Events in Cordova, Alaska
Festivals, markets, concerts, and community events posted by identity-verified locals in Cordova and across Alaska.
Copper River Salmon Jam Music Festival
Annual two-day festival celebrating Cordova's wild salmon culture with live music (2026 headliner: The Wet Spots), artisan market, Taste of Cordova community potluck, Small Fry family/kids activities including Traditional Alutiiq games by Native Village of Eyak, fish printing, fisheries biology, and a beer garden. Alaska Salmon Runs race series on July 18 (marathon, half, 10K, 5K, 1 mile).
Katuwaq Healthy Family Retreat
Annual multi-day tribal family retreat organized by the Native Village of Eyak, bringing tribal member families to Nuuciq Island for subsistence activities including hunting, fishing, and gathering. Families engage in traditional Alaska Native cultural practices.
Eyak Culture Camp (14th Annual)
Three days of Alaska Native cultural programming at the Cordova City Center. Activities include Eyak language workshops, placename mapping, sewing and beading, plant harvesting, and traditional cultural practices celebrating the Eyak, Sugpiat, Tlingit, and Ahtna peoples of the Prince William Sound and Copper River Delta region.
