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Alaska State Fair schedule

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BOREALIS THEATRE

7 p.m. -- Family Force 5 by KAFC 93.7 FM

SLUICEBOX

2 p.m. -- Dave Edwards-Smith, good-time world funk

3:30 p.m. -- Swamp Angel Road, killer covers

5 p.m. -- Time to Live, high-energy rock

7 p.m. -- Carhartt Brothers Band, music to pound nails by

8:30 p.m. -- Nathan Owens, Motown and soul

MATANUSKA MAID CORRAL

1:30, 4 and 7 p.m. --The Great Alaska Racing Pigs by Horizon Lines

PIONEER PLAZA

1, 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. -- Black Angels African Acrobats

FRANCE EQUESTRIAN CENTER

Noon -- Schooling Show

4 p.m. -- Dana Eaton, Putting Your Best Hoof Forward

MILKING PARLOR

4 p.m. -- Goat Milking Demonstration

5 and 6 p.m. -- Cow Milking Demonstration

HOSKINS EXHIBITS

12:30 p.m. -- Crazy Quilt Pot Holders

1:30 p.m. -- Non-traditional Weaving

2:30 p.m. -- Strip Quilting

3:30 p.m. -- Knitting Quick and Easy

COLONY THEATRE

Noon -- Meet the Ranger puppet show

1 p.m. -- Sourdough Days, pioneer lifestyles

2 and 5 p.m. -- Subsistence and the Chugach

3 p.m. -- Green and Growing, plants in the Chugach

4 p.m. -- Prince William Sound

6 p.m. -- Rita Cantu and Friends, poetry and song

7:30 p.m. -- Cabaret: Matanuska-Susitna Orchestra

CRAFTSMAN HOUSE

Noon- 8 p.m. -- Valley Arts Alliance

Noon-8 p.m. -- Wild Salmon on Parade

AROUND THE GROUNDS

Noon-10 p.m. -- Children's Garden Maze by United Rentals

Noon-10 p.m. -- Infinity Art, Red Trail

1:30 p.m. -- Garden Tour, Wineck Barn

6:30 p.m. -- Carhartt Relay Race

BLUEBONNET STAGE

12:30, 3 and 6 p.m. -- Amazin' Mitch Barrett by Matanuska Valley FCU

1 p.m. -- Crusty Carhartt and Tales Contest

2 p.m. -- Atz Kilcher, folk from the Alaska wilderness

3:30 p.m. -- Carhartt Fashion Show

5 p.m. -- Carhartt Brothers, music to pound nails by

6:30 p.m. -- Dane Edwards-Smith, good-time world fun

COLONY STAGE

2, 4:30 and 7 p.m. -- Powerhouse by Alaska Airlines

2:30 p.m. -- Burchell Swing Dancers

3:30 and 6 p.m. -- Discover Dance, dynamite dancers

4 and 5:30 p.m. -- Palmer Dance Intensity All-Stars

5 and 6:30 p.m. -- Chugach Mountain Youth Cloggers

7:30 p.m. -- Midnight Sons Barbershop

8:15 p.m. -- Alaska Sound Celebration

MTA CREATION STATION

1, 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. -- Fe Fi Farm Fun

Noon-10 p.m. -- Take Flight and Sportsology by Fred Meyer

Noon-10 p.m. -- Make It and Take It Demonstration Stage

FARM EXHIBITS

Noon-8 p.m. -- Alaska McDonald's Goat Mountain

Noon-8 p.m. -- Greatland Petting Zoo by GCI

Noon-8 p.m. -- Fowl Weather Friends

7 p.m. -- Small Fry Showmanship by Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman

FLOWER EXHIBITS

Noon-10 p.m. -- Children's Garden Maze by United Rentals

Noon-10 p.m. -- Bonsai Demonstrations

IRWIN EXHIBITS

Noon-9 p.m. -- Woodworking, quilting, fiber arts, handwork and needlework demos

1-8 p.m. -- Quilt Show, on the hour

WOODLOT

1, 3:30 and 6 p.m. -- Fred Scheer's Lumberjack Show by SBS

GRANDSTAND TENT

5 and 8 p.m. -- Keith King BMX Bike Stunt Show: Full Throttle and Rockstar

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