Skip to main content

Arts Calendar

Weekly Calendar of Upcoming Events and Performances

To have your event added to The Arts and Culture Calendar contact

info@KetchikanArts.org 

907-225-2211

Quick Links


August 17–23 2025

Select a Date to View

Blueberry Arts Festival Art Exhibit

Monday, August 4, 20259:00 amFriday, August 29, 20255:00 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!!!!

Magsayawan Ketchikan Dance & Music Classes

Sunday, August 17, 2025
11:00 am1:00 pm
TBA!!!

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

Open Mic!

Sunday, August 17, 2025
5:00 pm8:00 pm
Creek Street Cabaret

A fabulous night will be had by all!

Ketchikan Community Chorus performs during Music on the Dock

Monday, August 18, 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.

Creme Brulee performs during Music on the Dock

Tuesday, August 19, 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, August 19, 2025
6:00 pm9:00 pm
Hole in the Wall

Carolyn Wonderland & Shelly King

Tuesday, August 19, 2025
7:00 pm9:00 pm
At the Great Alaskan Lumber Jack Show place

Carolyn Wonderland and Shelly King are touring through Alaska. Although Ketchikan isn't on the official tour page, apparently they will be performing here after all.
Texas Bluesy kinda music.
Here's some interesting info: Tickets were much more affordable (like airfare to and from Seattle often is) at $10-$15 for Juneau; and Sitka's performance was $30 as a package deal with the Sitka's Blues Fest.

Karaoke at the Totem Bar

Tuesday, August 19, 2025
8:00 pm10:00 pm
Totem Bar

Magsayawan Ketchikan Dance & Music Classes

Wednesday, August 20, 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, August 20, 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!

Arts Report on KRBD

Thursday, August 21, 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.

Paddy's Leather Breeches performs during Music on the Dock

Thursday, August 21, 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.

BOOMbal Micro-Dance!

Thursday, August 21, 2025
5:45 pm6:15 pm
#5 Creek Street

While BOOMbal Dancehall classes are on hiatus -

Micro-dances are ON in August!

Short after-work practice sessions for experienced* BOOMbal dancers - (no class will be offered until the fall)

Location:
Star Gallery
#5 Creek Street

Thursday, August 21 5:45 - 6:15 pm

* You should have some beginner basics—a couple classes under your belt—to attend and be able to navigate the gallery.

If you are a new dancer, stay tuned for classes in the fall!

Attend solo, or with your friends, or with a partner. Easy-going, fun environment.

WIP Night! @ [Insert Art]

Thursday, August 21, 2025
6:00 pm9:00 pm
125 Main Street

Join other procrastinators!
$10 suggested donation, Or just bring a snack!

Live Music at the Eagles Nest

Thursday, August 21, 2025
6:00 pm8:00 pm
Eagle's Nest

AskUAS Presents: An Evening with Bill Nye Livestream

Thursday, August 21, 2025
7:00 pm8:30 pm
UAS Ketchikan Campus Library - 2600 7th Ave

Head to the UAS Ketchikan Campus Library for this fun and informative Livestream event with Bill Nye- the Science Guy!!!

Sears & Graff perform during Music on the Dock

Friday, August 22, 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.

Anne Phillips - Live in Ketchikan!

Friday, August 22, 2025
7:00 pm9:00 pm
Creek Street Cabaret

Anne Phillips is coming to town this summer and she will be performing at the Creek Street Cabaret on Friday, August 22!

She will be performing the show that sold out in NYC to celebrate her 90th birthday. Let's show her some Ketchikan love.

Here is what Variety Concert Review had to say about that performance:

"Where has this captivating performer been all our lives? She answered that question in a most engaging way, linking her songs with a running loosely chronological narrative of her career, more a one woman show than your typical jazz gig ... and her voice is in great shape."
- Variety Concert Review from "The Bakery", Los Angeles

LEX The Siren - Artist and DJ at the ARCTIC BAR

Friday, August 22, 2025
9:00 pm11:30 pm
The Arctic Bar

Ketchikan Theatre Ballet Pop Up Shop!

Saturday, August 23, 2025
10:00 am5:00 pm
400 Mission St

Live Music at Knudson Cove!

Saturday, August 23, 2025
6:00 pm8:30 pm
Knudson Cove Marina

🎶 LIVE MUSIC THIS SATURDAY AT KNUDSON COVE 🎶

Weather? Perfect. Vibes? Immaculate. Excuses? None.

Don’t miss your chance to catch Bill & Ben jamming live on the dock this Saturday at 6 PM! The sun’ll be shining, the tunes will be bumpin’, and the dance floor? That’s the deck, baby.

✨ Bring the whole crew — kids, friends, grandparents, your neighbor who never leaves their house — because this is a full-on family-friendly North End summer party.

📍 Locals: Get out of the house and come hang!
🚗 Townies: We promise we’re worth the drive.

Let’s keep this Ketchikan summer rocking. When the sun’s out, the dock is the place to be.

Literary Reading - Owen Oliver

Saturday, August 23, 2025
6:30 pm7:00 pm
#5 Creek Street

Joe Williams 34th Birthday Party!!!!

Saturday, August 23, 2025
7:30 pm10:00 pm
Creek Street CAbaret

LEX The Siren - Artist and DJ at the ARCTIC BAR

Saturday, August 23, 2025
9:00 pm11:30 pm
The Arctic Bar

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

© 2025 Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council

Powered by Firespring