Tickets go on sale Friday, March 24 Country superstar? Check. Chart-topping modern rockers? Check. Grammy Award winners? Multi-platinum artists? American rock legends? Check, check and check. We’ve got it all in our 2017 AT&T Concert Series at the Alaska State Fair! And we are thrilled to announce the first eight acts confirmed for this year’s line-up: Home Free, Thursday, August 24, 7pm, presented by K-Bear 104.1 Alaska’s Hottest...
Quilt Raffle Helps Triple Fair Scholarship Awards The Alaska State Fair will be able to triple our scholarship awards next year thanks to several successful fundraising efforts including the commemorative quilt raffle that took place during the 2016 Fair. In celebration of our 80th birthday, we raffled off a commemorative Fair quilt, with all proceeds benefiting the Fair scholarship fund. Lorraine Stotts was the lucky winner of the...
Brews and Boos at October 29 Boo Fest! Love beer? Love Halloween? Enjoy both at this year’s Mighty Monster Boo Fest (aka the Mighty Matanuska Brewfest) on Saturday, October 29, from 6 – 10 p.m. at Raven Hall on the Alaska State Fairgrounds! There will be plenty of brews and Halloween fun at this year’s event, which will feature beers and brewers from the Mat-Su Valley, across Alaska and around the world. We’re excited to feature...
After-Party with Iron Butterfly Monday, August 29 Alaska Glacier Products Tent 8:30pm FREE with Fair admission Iron Butterfly will be rockin’ the after-party immediately following the Monday, August 29 AT&T Concert Series performance of Cheech and Chong! After the show wraps up at the Kendall Toyota Borealis Theatre, head over to the Alaska Glacier Products Tent, where the multi-platinum rock band will perform at 8:30pm FREE with...
Glenn-Parks Project Not Expected to Delay Fair Traffic How will the road construction at the Glenn-Parks Interchange affect traffic to the Alaska State Fair? It’s a question that’s been coming up more frequently as the Fair draws near. “We know that fairgoers will appreciate the improvements to the roadway. However, we also know fairgoers are concerned about possible traffic delays on their way to the Fair,” said Jerome Hertel, Fair...
