacha & Wood Buffalo Dark Sky Festival | Fort Smith, NWT | August |
| Iowa Star Party | Coon Rapids/ IA | Aug/Sept |
| StarFest | Ayton, ON | August 25th – 28th |
| Northern Nights Star Festival | Palisade, MN | Aug/Sept |
| Acadia Night Sky Festival | Bar Harbor, ME | September |
| Black Forest Star Party (BFSP)* | Coudersport, PA | September |
| AstroAssembly | North Scituate, RI | September |
| Idaho Star Party | Bruneau, ID | September |
| Alberta Star Party | Caroline, AB | September |
| Okie-Tex Star Party | Kenton, OK | September |
| Hidden Hollow Star Party | Mansfield, OH | September |
| Astronomy at the Beach | Island Lake State Rec. Area, MI | September |
| Connecticut Star Party | Goshen, CT | September |
| Eastern Iowa Star Party | Dixon, IA | September |
| Astronomy Day (autumn) | Everywhere! | Sept/Oct |
| Enchanted Skies Star Party | Socorro, NM | October |
| Staunton River Star Party* | Scottsburg, VA | October |
| Death Valley Star Party | Furnace Creek Resort, CA | October |
| SJAC Fall Star Party | Belleplain State Forest, NJ | October |
| Illinois Dark Skies Star Party | Chandlerville, IL | October |
| Pennyrile Stargaze | Hopkinsville, KY | October |
| NOVAC Stargaze | C. M. Crockett Park, VA | October |
| Jasper Dark Sky Festival | Jsper National Park, AB | October |
| Deep South Regional Star Gaze | McComb, MS | Oct/Nov |
| Chiefland Astrofest | Chiefland Astronomy Village, FL | November |
If you have a Star Party and would like to have it included in this list, please contact us
