$6,000 Awarded in Fair Scholarships
Fair Announces 2019 Scholarship Recipients $6,000 Awarded to Five Alaska High School Students Congratulations to the five high school students selected as recipients of the Alaska State Fair 2019 scholarships! This year, we received 61 applications and selected five students to receive scholarships totaling $6,000. 1st Place, $2,500: Sofia Main. Sofia is graduating this year from Service High School in Anchorage, and will pursue a...
Closer look at the 2018 Fair
Fair sees increases of 46% in concert sales, 5.7% in gate revenues, 4% in attendance With final numbers in, it was definitively a good year at the 2018 Alaska State Fair, which took place August 23 – September 3 at the fairgrounds in Palmer. Concerts, attendance & revenue up Most notably, ticket sales for our AT&T Concert Series were up 46.3 percent from 2017 and 8.5 percent up from 2016, with a total of 28,515 tickets sold in...
Breakout Rapper Juice WRLD Added to 2018 Fair Concert Line-Up
We’re excited to announce that young breakout rapper Juice WRLD will perform in the Alaska State Fair 2018 AT&T Concert Series line-up at the ConocoPhillips Borealis Theatre on Thursday, August 30 at 7 p.m. Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, July 6 at 10 a.m. This young breakout star of the alternative rap world delivers a genre-blending sound of rock and rap, as heard on JuiceWRLD 9 9 9, which has collectively...
Three More Acts Join 2018 Fair Concert Line-Up
We’re excited to announce three more acts in the Alaska State Fair 2018 AT&T Concert Series line-up at the ConocoPhillips Borealis Theatre: Stone Sour on August 23, Three Dog Night on August 26, and Bishop Briggs with lovelytheband on August 31. Tickets for the three newly announced concerts go on sale to the general public Friday, May 18 at 10 a.m. Thursday, August 23: Stone Sour. Described as a cross between Metallica and...
Goo Goo Dolls and Midland Added to Fair 2018 Line-Up
Tickets go on sale Friday, February 16 at 10 a.m. The hits just keep on coming! We are so excited to announce the addition of multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated rock band Goo Goo Dolls and hot new country trio Midland to our 2018 AT&T Concert Series line-up at the ConocoPhillips Borealis Theatre. Tickets for both concerts go on sale to the general public Friday, February 16 at 10 a.m. Goo Goo Dolls, presented by KYMG, will...