January
Anchorage—Great Alaska Beer and Barleywine Festival; Fold Festival.
Bethel—Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race.
Big Lake—Kondike 300 Sled Dog Derby.
Chistochina—Copper Basin 300 Sled Dog Race.
Glennallen—Copper Basin 300 Sled Dog Race.
Haines—Alcan 200 International Snowmachine Race.
Juneau—State Legislature convenes.
Kenai—Tustumena 200 Sled Dog Race; Annual Awards Ceremony; Peninsula Winter Games.
Kodiak—Russian Christmas and Starring; Russian New Year and Masquerade Ball.
Seward—Polar Bear Jump-Off Festival.
Sitka—Northwest Coast ARts Symposium.
Soldotna—Tustumena 200 Sled Dog Race; Ty Clark Memorial Sled Dog Rade; Peninsula Winter Games.
Unalaska—Russian Orthodox Christmas Eve and Starring; Russian New Year's Eve; Qawalangin Tribe Masquerade Ball.
Willow—Winter Carnival.
February
Anchorage—Fur Rendezvous; Duct Tape Ball; World Championship sled Dog Races.
Anchor Point—Snow Rondi.
Big Lake—Tesoro Iron Dog Snowmachine Race; Eliminator K-400 Snowmachine Race; Susitna 100 Race and Little Su 50K.
Chistochina—Fun Days.
Cordova—Iceworm Festival.
Delta Junction—Festival of Lights with Fireworks Display; Polar Bear Plunge; Arts and Crafts Galleria; Snowmachine Fun Run.
Dillingham—Nushagak Classic Sled Dog Race.
Fairbanks—Tesoro Iron Dog Snowmachine Race; Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race; Junior Yukon Quest; Yukon Quest 300.
Girdwood—Winterfest at Alyeska Resort.
Homer—Winter Carnival.
Kenai—Quilt Show (through April); Hospice Wine Tasting & Auction.
Ketchikan—Festival of the North.
Kodiak—Annual Seafood Extravaganza; Arts and Adventure Auction.
Naknek—Winterfest.
Nome—Tesoro Iron Dog Snowmachine Race.
Seldovia—Winter Carnival.
Seward—Winter Ice Festival
Sitka—Jazz Festival; Alaska Airlines Winter Classic Concert Series.
Tok—Trek Over the Top; Tok to Dawson International Poker Run (snowmachine).
Unalaska—Polar Bear Run; Tacky Party.
Wasilla—Iditarod Days Festival; Tesoro Iron Dog Snowmachine Race.
Willow—Winter Carnival.
Wrangell—Tent City Festival.
March
Anchorage—Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race; Tour of Anchorage Cross-Country Ski Race.
Anchor Point—Cabin Fever Variety Show.
Big Lake—Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race; Klondike 150 Snowmachine Race.
Chatanika—Chatanika Days.
Chugiak/Eagle River—Iditarod Sled Dog Race.
Dillingham—Beaver Roundup Festival.
Fairbanks—Festival of Native Arts; GCI Open North American Sled Dog Championships; Winter Carnival; World Ice Art Championship; Limited North American Sled Dog Championships; Art Expo.
Homer—Winter King Salmon Tournament.
Juneau—Gold Medal Basketball Tournament.
Kenai—Alaska Native Art Show; Central Peninsula Writers' Night; Arctic Winter Games.
Ketchikan—An Evening of Dance.
Kodiak—Comfish Alaska; Pillar Mountain Golf Classic.
Nenana—Nenana Ice Classic Tripod Weekend.
Nome—Bering Sea Ice Golf Classic; Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race; Miners and Mushers Ball; Nome-Golovin Snowmachine Race; Nome Council Sled Dog Race.
North Pole—Winter Festival.
Palmer—Lions Club Gun Show.
Seward—Earthquake Party.
Skagway—Buckwheat Ski Classic.
Soldotna—St. Patrick's Day Celebration.
Tok—Race of Champions (sled dog); Trek Over the Top; Tok to Dawson International Poker Run (snowmachine).
Trapper Creek—Cabin Fever Reliever.
Unalaksa—USAFV Soup-off; Community Arts Show.
Valdez—Mayor's Cup Snowmachine Race.
