All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Puppet-making workshop and puppet parade — Not just for kids!
August 27, 2022-September 3, 2022
The Folk School, Pioneer Park
Fairbanks Fungi Festival
August 28, 2022
11:00 am-4:00 pm
Ester Community Park
UA Museum exploration
August 29, 2022-September 5, 2022
10:00 am-5:30 pm
UA Museum of the North, 1962 Yukon Drive
UA Museum Arctic Collections: Mammals
August 29, 2022
12:00 pm-2:00 pm
UA Museum of the North, 1962 Yukon Drive
UA Museum Arctic Collections: Berries
August 30, 2022
11:00 am-1:00 pm
UA Museum Arctic Collections: Birds
August 31, 2022
12:00 pm-2:00 pm
UA Museum of the North, 1962 Yukon Drive
Indian Pete and the Band of Fiddlers
September 1, 2022-September 1, 2022
5:00 pm-7:00 pm
Regents' Great Hall, UAF Fine Arts Complex, 1708 Tanana Loop
Native Art Center exhibit opening reception
September 1, 2022
5:00 pm-7:00 pm
UAF Art Department Gallery
Arctic Fest Panel Discussion: Starting the Conversation
September 1, 2022
7:00 pm
Regents' Great Hall, UAF Fine Arts Complex, 1708 Tanana Loop
Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Reading Series
September 1, 2022
7:00 pm
Murie Auditorium, Margaret Murie Building, 2090 Koyukuk Drive, UAF
UA Museum Arctic Collections: Ethnology & History
September 2, 2022
10:00 am-12:00 pm
UA Museum of the North, 1962 Yukon Drive
UA Museum Arctic Collections: Genomic Resources
September 2, 2022
12:00 pm-2:00 pm
UA Museum of the North, 1962 Yukon Drive
First Friday Fest
September 2, 2022
12:00 pm-8:00 pm
Pioneer Park
Green Marketplace and Innovation Hub
September 2, 2022-September 3, 2022
12:00 pm-6:00 pm
Centennial Center Exhibit Hall, Pioneer Park
UAF Circumpolar Music Series Featuring Pamyua
September 2, 2022
1:00 pm-2:00 pm
Davis Concert Hall, UAF Fine Arts Complex
“In a Time of Change: Boreal Forest Stories” exhibit and opening reception
September 2, 2022
4:00 pm-6:00 pm
Bear Gallery, Centennial Center, Pioneer Park
Arctic Fest opening night featuring Pamyua
September 2, 2022
7:30 pm
Hering Auditorium
LARS’ Local Day
September 3, 2022
9:30 am-4:00 pm
UAF Large Animal Research Station, 2220 Yankovich Rd.
Outdoor Mindful Movement Workshops
September 3, 2022
10:30 am
UAF ski trails; meet at the ski warmup hut
400 Million Years of Change: How do the last 150 million years stack up?
September 3, 2022-September 3, 2022
12:00 pm-12:45 am
Centennial Center for the Arts Theater, Pioneer Park
“In a Time of Change: Boreal Forest Stories” literary reading
September 3, 2022
1:00 pm-2:00 pm
Centennial Center Theater, Pioneer Park
Three-Minute Thesis
September 3, 2022
2:30 pm-3:20 pm
Centennial Center Theater, Pioneer Park
Advancing the Rights of Nature for a Future of Arctic Abundance
September 3, 2022
3:30 pm-4:00 pm
Centennial Center Theater, Pioneer Park
Diiyeghanaii Taii Tr’edaa – We Will Walk the Trail of Our Ancestors
September 3, 2022
4:15 pm-5:00 pm
Centennial Center Theater, Pioneer Park
Mushroom walk
September 3, 2022
5:00 pm
UAF ski trails; meet at the ski warmup hut
SILA sovereignty stories
September 3, 2022
5:15 pm-6:00 pm
Centennial Center Theater, Pioneer Park
“In a Time of Change: Boreal Forest Stories” live performance
September 3, 2022
7:30 pm
Centennial Center Theater, Pioneer Park
Late-Night Fun at Goldie’s
September 3, 2022
9:00 pm-11:00 pm
Goldie's AK, 659 5th Ave.
Save the date: Sept. 5-7, 2024
September 5, 2024-September 7, 2024
Fairbanks, Alaska
Contact information
Arctic Fest Steering Committee
Elisabeth Balster Dabney
Executive director, Northern Alaska Environmental Center
Mary Beth Leigh
Professor of microbiology and arts-humanities-science integration, University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Arctic Biology
Arctic Fest acknowledges that the festival takes place on the unceded lands of the Lower Tanana Dene peoples. We pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging, and to their ongoing stewardship of their ancestral lands and waters.
