What to do in Anchorage in October 2026

Sunday, October 18, 2026

• Visual arts

  until Sep 30

  Arctic Sculpture: Ivory Carvings from the Anchorage Museum Collection

  Anchorage Museum · Downtown

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Feb 14

  AK Grown: Childhood in Alaska

  Anchorage Museum · Downtown

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Aug 31

  Everyday Anchorage: Duke Russell & Ward Wells

  Anchorage Museum · Downtown

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Apr 11

  Michaela Goade: Song of the Seasons

  Anchorage Museum · Downtown

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Apr 4

  Arctic Marine Science: Sikuliaq to Shore

  Anchorage Museum · Downtown

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until May 31

  The Hapa Project/Alaska

  Anchorage Museum · Downtown

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Dec 20

  Cameron Harvey: Family of Things

  Anchorage Museum · Downtown

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Apr 4

  Nunalleq: The Old Village

  Anchorage Museum · Downtown

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Oct 30

  Rarefied Light

  IGCA Gallery · Downtown

  • Visual arts

• Music

  until Nov 21

  The Rocky Horror Show

  Mad Myrna's · Downtown

  • Music
  • Theatre

  $40

• Visual arts

  until Sep 12

  Faux Flora

  Anchorage Museum · Downtown

  • Visual arts

• Theatre

  until Nov 1

  Misery

  Cyrano's Theatre · Mountain View

  • Theatre

  $35 Tickets ↗

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• Visual arts

  until Sep 30

  Sienna Shields: Hollow Holds the Whole

  Anchorage Museum · Downtown

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Apr 4

  Rehearsals in Worldbuilding: Lada Suomenrinne and Jenni Laiti

  Anchorage Museum · Downtown

  • Visual arts

• Nights out

  10 AM

  Jams for Fams: Halloween Costume Party

  Bear Tooth Theatrepub · Spenard

  • Nights out

  $20 Tickets ↗

• Music

  3 PM

  How To Train Your Dragon in Concert

  Anchorage Symphony Orchestra

  Alaska Center for the Performing Arts · Downtown

  • Music
  • Cinema

• Music

  3 PM

  How To Train Your Dragon in Concert

  Anchorage Symphony Orchestra · Downtown

  • Music
  • Cinema

Friday, October 23, 2026

• Comedy

  7 PM

  Vitamin Come(D)y: Beth Stelling

  Beth Stelling

  Bear Tooth Theatrepub · Spenard

  • Comedy

  $30–$50 Tickets ↗

• Music

  —Time not announced

  Ricochet

  Ricochet · James Carothers

  William A. Egan Civic and Convention Center · Downtown

  • Music

Saturday, October 24, 2026

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road

  Alaska Center for the Performing Arts · Downtown

  • Music

  $53 Tickets ↗

• Music

  8 PM

  Carter Winter & Schaefer Mueller

  Odd Man Rush Brewing · Eagle River

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

Friday, October 30, 2026

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Bandits on the Run

  Alaska Center for the Performing Arts · Downtown

  • Music

  $49.50 Tickets ↗

• Music

  8 PM

  Jerry Wessling Band

  Odd Man Rush Brewing · Eagle River

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

• Nights out

  9 PM

  Season of the Witch Dance Party

  Bear Tooth Theatrepub · Spenard

  • Nights out
  • Dance

  $22–$25 Tickets ↗

Saturday, October 31, 2026

• Music

  2 PM

  Free Neighborhood Concert

  Anchorage Symphony Orchestra · Downtown

  • Music

  Free

• Music

  7 PM

  Halloween Party with Wiley Post & Good Company

  Odd Man Rush Brewing · Eagle River

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

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