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
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…
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…
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…
Anchorage
Anchorage Opera is the largest producer of the performing arts in Alaska and one of America’s leading regional opera companies.
Anchorage
A fun, cruisy bar with two dances floors, Drag Diva shows, a cabaret, and dance music most nights after 9pm.
Anchorage
Anchorage had an orchestra before it had paved roads, which says a lot about priorities around here.
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Anchorage
Try this place for top-drawer musical groups, trade shows and other big events.
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…
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.
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.
Fairbanks
This multipurpose arena hosts numerous events, including the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics.
