Put on your dancin’ shoes!

An authentic Alaska community, the surprisingly artsy, coastal town of Cordova lives and breathes fishing. Every July, through this family-friendly festival, local nonprofits and loads of volunteers come together to raise awareness of the regions rich resources and raise funds to support art opportunities with 2 days of live music, a wild food sampler, a beer garden, race events, and kids activities. There’s also an artisan craft fair and lots of fun for all ages at Cordova’s beautiful Mt. Eyak Ski Area.

Each day will offer hours of live music, highlighting local musicians and featuring our 2025 guest artist Indiana Commune.

By purchasing a ticket, you are supporting the performers and Cordova’s arts council: Cordova Arts & Pageants, which brings artists from all over the world to perform for the community of Cordova and share their art in the schools all year long.

This event will occur rain or shine. There are NO refunds. If the weather is awful (i.e. high winds and sheets of rain), the event will be moved to the Cordova Jr/Sr High School gymnasium so we can still have space to DANCE!

All volunteers receive a $10 discount off entry (or a weekend pass for beer garden and tent set-up/take-down). Volunteers will receive a coupon to redeem at the gate. If you are a volunteer, you can only purchase your ticket at the gate. Thanks for helping the festival!

Tickets can be purchased day-of at the gate, online, or on Main St. the week before the festival (Mon. – Thurs., 11 am – 1pm). 

100% of your Salmon Jam ticket goes towards bringing future artists to our community! How awesome is that?!