2008-08-01 - 2008 Blueberry Arts Festival PDF Print E-mail

33rd Annual Blueberry Festival!

Friday, AUGUST  1st

2 pm         Pet and Doll Parade, Grant & Main St. to Dock St. and         the Library, sponsored by the Arts Council and the Ketchikan         Public Library

3 pm         DEADLINE for Best Blueberry Dish Contest, Mainstay                         Gallery, 716 Totem Way (entries served at the Juried Art                         Show opening at 5pm)

5–7pm     Art Opening, Blueberry Arts Festival Juried Art Show,                 Mainstay Gallery, 716 Totem Way

7:30pm     11th annual Gigglefeet Dance Festival, Kayhi                         Auditorium. For tickets call 225-2211.

Saturday, August  2nd

8:30am     Registration for Fun Run: in front of the Police                         Station, Grant & Main Street

9:00am     Fun Run: The one-mile children’s run (5K and 10K walkers                 also start at 9:00), Sponsored by the Ketchikan Running Club

9:30am     Fun Run: 5K and 10K, Sponsored by the Ketchikan Running                    Club

9:30am     Slug Weigh-in for the Big Slug Contest, Methodist Church                 parking lot. Sponsored by the Alaska Department of Fish &                     Game.

10am–5pm Artist, Food, and Game Booths Open. State Office                     Building parking garage and the Methodist Church parking                         lot.

10am–5pm  JURIED ART SHOW ON DISPLAY, Mainstay Gallery, 716                     Totem Way

10:30am   Slug Races, Methodist Church parking lot, Sponsored by                     the Department of Fish & Game

11:30am   Pie-eating Contest, Methodist Church parking lot,                         Sponsored by Tatsuda’s IGA and Bar Harbor Restaurant

12–5pm    Battle of the Bands, Performance Stage Tent,                                 Methodist Church parking lot, call 225-2211 to register                         your band.

2:00pm     Trivia Contest, Methodist Church Sanctuary, sponsored                    by Friends of the Library

3:00pm     GREAT BLUEBERRY RACE, Main Street, to benefit the                        Ketchikan Youth Court

6:30-8:30pm CHARR’S 11TH ANNUAL KETCHIKAN BEER                                 FESTIVAL, Great Alaskan Lumberjack Arena. Sponsored by                    CHARR

Sunday, August  3rd

1:00pm     18th Annual Richard Brautigan & Dick                                 whitaker Memorial Trout Fishing in America                     poetry slam “Salmon sonnetContest Hosted by                     Alaska State Writer Laureate John straley, at The New
                    York Cafe, 207 Stedman St., Sponsored by Soho Coho                         Gallery and The New York Cafe.

7:30pm     11th Annual Gigglefeet Dance Festival, Kayhi                             Auditorium.  For tickets call 225-4792


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