August 28 – Experience Alaska Day

Sunday, August 28   

Alaska Communications Presents
Experience Alaska Day

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Schedule

**Ticketed Event
BOREALIS THEATRE
AT&T Concert Series

3:00   Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion Summer Love Tour 2011** presented by KSKA

SLUICEBOX
1:30   All Relative, Eclectic acoustic in-law (& outlaw) harmonies
3:00   Honky Tonk Allstars, Classic Country, Cow Jazz, and Rock
4:30   The Defrosters, Funky swamp blues
6:30   Smoking Guns Tour, Rising Nashville stars Jason Thomas & Travis Powell presented by Alaskan Brewing Co.
8:30   Ettinger, Classic rock covers

ALYESKA PIPELINE COLONY STAGE
11:00 Discover Dance, Dynamite dancers
11:30 Alaska Moving Arts
12:00             Linda Sahara Middle Eastern Dancers
12:30 Dancers Workshop
1:00   Discover Dance, Dynamite dancers
1:30   Linda Sahara Middle Eastern Dancers
2:00, 4:00 & 7:00  Shanghai Chinese Acrobats         Gravity-defying stunts and acrobatics.
3:00   Alaska Moving Arts
3:30   Diamonds in the Rough, fabulous Indiana fiddler
5:00   Swingset Hooligans, Anchorage’s swingiest dance group
5:30   Alaska Sound Celebration, Award-winning a cappella chorus
6:30   Swingset Hooligans, Anchorage’s swingiest dance group
8:00   Palmer Jazz Band
9:00   Just Playin Jazz, Youth jazz ensemble

PEBBLE CORRAL
11:00 Alaska Winds Coursing Club, Fun with Alaska’s fastest dogs
12:00 AKC Alaska Herding Group Club, Sheepdog herding demo
1:00   The Better Companion Obedience Demo, Just play’n fun
2:00   Alaska Dogs Gone Wild Flyball Demo
2:30   Alyeska Canine Trainers Club, Clever & Agile Canines
3:30   AK K-9 Weight Pull Assn., Dogs pull more than their weight
4:00   Alaska Dogs Gone Wild Flyball Demo
4:30   Hundesport Alaska, Schutzhund working dogs
5:30   AK K-9 Weight Pull Assn., Dogs pull more than their weight
6:00   Colony JV & Varsity Cheerleaders
6:15   Wasilla High Cheer
7:00   Colony JV & Varsity Cheerleaders
7:15   Wasilla High Cheer

CRAFTSMAN HOUSE
12:00-6:00   Alaska Native Art, Crafts, & Demonstrations
12:00-6:00   Alaska Native Storytelling, featuring Jack Dalton
12:00-6:00   Informational Exhibits:     Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Southcentral Foundation
Cook Inlet Housing Authority

DONLIN GOLD RAVEN’S PEOPLE TENT
Daily  -  Alaska Native Art, Crafts, & Demonstrations

12-6 ArXotica – Arctic organic skin care products

12-6 Hydz Gear – Athabascan designs

12-6 Full Circle Haida Tlingit Creations – Southeast artists Susan Canipe

JOLLY ROGER PUB
2:00 Hurricane Dave, Cheechako country

3:00 Back Acres, Folk rock
4:00   Mike Olson, Cool country
5:00   Glenn Highway Girls
6:00   Rogues & Wenches, Rowdy Irish barroom ballads

FRANCE EQUESTRIAN CENTER
2:00   Alaska State Fair Rodeo**

AROUND THE GROUNDS
Daily – Steve Trash, Rockin’ Eco Magician
1:00, 3:00, 5:00 & 7:30 King BMX Show on the north end of the Purple Trail

Fables of the West, Cowboy Comedy Daily – Wine Bar and Art House

Daily  Oasis Beer Garden

GCI CABLE BLUEBONNET STAGE
12:30, 3:00 & 6:30  Jeff Martin Comedy magic, up close and personal
1:00   Deb Wessler, Original acoustic roots & rockabilly
2:00   Wings to Fly, High-flying harmonies
3:30   Bird Treatment & Learning Center, Great Horned Owl Demo
4:30   Hurricane Dave, Cheechako country
5:30   Robin Hopper, Award-winning Alaskan songwriter
7:00   Tribute to Doc Schultz, Remembering an Alaskan Legend

SBS WOODLOT
1:00, 3:00 & 6:00  Scheer’s Lumberjack Show         Presented by Spenard Builders Supply

HEINEKEN STAGE at the WOODLOT
4:00   Legendary Karaoke Contest Final Qualifying Round presented by 100.9 Country Legends
7:00   Charlie Franks — the Ultimate Elvis Experience!

PIONEER PLAZA
2:00, 4:00 & 6:00  Cirque Magnifique Showcase of Circus Arts

KID ZONE
12:00-8:00  Children’s garden with a prairie theme and fun exhibits   

GRANDSTAND
12:00 Side-by-Side Races**

GRANDSTAND LAWN
1:00, 3:00 & 5:00  Pirates for Hire        A live-action, pirate-themed entertainment troupe            Presented by Fred Meyer           

FARM EXHIBITS
11:00 Dairy Beef Open Show Master Showman
12:00 – 8:00 pm  GCI’s Petting Zoo      Adorable, pint-sized critters
12:00 – 8:00 pm Fowl Weather Friends         Barnyard setting with laying hens and roosters
Check out the Hidden Gems: One-Day Booths under the Farm Exhibits Eaves

10-10 Crops and Flowers Exhibits

MILKING PARLOR in FARM EXHIBITS
3:30 & 4:15  Goat Milking Demonstration
5:00 & 6:00 Cow Milking Demonstration

HOSKINS EXHIBITS
12:30 Recycled Paper Beads
1:30   Banana Pancakes
2:30   Youth Fashion Show & Awards
3:30   Quick & Easy Knitting
4:00   Pie Contest

7:00  Pie Contest Judging

IRWIN EXHIBITS
12:00-10:00  Quilt Show, on the hour              Presented by Just Sew
12:00-10:00 Woodworking, quilting, fiber arts, sewing, hand/needlework demos

DON SHELDON EVENTS CENTER
12:00-9:00  Outback in Alaska   Wild birds and animals from Australia
12:00, 2:00, 4:00, & 6:00            Birds Down Under

WINECK BARN
12:00 & 5:00  Alaska Far Away Documentary film of the New Deal Pioneers of the Matanuska Colonists presented by Matanuska Valley FCU 
1:30   Garden Tours          Guided by the Fair’s Head Gardener
2:00   Where the River Matanuska Flows-Alaska Far Away Colonist interviews presented by Matanuska Valley FCU

BOREALIS PLAZA TENT
10:00-5 Alaska Seafood Throwdown presented by  Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute and 10th & M Seafoods
6:00   Original Synners Wild West Show presented by AdvancePath Academics
9:00   Original Synners Stunt Show Spectacular** presented by AdvancePath Academics

 

Thanks for remembering to recycle! Recycling efforts supported by BP.

All scheduled events subject to change.

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