Music in the Garden concerts begin Thursday, May 21

Kristin Summerlin
907-474-6284
May 15, 2026

A band performs under the arched wooden pavilion at Georgeson Botanical Garden, with a guitarist, drummer, upright bassist, and additional musician facing an outdoor crowd seated and standing on the lawn amid spring foliage and hills in the background. — UAF photo
Steve Brown and the Bailers perform at the first Music in the Garden event of the season at the Georgeson Botanical Garden on May 23, 2024.

The University of �Ӱ�ԭ�� Fairbanks Music in the Garden concert series will kick off Thursday, May 21, at the Georgeson Botanical Garden.

Part of UAF’s Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning, the concert series offers 13 weeks of family-friendly performances on Thursday evenings throughout the summer.

Each concert features two bands. The first band starts at 6 p.m., and the second plays at 7:30 p.m.

Concerts are free, but donations to support the botanical garden are welcome.

Because parking is limited, concertgoers are encouraged to use a free shuttle service that departs from the Nenana Parking Lot, located across from the Patty Center, beginning at 5:30 p.m.

This summer’s Music in the Garden schedule includes the following bands.

May 21 – Steve Brown and the Bailers, Fireweed Fiddle
May 28 – Fairbanks Community Jazz Band, Badger Street Jazz Band
June 4 – Headbolt Heaters, Marc Brown and the Blues Crew
June 11 – UAF Music Academy, Ryan Bowers and the Brain Trust
June 18 – Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Choir, Clarence Pate Project featuring Willie Blackburn
June 25 – South Cushman Social Club, The Glam Faction
July 2 – Almost a Minyan, Diamond Fuller and Friends
July 9 – Serevende Marimba, Sourdough Rizers
July 16 – Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival (both concerts)
July 23 – Sweet Fireweed, Red Hackle Pipe Band
July 30 – Cold Steel Drums, Ice Jam
Aug. 6 – Identity Crisis, AnaLemma
Aug. 13 – Susan Grace, ET Barnette String Band

Music in the Garden is sponsored by Sound Reinforcement Specialists, Phillip Marshall, �Ӱ�ԭ�� 529, Design �Ӱ�ԭ��, College Rotary, Toy Quest, Carpenters Local 1243, Mt. McKinley Bank, Denali State Bank, Michael Baker International, Golden Heart Emergency Physicians and the Georgeson Botanical Garden.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Music in the Garden does not cancel due to weather. In case of unhealthy conditions such as smoke, the program will move to the Regents' Great Hall in the UAF Fine Arts Complex. When raining, Music in the Garden will take place under the covered Rotary pavilion in the garden. For more information, visit the Summer Sessions events page or call 907-474-7021.

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