The 37th Annual Anchorage Folk Festival
January 22 to February 1, 2026

THANK YOU ALL

for making the 37th Annual Anchorage Folklife Festival such a fun and rejuvenating experience shared by so many participants!

The 2026 core festival is over…but there’s more in store for the year to come. Check back here throughout the next several months, and sign up to receive our newsletters for advance notice of upcoming events and opportunities to enjoy live folk music and dance around Anchorage throughout 2026.

And be sure to become an AFF Member to help the festival keep bringing such a great variety of workshops and live performances together each year, free to the public.


View or download the festival’s program!

 

Check out our Guest Artists for the 2026 festival:
Henhouse Prowlers
Wiley Post
The Roland Roberts Band
The Faux Paws

Anchorage Folk Festival members

Your festival needs you.

We have board of director positions to fill on AFF’s nine-seat board.

You can learn more and apply HERE


Monday 1/26/2026 8:00–9:00 PM Board Meeting—join online or meet in person at Hearth Artisan Pizza—1200 West Northern Lights Boulevard, Suite F


Support Anchorage Folk Festival by becoming a member.

Thanks to the 2026 festival sponsors!

A special thanks to our Anchorage Folk Festival members, sponsors, and volunteers for your continued support. None of this would be possible without YOU. Please consider becoming a member or volunteering today.

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