On July 30, 2025,The Man Trap— the first broadcast episode ofStar Trek: The Original Series— aired on NBC starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, and other faces that would soon become familiar to millions of fans as the iconic crew of the U.S.S.Enterprise. To celebrate the 55th anniversary,Paramount+has just announced details for the Second Annual Star Trek Day, which will pay tribute to not only that milestone, but all that’s come since — and everything that’s on its way.
Per a Paramount+press release, Star Trek Day will be a free livestreamed event held at 5:30 p.m. PT on Wednesday, September 8, and broadcast from the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Star Trek Day will be hosted byStar Trek: The Next Generationalum Wil Wheaton and actress Mica Burton (Critical Role),daughter of Wheaton’s co-star LeVar Burton. The event will include music from a live orchestra helmed by Jeff Russo, who composed the themes for bothStar Trek: DiscoveryandStar Trek: Picard.
The panels
Most of the event will consist of panels either about current and upcomingStar Trekseries, or “legacy moments” that will focus on stories of past series be recounted by a member of each show’s cast.
Voice actors Noël Wells and Eugene Cordero will be there for theStar Trek: Lower Deckspanel.Discovery‘s panel features Wilson Cruz, Blu del Barrio, and Ian Alexander. Patrick Stewart and Jeri Ryan will be in attendance for thePicardpanel, while fellow cast member Isa Briones will sing “Blue Skies” — the tune Data (Brent Spiner) sings in 2002’sStar Trek: Nemesisand is featured prominently inPicard‘s first season.
The panels for bothDiscoveryandPicardwill hopefully give us insight into each series’ upcoming seasons. Ateaser for Season 4 ofDiscovery— due out sometime this year — was released in April and focused on a massive gravitational anomaly threatening the galaxy. Meanwhile, we’ve gotten a couple of teasers for Season 2 ofPicard,the latest of whichfeatures the return of John de Lancie in the role of the mischievous and seemingly all-powerful Q. We’ve also known since the day before thePicardseries premiere in January 2020 that Whoopi Goldberg will bereprising the role of Guinanfor the upcoming season, set for release next year.
For the upcoming series’ panels, expect to see Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, and Ethan Peck discussingStar Trek: Strange New Worldsand voice actors Brett Gray and Dee Bradley Baker talking about the new animated kids’ showStar Trek: Prodigy.
On hand to bring us behind-the-scenes details from back in the day will be George Takei fromStar Trek: The Original Series, Burton fromStar Trek: The Next Generation, Cirroc Lofton fromStar Trek: Deep Space Nine, Garrett Wang fromStar Trek: Voyager, and Anthony Montgomery fromStar Trek: Enterprise.
Roddenberry’s legacy
There will also be a “Roddenberry Legacy” panel to discuss arguably the most relevant legacy: That of lateStar Trekcreator Gene Roddenberry, who would have just turned 100. His son. Rod Roddenberry. will be on hand. along with Gates McFadden, most notably ofNext Generationfame, Burton, and Takei.
One subject sure to be brought up at the Roddenberry Legacy panel is the announcement earlier this month, perVariety, of the Roddenberry estate’s deal with tech company OTOY to create a digital archive that will include the production of NFTs and a public installation of a lifesize (as in 1:1 scale) holographic model of the original U.S.S.Enterprisefeatured inStar Trek: The Original Series.
How to watch Star Trek Day
Star Trek fans interested in tuning in have a few options. The event will be broadcast live on StarTrek.com’sStar Trek Day page, onParamount+’s streaming service, and on theParamount+ Twitch page. If you may’t watch it live, the recorded panels will be available on demand onParamount+and on theParamount+ YouTube channel.
For more information, visit Star Trek.com’sStar Trek Day page.In the meantime, check out theStar Trek Day trailerfeaturing moments from past, current, and future Star Trekproductions.
