ART OF MUSIC at the palmer museum (12:00 – 4:00PM) – Supported BY mOUNTAIN SOUND & eQUIPMENT
Focusing on the artistic edge of local music, this stage features local musicians who offer something unique to the Alaskan music scene – stuff you don’t always hear in the Alaskan summer festival circuit!
11:00-11:45AM Palmer Arts Council Summer Youth Band Every year the Palmer Arts Council Youth Band performs at the Garden and Art Fair, showcasing youth from around the Mat-Su who are in the early stage of their musical careers. Who knows which of our stages these students might find themselves performing on in coming years?
12:00 – 12:45PM MatSu Community Choir
1:00 -1:45PM Jerry Wessling Band This duo do two shows, one that is singer-songwriter fair, but this show is different from that – exploring classical and Spanish guitar themes, the Jerry Wessling Band is a display of instrumental skill that will mesmerize even the most seasoned music aficionado.
2:00 – 2:45PM Meggie Aubie The marimba is a unique instrument, rarely presented in this summer fair environment, except in Palmer, where Meggie is a mainstay of local music academia. Besides having a doctorate music degree, and teaching scores of students, Meggie is the consummate musical performer.
3:00 – 3:45PM UTN Reunited, Unite the North has been out of the game for a while. One of the few hip hop acts in Alaska, and in the Mat Su, the members of UTN are the Alaskan ambassadors of rhyme over beat. UTN has 3 albums under their belt, and this newest incarnation of the group will continue it’s mission of Unity in the Alaskan hip hop community.
4:00 – 4:45PM The Whee Duet Band This band pays homage to our past by performing tunes from the 1950’s and 1960’s.
95.5 HATCHER PASS RADIO STAGE (12:00 – 5:00PM)
12:00PM Adam Patterson
1:00PM Devynn Maclure
2:00PM Brothers In Arms
3:00PM Earth 2 Travolta featuring special guest performance by AK Fire Circus
4:00PM Mountain Waxwings
5:00PM Jerry Wessling Band
Main Performance Stage at the Palmer City Alehouse (11:00AM – 10:00PM)
11:00AM – 1:00PM Megan Killoran
1:30 – 3:30PM Tanana Rafters
4:00 – 6:30PM Hannah Yoter Band
7:00 – 10:00PM Blackwater Railroad Company featuring special guest performance by AK Fire Circus
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