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May Through September (Plus Some)
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March
Anchorage:
  Iditarod - early March  -  1,100-mile sled dog race to Nome
Bethel: 
  Cama-I Dance Festival - last Sat/Sun in March - Premier Native dance festival in Western Alaska
Dillingham:  
  Beaver Round Up - Feb. 27th - March 3rd, 2013 - Trappers bring in their Furs to Sell    (907) 528-1426 or (907) 842-3278
Fairbanks: 
  Annual Festival of Native Arts - first Fri/Sat/Sun in March - UAF
  World Ice Art Championships - 11 days in March
Nome:
  Finish Line for Iditarod     Activities thru much of March     (907) 443-6555
Sitka: 
  Sitka's ArtiGras 2011  March 11th - 20th   Greater Sitka Arts Council
Trapper Creek: 
  Cabin Fever Reliever Day   2nd weekend in March 
April
Juneau:
  Alaska Folk Festival - mid-April
Ketchikan: 
  Alaska Hummingbird Festival     April 1st thru April 30th   Southeast Alaska Discovery Center
Kodiak: 
  Beartown Arts and Crafts Market   April - Sept. - Check Dates Online  Sun'aq Tribal Center
  WhaleFest     April 20th thru April 30th           (907) 486-3737 or (907) 481-1719.
Unalaska: 
  Annual Community Art Show    Last 10 days of the month   Museum of the Aleutians  (907) 581-5150
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 (21 yo to attend)   (907) 766-2476
Homer:
  Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival   May 10-13, 2012   Arts/ Crafts/ Music   (907) 235-7740
Juneau:
  Jazz and Classics Festival   May 21-30, 2010     (907) 463.3378
Kodiak:
  Beartown Arts and Crafts Market   April - Sept. - Check Dates Online  Sun'aq Tribal Center
  Koniag’s Kodiak Crab Festival  Memorial Day Weekend  (907) 486-5557
Palmer:
  Machetanz Art Festival   Last week of May   exhibit, workshops & activities   Mat-Su College
Petersburg:
  Little Norway Festival   May 19-22, 2011   (907) 772 4636
Seldovia:
  Seldovia Chainsaw Competition  Memorial Weekend Carvers  (907) 234-8000   2012 Photos
Seward:
  Seward Harbor Opening Weekend    (907) 224-3160
Talkeetna:
  Open Air Market: Alaskan Artisans  May 3 - Sept 4  10a-6p Sat/Sun/Mon Sheldon Community Arts Hangar
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.   
  Three Barons Renaissance Fair   First 2 weekends of June at Tozier Track
  Spenard Jazz Fest   June 7th - 23rd (2013)   Various Spenard Venues
  Summer Art Potpourri   Anchorage Museum of History and Art Atrium
    Jun 15 through Aug 15 -  10am to 6pm Daily
Barrow:   
  Nalukataq - Whaling Festivals    Successful Whaler Captains Celebrate w/Community  (907) 852-5211
  Inupiat Heritage Center   Check for Elder storytelling, skin sewing and other traditional activities        
Cordova: 
  Copper River Nouveau  & Fish Follies  1st weekend in June   around town  (907) 424-5800
Chicken: 
  Chickenstock Music Festival  & Fish Follies  1 June 14th & 15th (2013)    Bluegrass - Rock n' Roll
Fairbanks: 
  Fairbanks Summer Folk Fest    June 8th   Pioneer Park
  Midnight Sun Celebrations   3rd week in June & on   (907) 443-6663 or (907) 443-6555
Girdwood:
  Fiddlehead Music FestivalJune 2, 2013  Hotel Alyeska hosts local arts, crafts, live music
Haines:
  Kluane to Chilkat International Bike RelayJune 18, 2011  (Haines, Alaska - Haines Junction, Yukon)
Juneau:
  Celebration   June 8-9, 2012   Public biennial festival of Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian tribes
Kenai/Soldotna:
  Kenai River Festival    June 7th-9th (2013) Soldotna Creek Park - Soldotna
Kodiak:
  Beartown Arts and Crafts Market   April - Sept. - Check Dates Online  Sun'aq Tribal Center
Moose Pass:
  Moose Pass Summer Solstice Festival   June 22-23, 2013   Downtown Moose Pass
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    June 1st-July 6th (2013)   Harrigan Centennial Hall
Sutton:
  Granite Creek Bluegrass Festival   June 14st-19 (2013)   Sutton is east of Palmer on Glenn Hwy
Talkeetna:
  Open Air Market: Alaskan Artisans  May 3 - Sept 4  10a-6p Sat/Sun/Mon Sheldon Community Arts Hangar
 
July  -  Every town & hamlet has a bang-up celebration on 4th of July with local Fairs/Markets/Festivals  
