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
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Cape Fox Open Workshop
CFCF has another exciting Open Workshop at the Cape Fox Cultural Foundation. All ages are welcome. Bring your projects, new or old, and let's create together.
Magsayawan Ketchikan Dance & Music Classes
Traditional Filipino Dance & Music Classes!!! Details are being firmed up but contact Czarina for more information!!!
Nominations OPEN for new Ketchikan Kapamilya Awards!!!
Submit names of exemplary individuals in any of three categories for these new awards presented by the Ketchikan Wellness Coalition.
SHARKABET - Presentation and book signing by Ray Troll!!!
Ray Troll will be presenting the new edition of Sharkabet, updated to reflect modern understanding of the Shark Family Tree with brand new illustrations featuring shark species that are different from the first edition. Books will be available for purchase, courtesy of the Star Gallery. Call Lisa at 228-2304 for more information.
Open Mic!
A fabulous night will be had by all!
Open Studio! - [INSERT ART]
Visit [INSERT ART] at 125 Main Street and see works on display and visit with the artists!
[INSERT ART] is a program of the Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council.
FREE Noon Performance with Zuill Bailey and Yuriy Bekker of Sitka Music Festival
Zuill Bailey and Yuriy Bekker perform at the Main Street Gallery at noon for FREE!!! Zuill always performs in the Main Street Gallery when he comes to Ketchikan, and this time he is bringing violinist Yuriy Bekker with him!
Don't miss this noontime performance!!!!
Open Mic - hosted by Rick Llyod
Ketchikan Community Chorus Rehearsals Begin!!!!
Fall 2025 rehearsals resume on Tuesday, September 9th
Rehearsals are every Tuesday from 6:30 to 8:30pm
Held at the First United Methodist Church - 400 Main Street
The Winter Concerts will be:
Sunday, December 7th, 2025, 3pm
Wednesday, December 10th, 2025, 7pm
First United Methodist Church
"Rent" Auditions - First City Players
Call or Email for your moment to shine!
Story SLAM - Theme..."Rabbit Hole"
Story SLAM continues with "Rabbit Hole" as the theme for the September 9th event!!! Doors open at 7pm, stories start at 7:30pm. $3 at the door!
Karaoke at the Totem Bar
Magsayawan Ketchikan Dance & Music Classes
Traditional Filipino Dance & Music Classes!!! Details are being firmed up but contact Czarina for more information!!!
The Ukelele Group
Bring your ukulele and have some fun playing with the group.
Meets on Wednesdays at 3:45pm at the Inn at Creek Street!
Collage Night - [INSERT ART]
Collage Night at [INSERT ART]!!! Bring a project or start a new one! Materials availability. $10
[INSERT ART] is a program of the Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council.
"Rent" Auditions - First City Players
Call or Email for your moment to shine!
Autumn Classics - Sitka Music Festival in Ketchikan
Join Grammy-winning Sitka Music Festival Artistic Director, Zuill Bailey, alongside Yuriy Bekker, Concertmaster and Artistic Director of the Charleston Symphony, and Eduard Zilberkant, pianist and conductor of the Fairbanks Symphony, for a captivating evening of piano trios.
After Hours Alaska
The wonderful Stephanie Patton hosts the show After Hours Alaska every Wednesday from 9pm-11pm on KRBD. You can find out more information here as she interview musicians on a weekly basis.
Arts Report on KRBD
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.
BOOMbal Dance Hall Micro Dance!
Micro-dances in September!
Short after-work practice sessions for experienced BOOMbal dancers - (no class will be offered until the fall)
Location:
Star Gallery
#5 Creek Street
* 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!
No partner needed to attend - join solo, or with your friends, or with a partner. Easy-going, fun environment.
Live Music at the Eagles Nest
Square Dance!!!
$5 at the door - All are welcome!!!
All dances are taught - Live music by The Free Radicals!!!
Craig Market
Instructions for vending below, there are three options:
1. Sign up on-line
2. Paper Copy can be dropped off at City of Craig
3. A few of you have credits from previous markets.
We are happy to give booth discounts as reasonable as $20 below if a vendor is willing to set-up/take down, and or give door prizes, or share a booth with a friend. Please review applications for discounts.
https://craigrec.recdesk.com
https://www.craigak.com/rec/page/2025-gatherers-and-harvesters-and-holiday-and-craft-market
Here's a line up for what/who is scheduled at the market:
Black Ice - Band Whale Pass
Rain Forest Sewing
Barb Moots
Kathy Peavey
Alaska Balsamics
Prince of Wales Chamber of Commerce
Kerin Crews
Coastal Beach Bites
Myla Horner - Filipino Foods
Class on Making Deer Brats with Musser Family
Health Network Resources & Slippery Salmon Race
Albert Jaco - Community Garden Fall Products
Deena Taylor - Bake Goods & Chowder
Slippery Salmon Race (Craig AK)
History Talk: From Totems to Today: 125 Years of Ketchikan Life
Celebrating 125 of Ketchikan Life!!!!
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
