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Cabaret 'round Midnight
Join us for a late-night cabaret series hosted by the UAF Music Department benefiting the Summer Young Artist Program scholarship fund. Suggested donation $10.
Categories: Arts and entertainment calendar, Public events calendar - Fairbanks, Student activities calendar, College of Liberal Arts calendar, Music calendar.
Saturday, July 11, 2026, 10:00 PM – 11:30 PM.
Fine Arts Complex Theatre Wing Regents' Great Hall.
An Afternoon of Opera and Musical Theatre
The Opera and Musical Theater Intensive students as well as the Opera and Musical Theater Chorus students come together to perform scenes from operatic and broadway works with staging, costumes and more. This finale performance is the culmination of two long weeks of hard work for singers and actors. This year, as we celebrate 46 years of Festival, this finale performance will mark our Festival's opening production, followed by a reception in the Great Hall. Don't miss it!
* The 2026 FSAF Opera and Musical Theater program is supported in part, by a grant from the, Alaska State Council on the Arts and the NEA America 250 program.
Categories: Arts and entertainment calendar, Public events calendar - Fairbanks, Student activities calendar, College of Liberal Arts calendar, Music calendar.
Sunday, July 19, 2026, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Fine Arts Complex Theatre Wing Regents' Great Hall, Fine Arts Complex Music Wing Davis Concert Hall Stage.
Festival Orchestra and Choirs: Sounds of the Summer!
Instructors: Donald Brinegar and Karen Miskell,
, The Polaris Chamber Choir present nine choral works in celebration of America250 with all American composers and "Americana" works! In celebration of the United States Semiquincentennial, this concert is support through a grant the Alaska State Council for the Arts and the National Endowment of the Arts. Polaris will be conducted by guest artists, Karen Miskell and Donald Brinegar.
The Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival is thrilled to announce the revival of our Festival Orchestra this year, a program that has been dormant since before the COVID pandemic. Works featured on this concert by American composers such as Billings, Lauridsen, Barber and Copland. The Festival Orchestra will be conducted by Fairbanksan, George Rydlinski.
Tickets are $25 General Admission/$15 for Children and Seniors. Performance will be held in the UAF Davis Concert Hall.
Categories: Arts and entertainment calendar, Public events calendar - Fairbanks, College of Liberal Arts calendar, Music calendar.
Sunday, July 26, 2026, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Fine Arts Complex Music Wing Davis Concert Hall Stage.
A Tribute to the Great Jazz Pianists
Tribute to the Great Jazz Pianists with Ron Drotos,
Tribute to the Great Jazz Pianists is a lively musical journey through the world of jazz, focusing on the legacy of the famous jazz pianists. Pianist Ron Drotos pays tribute to early jazz masters such as Jelly Roll Morton, Lil Hardin Armstrong and Duke Ellington, as well as more contemporary jazz innovators including Bud Powell, Dave Brubeck and Chick Corea. Listeners will hear fun anecdotes and interesting historical facts about each pianist and musical numbers include James P. Johnson’s The Charleston, Keith Jarrett’s Memories of Tomorrow, and Bill Evans’ Peace Piece. Drotos himself studied with the legendary jazz pianist Billy Taylor and will share personal anecdotes from their time together, including Taylor’s memories of the astonishing Art Tatum.
Tickets are $25 General Admission/$15 for Children and Seniors. Performance will be held in the UAF Davis Concert Hall.
* The 2026 FSAF Jazz program is supported in part, by a grant from the Alaska…
Categories: Arts and entertainment calendar, Public events calendar - Fairbanks, College of Liberal Arts calendar, Music calendar.
Tuesday, July 28, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Fine Arts Complex Music Wing Davis Concert Hall Stage.
Composing in the Wilderness with CORVUS
Come hear the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival's premier new music ensemble, CORVUS, perform the works created by registrants in our 2025 edition of Composing in the Wilderness.
