Folk                                           
The Alaska Folk Festival, held every April in Juneau is among the state's most well-attended music festivals. The Fairbanks annual Summer and Winter Music Fests  and the Anchorage Folk Festival  are also well-known in their areas. The Athabascan Old-Time Fiddling Festival , also held in Fairbanks (since 1983) is described "a testament to the far-reaching appeal of traditional music" in the Country Music Lover's Guide to the U.S.A.; the festival features Athabascan and Inuit fiddlers.
   
    Classical
The most prominent symphony in Alaska is the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra. The Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra has served the Interior since 1958, and its traveling arm, the Arctic Chamber Orchestra , regularly tours rural Alaska, as well as occasional international trips. The Juneau Symphony is another notable institution which was founded in 1962.
    
Alaska also is home to a notable chamber music festival in the Sitka Summer Music Festival which attracts chamber musicians from around the globe, as well as the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival. The Juneau Jazz & Classics Festival is a 10-day annual event, offering both formal and informal concerts in classical, jazz and blues music, including workshops for musicians of all ages, youth concerts, outreach activities, and community interaction with the featured artists.
   
    Opera
The Anchorage Opera is currently the state's only professional opera company, however there are several volunteer and semi-professional organizations in the state as well. The Juneau Lyric Opera, a volunteer company, was founded in 1974 and presents concerts, choral workshops, and fully-staged opera in Juneau and Southeast Alaska.
   
    Rock
The Anchorage community organizes several festival shows each summer, usually at Cuddy Family Park's small amphitheater. The festivals typically feature performances by local punk, rock, and metal bands, although groups specializing in other genres such as rockabilly and noise have also made appearances. The shows are loosely organized and community driven.
   
The Summer Meltdown festival is an all day, out doors festival in Anchorage featuring mostly local acts in Metal, Rock and occasionally Hip-Hop. The Alaskan band 36 Crazyfists have headlined the festival since its inception in 2005 along with other acts, such as Twelve Tribes and Subconscious, with the exception of 2008 when Poison the Well and MxPx headlined the festival, marking the first time 36 Crazyfists has not headlined.
   
Ignite Alaska was a music festival in Fairbanks, Alaska. It was a Christ-based festival held at the Carlson Center.
   
Clucking Blossom
There have been five Clucking Blossom Festivals held in Fairbanks in May 2005 – 2009. One of the ideas that fuels Clucking Blossom is to allow all the bands in Fairbanks to share a stage, combining acoustic music, bluegrass, punk, hip hop, metal and rock bands. This also gave people under 21 a chance to see bands that usually only perform in bars. There are events planned specifically for young children, as well as political presentations, a parade, (loosely) organized discussions and public art of all kinds.
   
Make-a-Scene!
Make-a-Scene! (or MaS!) is an Alaskan music venue, located in the Mat-Su Valley. It's a safe environment for people of all ages. Make-a-Scene! has also had annual summer music festivals for the past four years.  In March, 2009, MaS! moved to a 5,000 sq ft (460 m2) Quonset hut by the Wonderland Park/Skate Park and the Parks Hwy.  MaS! is also known for its free publication, Make-a-Scene! Magazine, which focuses on Alaskan musicians, poetry, art, politics and film.