Wasilla—Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Restart; Iditarod Days Festival; Championship Sled Dog Races.
April
Anchorage—Anchorage Daily News Heart Run; Great Alaskan Sportsman Show.
Barrow—Spring Festival (Piuraagiaqta).
Bethel—Camai Cance Festival.
Big Lake—Annual Chamber Banquet and Auction.
Craig/Klawok—Salmon Derby (through July).
Fairbanks—Arctic Man Ski and Snow-Go Classic; Beat Beethoven 5K Run; International Curling Bonspiel.
Girdwood—Alyeska Spring Carnival and Slush Cup.
Homer—Sea to Ski Triathalon; Home and Garden Show.
Juneau—Alaska Folk Festival.
Kodiak—Old Harbor Whaling Festival (through May); Whalefest--A Migration Celebration.
Ninilchik—King Salmon Derby.
Nome—Cannonball Run.
Seward—Polar Bear Pink Cheeks Triathalon.
Skagway—International Mini Fold Festival; Film Festival.
Soldotna—Kenai Peninsula Sports & Rec Trade Show.
Sutton—Annual Coalminers' Ball.
Tok—Tok Trot.
Valdez—Mountain Man Snowmobile Hill Climb Competition; May Day Fly-in.
Wrangell—Garnet Festival.
May
Anchorage—Visitor Industry Charity Walk; Native Youth Olympics.
Anchor Point—Calcutta Auction; King Salmon Saltwater Tournament.
Chugiak/Eagle River—Eagle River Nature Center Seymour Challenge.
Cordova—Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival.
Craig—Celebration by the Sea Quilt Show.
Delta Junction—Buffalo Wallow Square Dance Festival; Friendly Frontier Days; Cowboy Mounted Shooting.
Fairbanks—Chena River Run; Annual Harley Davidson Spring Run.
Haines—Great Alaska Craftbeer and Homebrew Festival; King Salmon Derby.
Hollis—Prince of Wales Island International Marathon, Hollis to Craig.
Homer—Wooden Boat Festival; Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival; Kachemak Kayak Fest; Jackpot Halibut Derby begins (summer long); Quilt Show.
Juneau—Jazz and Classics Festival; Spring King Salmon Derby.
Ketchikan—Celebration of the Sea; Ballet Spring Gala.
Kodiak—Crab Festival; Humane Society Dog Trot; Walk for Life; Rock & Roll Fun Run/Walk-5K.
Ninilchik—Memorial Day Pancake Breakfast.
Nome—Stroke and Croak Mini Triathalon.
Pelican—Boardwalk Boogie.
Petersburg—Little Norway Festival; Salmon Derby.
Seward—Exit Glacier 5K and 10K Runs; Seward Harbor Opening Weekend; Jackpot Halibut Tournament (through August).
Sitka—Salmon Derby; Julie Hughes Triathalon.
Soldotna—State Parks Annual Kenai River Clean-Up.
Thorne Bay—Salmon Derby (through July).
Tok—Upper Tanana Migratory Bird Festival.
Unalaska—World Record Halibut Derby (through September); Cinco de Mayo Fiesta; Annual Soap Box Derby.
Valdez—Halibut Derby; Sea Side Expo.
Wasilla—Mat-Su King Salmon Derby (through July).
Wrangell—King Salmon Derby (through June).
June
Anchorage—Mayor's Marathon and Half Marathon; Spirit Days; AWAIC Summer Solstice Festival.
Anchor Point—Kids All-American Fishing Derby.
Barrow—Nalukataq Whaling Festival.
Big Lake—Summer Solstice Festival; Triathalon; Lions' Mud Volleyball.
Chugiak/Eagle River—Alaskan Scottish Highland Games.
Cordova—Copper River Nouveau.
Fairbanks—Midnight Sun Run; Midnight Sun Baseball Game; Midnight Sun Festival; Yukon 800 Boat Race; Summer Folk Fest.
Haines—Kluane to Chilkat International Bike Race; King Salmon Derby; Summer Solstice Celebration.
Homer—Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference; "Strut your mutt" Dog Walk; Community Fish Fry; 10K Spit Run; Homer Yacht Club Regatta.
Juneau—Gold Rush Days.
