SATURDAY, JULY 29
10:00AM | Golf Tournament
Muskeg Meadows
Registration starts at 9:00am.
10:00AM-1:00PM | Community Market
Nolan Center
Vendors of local goods. Produce, handmade items, baked goods, art, and more!
11:00AM |Kids Games
Nolan Center Lawn
The famous Bearfest fish toss, cub-o-war & more!
USFS camp set-up.
12:00 PM | Cooking Demonstration
Nolan Center
TBD
2PM |Jam Session / Music Workshop
Nolan Center
Jam session and workshop with the Banta Band
3:00PM | Smoked Salmon Contest
Nolan Center Lobby
Judging for the best local salmon smoker. Entries should be delivered by 2:30pm.
6:00PM | Marathon Pasta Feed
Nolan Center Lobby
Pasta dinner for half and full marathon runners only. Attendance is not mandatory but we encourage participants to come pick up swag bags, check out the course maps, and receive information for race day.
8:00PM | Live Music
Rayme's Bar
The Banta Band
2023 SCHEDULE
(UPDATES WILL BE POSTED HERE)
Thank you for joining us for Bearfest!
We hope to see you again next year.
SUNDAY, July 30
7:00AM | Race Registration
Nolan Center
7:00 to 7:45 - Full marathon, half marathon, and 5K registration
8:00-8:30AM | Race Starts
Nolan Center
8:00am | Regular start for half and full marathon
8:30am | Start for 5K walkers, runners & bikers
(6:00am | Self-timed early start for full marathon only)
Noon-ish | Raffle Drawing
Nolan Center
The first marathon finisher will draw the winning ticket. Two roundtrip tickets anywhere Alaska Airlines flies. You do not have to be present to win.
2:00PM | Anan presentation
Nolan Center - Theater
Robert E Johnson - Video | Anan Wildlife Observatory, Magic in the Alaskan Rainforest
Tory Houser | Presentation of the new Anan facility
FRIDAY, JULY 28
11:00AM | Read with a Ranger
Irene Ingle Public Library - Gazebo
Children's books with Forest Service interpreter Corree Delabrue.
11am-3pm | Chili Hot Dog Feed
First Presbyterian Church
Lunch provided by First Presbyterian. By donation.
4:00 PM | Native Stories & Dance
Chief Shakes Tribal House
Enjoy a presentation of Tlingit heritage and culture.
6:00 PM| Dinner & Auction
Stikine Restaurant
Gourmet dinner by Chef Eric Jackson of Seattle. Auction will include outdoor gear, handmade goods, seafood, fresh fruit boxes, and more. Live music by the Banta Band. (Tickets are sold out - call Alaska Vistas at 907-874-3006 to be added to the waitlist).
WEDNESDAY, JULY 26
10:00AM | Art Workshop
Nolan Center Lobby
Art projects for kids and families! All supplies provided.
11AM | Bear Safety Workshop
Outdoor Shooting Range
Bear behavior, safe & effective use of bearspray, and more.
12:00PM | 'Beary' Pie Contest
Nolan Center Lobby
Judging for the best pie made from local berries. Entries should be delivered to the Nolan Center by 11:30pm.
6:00 PM | Symposium
Nolan Center
Lance Craighead - A history of bears National Parks
Barrie Gilbert - How bear-viewing sites can advance bear conservation and community business
THURSDAY, JULY 27
10:00 AM | Art Workshop
Nolan Center Lobby
Art project for adults. All supplies provided.
1:00PM | Tree Talk
Nolan Center Classroom
Elizabeth Graham (USFS Juneau) on Western black-headed budworm
2:00PM | Cub plunge
City Pool
Bearfest games in the pool! Open to the public. Children under 7 need a parent or guardian over 14 in the water. Non-swimmers under 48" tall need a lifejacket.
6:00 PM | Symposium
Nolan Center
Shawn Crimmins - Is there bear hair there? Monitoring grizzly bears in interior Alaska using non-invasive genetics
Harry Reynolds - Relating the bears of northern Alaska & Southeast