Arts Events Around Town
Petersburg Arts Council is happy to share your arts event on our calendar and periodic Arts Up! e-newsletter.
Email us (petersburgarts@gmail.com) the event poster or graphic and date, place, time, and cost and we’ll create an event web page you can link to. Open to nonprofits, businesses, individuals, and schools.
Up Next…
Winter's End with Stephanie Pfundt & Reid Wolch
Enjoy an evening of classical performances with soprano Stephanie Pfundt & pianist Reid Wolch
Rice Bros in concert
The Rice Brothers will bring magnetic, energetic concert piano and cello to Petersburg, May 17th, 2024
PAC Monthly Board Meeting
Our monthly board meetings are open to the public and we welcome your input & ideas!
R.O. Shapiro
Petersburg welcomes back the exceptionally talented singer songwriter RO Shapiro
Emerge125 Dance Performance
Emerge125 is a dynamic dance performance and education touring company based in Harlem & New York’s Adirondacks. They’ll be leaping through Alaska fall of 2024 with a cast of 8 dancers, and we’re thrilled to bring them to Petersburg for a performance & dance workshop.
Diyet & the Love Soldiers
Petersburg Arts Council is thrilled to present Diyet and the Love Soldiers, hailing from Kluane First Nation in Canada’s Yukon Territory.
Board Meeting - Petersburg Arts Council
Petersburg Arts Council November Board Meeting 2023
Thursday, Nov 16th, 6 pm
Bearing Song, 223 S. Nordic Dr.
We'll meet to talk fall membership and look ahead at events planning ideas for 2024. Got an idea for a PAC project or event? Come on down! All are welcome. Email us at petersburgarts@gmail.com for more info.
Lyric & Spirit
Lyric & Spirit is an International Celebration of Women’s Voices, bringing together female singers from around the world. The inaugural American Tour in Fall 2023 features Lenna Bahule from Mozambique; Varijashree Venugopal from India; and Luisa Lacerda from Brazil.. In the style of International Guitar Night each artist will perform a solo set, followed by collaborations showcasing the blending of their global cultures.
Moving Music at Oktoberfest!
We’re back for Oktoberfest 2023 at the Community Center by the school. We’ll be outside hosting a number of local performers and celebrating our 50th anniversary with you!
Mike Block Trio
$20 at the door, $15 at Lee’s Clothing
Mike Block Trio in Petersburg, performing American roots music with contemporary and international influences, bringing an exciting and personal perspective to the acoustic music scene.
Roman Rudnytsky
Concert virtuoso Roman Rudnytsky returns to Petersburg for another thrilling evening of classical piano pieces.
Moving Music Concert - June
Saturday, June 17 - Solstice Music & Ephemeral Art Walk
1-3pm Hungry Point Trail & Outlook Park
Rainy day? Music will move to Outlook Park
DUDE MTN
Get ready to unzip those Norwegian sweaters and hit the dance floor...
Ketchikan's own Dude Mtn, fresh off a history making tour of Juneau's Folk Fest, will bring their "psychedelic rock and blues" to Sons of Norway Hall for the 2023 Little Norway Festival in Petersburg, Alaska.
Doors open at 7:30 pm, Saturday May 20th
Tickets are $15 at Lee's Clothing / $20 at the door.
Get a *free ticket* by helping us set up, take down, or clean up the next day - Peterburg Arts Council has several volunteer slots for this show. Message us to claim a volunteer spot or for more info.
Proceeds benefit the band (yay local artists!) & our nonprofit arts council, an all volunteer crew working hard to bring the arts to our island.
All ages show, bring an ID for beer/wine.
Gold Dust Rising
Presented by the Petersburg Arts Council with sponsorship support from the Petersburg Rotary Club.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Soft drinks, sparkling water, beer and wine available for purchase. Please do not bring in your own alcohol, including those purchased downstairs.
Advance tickets are currently available online via the Arts Council’s Square commerce page (opens in new window/tab). Please print the receipt or keep a digital copy (confirmation email is fine) to use as your ticket.
Advance purchase tickets may be purchased in-person via credit card, check or cash at FireLight Gallery & Framing. The printed sales receipt serves as the ticket to the event. Advance sales (online and in-person) will end 4 hours (2:30 p.m.) prior to doors opening.
Admission will also be available at the door.
We define “family” as immediate family members. The intent is to cap total admission costs for parent/guardian(s) and their children.
Band Bios
Matthew Johnson
Matthew Johnson, Alaska born and raised musician, has been listening to and playing bluegrass music since his early childhood spent growing up in the woods. Following the rythymn and footsteps of his idols (Bill Monroe, Del McCoury, Carl Hoffman and the likes) has help him find his boisterous, soulful voice, clear, crisp guitar licks, and beautifully timed mandolin strums. He spent 14 years as Carl Hoffman’s mandolin player and tenor singer in Northern River. He’s been in the bluegrass music scene from Alaska to Austin, Texas and all places in between.
Laura Davis Collins
Laura Davis Collins was born and raised in southeast Virginia, singing harmonies with her sister at church. She developed an ear for bass lines playing bassoon in high school band and orchestra and picked up playing guitar in college in southwest Virginia, where she learned to love bluegrass. In 2007, Laura moved to Nome, AK and picked up the bass in 2011 to join the Nome-based old time string band Landbridge Tollbooth. She’s played music with Lorne and Matt off and on for over 10 years.
Lorne Carroll
Lorne Carroll, while he wasn’t born in Alaska he got here as quick as he could in the winter of 2009. He’s been fueled by the bluegrass beat for decades and is influenced by David Grisman, Andy Statman, and a long, long list of others. You might find him and that 1996 Flatiron Performer F behind the Gold Dust Saloon, inside the Down East Saloon or anywhere in-betweens.
Ethereal Synthesis - Recital by Stephanie Pfundt
A soprano vocal recital by Stephanie Pfundt, accompanied by Kimly Wang. On Thursday evening, May 19, during the Little Norway Festival 2022.
Petersburg Arts Council Annual Meeting
Meeting to conduct organization’s regular annual business, including election of board members. At Helmi Jensen Community Room in the Peterburg Public Library.
Sundae + Mr. Goessl
Sundae + Mr. Goessl, a Wisconsin-based duo, comes to Petersburg for a stop on their Alaska tour. This charming wife/husband duo has a style all their own and incorporate humor, vintage style, interesting instrumentation, nostalgia and serious musicianship in their act. While some label their style as "Vintage Pop" and others deem it "Cowboy Jazz" there's one adjective that everyone can agree on: delightful.
Séet Ká Festival
An Indigenous festival dedicated to cultural awareness, cultural revitalization, and uplifting the Indigenous people of Séet Ká Kwáan through art and language classes, as well as dialogues about racial equity, cultural awareness, and decolonization.
Cancelled - Classical & Romantic Harp
Harp concert by Stephanie Hayes, featuring music by Bach, Tchaikovsy, Puccini, more. Saturday, Feb. 5, 7 p.m. at the Holy Cross House. Q&A following concert.
Roman Rudnytsky Piano Recital
Roman Rudnytsky performs a recital of classical masterpieces at the Petersburg Lutheran Church.
Royal Wood in Concert
Royal Wood performs at the Wright Auditorium on Tuesday, November 2.
Orange Shirt Day Gathering
Buschmann Park is the small covered “bus stop” across from the totem poles downtown. No listed end time- the 2 pm is an estimate.