| Things To Do: 20 Events Found; Nov 23, 2009 - Nov 23, 2010
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Anchorage International Film Festival | Anchorage 4 - 17 Dec 2009 (annual) The Anchorage International Film Festival is North America's northernmost independent film festival. The two-week long festival annually screens up to 100 films from around the globe in various venues around town. |
Anchorage Fur Rendezvous | Anchorage 26 Feb - 7 Mar 2010 (annual) Fur Rondy (as Anchorage Fur Rendezvous is known locally) takes over Anchorage with over 120 uniquely Alaskan activities and events that range from serious to outrageous. Highlights include fireworks, The Eskimo Blanket Toss and The World Championship Sled Dog Races. |
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race | Anchorage 6 - 20 Mar 2010 (annual) 'The Iditarod' is a legendary test of endurance. Mushers and dog-teams brave fearsome weather conditions, darkness and exhaustion across 1,850km (1,150 miles) of Alaskan wilderness from Anchorage to Nome. Simply taking part is something that few can even attempt. |
Alaska Oceans Summer Festival | Delaney Park Strip, Anchorage Jun 2010 (annual) Home to some of the world's most biologically diverse marine waters, Alaska plays an important role in the oceans' health. Each year this is celebrated at Alaska Oceans Summer Festival, held at the west end of Anchorage's Delaney Park Strip. |
Porcupine Caribou Herd Migration | Alaska Mar - Jun 2010 (annual) Get close to Alaskan nature during the annual Caribou migration, the longest migration of any terrestrial animal - involving about 150-200,000 animals every year. |
Bear Paw Festival | Bear Paw Festival Site, Anchorage Jul 2010 (annual) The city of Anchorage celebrates its residents with the five-day Beer Paw Festival. Highlights include the Teddy Bear Picnic, a Family Fun Day and the Miss Bear Paw Pageant. All activities take place at the Bear Paw Festival Site. |
World Eskimo-Indian Olympics | Carlson Center, Fairbanks Jul 2010 (annual) The World Eskimo-Indian Olympics sees indigenous people compete in traditional athletic games and celebrate with pageants and dances at the Carlson Center. Ear weights, high kicks, arm pulls and blanket tosses (making a human trampoline) are part of the programme. |
Golden Days | Fairbanks Jul 2010 (annual) Can-can dancers in fishnet tights and feather boas parade through the streets while gun-toting rogues in wide-brimmed hats and garter-belted shirt sleeves meander! The past is relived in Fairbanks during Golden Days, a five-day event celebrating the town's gold-rush heritage. |
Southeast Alaska State Fair and Bald Eagle Music Festival | Haines Jul - Aug 2010 (annual) Haines hosts the annual four-day Southeast Alaska State Fair. Showcasing agricultural and domestic arts alongside creative arts and crafts, highlights of the festival include a parade, a farmer's market, contests and the Spring Fling event. |
Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival | University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks Jul - Aug 2010 (annual) For two weeks every summer, the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus hosts its annual arts festival. The programme includes a good line-up of theatre, opera, dance and visual arts, along with music and figure skating. |
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