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.

ARTISTS - applications to participate in the Blueberry Arts Festival are always opened during the Celebration of the Sea Art Walk, the first Friday of May.

Check in at 1:30 - race begins at 2pm. Everyone must wear a life jacket and carry a whistle. All boats must be human powered and handmade. Below is a Hold Harmless

The Richard Brautigan, Dick Whittaker, Lillian Ference, and Phoebe Newman Trout Fishing in America Poetry Slam and Lingcod Limerick Contest is in 36th year. Bring your latest poem, a poem you have read and admired, or write one on a napkin the day of.

Hosted at the New York Cafe - this is a wonderful way to unwind from the weekend, have a bite to eat, and get ready to attend the Gigglefeet Dance Festival Sunday night at 7pm.

Ketchikan's only dance festival, the Gigglefeet Dance Festival was created to give opportunity to the creative community to dance in a fully staged dance production. That's what it's for, but that doesn't describe how amazing it is! the link to tickets is below.

Presented by the collaboration of Ketchikan Theatre Ballet, First City Players, and the Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council.

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

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.

The Metlakatla Founders Day Celebration!

On an August 7 about 130 years ago, a group of 826 Tsimshian people from British Columbia followed William Duncan, an Anglican missionary, over the Canadian border to Annette Island.

Now Annette Islands Reserve is Alaska’s only Indian reservation, and, ever since that day in 1887, the Metlakatla Indian Community has celebrated its unique founding story.

There should be artist booths and other activities, call to find out more.

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.