Alaska State Fair - Govenor's Day Alaska Statehood
date:Thursday, August 21, 2008
venue:Alaska State Fair
address:2075 Glenn Highway
Palmer, AK 99645
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from:Alaska State Fair
Celebrate 50 years of Alaskan statehood! Join us for
celebratory cake in the Borealis Plaza & Events Tent at 6:30, then rock out with Alaska Rocks!
kick-off bands The Sanders Band and Joey Fender and the 55's in the Borealis
Theatre at 7:00 p.m. FREE with Fair admission! This evening's finale is a
"Bonfire in the Sky" fireworks show at 10:15
p.m.
AT&T Borealis Concert Series
Anchorage Press presents
7:00 pm-The
Sanders Band and Joey Fender & the 55's-FREE with Fair Admission!
Sluicebox - No Minors After 8
Pm
2:00 The Fogys:
Harmonizing mellow fellows
3:30NorthernRiver: Hot bluegrass pickers
5:00 Here 2 Play:
Seriously incredible jam band!
6:30 Silver
Train: Blues and beyond
8:00 Steelhead:
Classic rock and country
9:30 Nervis Rex:
Red-hot ska dance party
Alyeska Pipeline Colony Stage
12:30 Northern
Lights Dancers
1:00 Palmer Dance
Intensity
1:30 Cupiit
Yurartet: Cupik dance
2:00 ShaeLaurel
presented by Alaska Airlines
3:00 Kenai Senior
Center SGG: Toe-tappin' country
3:30 Cupiit
Yurartet: Cupik dance
4:00 ShaeLaurel
presented by Alaska Airlines
5:00 Qatalina
& Company Salsa: Latin dance club
5:30 Cantora
Arctica: Women's choral ensemble
6:30 Qatalina
& Company Salsa Dance
7:00 ShaeLaurel
presented by Alaska Airlines
8:00 Jammin'
Sammin' 9th Army Band Dixieland Jazz
ShaeLaurel: Fast-fiddlng Irish, bluegrass & contemporary
music with traditional clogging & Irish step dance.
Colony Theatre
2 & 5:30
Alaska Far Away Documentary Video presented by MVFCU
IRWIN EXHIBITS
12-8:00 Quilt Show, on the hour
12-9:00 Woodworking, quilting, fiber arts,handwork &
needlework demos
Hoskins Exhibits
12:30 Memory Wire
Bracelet Make & Take
1:30 Sesame Seed
Chicken
2:30 Penny Rugs
3:30 Crazy
Quilting
Flower Exhibits
12-10:00 Children's Garden Maze presented by United Rentals
12-10:00 Bonsai Demonstrations
Grandstand Tent
3:00, 5:00 & 8:00
King BMX/Skate Stunt Show
FREE with Fair Admission!
Mta Creation Station
12-10:00 "Outreach to Space" & "Space
Spot" presented by MTA
Hands-on space exploration & astronomy
12:00, 2:00 & 3:30
Alaska - A
Musical Journey
Through the 49th State featuring the songs of Hobo Jim
presented by Fred Meyer
Sbs Woodlot
1:00, 3:00 & 6:00
Fred Scheer's Lumberjack Show
presented by Spenard Builders Supply
Woodlot Stage
9:00Alaska
Statehood 50th Anniversary Celebration
Featuring Hobo Jim, debuting his new song-celebrating Alaska's
Statehood
10:15Alaska
Statehood Celebration
"Bonfire in the Sky" Fireworks presented by
Alaskan Brewing Company
Anchorage Daily
News Corral
4:00 Scarecrow
Contest-presented by Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman
Bluebonnet Stage
12:30 Steve the
Pretty Good: Comedic Magic
1:00 Jason &
James: Acoustic folk-rock duo
2:00 Melissa Beck:
Alaska originals
3:00 Steve the
Pretty Good: Comedic Magic
3:30 The Fogys:
Harmonizing mellow fellows 5:00NorthernRiver: Hot bluegrass pickers
6:00 Steve the
Pretty Good: Comedic Magic
6:30 Schultz
& Hammer: Perennial Alaskan performers
Farm Exhibits
12-8:00 GCI Petting Zoo
12-8:00 Fowl Weather Friends
12-8:00 GoatMountain
12:00 NPGA, AGS
& ADGA Goat Shows
Milking Parlor In Farm Exhibits Presented By Conocophillips
4:30 Goat Milking
Demonstration
5:00 Cow Milking
Demonstration
6:00 Cow Milking
Demonstration
PioneerPlaza
1:00 Kid Davie:
Entertainer extraordinaire
2:00 Northern
Lights Dancers Blanket Toss Celebrating Alaska
4:00 Kid Davie:
Entertainer extraordinaire
5:00 Northern
Lights Dancers Blanket Toss Celebrating Alaska
7:00 Kid Davie:
Entertainer extraordinaire
8:30 Northern
Lights Dancers Blanket Toss Celebrating Alaska
BorealisPlaza
6:30Alaska
Statehood Celebration Cake
Events Tent (New Location On Office Lawn)
6:30Alaska
Statehood Celebration Cake
Around The Grounds
12-8:00 Valley Arts Alliance
& Wild Salmon On Parade, Alaska Craftsman Home
12-10:00 Alaska
Statehood Display, Wineck Barn
1:30 Garden Tour,
Wineck Barn
2 -10:00Art
House Wine Bar, Alaska
Craftsman Home
FranceEquestrianCenter
12:00 Nothin' But
Fun Schooling Show
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