Alaska Airlines has been flying the “milk run” for decades, serving the string of Southeast communities between Ketchikan and Juneau, but this weekend will be the first flight for the Milk Run Music Festival in Wrangell.
Two days of music, food booths, corn hole competition, kids events and more are planned for Friday and Saturday, May 2-3, in front of the City Dock.
The Nolan Center is the backup plan if the rain gets to be too much.
“We’re hoping for great weather,” said Reme Privett, one of the organizers. “We’re doing a sun dance.”
The events will be free, except for the corn hole competition and adult “Shotgun Showdown,” described as a sprint/chug challenge.
Event organizers, led by Olivia Strano, have lined up Alaska Airlines as a prime sponsor, along with the Wrangell-based Walker Foundation and 15 other businesses and organizations.
“I think it’s a great idea for Wrangell. It’s something new,” said Privett, who has volunteered the use of his bar, Rayme’s, for the evening music.
The schedule includes a vendor market starting at 3 p.m. Friday, with a welcome and appreciation of the land and people by WCA at 4:30 p.m., followed by two bands from Montana: The Dead & Down at 5 p.m. at City Dock, and North Fork Crossing at 9 p.m. at Rayme’s.
Saturday will be a busy day. It will start with a welcome dance by WCA at noon, kids contests at 1 p.m., corn hole competition at 1 p.m. ($10 entry fee per person), and then an open mic for performers from 2 to 4 p.m.
A Shotgun Showdown race for adults is planned for 2 p.m. Saturday. There will be a $10 entry fee per person. The Milk Run Music Festival Facebook page describes the event as a sprint/chug challenge. “Contestants must bring their own pop or liquid courage. There will be stop/chug checkpoints. Winners win 50% of the pot, and the other half goes back to Milk Run Music Fest.”
Tyler Riberio standup comedy is set for 4 p.m. Saturday, followed by North Fork Crossing at 5 p.m. at the City Dock and the Dead & Down at 9 p.m. at Rayme’s.
North Fork Crossing describes itself as “a new-age Bluegrass band that resides between the traditional music world with their timeless fiddle tunes and ballads, and the Jamgrass community with their intricate improvisation and energetic peaks.”
The group was founded in 2021 from a rekindled friendship formed at the Montana Fiddle Camp, growing into a five-piece band.
The Dead & Down describe themselves as “an exploratory roots rock band inspired as much by the vast landscapes and dramatic mountain ranges of their Montana home as they are by the myriad musical influences that weave through their sound.”
The band “navigates sonic trails between rust-flecked alt country and swampy rock ‘n’ roll.”
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