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Weekly Calendar of Upcoming Events and Performances

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July 27–August 2, 2025

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"Portable Southeast" exhibit - The Commons Gallery

Thursday, July 3, 20258:00 amMonday, July 28, 202512:00 pm
The Commons Gallery at TFCU

Artists from all over Southeast Alaska have works in the "Portable Southeast" exhibit facilitated by the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council. The exhibit travels to each community and is exhibited. "Portable Southeast" will be on display in Ketchikan at The Commons Gallery in the TFCU building in July. Artists from Ketchikan include Mimi Kotlarov, Kathryn Rousso, and Naona "Peaches" Wallin.

Born from the need to connect, Portable Southeast is a region-wide opportunity to bridge artists, arts organizations, and businesses across Southeast Alaska. Existing at some level of isolation is common among our island communities - especially given our limited transportation methods, long distances, and unpredictable weather. Portable Southeast offers a unique opportunity to cross both geographical and social barriers - exhibiting works from Alaskans in cities both small and large, at venues both traditional and non-traditional. Portable Southeast provides a new and exciting mode for artists to showcase their works beyond local reach, and brings works into new community gathering spaces.

The full list of exhibit artists are Helen Alten (Haines); Robert “Bo” Anderson (Douglas); Ember Livingston Emmons (Sitka); Lily Hope (Juneau); Hilary Hunter (Douglas); Timi Johnson (Douglas); Kierstin B Keller (Auke Bay); Terry Kennedy (Tenakee Springs); Christine Kleinhenz (Juneau); Mimi Kotlarov (Ketchikan); Miah Lager (Douglas); Cynthia Lagoudakis (Petersburg); Jane Lindsey (Douglas); Amanda Neyenhouse (Douglas); Patrick C Ripp (Juneau); Teri Gardner Robus (Juneau); Kathryn Rousso (Ketchikan); Lisa Schramek (Petersburg); Ellie Sharman (Gustavus); Mariia Taylor (Thorne Bay); Naona “Peaches” Wallin (Ketchikan); Grace Wolf (Petersburg); and Rico Worl (Juneau).

Magsayawan Ketchikan Dance & Music Classes

Sunday, July 27, 2025
11:00 am1:00 pm
TBA!!!

Traditional Filipino Dance & Music Classes!!! Details are being firmed up but contact Czarina for more information!!!

Open Workshop! - Cape Fox Cultural Foundation

Sunday, July 27, 2025
1:00 pm5:00 pm
156/160 Dog Salmon Road

Open Mic!

Sunday, July 27, 2025
5:00 pm8:00 pm
Creek Street Cabaret

A fabulous night will be had by all!

50th Annual Blueberry Arts Festival Booth Applications Open!

Monday, July 28, 2025
8:00 am7:00 pm

Booth applications open May 2nd at 3pm!!! Returning Booth holders have until May 31st to reserve your booth!!!

Big Wave performs during Music on the Dock

Monday, July 28, 2025
12:00 pm1:00 pm
Berth 2 if its not raining, Berth 3 shelter if it is!

Always noon to 1pm, its a great opportunity to take your lunch outside, and hear great music performed by awesome local musicians!

Music on the Dock is a program of the City of Ketchikan administered by the Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council.

Evan Porter performs during Music on the Dock

Tuesday, July 29, 2025
12:00 pm1:00 pm
Berth 2 if its not raining, Berth 3 shelter if it is!

Always noon to 1pm, its a great opportunity to take your lunch outside, and hear great music performed by awesome local musicians!

Music on the Dock is a program of the City of Ketchikan administered by the Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council.

Open Mic - hosted by Rick Llyod

Tuesday, July 29, 2025
6:00 pm9:00 pm
Hole in the Wall

Karaoke at the Totem Bar

Tuesday, July 29, 2025
8:00 pm10:00 pm
Totem Bar

Magsayawan Ketchikan Dance & Music Classes

Wednesday, July 30, 2025
1:00 pm2:30 pm
TBA!!!

Traditional Filipino Dance & Music Classes!!! Details are being firmed up but contact Czarina for more information!!!

The Ukelele Group

Wednesday, July 30, 2025
3:45 pm4:45 pm
Bayside Hotel Lobby

Bring your ukulele and have some fun playing with the group.
Meets on Wednesdays at 3:45pm at the Inn at Creek Street!

Takumi Kato - Japanese Peace Drummer

Wednesday, July 30, 2025
6:00 pm7:30 pm
Ketchikan Public Library

Free!

