Be sure to check with the local community for updated events programming changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The list below is a representative list of events that are usually scheduled in these months.
Southeast communities offer lots of fun, educational, entertaining, and yes, even quirky events throughout the year. Please follow the event links to learn more and to confirm dates, and for more extensive event information please visit the individual city websites listed on the Communities to Explore page.
April
- Ketchikan
- Alaska Hummingbird Festival
- Haines
- Annual Spring Fling BBQ & Music
- Juneau
- Alaska Folk Festival
- Wrangell
- Stikine River Birding Festival
- Skagway
- Skagway Folk Festival & Spring Art Show
- Sitka
- Heritage and Cultural Tourism Conference – April 6 – 9, 2021
May
- Ketchikan
- Celebration of the Sea Art Walk
- Sitka
- Sitka Salmon Derby
- Juneau
- Juneau Jazz & Classics
June
- Ketchikan
- Race to Alaska!, finishes in Ketchikan
- Sitka
- Sitka Music Festival – June 1-30, 2021
- Sitka Fine Arts Camp – June 7-July 31, 2021
- Juneau
- Gold Rush Days
- Haines
- Annual Kluane to Chilkat Bike Relay
- Fisherman’s Community BBQ
- Skagway
- Duff’s Skagway Marathon
July
- Sitka
- Alpine Adventure Run – July 24, 2021
- Uncommon Music Festival – July 26 – August 8, 2021
- Haines
- Southeast Alaska State Fair
- Juneau
- Fourth of July Community Celebration
August
- Ketchikan
- Blueberry Arts Festival and Gigglefeet Dance Festival
- Wrangell
- Wrangell Coho Derby
- Haines
- Haines Sheldon Museum Totem Trot
- Juneau
- Golden North Salmon Derby
- Skagway
- Blues, Brews & BBQ

September

October
- Sitka
- Alaska Day Festival – October 9 – 19, 2021
- Skagway
- Fall Festival: A Celebration of Art, Music, and Life in the North!
November

- Haines
- Alaska Bald Eagle Festival
- Juneau
- Juneau Public Market
December
- Juneau
- Annual Gallery Walk
- Ketchikan
- Winter Arts Walk

January
- Sitka
- Russian Christmas and Starring – January 3 – 10, 2021