

EARLY BIRD TICKETS!
Early Bird Tickets for Mayo Dark Sky Festival 2025 – On Sale TOMORROW! Are you ready for an unforgettable weekend under some of the most...


Irish Astronomy Week
As part of Irish Astronomy Week (for more events see https://www.irishastronomyweek.ie/ ), we are delighted to bring you an ONLINE ...


Festival Finale with the Avoca String Quartet
What a fabulous and fitting end to our 2024 Mayo Dark Sky Festival! The talented Karen, Niamh, David and Denice from the Avoca String...


Newport Astronomy Club talk
If you are feeling enthusiastic about astronomy after our Mayo Dark Sky Festival last weekend, then why not join Newport Astronomy Club...


Another Festival Over!
What a great weekend! Despite the lack of stars in the sky due to low cloud cover, we had plenty of stars on display in Newport,...

Stargazing Weather tonight Saturday
Unfortunately, it doesn't look like the cloud cover is going to break this evening, so the chances of seeing any stars is very unlikely. ...


A Good Start is Half the Job!
What a magical evening we had tonight in Ballycroy at our festival launch!. Over 100 people got to experience the most beautiful music...

Stargazing weather outlook
Weather forecast for tonight Friday is to be dry but overcast so stargazing conditions are not great, unfortunately! We will keep an eye...


Mescan Dark Sky Stout is launched!
Newport is getting into the spirit of the dark sky festival as The Grainne Uaile  is the first pub to serve Mescan Brewery ’s special...

2 days to go...
With just a few days to go, here is a quick update on our festival weekend... Â TICKETS : Some events are now sold out (Friday Opening...