“We’re In!” Alaska Statehood Celebration & Hero Games
Join us for the Alaska Statehood Celebration on June 27th 12:00pm to 5:00pm. Click here for a map of the event.
4th Avenue will be closed from C Street to H Street for a 5 block street festival featuring 3 performance stages: Blue & Gold Main Stage, The Mickey Mouse Stage, and Heroes Stage. The streets will be filled with street performers, the G Street Art Fair, an antique car show, outdoor cafes and sidewalk sales from Downtown merchants.
Additionally, there will a special Children’s Area that will include 1950s science fun with the Imaginarium (Mr. Potato Head, silly putty, bubbles, hula hoops and more), a GIANT sandbox and face painting.
Alaska Statehood Celebration
Performance Schedule
Children’s Mickey Mouse Stage
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12 noon |
Hula Hoops |
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12:30 pm |
Mickey Mouse Show |
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1 pm |
Fiddle dee dee |
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2 pm |
Slapdash |
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2:30 pm |
Mickey Mouse Show |
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3 pm |
Fiddle dee dee |
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4 pm |
Alpenglow Chorus |
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4:30 pm |
Mickey Mouse Show |
Blue and Gold Main Stage
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12-12:30p |
Taiko Drummers |
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12:40-1:10p |
The Filipiniana Dance Troupe |
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1:10-1:30p |
Alaska Songbird: Ursula Gould |
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1:30-2p |
Underground Dance Company |
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2-2:30p |
Alpenglow Chorus |
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2:30-3p |
Dance Spectrum |
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3-3:30p |
Northern Lights Celtic Dancers |
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3:30-4p |
Hula Hui Na Haumana O Alaka |
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4-4:30p |
Xochiquetzal-Tiqun Dancers |
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4:30-5p |
Kicaput Dancers and Singers |
Hero Stage
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12 n – 5 p.m. |
Hero Games |
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5:30 – 8:30 p.m. |
Street Dance w/ Arctic Rock (9th Army Band) |
G Street (between 3rd and 5th Avenue):
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10 a.m. – 6 p.m. |
G Street Artists Fair: featuring over 35 Alaskan Artists |
4th Avenue (between G and H Street):
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12 noon – 5 p.m. |
Skateboard Demonstrations by Pro: Adrian Williams |
Along 4th Avenue:
12 noon – 5 p.m. Anchortown Circus
Silk Acrobat: Jessica Joy McVean
TBA Theatre Street Performers
Antique Auto Mushers Car Show
The "Hero Games"
The centerpiece of the Alaska Statehood Celebration will be the "Hero Games," a friendly competition between the following teams of five, one of whom must be female:
- U.S. Army
- U.S. Air Force
- U.S. Air Force Reserves
- U.S. Air National Guard
- U.S. Marines
- Anchorage Police Department
- Alaska State Troopers
- Anchorage Fire Department
- AMST First Aid Team
The Hero Games will take place on 4th Avenue between E and C Streets from 12:00pm to 5:00pm with competitions meant to be both challenging and entertaining, including:
- Obstacle Course
- Hose carry, Kaiser sled, Cat Rescue, Donut eating, Trooper Car tire change, low crawl
- Water Balloon Volleyball
- Tricycle Race
- Tug of War
- Litter Carry Relay
- Bucket Brigade
- Vehicle Tow
It will also feature rescue dog and police dog demonstrations. There will be a street dance from 5:30pm to 8:30pm following the Hero Games.
