Daily Schedule

Sunday, August 24: Alaska Mining Day Presented by Alaska's
Mining Industries and the Council of Alaska Producers

Celebrate Mining in Alaska! Pan for gold or let the kids try cookie mining. Exhibits & vendors under the Farm Exhibits eaves will teach you about Alaska's mining history & future. Alaska's Got Talent open auditions (21 & over) at 1 p.m. in the Events Tent. Rock band Kansas is here! Show begins at 7:30 pm. in the Borealis Theatre. All scheduled events are subject to change. ** Events with double stars are ticketed events. >> Events with arrows beside them are our Staff Picks for this day and recommended by Alaska State Fair staff! < Previous Day Next Day >

AT&T BOREALIS CONCERT SERIES KBFX 100.5 FM presents 7:30 pm Kansas** SLUICEBOX - No Minors After 8 pm 1:00 Snapping Turtle Swing Band: Red-hot dixieland jazz & swing 2:30 Full Tilt: Rockin' rhythm & blues 4:30 Last Train: Americana with a kick 6:30 Carhartt Brothers Band: Music to pound nails by 8:30 Tom Rigney & Flambeau: Fiery Cajun fiddling ALYESKA PIPELINE COLONY STAGE 12:00 Valley Ballroom Dance Theatre 12:30 Aurora Borealis: Mid-Eastern dance 1:00 Discover Dance: Dynamite dancers 1:30 Valley Ballroom Dance Theatre 2:00 ShaeLaurel presented by Alaska Airlines 3:00 Discover Dance 3:30 Aurora Borealis 4:00 ShaeLaurel presented by Alaska Airlines 5:00 Dance Dynamics: Dance world-cup teams 5:30 Palmer Jazz Choir with Class Act 6:30 Dance Dynamics 7:00 ShaeLaurel presented by Alaska Airlines 8:00 Palmer High Jazz Band 9:00 Wildcat Trio: Rock 'n' roll with rockabilly soul ShaeLaurel: Fast-fiddlng Irish, bluegrass & contemporary music with traditional clogging & Irish step dance. COLONY THEATRE 12:00 & 2:00 Alaska Far Away Documentary Video presented by MVFCU 4:00 Randalljazz: Poppin' syncopated improv 5:30 Snapping Turtle Swing Band 7:00 Polychrome Jazz: Kaleidoscope of jazz rhythms 8:30 Midnight Starlight: Classic jazz standards FARM EXHIBITS 10:00 Gold Panning (under the eaves) 10:00 Cookie Mining for Kids (under the eaves) 10-8:00 GCI Petting Zoo 10-8:00 Fowl Weather Friends 10-8:00 Goat Mountain 11-4:00 Dairy & Beef Showmanship & Conformation 1:00 Master Showmanship MILKING PARLOR in FARM EXHIBITS presented by ConocoPhillips 4:30 Goat Milking Demonstration 5, 6:00 Cow Milking Demonstration IRWIN EXHIBITS 10-8:00 Quilt Show, on the hour 10-9:00 Woodworking, quilting, fiber arts, handwork & needlework demos HOSKINS EXHIBITS 12:30 Make & Take Beaded Zipper Pulls 1:30 Wrapped Fabric Placemats & Coasters 2:30 Spiral Squash Bake & Minted Watermelon Salad 3:30 Almond Roca FLOWER EXHIBITS presented by IBEW 10-10:00 Children's Garden Maze presented by United Rentals 10-10:00 Bonsai Demonstrations KENDALL TOYOTA GRANDSTAND 1:00 & 6:00 Anchorage Racing Lions Motocross** presented by Anchorage Press

SBS WOODLOT 1:00, 3:00 & 6:00 Fred Scheer's Lumberjack Show presented by Spenard Builders Supply WOODLOT STAGE 4:00 Homesteader Games presented by Alaskan Hardgear 7:30 Well Strung: Alaska's hard-core bluegrass 8:45 >> Ginger Boatwright & The Sipsey River Band: Bluegrass extraordinaire ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS CORRAL 11:00 Hundesport: Schutzhund working dogs 12:00 Alyeska Canine Trainers 1:00 Obedience Training Club of Chugiak 1:30 Alaska K9 Weight Pull 2:00 Alyeska Canine Trainers 2:30 Alaska Dogs Gone Wild - Flyball Demo 3:00 Obedience Training Club of Chugiak 3:30 Alaska Winds Coursing Club 4:00 Better Companion Obedience Demo 4:30 Alaska K9 Weight Pull 5:00 Bernese Mountain Dog Club of Alaska 5:30 Alaska Dogs Gone Wild - Flyball Demo 6:00 Better Companion Obedience Demo 6:30 Alaska Herding Group Club 7:00 Hundesport: Schutzhund working dogs BLUEBONNET STAGE 12:30 Steve the Pretty Good: Comedic Magic 1:00 Marijke Jane: Acoustic pop folk 2:00 Picks & Sticks: Teen bluegrass, folk & Irish 3:00 Steve the Pretty Good: Comedic Magic 3:30 Spiff Chambers: Modern folk 5:00 Lost Riders: Eccentric bluegrass 6:00 Steve the Pretty Good: Comedic Magic 6:30 Mountain Waxwings: Soaring bluegrass harmonies GRANDSTAND LAWN 12-8:00 Toyota PROVE IT! Test Drive Track (Open to licensed drivers) FREE with Fair Admission! GRANDSTAND TENT 1:00, 3:00, 5:00 & 8:00 King BMX/Skate Stunt Show FREE with Fair Admission! MTA CREATION STATION 10-10:00 "Outreach to Space" & "Space Spot" presented by MTA Hands-on space exploration & astronomy. 12:00, 2:00 & 3:30 Alaska - A Musical Journey Through the 49th State featuring the songs of Hobo Jim presented by Fred Meyer PIONEER PLAZA 1:00, 4:00 & 7:00 Kid Davie: Entertainer extraordinaire 2:00, 5:00 & 8:30 Northern Lights Dancers Blanket Toss Celebrating Alaska BOREALIS PLAZA 9:00 Luvpuppets: Original grass-roots rock EVENTS TENT (New location on Office Lawn) 1:00 Alaska's Got Talent Open Auditions AROUND THE GROUNDS 12-8:00 Valley Arts Alliance & Wild Salmon On Parade, Alaska Craftsman Home 12-9:00 Alaska Statehood Display, Wineck Barn 11:30 Garden Tour, Wineck Barn 12-10:00 Art House Wine Bar, Alaska Craftsman Home 1:30 Garden Tour, Wineck Barn FRANCE EQUESTRIAN CENTER 10:00 Cal Gomes Show Clinic 2:00 Alaska State Fair Rodeo** *All scheduled events subject to change