Kenai—Kenai River Festival; Quilting on the Kenai.
Ketchikan—King Salmon Derby.
Kodiak—All American Soap Box Derby.
Moose Pass—Summer Solstice Festival.
Nenana—River Daze.
Nikiski—Family Fun in the Midnight Sun.
Ninilchik—Halibut Derby (through September).
Nome—Midnight Sun Festival; River Raft Race; Polar Bear Swim in Bering Sea; Folf Fest.
Palmer—Colony Days; Friday Fling; Summer Market (through August).
Pelican—King Salmon Derby.
Seldovia—Summer Solstice Music Festival.
Seward—Jackpot Halibut Tournament (through August).
Sitka—Summer Music Festival; Fine Arts Camp.
Skagway—Summer Solstice.
Soldotna—Quilting on the Kenai.
Valdez—Last Frontier Theatre Conference.
Whittier—Walk to Whittier.
July
Anchorage—Sadler's Midnight Sun Ultra Challenge Race; Governor's Picnic; Great Alaska Salmon Bake and Fly-by.
Anderson—Anderson Bluegrass Festival.
Chugiak-Eagle River—Bear Paw Festival.
Cordova—Wild Copper River Salmon Festival.
Dillingham—Salmon Bake.
Fairbanks—Golden Days; Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival; Fairbanks Summer Fine Arts Camp; World Eskimo-Indian Olympics; Midnight Sun Intertribal Powwow; Mutt March.
Girdwood—Forest Faire.
Haines—Southeast Alaska State Fair; Bald Eagle Music Festival.
Homer—Homer Street Fair; Concert on the Lawn; Summer String Festival; Halibut Tournament; Scottish Highland Games.
Hope—Wagon Trail Run Weekend; Pink Salmon Derby.
Ketchikan—Timber Carnival.
Kodiak—KWRCC STeppin' Up and Steppin' Out; Salmonberry Festival.
Naknek—Fishtival.
Ninilchik—Rodeo.
Naukatl—Skunk Cabbage Festival.
Nome—Anvil Mountain Run; Poor Man's Paradise.
North Pole—Summer Festival and Parade; Santa Claus Half Marathon.
Palmer—Palmer Pride Picnic.
Petersburg—Canned Salmon Classic.
Seward—Mount Marathon Race.
Sitka—Island Institute's Sitka Symposium.
Skagway—Ducky Derby; International Softwall Tournament; Soapy Smith's Wake; Craft Fair.
Soldotna—Dog Show; Progress Days.
Sutton—Old Timer's Picnic.
Talkeetna—Moose Dropping Festival.
Thorne Bay—Prince of Wales Island Fair and Logging Show.
Valdez—Silver Salmon Derby (through September).
August
Anchorage—Humpy's Marathon; Family Kite Day.
Delta Junction—Deltana Fair.
Fairbanks—Tanana Valley State Fair; Tanana Valley Sand Hill Crane Festival.
Girdwood—Alyeska Blueberry & Mountain Arts Festival.
Glennallen—Copper Valley Arts and Crafts Fair.
Homer—Homer Homes Tour; Seafair Safety Rodeo.
Houston—Founders' Day.
Juneau—Golden North Salmon Derby.
Kenai—Silver Salmon Derby.
Ketchikan—Blueberry Arts Festival; Gigglefeet Dance Festival; CHARR Summer Beer Festival; Pennock Island Swim Challenge.
Kodiak—Kids' Pink Salmon Jamboree; PIlgrimage to St. Herman's Monks Lagoon; Silver Salmon Derby; Barefoot on the Park Quintathalon.
Nenana—Nenana Valley Fair.
Ninilchik—Kenai Peninsula State Fair.
Palmer—Alaska State Fair; Palmer Chamber State Fair Parade.
Seward—Silver Salmon Derby.
Skagway—Flower and Garden Show; Gamefish Derby.
Soldotna—10K Run for Women.
Talkeetna—Bluegrass Festival.
Unalaska—Tundra Golf Classic.
Valdez—Gold Rush Days.
September
Anchorage—Alaska Airlines Autumn Classic; Million Dollar Golf Classic.
Big Lake—Fall Festival/Chili Cook-Off..
