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Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council

M-F 9 am to 5 pm

Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council
330 Main Street,
Ketchikan, AK 99901

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Events Calendar

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


August 30–September 5, 2026

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Open Mic with Joe Williams IV

Sunday, August 30, 2026
6:00 pm9:00 pm
Creek Street Cabaret

Back to School!

Monday, August 31, 2026
Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District

KAAHC wishes all of our students and teachers a happy first day of school!

Auditions for Shrek, the Musical!

Monday, August 31, 2026
7:30 pm9:00 pm
Kayhi Auditorium

Calling all thespians! First City Players is hosting auditions for Shrek, the Musical.

Shrek, the Musical follows a grumpy green ogre and his wisecracking Donkey embark on a quest to rescue a fierce Princess in order to reclaim the peace and privacy of his swamp…based on the hit Dreamworks movie!

Show dates are 11/6, 11/7, 11/8, 11/13, and 11/14.

Tuesday Open Mic

Tuesday, September 1, 2026
6:00 pm8:00 pm
Hole in the Wall

Auditions for Shrek, the Musical!

Tuesday, September 1, 2026
7:30 pm9:00 pm
Kayhi Auditorium

Calling all thespians! First City Players is hosting auditions for Shrek, the Musical.

Shrek, the Musical follows a grumpy green ogre and his wisecracking Donkey embark on a quest to rescue a fierce Princess in order to reclaim the peace and privacy of his swamp…based on the hit Dreamworks movie!

Show dates are 11/6, 11/7, 11/8, 11/13, and 11/14.

The Lionel Hampton All Star Band performs!

Tuesday, September 1, 2026
8:00 pm10:00 pm
Creek Street Cabaret

The Ukelele Group

Wednesday, September 2, 2026
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, September 3, 2026
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 Public Library: Fun in the Afternoon!

Thursday, September 3, 2026
2:00 pm3:30 pm
Ketchikan Public Library

Ketchikan Public Library presents Fun in the Afternoon!, a monthly program for adults with an intellectual disability. This is a free adult program, with activities that include games, art, and crafts.

Fun in the Afternoon! will be held the first Thursday of the month from 2-3:30pm.

Open Mic with Evan Porter & Mario Sumner

Thursday, September 3, 2026
8:00 pm10:00 pm
Totem Bar

Live Music @ the New York Cafe

Friday, September 4, 2026
7:00 pm9:00 pm
the New York Cafe on Stedman St.

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.

Third Annual Ketchikan Flower Show

Saturday, September 5, 2026
3:00 pm5:00 pm
Pioneer Hall

Call to all gardeners and their blossoms!!

Enter your blossoms or GIANT ZUCCHINI for a chance to win glory in the Third Annual Ketchikan Flower Show at Pioneer Hall!

Entries are due between 1-2pm before the start of the event at 3pm.

Red Lantern performance

Saturday, September 5, 2026
7:00 pm9:00 pm
Red Lantern

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

Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council
Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council

M-F 9 am to 5 pm

Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council
330 Main Street,
Ketchikan, AK 99901
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