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Alaska offers a wide variety of special events throughout the year from traditional holiday celebrations to those unique events that can only be found in the Last Frontier! Whether you are planning your visit around the event or simply hope to add some "local flavor" to your vacation, here are a few Alaska favorites to consider.
January
Anchorage - Sled Dog Races
Seward - Polar Bear Jump-Off Festival
Fairbanks - Dog Mushing Challenges
February
Anchorage - Fur Rendezvous - Late February - Early March
Cordova - Iceworm Festival
Fairbanks/Whitehorse - Yukon Quest Sled Dog Race; Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous
Fairbanks - Tesoro Iron Dog Snowmachine Race
March
Anchorage - Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race - The first Saturday in March
Tour of Anchorage Ski Marathon
Dawson City - Thaw-Di-Graw Spring Carnival
Fairbanks -North American Sled Dog Championships; World Ice Art Championships
Nenana - Nenana Ice Classic Tripod Weekend
Nome - Bering Sea Ice Classic Golf Tournament; Month long Iditarod Events
North Pole - North Pole Winter Carnival
Valdez - Winterfest
April
Anchorage - Native Youth Olympics
Fairbanks - Tesoro Arctic Man Ski and Sno-Go Classic
Girdwood - Alyeska Spring Carnival
Juneau - Alaska Folk Festival
Valdez - Extreme Skiing Championships; Mountain Man Snowmachine Hill Climb
May
Dawson City - International Gold Show
Homer and Valdez - Fishing Derbies for Halibut
Ketchikan, Petersburg, and Sitka - Fishing Derbies for Salmon
Haines - Great Alaska Craft Beer & Homebrew Festival
Kodiak - Kodiak Crab Festival
Nome - Polar Bear Swim
Petersburg - Little Norway Festival
Cordova - Shorebird Festival
June
Anchorage - Mayor's Midnight Sun Marathon, Blues on the Green, Three Barons Renaissance Fair, Ship Creek King Salmon Derby, AWAIC Summer Solstice Festival
Cordova - Annual Salmon and Seafood Festival
Fairbanks - Fairbanks Summer Music Festival, Yukon 800 Boat Race, Midnight Sun Run
Juneau - Gold Rush Days
Nome - Midnight Sun Festival
North Pole - North Pole Summer Festival
Palmer - Colony Days
Whitehorse - Yukon International Storytelling Festival
Sitka - Sitka Summer Music Festival
July
Chugiak/Eagle River - Bear Paw Festival
Fairbanks - Golden Days, World Eskimo-Indian Olympics, Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival
Girdwood - Girdwood Forest Faire
Talkeetna - Moose Dropping Festival
Seward - Mt. Marathon Race - July 4
Statewide - Independence Day Celebrations
August
Dawson City/Watson Lake - Discovery Days
Fairbanks - Tanana Valley State Fair
Haines - Southeast State Fair, Bald Eagle Music Fest
Ketchikan - Blueberry Arts Festival
Kodiak - State Fair and Rodeo
Palmer - Alaska State Fair - Last week of August - Labor Day
Seward - Silver Salmon Derby
Skagway - Flower and Garden Show
September
Dawson City - Great Klondike Outhouse Race/Bathroom Wall Limerick Contest
Fairbanks - Equinox Marathon, Tanana Valley Potato Extravaganza
Whitehorse - Trail of '98 Road Relay
October
Anchorage - Oktoberfest, NYE Frontier Hockey Classic, Quyana Alaska
Sitka - Alaska Day Festival
November
Anchorage - Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout - Thanksgiving Week
Fairbanks - Athabascan Old-Time Fiddling Festival; Top of the World Classic
Haines - Bald Eagle Festival
Ketchikan - Winter Arts Festival
December
Anchorage/Seward - Holiday Train
Fairbanks - Winter Solstice Festival
Talkeetna - Winterfest
Contact Explore Tours for more information on including a special event in your Alaska itinerary!
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