Celebrate The Night Week 2025
Duluth, MN & Superior, WI
Our annual Celebrate the Night Week offers an opportunity to explore and celebrate the work taking place to restore our night sky and to enjoy the sense of awe that has inspired poets, artists, and scientists throughout the ages! All events are free but donations are accepted to help the progress continue.
Highlight of the Week 2025
Thursday September 4th 6PM
Wait Until the Night - Birds Navigating by the Stars
Dovetail Cafe at Duluth Folk School 1917 W Superior St, Duluth, MN 55806
Twin Ports Cafe Scientifique presents Laura Erickson, internationally recognized birding
expert who will share amazing stories and information on how birds migrate at night by
navigating with the stars.
Saturday September 6th - 11am-3 pm
Aquatic Life and Light Pollution plus Children Activities
Great Lakes Aquarium
Learn about the importance of dark skies for animals and plants that live in our aquatic environment while exploring a variety of exhibits. Children activities from 11am - 3pm.
Wednesday Sept 10th 7pm
Free Planetarium Show at Alworth Planetarium UMD
All ages will enjoy this live, interactive, full-dome theater experience that explores our connection to the cosmos and the need to preserve the darkness of the night sky.
Friday - September 12th - 10:30pm (If inclement weather fall back date is Saturday
September 13th)
Telescope Viewing Star Party
Woodstock Bay, Billings Park, Superior WI, 15 White Birch Trail, Superior, WI 54880
View celestial wonders through a variety of telescopes provided by Arrowhead Astronomy Society and learn how the wildlife and environment of the St. Louis Estuary depend on the darkness of night to survive. Co-hosted with Friends of Lake Superior Reserve St. Louis River Alliance.
All Week
Great Lakes Aquarium - Informational exhibits
Learn about the importance of dark skies for animals and plants that live in our aquatic environment while exploring a variety of exhibits.
Duluth Folk School Informational exhibits
Stop by to pick up information about the many benefits dark nights provide to environmental and human health, science, art and energy savings. Learn easy steps we can all take to preserve and restore the night.