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May Through September (Plus Some)
Annual Festivals, Performances, Shows & Fairs

 
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March
Bethel: 
  Cama-I Dance Festival - last Sat/Sun in March - Premier Native dance festival in Western Alaska
Fairbanks: 
  Annual Festival of Native Arts - first Fri/Sat/Sun in March - UAF
Sitka: 
  Sitka's ArtiGras 2011   March 11th - 20th   Greater Sitka Arts Council
April
Ketchikan: 
  Alaska Hummingbird Festival     April 1st thru April 30th    Southeast Alaska Discovery Center     
May  
Anchorage
  AK Native Heritage Center Museum  Scheduled Daily Events   9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  The Adventures of Dusty Sourdough Frontier Show
    Tuesday thru Sundays: May 10, 2010 through Sep 10, 2010 - 7:30 p.m. 
Barrow:
  Inupiat Heritage Center   Check for Elder storytelling, skin sewing and other traditional activities        
Cordova:
   Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival   May 6-9, 2010   (907) 424-7260
Haines:
  Great Alaska Craftbeer and Homebrew Festival   Memorial Day Weekend (907) 766-2476
Homer:
  Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival   May 10-13, 2012      (907) 235-7740
Juneau:
  Jazz and Classics Festival   May 21-30, 2010     (907) 463.3378
Kodiak:
  Koniag’s Kodiak Crab Festival  Memorial Day Weekend  (907) 486-5557
Petersburg:
  Little Norway Festival   May 19-22, 2011   (907) 772 4636
Seward:
  Seward Harbor Opening Weekend    (907) 224-3160
Talkeetna::
  Open Air Market: Alaskan Artisans   May 3 thru Sept 15, 2010  10am - 6pm Sat/Sun/Mon  
June  
Anchorage:
  Blues on the Green Festival   June 10, 2010  11am - 11pm   (907) 272-1341
  AK Native Carving Demonstrations      June 14 through Aug 14, 2010 - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Heritage Center
  The Adventures of Dusty Sourdough Frontier Show
    Tuesday thru Sundays: May 10, 2010 through Sep 10, 2010 - 7:30 p.m.   
  Summer Art Potpourri   Anchorage Museum of History and Art Atrium
    Jun 15, 2007 through Aug 15, 2007 - 9 am - 6 pm Wed-Sat, 9 am - 9 pm Thurs, 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. Sun
Barrow:   
  Nalukataq - Whaling Festival    (907) 852-5211
  Inupiat Heritage Center   Check for Elder storytelling, skin sewing and other traditional activities        
Chicken: 
  Chickenstock Music Festival    Second weekend in June - Saturday & Sunday
Cordova: 
  Fish Follies Juried Art Show    June, Displayed in Cordova City Council chambers until August
Fairbanks: 
  Midnight Sun Celebrations - List of Activities, dates and times
Haines:
  Kluane to Chilkat International Bike Relay -  June 18, 2011  (Haines, Alaska - Haines Junction, Yukon)
Juneau:
  Celebration   June 8-9, 2012   Public biennial festival of Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian tribes
Nome:
  Midnight Sun Festival   June 17-19, 2011   (907) 443-6624
Palmer
  Colony Days   June 11-13, 2010  (907) 745-2880
Seldovia:
  Seldovia Summer Solstice Music Festival  - 3rd week in June - 4 days (Starts Thurs, ends Father's Day Sunday)
Sitka:
  Summer Music Festival  - 3 weeks, June
Talkeetna:
  Open Air Market: Alaskan Artisans   May 3 thru Sept 15, 2010  10am - 6pm Sat/Sun/Mon
 
