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After-Party with Iron Butterfly

After-Party with Iron Butterfly

Monday, August 29

Alaska Glacier Products Tent

8:30pm

FREE with Fair admission

Iron Butterfly will be rockin’ the after-party immediately following the Monday, August 29 AT&T Concert Series performance of Cheech and Chong! After the show wraps up at the Kendall Toyota Borealis Theatre, head over to the Alaska Glacier Products Tent, where the multi-platinum rock band will perform at 8:30pm FREE with Fair admission!

Come rock out to the hits from the band that defined the music of the 60s and 70s, including 60s rock anthem “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida,” “Iron Butterfly Theme,” “Soul Experience,” “Easy Rider,” “Butterfly Bleu,” “Stone Believer,” “Soldier in Our Town,” “In the Time of Our Lives,” and more!

Iron Butterfly, which is celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, released their debut album, Heavy, while on the road with the likes of The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, and The Who. The album remained on Billboard’s album charts for nearly a year!

They followed up with their second release, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, which outsold every record in the music industry history and was awarded the industry’s very first platinum album! In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida stayed on the charts for 140 weeks, including 81 weeks in the Top 10, and has sold more than 30 million copies.

Iron Butterfly’s third album, Ball, reached No. 1 and remained on the charts for 44 weeks. Their subsequent releases, Live and Metamorphosis, both charted in the Top 20.

For more information visit ironbutterflyband.com.

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Sapling & Smolt Soirée

Craft Beer Tasting and Family Fun at KONGOS Pre-Concert Party

Sapling and Smolt SoireeIf you love the outdoors, craft beer, family fun and good music, then you have got to put this event on your calendar! Alaska State Fair and Great Land Trust are hosting the Sapling and Smolt Soirée on Sunday, August 28 at the fairgrounds. This pre-concert party for KONGOS and July Talk takes place from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Borealis Plaza Tent.

Come sample some amazing local brews at the craft beer tasting, featuring:

You’ll also find free family-friendly activities – take a picture in the Alaska photo booth and spin the wheel to answer a trivia question about Alaska’s wild lands and waterways and win a prize!

This event is free with Fair admission and the beer tasting is $5, which includes six 3-ounce samples. Proceeds will benefit Great Land Trust, a nonprofit organization founded by Alaskans in 1995 to conserve lands and waters essential to our quality of life and the economic health of our communities.

“We are thrilled to partner with the Alaska State Fair and the opportunity to support the work of talented artists like July Talk and KONGOS,” said Kim Sollien, Mat-Su program director. “We encourage everyone to come by, learn about how you are connected to Alaska’s lands and waterways, enjoy some craft beer, and get ready to listen to some great music!”