Anchorage
This small off-center playhouse is the best live theater in town, staging everything from Hamlet to Archy and Mehitabel (comic cockroach and a cat…
Must-see entertainment in Alaska
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Alaska Center for the Performing Arts
Anchorage
Impresses tourists with the 40-minute film Aurora: Alaska’s Great Northern Lights (adult/child $15/7), screened on the hour from 9am to 9pm during summer…
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Anchorage
Cruise into this very cool venue (check out the mural on the lobby ceiling) where you can enjoy great microbrews, wine and dinner while watching first-run…
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Juneau
In among the thick cluster of jewelry shops that plays to the cruise crowd is this delightful art-house theater, which presents small-budget foreign films…
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Anchorage
Anchorage Opera is the largest producer of the performing arts in Alaska and one of America’s leading regional opera companies.
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Anchorage
A fun, cruisy bar with two dances floors, Drag Diva shows, a cabaret, and dance music most nights after 9pm.
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Anchorage
Anchorage had an orchestra before it had paved roads, which says a lot about priorities around here.
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Juneau
Founded in 1979, this is Alaska’s only genuine full-time professional theater company. Sadly the theater season begins in September and ends in May,…
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Anchorage
More than just Anchorage’s favorite meat market, ‘Koots,’ as the locals call it, is a landmark. The sprawling, wooden edifice has 10 bars, four dance…
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Anchorage
This semipro team of the Alaska Baseball League plays at Mulcahy Ball Park, where living legend Mark McGuire once slammed a few homers. Also taking the…
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Denali National Park & Preserve
At the back of the Denali Park Village in McKinley Village, this community center holds local talks and speeches, art shows and theatrical and musical…
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Fairbanks
One of the Fairbanks area’s most popular nightspots, the Loon features live bands and DJs, movie nights, dancing, food and lots of good beer. A couple of…
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Anchorage
Try this place for top-drawer musical groups, trade shows and other big events.
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Fairbanks
Pioneer Park comes alive at night in this historical theater with honky-tonk piano, cancan dancers and other acts in the Golden Heart Revue, which…
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Denali National Park & Preserve
The outdoor amphitheater at this hotel hosts 30-minute ranger-led interpretive talks on national park topics ranging from wildlife to sustainability.
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Anchorage
More a tourist trap than a movie house, with IMAX-style nature films and a 15-minute theatrical simulation of the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake.
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Fairbanks
This multipurpose arena hosts numerous events, including the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics.