Arts Report on KRBD

Thursday, July 31, 2025
8:20 am8:35 am
KRBD Studio

Each week at approximately 8:20 am KRBD hosts the Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council for their weekly report on arts and humanities in Ketchikan and the surrounding area. Get a synopsis of the local music scene, performances, Gallery exhibits, pop-ups, and Calls to artists. The Arts Report often features special guests from the Ketchikan Theatre Ballet, Artists, and Curators. Tune in weekly to KRBD 105.3 FM Ketchikan, Metlakatla and Saxman, 107.1 FM North Ketchikan, Ward Cove, and Ketchikan, 101.7: Craig, 90.7: North Point Higgins, 90.1: Mountain Point, Hydaburg, Klawock, and Thorne Bay.
If you would like your event to be aired in the Arts Report please let us know by the Thursday prior.

Ketchikan Pride Alliance - Social Hour

Thursday, July 31, 2025
5:00 pm6:00 pm
Alaska Legends on Dock St.

Supporting the community in a chill inclusive environment

Live Music at the Eagles Nest

Thursday, July 31, 2025
6:00 pm8:00 pm
Eagle's Nest

50th Annual Blueberry Arts Festival

Friday, August 1, 2025Sunday, August 3, 2025
50th Annual Blueberry Arts Festival!!!! A 3-day festival celebrating art, creativity, and community!

The Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council has been producing the Blueberry Arts Festival since 1975! Since that time we have supported artists as they developed their work, highlighted many, many bands, heard thousands of poems, cleaned up so many gallons of slug slime, made a gazillion blueberry pies, seen sooooo many pets and dolls, hung extraordinary art, added space for more artists, added food booths, invited other nonprofits to showcase their organizations, added booths to the Methodist Church parking lot, added booths to Main Street, seen some pretty amazing handmade, humanpowered Blueberry boats!, added booths to the City parking lot....moved to Mission, dock and Main streets.

We are able to place a little over 160 booths, and estimate at least 8000 attend the 3-day Festival.

Please join us! You won't be disappointed.

KIC Culture Camp Sign-Up!

Friday, August 1, 2025
11:55 am12:00 pm

Sign up by noon on August 4th!!!!! Space is limited - Tribal members will be given first priority.

Takumi Kato performs during Music on the Dock

Friday, August 1, 2025
12:00 pm1:00 pm
Berth 2 if its not raining, Berth 3 shelter if it is!

Always noon to 1pm, its a great opportunity to take your lunch outside, and hear great music performed by awesome local musicians!

Music on the Dock is a program of the City of Ketchikan administered by the Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council.

Opening Reception - Blueberry Arts Festival Art Exhibit

Friday, August 1, 2025
5:00 pm7:00 pm
Main Street Gallery - 330 Main Street

The 50th Annual Blueberry Arts Festival Art Exhibit is an open call exhibit welcoming any artist in any medium of any age! There are categories for winning fabulous prizes and fame and glory for ages 6 to 60!!! For more information about the Open Call exhibit contact Cassia at programs@ketchikanarts.org or give us a call at 907-225-2211!!!!

"My Head - Still in the Clouds" -exhibit by Marilyn Lee

Friday, August 1, 2025
5:00 pm7:00 pm
Star Gallery - #5 Creek Street

Opening "Deconstruction" - [Insert Art]

Friday, August 1, 2025
6:30 pm10:00 pm
125 Main Street

Line Dancing - Katie Dosset

Saturday, August 2, 2025
6:00 pm9:00 pm
Creek Street Cabaret

Image Credits
TOP ROW (L-R)
Stephen Jackson, Seward Shame Pole, Saxman, Alaska, 2017 - Ketchikan Community Concert Band, image credit Felix Wong - Evy Posey, "Cosmic Wyvern", Mixed UP the 35th Annual Wearable Art Show, 2021 – Ricardo Búrquez, "My World", 2016 - Evon Zerbetz & Rich Stage, "A Trip to the Library", 2012 - Terry Pyles, "Yeltatzie Salmon", 2015

BOTTOM ROW (L-R)
Kathy Flora, Marcie Pungowiyi, New Path Dancers, "Thunder”, ShapeShift the 26th Annual Wearable Art Show, 2012, image credit Ernie Meloche - Rhonda Green, Tongass Historical Museum entry gate, 2021 - Ketchikan Theatre Ballet, Spring Gala "The Four Seasons" May 2021 -  Nathan Jackson, "New Thundering Wings", 2016 – First City Players, "39 Steps", Jack Finnegan, 2021, image credit Jeff Fitzwater - Jackie Keizer "Sailing Off Into A Tequila Sunrise", Mixed UP the 35th Annual Wearable Art, image credit Jeanette Sweetman 2021 - Shawna Hofmann, Andiamo Dance Company, image credit Jeanette Sweetman, 2021- Ricardo Búrquez, “Pipe Junction” 2021 - Isreal Shotridge, Chief Johnson's Totem Pole, Ketchikan, AK. 1955

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