Midnight Sun Festival

2010 MIDNIGHT SUN FESTIVAL VIDEO

MIDNIGHT SUN ADVERTISING

2010 Midnight Sun Celebration! Special Downtown Pages: The Fairbanks Downtown Association is working with the Daily News-Miner and Nava Christian to produce a four-page pull-out which will run in the center of the annual Midnight Sun Celebration tabloid section on Sunday, June 20. The Downtown Association will be receiving 6,000 additional copies of the pull-out pages only for distribution during the festival.

The Downtown Association will use the first page and the center spread to promote the downtown Fairbanks street fair and solstice festival. The back page will be reserved for downtown businesses to advertise their special sales and solstice events. The Daily News- Miner will provide a free background color on this page. Space is limited. Reserve early … Space is available on a first come, first served basis. Please note: When the page is filled, you can still advertise in the Midnight Sun Celebration section, but your ad will not be on the pull-out pages.

Don’t Miss Out! Please Contact Nava Christian to reserve your space. (907)459-7595 or nava@newsminer.com

ADVERTISING DEADLINE IS MONDAY, JUNE 7.

INVITATION TO PAINT

The 2010 BP Midnight Sun Festival has discovered its artistic side.  On Sunday, June 20^th from noon until midnight, downtown streets will be teeming with people eating, dancing, playing, smiling, shopping, drinking, listening, cooking….. and this year, for the first time ever, PAINTING.

All artists are welcome to register and reserve a place on the festival grounds to set up an easel and paint in the open air. Registration is free, Artists bring their own easel, canvas and supplies, the spots will be offered in two hour increments, but if you’d like more than two hours you can sign up for more.

On the following First Friday, July 2^nd, show and sell your finished work at the Morris Thompson Visitor and Cultural Center.  Set up on the Golden Heart Plaza and portray the lovely Chena  River, paint a portrait of a musician or capture the simple beauty of a happy child on your canvas. Surround yourself with the sights, the sounds, the aromas, the joy that defines this great festival, let it inspire you, and be one of the first to paint in the open air at the 2010 BP Midnight Sun Festival.

 To reserve a space, contact Amy Geiger at 452-8671, or at ageiger@downtownfairbanks.com.

GET YOUR T-SHIRTS

We are thrilled to announce the 2010 Midnight Sun Festival merchandise has been ordered LOCALLY from Nomadic Stars and we anticipate the arrival next week! The T-Shirts were printed with water based ink- meaning more comfort, longer wear and the best choice for our environment. The 2010 Midnight Sun Festival logo, designed by our own Amy Geiger,  will be printed on high quality 100% pre-shrunk cotton t-shirts. NEW for the festival this year are a limited quantity of ring spun cotton Women’s Cut T-Shirts and Canvas Tote Bags (for all your Midnight Sun treasures).

 2010 Midnight Sun Festival merchandise:

• Chena Blue T-Shirt, Adult Sizes $15 Members  $20 Public; Youth sizes $10 Members $15 Public
• Eclipse Black T-Shirt Adult Sizes $15 Members  $20 Public; Youth sizes $10 Members $15 Public
• Ice Blue Women’s Cut T-Shirt  $20 Members & Public
• Canvas tote bags $7 Members and Public

 On June 20^th, the day of the festival, all T-Shirts will be $20. Help us promote the festival by wearing your T-Shirt, encouraging your staff to wear them or by giving them to all your friends and family! Please call Amy at 452-8671 if you are interested in ordering T-Shirts for retail sales.

2010 Midnight Sun Festival Date Changes to Sunday, June 20th

We are on track to make this the biggest and best Midnight Sun Festival ever! Because of the overwhelming response to early registration, and the great success of last year’s festival (which was held on a Sunday), the Downtown Association’s Board of Directors recently decided to MOVE THE 2010 MIDNIGHT SUN FESTIVAL FROM MONDAY, JUNE 21 TO SUNDAY, JUNE 20.

This would allow us to do the following things:

• Capitalize on the high interest in the festival and continue expanding in a considered and strategic way.
• Permit us to utilize more downtown spaces -because it will be held on a non-work day.
• Draw more festival participants from farther distances around Alaska.
• Draw more festival participants earlier in the day -thus spreading out the traffic flow and allowing an optimum experience for both vendors and participants.

We are proud to host the Midnight Sun Festival in Fairbanks, our quintessentially Alaska event.  Booths are filling guickly and we reccomend if you are still waiting to be a particiapant in Midnight Sun Festival 2010 that you make sure and fill out this year’s application as soon as possible!

Some photos from the BP Midnight Sun Festival! (More to come)