Methods of Advance Registration:

Traditional: You can register either the “traditional” way, by filling out our printable form and returning it with your check, or you can register and pay online. To register the traditional way, click here for the form for individuals and families.

Methods of Registration: You can register either the “traditional” way, by filling out our printable form and returning it with your check, or you can register and pay online. To register the traditional way, click here for the form for individuals and families, or here for the group registration form.

To Register Online: We are using GetMeRegistered (GMR) for online registration. GMR made some edits to their standard event registration form for us, but is till doesn’t look like our paper form. Note that GMR charges a fee for the convenience of their service. For IFSP, the GMR fees can be viewed by clicking here. To register and pay online, click here.

Admission Types:

Full Event (Tuesday-Sunday): Full Event registration includes a spot for your vehicle, tent/camper, and telescope(s) on the observing field, and camping overnight if desired. (See below for details...)

Daily: Instead of registering for the full event, you may choose to attend the star party on a daily basis on Friday or Saturday night at the single day rate. (See below for details...)

Fees:

Full-Event:

Individual

Family or Group

Before July 20

$25.00

$35.00

After July 20 or At-Gate

$50.00

$60.00

Friday Brunch

$16/person

Daily: $5 per person or $15 for 3 or more people in a single-family vehicle

Further Information for Full Event Participants:

Fees are lower for registering during the Early Registration period. Attendees must be pre-registered or they must register onsite upon arrival.

If Full Event participants choose to commute daily, they may still have a spot on the observing field and be eligible for everything included in our full event experience. Anyone arriving after dark will have to park in the single-day parking lot for their first night, since driving is not permitted past this point (the single-day lot) after dark.

Note that if you plan to stay multiple days, but prefer to stay in a hotel at night, then—since driving is not permitted on the observing field after dark—you will have to move your vehicle to beyond the tree line before dark. Note that if you plan to leave equipment on the observing field overnight, you must still pay the “full event” fee, as well as provide weather sheltering/covering for your equipment. The IFSP is not liable for any damage to or loss of equipment left on the observing field.

Further Information for Daily Attendees:

This daily admission is set up so that the public at large can visit the star party and look around, as well as participate in Sky Trekker/Sky Trek Adult, listen to speakers, participate in door prizes, watch free movies with free popcorn, hot chocolate, and coffee, and view through the Prairie Grass Observatory (and possibly other) telescopes.

Daily admission does not include a campsite or a spot on the observing field. Daily attendees may bring small telescopes of their own, but we are not offering instruction in using them as part of the party. The parking lot for daily visitors is some distance from the observing field, making carrying equipment on a daily basis inconvenient.

Groups:

Groups, such as scout troops, should contact us at wvasinfo@gmail.com for special pricing and campsite assignment.