StarFest is the annual festival of the Cranborne Chase International Dark Sky Reserve – and from 14th to 21st March 2026, Tisbury will be hosting the event for the first time.
Tisbury Parish Council is coordinating a StarFest programme of themed events around the village, that will run alongside school and after-school activities, planetarium sessions and evening stargazing. This page will be updated with details as they are confirmed.
StarFest 2026 @ Tisbury Poster Competition – RESULTS
From 1 – 29 November 2025 Tisbury Parish Council, in partnership with Cranborne Chase International Dark Sky Reserve, ran a competition for local 4 to 12 year old children to design a poster that will be used to promote StarFest 2026 around Tisbury village and online.
We are delighted to announce the winner and runners up below and you can read comments from the panel of judges in our press release.
There will be a public display of all the competition entries in Tisbury during StarFest week and the winning poster will also feature as the March front cover of Focus magazine.
WINNER
Louis, aged 10
“My picture represents a constellation of StarFest and Tisbury dug into the ground. There is a person looking through a telescope at StarFest and there is someone that is holding a poster saying 2026”
RUNNERS UP (in no particular order)
Nia, aged 7
“A little girl gazing up at the moon, hoping to see a shooting star to wish upon in harmony with nature”
Evelyn, aged 8
“We need the sky dark so we can see the stars and the constellations. The hedgehogs, bat and mice love the dark”
Grace, aged 9
