Festival of the Night Sky & Nocturnal Creatures
Celebrate International Dark Sky Week with 15 educational exhibitors, bird walks, and kids activities followed by an evening of urban stargazing with local astronomers. Learn about our solar system from a NASA Ambassador. Park Ranger nature walks and nocturnal creature exhibits including spiders, scorpions, and bats. See live owls and hawk flights. Light pollution awareness, human night vision and good light/bad light demonstration with DarkSky Advocates. Free, family-friendly event.
Bring your binoculars, jacket, red flashlight, drinks, snacks, and your curiosity. 5:00 p.m. - Guided Bird Walks with San Diego Bird Alliance
7:30 p.m. - Telescope Star Party with San Diego Astronomy Association and local astronomers
Exhibitors include:
•County of San Diego Parks and Recreation
•City of San Diego Parks and Recreation
•Friends of Los Penasquitos Canyon
•DarkSky San Diego County
•San Diego Bird Alliance
•Avian Behavior International
•NASA Solar System Ambassador
•Sierra Club San Diego Chapter
•San Diego River Park Foundation
•California Native Bee Society
•San Diego Tracking Team
•California State Parks
•San Diego Herpetological Society
•Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
•San Diego Spider Society