News & Events in Gustavus, Alaska

On this page you will find some matters, information, and links pertaining to the preservation and well being of the community of Gustavus, Alaska and Glacier Bay National Park.

"Gustavus is an interesting community...

Here, you can really see and feel the spirit of a small and very unique group of locals working and living together, yet separated by the wilderness and freedom that the land of Gustavus and Glacier Bay offers them..."

Annual & "Semi" annual events for Gustavus

There are a number of annual or semi regularly scheduled events that take place within the community.

Many of these events are fundraisers for one of the various local committees, eg. Arts Council, Library, Clinic, 4-H, etc. and some are just celebrations and events for the sake of having a celebration or event. If timed correctly, visitors can enjoy these events along with the locals.

For the latest event listings, please check out the Gustavus Public Library websiteorganized by the Gustavus Community Network.

Annually scheduled events and a list of some events of the way way way back past are shown here:

Gustavus has a few regulary scheduled annual events. The main ones are, in terms of public attendance and popularity: July 4th, and Halloween.

The rest of the events vary on a non-regular basis throughout the year. Examples of some freaky cool events are shown here.

*Note: To find the specific date of an upcoming event, you should try the Gustavus library website organized by the Gustavus Community Network- or you may want to contact some of the locals linking on this site.