Cold Bay—Russell Creek Silver Salmon Derby.
Fairbanks—Equinox Marathon; Tanana Valley Potato Extravaganza.
Haines—Labor Day Weekend Mardi Gras Party.
Homer—National Estuaries Day.
Hope—Coeur d'Arlene Run/Walk.
Kenai—Lions Rubber Ducky Race.
Kodiak—Labor Day Golf Tournament; Iron Man Triathlon; State Fair and Rodeo.
Nome—Great Bathtub Race; Rubber Duck Race; Anvil Mountain 59 Minute 37 Second Challenge.
Seward—Arts and Music Festival; End of Season Train.
Skagway—Klondike Road Relay.
Soldotna—Labor Day Picnic.
Unalaska—Blueberry Bash; Island Marathon.
Whittier—Silver Salmon Derby; "Small Fry" Silver Salmon Derby.
October
Anchorage—Make it Alaska Festival; Nye Frontier Hockey Classic; Halloween Family Concert; AlaskaFest.
Delta Junction—Oktoberfest.
Fairbanks—International Sled Dog Symposium; International Friendship Day; Cham Fashional.
Homer—Winter King Salmon Tournament.
Kenai—Chamber of Commerce Wine Tasting.
Ketchikan—Alaska Day Auction.
Kodiak—Coast Guard Serendipity Auction; National Wildlife Refute Week; Chad Ogden Relay.
Petersburg—Oktoberfest Artshare.
Seward—Autumn Auction.
Sitka—Alaska Day Festival.
Skagway—Southeast Alaska Quilt Retreat.
Soldotna—Pie Auction.
Valdez—Oktoberfest.
Wasilla—Wasilla Chamber Murder on the Alaska Railroad Excursion.
Wrangell—Harvest Festival.
November
Anchorage—Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout Basketball Tournament; Crafts Emporium; Downtown for the Holidays.
Anchor Point—Holiday Happenings Craft Fair.
Fairbanks—Athabascan Fiddlers' Festival; BP Top of the World Classic; Yukon Title Cash Spiel, Rookie Spiel.
Haines—Bald Eagle Festival.
Homer—Putting on the Ritz.
Juneau—Public Market.
Kenai—Christmas Comes to Kenai (parade and fireworks); Bazaar Art Show.
Ketchikan—Winter Arts Faire.
Kodiak—Tree Lighting; Craft Bazaars; Turkey Trot.
Petersburg—Festival of Lights.
Sitka—Whalefest; Native American Heritage Festival.
Soldotna—Craft Bazaars.
Tok—Tok-a-Tans Christmas Bazaar.
December
Anchorage—Anchorage Film Festival; New Year's Fire and Ice Extravaganza.
Barrow—Qitik Games.
Big Lake—Tour of Lights.
Chugiak/Eagle River—Merry Merchant Munch; Community Tree Lighting.
Delta Junction—Holiday Decorating Contest; Children's Christmas in Delta Poster Contest; Christmas Bazaar.
Fairbanks—Winter Solstice Celebration; "Sing-It-Yourself Messiah";Ivory Jack's Invitational Golf Tournament.
Girdwood—Alyeska New Year's Eve Torchlight Parade and Fireworks Display.
Homer—The Nutcracker Ballet Performance and Craft Fair.
Juneau—Gallery Walk.
Ketchikan—Winter Art Walk; Winterfest.
Kodiak—Harbor Stars Boat Parade; Currier and Ives Old Fashioned Christmas.
Nome—Community Craft Bazaars; Firemen's Carnival.
North Pole—Candle and Lighting Ceremony.
Palmer—Colony Christmas Celebration and Parade of Lights; Triathlon and Crafts Fair.
Petersburg—Julebukking.
Seward—Holiday Train.
Skagway—Yuletide Celebration; Santa Train.
Soldotna—Tree Lighting Ceremony.
Talkeetna—Bachelor Society Ball and Wilderness Women Contest; Winterfest.
Unalaska—Museum of the Aleutians Annual Auction; New Year's Eve Fireworks.
Valdez—Ladies Annual Christmas Tea; Emblem Christmas Bazaar.
Willow—Holiday Dinner.
Wrangell—Festival of Lights and Christmas Tree Lighting.
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