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 through Aug 15 -  10am to 6pm Daily
Barrow:
  Inupiat Heritage Center   Check for Elder storytelling, skin sewing and other traditional activities        
Cantwell: 
  Cantwell Bluegrass Festival  3 days mid-July, Cantwell Lodge 27 miles south Denali Nat'l. Park Entrance  
Cordova: 
  Copper River Wild! Salmon Festival  3 days End of July  Mt. Eyak Ski Hill   (907) 424-3334
Delta Junction: 
  Deltana Fair and Music Festival  3 days, end of July
Dillingham:
  Nushtival     mid July, 2 days Celebrates Wild Alaska Salmon
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  early July 3 Days   Girdwood Community Park at Mile 2.2 Alyeska Highway
Haines:
  Southeast Alaska State Fair and Bald Eagle Music Festival   July 29 - Aug 1, 2010    (907) 766-2476
Homer:
  KBBI Concert on the Lawn   2 day, end of July   at the  Karen Hornaday Park
Ketchikan:
  Fish Pirates Daughter   each Friday/Saturday of July    Ted Ferry Civic Center   (907) 225-4792
  Classics a'la Carte   2nd Sat. of July   7:30 pm, Holy Name Catholic Church    (907) 617-0520 or Web
King Salmon, Naknek, South Naknek:
  Fishtival      4 days in mid-July     Bazaar/ Music/ Outhouse races  (907) 246-2222
Kodiak:
  Beartown Arts and Crafts Market   April - Sept. - Check Dates Online  Sun'aq Tribal Center
Soldotna:
  Funny River Bluegrass Music and Arts Festival  - 3 days mid-July  Mile 16.5 Funny River Road in Soldotna
  Sawfest  - 3 days mid-July  Chainsaw Art Competition   41672 Sterling Highway      2010 Photos
Talkeetna:
  Moose on Parade    4th of July Parade   Moose shown all-over Downtown   907 733-7929
  Open Air Market: Alaskan Artisans  May 3 - Sept 4  10a-6p Sat/Sun/Mon Sheldon Community Arts Hangar  
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
    Jun 15 through Aug 15 -  10am to 6pm Daily
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
Ester:
  LiBerry Music Festival & Pie Throwdown  4th Sat -One Day Event: 2p to Midnight Golden Eagle Saloon (907) 452-3750
Fairbanks:
  Tanana Valley State Fair    August 6-14, 2010  (907) 452-3750
Girdwood:
  Fungus Fair    Celebrating our Fungus   Labor Day Weekend      info: (907) 754-2348
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  & Gigglefeet Dance  1st weekend in August  Music/Dance/Art/Food (907) 225-2211
Kodiak:
  Beartown Arts and Crafts Market   April - Sept. - Check Dates Online  Sun'aq Tribal Center
Ninilchik:
  SalmonStock   First Fri/Sat/Sun in August   Ninilchik Music at Kenai Peninsula Fair Grounds (907) 743-1900
  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:
  Open Air Market: Alaskan Artisans  May 3 - Sept 4  10a-6p Sat/Sun/Mon Sheldon Community Arts Hangar  
Unalaska:
  Heart of the Aleutians Festival   mid-August Kelty Field / Ounalashka Comm. Park (East Broadway Ave)  
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
Cordova: 
  Fungus Festival - Celebrate local Fungi!   3 days, Early Sept   Info: Cordova Chamber (907) 424-7661
Kodiak:
  Beartown Arts and Crafts Market   April - Sept. - Check Dates Online  Sun'aq Tribal Center
  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 - Sept 4  10a-6p Sat/Sun/Mon Sheldon Community Arts Hangar  
Unalaska:  
  Blueberry Bash   Last weekend in September     Museum of the Aleutians   (907) 581-2612
October  
Galena
  Yukon Jamboree  1st week: 2 nights guitar and fiddle     Prepare for Athabascan Fiddle Festival (Nov)
Kodiak:
  Kodiak Bear Paw Quilters Show   Early Oct - Check Dates Online 
Palmer
  Mighty Matanuska Brewfest  3rd weekend in Oct: 6p - 10p     Palmer Fairgrounds - Raven Hall  
Talkeetna:
  Talkeetna Beer Festival   1st Friday in Oct: 7pm - 11pm   at Twister Creek
November  
Fairbanks: 
  Athabascan Fiddle Festival  2nd week: 4 days of music    David Salmon Hall  
Haines:
  Alaska Bald Eagle Festival - mid-November - A great gathering of Bald Eagles along the river
Ketchikan:
  Winter Art Faire - Sat (10a-5p) & Sun (11a-4p) after Thanksgiving   Ted Ferry Civic Center
 
 
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