What to do that weekend in Mat-Su (April 16-19): Outdoorsman, movies, fiddling and enjoyable

What you should know:

• A wide range of weekend occasions within the Mat-Su Valley supply actions starting from outside recreation and fishing to movies, music and neighborhood gatherings. Several occasions are free or low-cost.
• Highlights embody the Mat-Su Outdoorsman Show with a youngsters fishing pond, an agriculture workshop, a path operating movie competition and reside music performances.
• Want your occasion included in an upcoming version of “What to do this weekend in Mat-Su?” Email [email protected].

From the good open air to some nice indoor occasions, there’s greater than sufficient occurring this week within the Mat-Su to maintain even essentially the most energetic adventurers on their toes. There’s farming, fish, fiddling, movies, operating and plenty of enjoyable on the occasions calendar this weekend within the Valley. 

Here are just a few of the highlights:

Go fish!

This 12 months’s Mat-Su Outdoorsman Show will characteristic all the same old sights: vendor cubicles from throughout Alaska, meals vehicles, outside seminars, boats and RVs.

But there are one other 2,000 causes for younger guests to take a look at the large occasion Friday by means of Sunday on the Menard Center in Wasilla. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will inventory 2,000 rainbow trout in an out of doors youngsters fishing pond for teenagers 15 and underneath. The trout will probably be introduced in from the William Jack Hernandez Fish Hatchery in Anchorage and might be stored or launched by the younger anglers. The pond will probably be open all through the present, which runs Friday from midday to six p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to six p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to five p.m.

Admission is $10 or $5 with a navy ID. Kids 12 and underneath are free. There’s additionally free admission for all on Sunday from 10 a.m. to midday. For extra data and an entire record of seminars, go to matsuoutdoorsmanshow.com or the Mat-Su Sentinel events calendar.

Farm contemporary

Anyone focused on agriculture is welcome on the free Food Security Through Agriculture workshop Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Alaska State Fairgrounds in Palmer. The occasion will characteristic hands-on shows about small-scale farming, specializing in “the big picture of food and farming in our state.”

Participants can be part of shows all through the daylong occasion introduced by the UAF Cooperative Extension, Alaska Pacific University and the Alaska Farmland Trust. Presentations will probably be held on the occasions constructing on the north finish of the fairgrounds and the Rebarchek Farm on the south finish. There will probably be refreshments and door prizes from 2 to 4 p.m. Presentations are designed for adults, however kids are welcome with a supervising grownup. For extra data, go to the Mat-Su Sentinel events calendar.

Films from the path

Kick off the weekend early with the annual Trail Running Film Festival hosted by Black Wolf Endurance on the Palmer Depot Thursday night. The showcase contains 10 brief, inspiring tales from path and extremely runners. The occasion begins at 5 p.m. with a gaggle enjoyable run, adopted by a mini run expo at 5:30 p.m. with race administrators and native operating golf equipment and teams. The movies begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 on the door. See more details on the Mat-Su Sentinel calendar.

Fiddling round

Spend a night as “Alaskan Fiddling Poet” Ken Waldman brings his Appalachian-style music and Alaskan storytelling to Lekker Coffee at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Waldman will probably be accompanied by Anchorage multi-instrumentalists George Sleichter and Johnse Ostman on the Palmer Arts Council presentation. Tickets are $20 basic admission, $15 for PAC members and $10 for college students 18 and underneath. For extra data, go to palmerarts.org or the Mat-Su Sentinel events calendar.

Hot canine in Hatcher Pass

The Hatcher Pass Avalanche Center will host a free end-of-season Gratitude Glizzies tailgate get together with free sizzling canine and brats (whereas they final) Saturday from midday to three:30 p.m. on the Independence Mine parking space. Food and drinks will probably be supplied by HPAC, Erik Christensen State Farm and the NOLS Alaska. The occasion is free, however donations are welcome. For extra data, go to the Mat-Su Sentinel events calendar.

Earth Day recycling truthful

The Denali Education Center in Talkeetna is internet hosting its annual Earth Day competition Saturday, with free meals, an electronics and battery recycling drop-off space, academic shows, and a neighborhood nonprofit data truthful. The occasion runs from 11 a.m. to three p.m. on the Denali Education Center constructing on the Talkeetna Spur Road. Find more in their Facebook event post.

Concert for a trigger

Join the award-winning musicians of the Mat-Su Orchestra for All Aboard the Concert Caboose, a profit live performance for the Bright Lights Book Project, at 3 p.m. Sunday on the Glenn Massay Theater in Palmer. The free occasion features a $10 raffle for prizes, together with a visit for 2 to Fairbanks on the Alaska Railroad. Proceeds profit a Palmer nonprofit that expands entry to books and literacy throughout Alaska. For extra data, check out the Mat-Su Sentinel events calendar.

Matt Tunseth is a contract author from Southcentral Alaska. Write to him at [email protected]