FESTIVALS & EVENTS From music and art fairs to fishing derbies and craft brew festivals, Alaska celebrates all things wild, creative, and wonderful. Scan the skies at a birding festival, dance at an Alaska Native parade, or cheer on the furry athletes at a dog mushing race–there’s something for everyone in Alaska. Signifies an Alaska Native cultural event JANUARY Anchorage Folk Festival, Anchorage Alaska Craft Brew & Barley Wine Festival , Anchorage FEBRUARY Fur Rondy, Anchorage World Ice Art Championships, Fairbanks MARCH Arctic Winter Games 2024, Palmer and Wasilla Festival of Native Arts, Fairbanks Cama-I Dance Festival, Bethel Seward’s Day Statewide Holiday Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Anchorage to Nome JUNE Sealaska Heritage Celebration, Juneau Midnight Sun Festival, Fairbanks Nalukataq Whaling Festival, Utqiagvik Anchorage Summer Solstice Festival, Anchorage Fairbanks Summer Folk Festival, Fairbanks World Ice Art Championships JULY Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival, Fairbanks Golden Days Street Fair, Fairbanks Girdwood Forest Fair, Girdwood Copper River Salmon Jam, Cordova World Eskimo-Indian Olympics, Fairbanks Mt. Marathon Race, Seward AUGUST Salmonfest, Ninilchik Alaska State Fair, Palmer OCTOBER Alaska Day Statewide Holiday NOVEMBER Sitka WhaleFest, Sitka Alaska Bald Eagle Festival, Haines DECEMBER ‘Wáats’asdiyei Joe Yates Haida (Nalukataq) APR IL Alaska Folk Festival, Juneau MAY Kodiak Crab Fest, Kodiak Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival, Homer Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival, Cordova Great Alaska Craft Beer & Home Brew Festival, Haines Alaska Native Heritage Center Holiday Bazaar, Anchorage Nalukataq Whaling Festival FIND MORE EVENTS AROUND ALASKA 56