Young composers from all over the world come to study with Stephen Lias, as he leads them through a contemplative process of composition, inspired by a week long journey through the wilds of Denali National Park. Through that process, and inspired by the majesty and greatness of the Alaskan wilderness, composers write for our new music ensemble, CORVUS, to play.
Scored for violin, flute, clarinet/saxophone, 'cello, and percussion, these professional orchestral players from around the country (many with direct ties to Fairbanks themselves) assemble in Fairbanks for festival to rehearse these nature inspired works for the stage. This culminating performance is impressive and breath-taking for both nature and music lovers alike. Don't miss these premier performances of new works composed just for Festival and inspired by… .
Categories: Arts and entertainment calendar, Public events calendar - Fairbanks, College of Liberal Arts calendar, Music calendar.
Thursday, July 30, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Fine Arts Complex Music Wing Davis Concert Hall Stage.
Cabaret 'round Midnight
Join us for a late-night cabaret series hosted by the UAF Music Department benefiting the Summer Young Artist Program scholarship fund. Suggested donation $10.
Categories: Arts and entertainment calendar, Public events calendar - Fairbanks, Student activities calendar, College of Liberal Arts calendar, Music calendar.
Thursday, July 30, 2026, 10:00 PM – 11:30 PM.
Fine Arts Complex Theatre Wing Regents' Great Hall.
Gospel Choir Concert 2026
What a way to close out the Festival. Join us for a performance that brings a smile to the face and inspiration to the heart. After the concert in Davis Hall, enjoy a potluck celebration in the Great Hall of the UAF Music Building. Admission is free, and a freewill offering for donations to the Gospel Choir program will be available during the concert.
* The 2026 Summer Gospel Choir is supported in part, by a grant from the Alaska State Council on the Arts and the NEA America 250 program.
Categories: Arts and entertainment calendar, Public events calendar - Fairbanks, College of Liberal Arts calendar, Music calendar.
Sunday, August 2, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM.
Fine Arts Complex Theatre Wing Regents' Great Hall, Fine Arts Complex Music Wing Davis Concert Hall Stage.
Cabaret 'round Midnight
Join us for a late-night cabaret series hosted by the UAF Music Department benefiting the Summer Young Artist Program scholarship fund. Suggested donation $10.
Categories: Arts and entertainment calendar, Public events calendar - Fairbanks, Student activities calendar, College of Liberal Arts calendar, Music calendar.
Saturday, August 22, 2026, 10:00 PM – 11:30 PM.
Fine Arts Complex Theatre Wing Regents' Great Hall.
Music Department Townhall Meeting
Join us in the Davis Concert Hall for the Fall 2026 Music Department Townhall Meeting to meet fellow students and Music Faculty as we kick off the semester.
Categories: Public events calendar - Fairbanks, Student activities calendar, College of Liberal Arts calendar, Featured, Music calendar.
Thursday, August 27, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Fine Arts Complex Music Wing Davis Concert Hall Stage.
Music at One
Weekly performance hour featuring UAF Department of Music faculty and students. YouTube livestream link.
Organization: Music, Dept of. Categories: Arts and entertainment calendar, Public events calendar - Fairbanks, College of Liberal Arts calendar, Featured, Music calendar.
Thursday, September 3, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Fine Arts Complex Music Wing Davis Concert Hall Stage.
Music at One
Weekly performance hour featuring UAF Department of Music faculty and students. YouTube livestream link.
Organization: Music, Dept of. Categories: Arts and entertainment calendar, Public events calendar - Fairbanks, College of Liberal Arts calendar, Featured, Music calendar.
Thursday, September 10, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Fine Arts Complex Music Wing Davis Concert Hall Stage.
Music at One
Weekly performance hour featuring UAF Department of Music faculty and students. YouTube livestream link.
Organization: Music, Dept of. Categories: Arts and entertainment calendar, Public events calendar - Fairbanks, College of Liberal Arts calendar, Featured, Music calendar.
Thursday, September 17, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Fine Arts Complex Music Wing Davis Concert Hall Stage.