Event Date

Saturday, June 18 from noon – 5 pm

Town Square Park at the PAC
544 W 5th Ave
Anchorage, AK 99501

About the Event

Downtown Summer Solstice Festival

Make a date to stop by our fun interactive PHOTO OP-era Booth at the Downtown Summer Solstice Festival, a FREE event by Anchorage Downtown Partnership, Ltd. We’ll be in Town Square Park at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts and we’ll have lots of costumes and accessories from AO productions and constructed in Anchorage by AO’s Costume Shop for kids of ALL ages. Channel your ‘Inner Diva”! Try on a costume for size, experience what it’s like to be an Opera Star and snap an ’Opera-Selfie’!

More about the event:
This year’s festival bought to us by the Anchorage Downtown Partnership, will be spread throughout downtown Anchorage including fun activities on G Street and E Street, Town Square and Peratrovich Parks.
 
In addition to the Anchorage Opera Booth, Town Square Park will feature a dance performances from Sankofa, Polynesian Dance by POA, and Anaya Latin Dance’s Salsa Dance Social.

Peratrovich Park will host a performance from the 9th Army Band with lawn games to enjoy. Adjacent to the park activities, E Street, between 4th & 5th Avenues, features a Blood Bank of Alaska Blood Drive.

G Street between 4th & 5th Aves will have Darwin Theory’s beer garden and a jazz performance from the John Damberg Jazz Quartet, in addition to local art vendors, food options and The Bucking Salmon.

 
The Kid’s Zone on E Street between 5th & 6th Aves will have an inflatable Obstacle Course, Climbing Wall, Bubble Tower, Face Painting and more!
 
Other fun options scattered throughout the festival include a Petting Zoo, Local Artist Vendors, Food Trucks and lots more!

Downtown Summer Solstice Festival is brought to you by ConocoPhillips-Alaska and supported by Anchorage Parks & Recreation, Alaska Brewing, Diamond Parking, Alaska Jazz Workshop and Anaya Latin Dance.

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