Anchorage Folk Festival ★ 4.3
Anchorage Folk Festival has run free public folk music performances, workshops, jam sessions and a banjo competition since 1990, with downtown food vendors.
Iditarod Ceremonial Start is a food festival in Downtown, Anchorage.
Editorially verified June 4, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Anchorage Folk Festival has run free public folk music performances, workshops, jam sessions and a banjo competition since 1990, with downtown food vendors.
Fur Rondy is Anchorage's definitive 11-day winter festival in late February, with sled dog races, Running of the Reindeer, the Grand Parade and reindeer food.
Anchorage Folk Festival has run free public folk music performances, workshops, jam sessions and a banjo competition since 1990, with downtown food vendors.
Alaska State Fair runs at the Mat-Su Valley fairgrounds in Palmer from late August through early September, with giant cabbage weigh-offs and fair food.
Bear Paw Festival runs in Downtown Eagle River for five days each July with food vendors, a carnival, a grand parade and a long Anchorage day-trip community.
Fur Rondy is Anchorage's definitive 11-day winter festival in late February, with sled dog races, Running of the Reindeer, the Grand Parade and reindeer food.