Free Concerts
Beluga Nights Free Summer Concert Series
World-class music on the UAF Campus. Admission is free and we encourage you, your friends, and the whole family to join us for an evening of very special music. Bring your own picnic or enjoy the food available for purchase. The concerts are outside on the Beluga Field near the Student Recreation Center (SRC) on UAF’s lower campus. Please, no dogs or alcohol. For more information call 474-7037, or check the updates at www.uaf.edu/activity/.
UAF Summer Music Academy’s Kaleidoscope of Music
Sunday, June 15, 6:00 p.m.
Some of the finest classic to jazz performed by faculty, staff, and mentors of the UAF Summer Music Academy. The Academy, a joint event sponsored by the UAF College of Liberal Arts Department of Music and the Fairbanks Symphony Association, is an intensive two-week program of musical education for students who have finished grades 6 through 12. Rain backup – Davis Concert Hall.
Jammin’ Salmon Dixieland Band
Sunday, June 29, 6:00 p.m.
The Jammin’ Salmon Dixieland Band presents a genuine “New Orleans Style” brand of jazz. This lively performing ensemble entertains audiences of all ages. Often heard at fairs, festivals, and schools, they perform a wide variety of Dixieland standards from Fats Waller to W.C. Handy and Hoagy Carmichael. The Dixieland ensemble is one of several musical ensembles based at Ft. Wainwright, Alaska. Rain backup – Wood Center Multilevel Lounge.
Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Jazz on the Lawn
Thursday, July 17, 8:10 p.m.
If you love jazz, you won’t want to miss this opportunity to hear
fantastic instrumental jazz musicians from the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival. Rain backup –
Wood Center Multilevel Lounge.
Alaska’s Own Bearfoot
Sunday, July 27, 6:00 p.m.
A mere two years after their initial meeting as camp counselors in
Cordova, Alaska, Bearfoot earned one of Root Music’s most prestigious awards—Telluride’s Bluegrass
Band Champions—an honor they share with artists like Dixie Chicks and Nickel Creek. Bearfoot
is deeply American music—airy northern ballads tempered by back-alley southern blues, while jazz
stomp meets Appalachian breakdown, the whole fused with a signature sexy bluegrass passion. Rain
backup – Wood Center Multilevel Lounge.
Millie and the Mentshn
Sunday, August 3, 6:00 p.m.
Experience the energetic and emotional music from Yiddish folk, Russian,
Ukrainian, and Israeli traditions. Millie and the Mentshn is a group of classically trained musicians
but includes an unusual combination of instruments. The music ranges from Prokofiev to Gershwin;
from classic Yiddish art songs to raucous dance-in-the-aisle Klezmer, swing, tango, and jazz.
This music speaks to audiences of all cultural backgrounds. Rain backup – Wood Center Multilevel
Lounge