Weekly Calendar of Upcoming Events and Performances
To add your event added to our Arts and Culture Calendar, please contact us at:
info@KetchikanArts.org
907-225-2211
Open Mic with Joe Williams IV
Blueberry Arts Festival Art Exhibit
The Main Street Gallery is a program of the Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council. Exhibit Openings at the Main Street Gallery are always the first Friday of the Month! New exhibits are mounted each month by artists and curators.
Main Street Gallery exhibits run the first Friday of each month, through the last full week of the month. EXCEPT for the 51st Annual Blueberry Arts Festival in 2026!!! The Open Call Exhibit welcomes artists of any age, using any medium. The Opening Reception will be an anomaly, on Friday, July 31st from 5 to 7pm.
Main Street Gallery exhibits and Artist Presentations are always free and open to the public!
Music on Dock - ATTK!
Tuesday Open Mic
Author Nita Noveno - Book Launch
Ketchikan Historic Commission Meeting
The Ketchikan Historic Commission Meeting will be held at 2 PM at the Tongass Historical Museum.
For more information, including agenda and packet materials, contact Ketchikan Historic Commission Secretary, Samantha Forsko.
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!
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.
Music on Dock - Ketchikan Dixieland Band
Open Mic with Evan Porter & Mario Sumner
"Culturally Responsive Understanding by Design: Native History" for Teachers!!!!!
This course is available online!
Winter Arts Faire - Returning Vendor Applications Open!
Applications are now open for RETURNING VENDORS for the Winter Arts Faire, presented by KAAHC. Apply by September 21st to maintain priority booth placement! Artists are placed based on the order applications are received.
The Winter Arts Faire will be held at the Ted Ferry Civic Center November 27-29, 2026.
Applications due - KIC Culture Camp
Music on Dock - Big Wave
Live Music @ the New York Cafe
Weekly live music to accompany your dining or drinking. No reservations and the place can fill up quick. Some Fridays might not have a performance, so be forewarned of unexpected cancellations. The playlists on speaker are generally great enough, so either way its worth a Friday night social hour.
Anne Phillips performs!
Pop Up Pride Bar featuring DJ Dank Grooves
Ketchikan Theatre Ballet Open House
Ketchikan Theatre Ballet is having an Open House with free Ballet and Jazz classes!
There will also be a Bou Cou Dance Gear Pop Up held at the same time in Studio C and on Sunday, August 23rd from 1-4 PM.
Paint & Sip
No experience necessary, and all materials provided!
Tickets are $20. You can sign up by emailing Savannah!
Red Lantern performance
Music Cruise: The Return of the Alaskan Kush People
*SOLD OUT*
Matt the Electrician!
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
