The planets have aligned to bring you the Astro Solstice Festival – A week-long celebration of all things Astro.
Running from June 23rd to June 27th, 2025, the Astro Solstice Festival was a series of exciting events, including live streams, community challenges, and more. Whether you’re a seasoned Astro developer or just getting started, there’s something for everyone. Don’t worry if you missed the live events – you can catch up on all the content right here and on our YouTube channel.
Schedule
Monday, June 23rd
- Introducing Astro Mart: get your festival swag on, with the launch of Astro Mart, our new online store for all things Astro. Try the new Summer 2025 collection for festival-ready sunshine vibes.
Tuesday, June 24th
- Scrimba Town Hall: Sarah Rainsberger talks about her journey from Scrimba student to Astro core maintainer, what a regular day maintaining Astro looks like, and Scrimba’s new introductory Astro course.
- Learning Astro: a live panel discussion featuring Astro course creators Chris Pennington and James Q. Quick, moderated by Sarah Rainsberger talking about the different ways people learn Astro, tips and tricks for learning, how they got involved producing Astro content, and how they see their roles as teachers in the Astro community.
Wednesday, June 25th
- Perfect Images: Matt Kane joins the Coding in Public live stream to discuss everything Astro images, including new responsive image features, image optimization, and more.
Thursday, June 26th
- Live content LIVE: Matt Kane is hosted by Nick Taylor for an exploration of Astro’s experimental live content collections, including a first look at some new live loaders.
- Live Content Collections – A Deep Dive – go deeper still with Matt Kane ‘s post exploring all the details of Astro’s new live content collections, including how to use them in your Astro projects, how to create your own live loaders, and what the future holds for live content in Astro.
Friday, June 27th
- Secure content: join Emanuele Stoppa for a live stream introducing the latest experimental Content Security Policy features in Astro, including how to use them to secure your Astro sites.
- Special Guest Artists: You! Participate in the event of the summer, the Spirit of Astro design content. Help support Astro’s open source mission and win awesome prizes! Judging panel led by Chris Swithinbank .
