Photos from the 2016 Alaska State Fair in Palmer

Byron Nicholai of Toksook Bay is flung into the air in the blanket toss at the Gathering Place on Saturday evening, September 3, 2016, at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer. Nicholai, who just finished high school, is known for mixing traditional and modern music on YouTube and on his Facebook page I Sing. You Dance. (Erik Hill / Alaska Dispatch News)