Downtown Winter Solstice Celebration!

Saturday, Dec. 19th

 Window Decorating Contest

All day throughout downtown

 Open House @ Alaska Rag Company

10am – 6pm (6th Ave & Lacey St)

 Live music & treats @ T h e   A l a s k a   H o u s e

11am – 6pm: Guitarist Ron Veliz

2 – 4pm: Meet the artist (10th  Ave  &  Cushman  St)

 Solstice Snowshoe Shuffle along Chena River

11:30am: Sign in @ Morris Thompson Center (Dunkel St); starts at noon in Griffin Park (by River). Extra snow shoes available, hot drinks, food and prizes!

 Family Fun Throughout Downtown

Noon – 4pm:  FREE Santa Photos @ River City Café & Espresso (2nd Ave); Puppies @ Yukon Quest log cabin (1st Ave); Holiday movies and cocoa @ Morris Thompson Center (Dunkel St)

 Warm Up Treat @ The Fudge Pot

Starts at 2pm (1st Ave)

 Live music & delicious food @ l’assiette de Pomegranate

2:30 – 4:30pm:  Clarence and Friends (2nd Ave, near Noble St)

 30th Annual Sing-It-Yourself Messiah @ 1st Presbyterian Church

3 – 5:30pm (7th Ave & Cushman St)

 Live music, food & shopping @ Co-Op Plaza

3 – 6pm:  Frost Fire, Quartermoon, Christmas Quartet (2nd Ave)

 Movies @ Shakespeare Empress Theatre

Noon – 2pm:  Robots; 3 – 5pm:  Night at the Museum (3rd Ave or Co-Op entrance)

Monday, Dec. 21st (Solstice)

Window Decorating Contest

All day throughout downtown (Ends at 8pm)

Movies @ Shakespeare Empress Theatre (3rd Ave or Co-Op entrance)

Noon – 2pm:  Miracle on 34th Street; 3pm – 5pm:  The Princess Bride 

 Family Fun Throughout Downtown

4 – 8pm:  Mrs. Claus and tasty treats @ Fairbanks Community Museum (Cushman St & 5th Ave); Relay for Life Luminary Ceremony in Golden Heart Plaza, a scavenger hunt and shopping galore throughout downtown! Deals, giveaways and refreshments at Arctic Travelers Gift Shop and If Only…a fine store (Cushman St);  refreshments @ Morris Thompson Center (Dunkel St); guessing game @ Beads ‘n Things (2nd Ave); Puppies @ Yukon Quest log cabin (1st Ave);

 Live music, food & shopping @ Co-Op Plaza

4 – 8pm:  Tetrafiddles, Frostfire, Celtic Confusion, QuasiPseudo (2nd Ave)

 Live music & FREE Santa Photos @ Sadler’s Home Furnishings

4 – 8pm:  9th Army Band,, Clarence & Friends, Suzuki Strings, North Star Strings (Cushman St)

 Live music & delicious food @ l’assiette de Pomegranate (2nd Ave, near Noble St)

6 – 7:30pm:  Pantheon Steel Band

 Fireworks @ Griffin Park (by River)

7:45 – 8pm: Displayed over the Chena River

 Golden Gala  @ Morris Thompson Center (Dunkel St)

8pm: Dancing, gourmet food, lovely drinks and gorgeous décor; tickets available downtown; more information at www.goldengala.com