Watch: Scenes from Áak’w Rock

The three-day music festival in Juneau brought together Native artists across genres from around the world.

Updated: September 28, 2023 Published: September 28, 2023

Áak’w Rock held its first full in-person festival Sept. 21-23 in Juneau. It featured three days of music over three venues with more than 25 artists performing.

Meet 5 of the artists featured at Juneau’s Áak’w Rock festival

Emily Mesner

Emily Mesner is a multimedia journalist for the Anchorage Daily News. She previously worked for the National Park Service at Denali National Park and Preserve and the Western Arctic National Parklands in Kotzebue, at the Cordova Times and at the Jackson Citizen Patriot in Jackson, Michigan.

Watch: Scenes from Áak’w Rock

The three-day music festival in Juneau brought together Native artists across genres from around the world.

Emily Mesner

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