For the most part, no one gets paid. Performers on the main stage have 15 minute sets. Dance sets in the dance hall Thursday - Saturday nights are one hour in length. Applications come out in January and are usually due by the end of February. Performers come from all over Alaska and also from other Northwest States as well as from just about everywhere else.
Performances range from school groups to professionals.
Many come from hundreds or thousands of miles away, every year. The Festival is a non profit organization funded mostly from memberships. Admittance to the festival itself is free. We do bring up one guest artist and dance caller every year. For guest performers we look for people with roots in a musical tradition.