April |
Garnet Festival
The Garnet Festival is an annual event held in the third week of April in Wrangell. It celebrates the arrival of spring and people can be seen gathering garnets. Includes an Art Fair, Fish Fry Dinners and Golf Tournament. Main festivals are held near the Stikene River.
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Alaska Folk Festival
The Alaska Folk Festival is an annual celebration of folk music from Alaska, the Northwestern United States, and Canada, held in Juneau, Alaska. It features performances from a wide variety of solo artists and musical groups, and it provides workshops for people interested in the music.
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May |
Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival
The Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival is held each year in Cordova, Alaska. This festival provides the ideal opportunity for bird watcher to view the activities of thousands of shorebirds who rest and feed along the Copper River Delta during the spring migration.
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Great Alaska Craft Beer & Homebrew Festival
The Great Alaska Craft Beer & Homebrew Festival is an annual event held in Haines, Alaska. The event involves beermakers going head-to-head to compete for the best Alaskan beers
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Juneau Jazz & Classics
The Juneau Jazz & Classics Festival is an annual event which hosts live, professional music in Juneau. The events take place in schools, auditoriums, hotes, the University of Alaska Southeast campus and on board boats.
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Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival
The 16th Annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival will be held between May 8th - May 11th 2008. The festival is held on the shores of Kachemak Bay in Homer. |
Kodiak Crab Festival
The Kodiak Crab Festival began in 1958 and is held in May. The Kodiak Crab Festival has a carnival-like atmosphere with carnival rides and games. . |
Little Norway Festival
The Little Norway Festival is a celebration of Southeast Alaskan life. It is held in Petersburg. Residents and visitors dress in Norwegian folk costumes. Indoor and outdoor dances and music play a large part in the festival.. |
June |
Colony Days
Colony Days is festival which honours the settlers who came to Matanuska Valley in 1935. The festival is held in Palmer and features a parade, an arts and crafts fair, children's games and contests, shopping cart races and many other activities. |
Gold Rush Days
Gold Rush Days celebrates the gold rush era of Southeast Alaska. The celebration begins in Juneau's Dimond Park at the Gold Rush Fields. The festival offers food, mining and logging competitions and a wide range of other events . |
Mayor's Midnight Sun Marathon
The Mayor's Midnight Sun Marathon is open to both residents, visitors and serious runners. The run takes place during Alaska's summer solstice from the foothills of the Chugach Mountains to the water of Cook Inlet.. |
Midnight Sun Festival
The Midnight Sun Festival in Nome is a celebration of 24 hours of sunlight. Events include a street dance, chicken BBQ, Folk Fest and parade on Front St. |
Nalukataq Whaling Festival
Nalukataq is the spring whaling festival of the Inupiaq Eskimos of Northern Alaska. It is characterized by the famous eskimo blanket toss. The festival occurs in the first couple of weeks of June. |
Polar Bear Swim
This is an activity for the more daring. The Polar Bear Swim is held in Nome where dozens of swimmers plunge into the icy waters of the Bering Sea, that is if the ice has broken up enough to allow the event to take place. Brrrrrr!!! |
Summer Music Festival
The Summer Music Festival is held in Sitka for about three weeks. The festival also offers two chamber music series in Anchorage. |
Summer Solstice Festival
The Summer Solstice Festival is held at Moose Pass around the third weekend of June. It is an annual event which welcomes summer and the longest day of the year. Fund raising activities take place and the Northern Lights can be seen through the sky. |
July |
Bear Country Music Festival
The Bear Country Music Festiva is an annual event which is held on Kodiak Island. The festival consists of a music extravaganza that includes bluegrass, country folk, soft rock and Alaskan music.. |
Bear Paw Festival
The Bear Paw Festival is held at Eagle River. The festival features events such as the Teddy Bear Picnic & Family Fun Day. There is also a Miss Bear Paw Pageant, Slippery Salmon Olympics as well as carnival rides and games. |
Forest Faire
The Forest Faire takes place in Girdwood. The fair features Alaskan artists, exotic foods, entertainers, fairgrounds and hand-crafted items. |
Golden Days
Golden Days is a celebration of the discovery of gold in Fairbanks in 1902. The event takes place in the week closest to July 22nd.. |
Moose Dropping Festival
The Moose Dropping Festival is a major fundraiser for the Talkeetna Historical Society. Street Vendors, music, food and music make up the fun. Not to be missed is the Mountain Mother Contest which glorifies the spirit and strength of Alaskan women. |
Mt Marathon Race
The Mt Marathon Race takes place in Seward and is a climb and descent on Mt Marathon. The race is a mile and a half each way.. |
August |
Alaska State Fair
The Alaska State Fair takes place in Palmer at the end of each summer. It caters for all ages. The fair is famous for its giant cabbage contest. |
Blueberry Arts Festival
Blueberry lovers cannot miss this. Best Blueberry Dish Contests and pie eating contests makes this a yummy festival indeed. Other events include Spelling Bees and Great Blueberry Race. |
Gold Rush Days
Bed races, dances and fishfeeds celebrate the Gold Rush Days in Valdez. |
Kenai Peninsula State Fair
The Kenai Peninsula State Fair takes place in Ninilchik. It is a way of fostering, developing and promoting agriculture, aquaculture, cultural and educational pursuits. |
September
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October
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State Fair and Rodeo
The State Fair and Rodeo in Kodiak is a local version of the state fair held in Palmer. The main attractions are the rodeo events which include calf roping, barrel racing and bull and bronco riding. |
Alaska Day Celebration
The Alaska Day Festival is an annual event which commemorates the Purchase of Transfer of Russian claim of Alaska to the United States of America at Sitka on October 18th 1867. |
November |
Whalefest
It's the whales who make this an event to remember. The Sitka Whalefest is a celebration of Alaska's diverse and abundant marine mammal population. From September to mid-January, humpback whales make the waters of Sitka Sound their home.. |
Alaska Bald Eagle Festival
This is the time when eagles take over. More than 3000 eagles gather along a four mile stretch of the Chilkat River north of Haines. The festival has a full itinery of events which cater for birdwatchers, photographers and nature lovers. |
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