The Ketchikan Area Arts & Humanities Council’s
35th Annual Blueberry Arts Festival
Thousands of Ketchikan residents and visitors celebrate the blueberry in style with the annual Blueberry Arts Festival. The summer staple offers over 100 booths featuring local art and handcrafted treasures. The Festival makes a fast start with the Fun Run followed by cheering on your favorite slug during the Slug Races. Family fun continues with food and game booths, a blueberry pie-eating contest, the Battle of the Bands, trivia contest and the Great Blueberry Race. The Pet & Doll Parade kicks off the festivities on Friday, August 6, followed by the opening reception for the Blueberry Juried Art Show. Complete the evening with the 13 annual Gigglefeet Dance Festival! The Festival finishes Sunday, August 8with the annual Richard Brautigan and Dick Whitaker Memorial Trout Fishing in America Poetry Slam.
2010 Sponsor: Conoco-Phillips
VENDORS! Feeling a little Blueberry? Booth applications available here. 2009 Vendors have until June 4th to reclaim their booth space from last year. New applications are accepted at anytime but will not be filled until June 7th.