July  
Anchorage:
  AK Native Carving Demonstrations      June 14 through Aug 14, 2010 - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Heritage Center
  The Adventures of Dusty Sourdough Frontier Show
    Tuesday thru Sundays: May 10, 2010 through Sep 10, 2010 - 7:30 p.m. 
  Summer Art Potpourri   Anchorage Museum of History and Art Atrium
    Jun 15, 2007 through Aug 15, 2007 - 9 am - 6 pm Wed-Sat, 9 am - 9 pm Thurs, 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. Sun
Barrow:
  Inupiat Heritage Center   Check for Elder storytelling, skin sewing and other traditional activities        
Cordova: 
  Salmon Jam Music Festival    July 8-10, 2010     (907)424-3334
  The Cordova 4H Music Camps    July 11-17, 2010
  Fish Follies Juried Art Show    June, Displayed in the Cordova City Council chambers until August  
Fairbanks:
  Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre - 2nd Friday thru 4th Sunday    (Empress Theatre)
  Midnight Sun Intertribal Powwow - July 9-11, 2010  - (907) 452-8671
  Opera Fairbanks  14th & 16th, 2011 (Thurs & Sat)   8pm Hering Auditorium (Lathrop High School)
  Summer Arts Festival   July 17 thru July 31, 2011     (907) 474-8869     
  World Eskimo-Indian Olympics   July 20 - 23, 2011   (907) 452-6646
    Four days of competition - also held in December - both held at the Carlson Center
Girdwood:
  Girdwood Forest Fair  July 2-3-4, 2010  11am to 8pm    (907) 783-1668
Haines:
  Southeast Alaska State Fair and Bald Eagle Music Festival   July 29 - Aug 1, 2010    (907) 766-2476
Hyder:
  International Days     July 1st through July 4th     (888) 366-5999 
Ketchikan:
  Fish Pirates Daughter   July 6 , 2010   (907) 225-4792
King Salmon/Naknek:
  Fishtival      4 days in mid-July    (907) 246-1211 or 246-4224
Talkeetna:
  Moose Dropping Festival    Sorry Canceled in 2010 & 2011    (907) 733-2487  (usually 2nd weekend in July)
  Open Air Market: Alaskan Artisans   May 3 thru Sept 15, 2010  10am - 6pm Sat/Sun/Mon  
Thorne Bay/Craig:
  Sunnahae Arts Council Arts Festival   August 6-8, 2010    (907) 755-2626
Trapper Creek:
  Trapper Creek Fireweed Festival     Fourth weekend in July      (907) 733-7377
August  
Anchorage:
  AK Native Carving Demonstrations      June 14 through Aug 14, 2010 - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Heritage Center
  The Adventures of Dusty Sourdough Frontier Show
    Tuesday thru Sundays: May 10, 2010 through Sep 10, 2010 - 7:30 p.m.       
  Summer Art Potpourri   Anchorage Museum of History and Art Atrium
    July 6 through Aug 15, 2010 - 10 am - 6 pm
  Alaska Irish Music Festival       August 2, 2010
Barrow:
  Inupiat Heritage Center   Check for Elder storytelling, skin sewing and other traditional activities        
Cordova: 
  Fish Follies Juried Art Show    June, Displayed in the Cordova City Council chambers until August  
Fairbanks:
  Tanana Valley State Fair    August 6-14, 2010  (907) 452-3750
Kenai Peninsula:
  Kenai Peninsula Summer Music Festival  Aug 1-14th  (Homer, Kenai, Soldotna)   (907) 235-4899
  A champagne and chocolate gala at Tutka Bay Lagoon  (August 7th)
Ketchikan:
  Blueberry Arts Festival      August 5-7, 2011  (907) 225-2211
Ninilchik:
  Kenai Peninsula Fair     third weekend in August  (2010 Opening Day: 8/20)     
Palmer:
  Alaska State Fair - August 26 - Sept 6, 2010  ends on Labor Day  (800) 850-FAIR
Skagway:
  Flower and Garden Show    August 8-10, 2010    (907) 983-2387
Sitka:
  Sitka Seafood Festival  - August 6-7, 2010   (907) 607-4845
Talkeetna:
  Bluegrass Festival    August 5-7, 2011    (907) 460-0964 or 488-1372
  Open Air Market: Alaskan Artisans   May 3 thru Sept 15, 2010  10am - 6pm Sat/Sun/Mon  
September  
Anchorage:
  Annual Quilt Show   Anchorage Log Cabin Quilters, Weekend after Labor Day weekend
  AK Native Heritage Center Museum  Scheduled Daily Events   9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  The Adventures of Dusty Sourdough Frontier Show
    Tuesday thru Sundays: May 10, 2010 through Sep 10, 2010 - 7:30 p.m.    
  Alaska Airlines Autumn Classics   09/11/10 - 09/26/10
Kodiak:
  State Fair and Rodeo       first weekend of September 
Seward:
  Seward Music Festival & Mural Painting Party  last weekend of September 
Talkeetna:
  Open Air Market: Alaskan Artisans   May 3 thru Sept 15, 2010  10am - 6pm Sat/Sun/Mon  
October  
  Mighty Matanuska Brewfest  October 15 & 16, 2010 - Friday and Saturday:  6 pm - 10 pm  
November  
Haines:
  Alaska Bald Eagle Festival - mid-November - A great gathering of Bald Eagles along the river
 
 
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