KLONDIKE INSTITUTE OF ART & CULTURE
Arts, Culture, and Music at Dënäkär Zho in Dawson City, Yukon
Share your talents or just hang out and enjoy! An all-ages Family-friendly Alcohol-free event!
Saturday, March 22, 2025 Dënäkär Zho / KIAC Ballroom Doors at 7:30 PM, Music at 8:00 PM To buy tickets, click here! In 2025, the Dawson City Music Festival (DCMF) will celebrate 20 years of its Songwriter-in-Residence program. To mark this milestone, KIAC and DCMF are teaming up for a concert series that brings back […]
Join us for an old-time, country, fiddle, and folk hootenanny. Admission by donation at the door Doors open - 7:30 / Music - 8:00 --- C.A. & Sonny An Ottawa-based duo focused on preserving the tradition of Folk music. Using a variety of stringed instruments, C.A. & Sonny sing songs, crack jokes, and tell tales […]
Doors - 7:30 / Music - 8:00 Admission by donation at the door Multiple Award winning singer/songwriter Sarah MacDougall is known for her poetic songs and passionate performances. Sarah mixes folk, pop, and rock elements into her infectious, often epic songs. Born in Sweden, now based in Canada, Swedish magazine Nöjesguiden declared her: “one of […]
Join us to celebrate an amazing Coffee House & Open Mic Night season. Thanks to the volunteer crew who have run these events all winter (and for many many years!) Come perform or just enjoy the vibes.
Square Dancing at Yukon Riverside Arts Festival! Friday June 13, 6-8pm at at Riverside Park (by Picnic Shelter) Live fiddle music and Dance Caller! Kick up your heels and join the fun! No experience or partner necessary, this is a free all-ages event that welcomes all skill levels. Wear your best dancing clothes and bring […]
Célébrez le jour le plus long dans une ambiance festive! Profitez du soleil de minuit en assistant au concert du Solstice Saint-Jean à Dawson! Dès 20 h, le Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC) vous invite à des performances musicales avec le groupe Ketchup & Mustard Old Time Gang et l’artiste québécoise Brigitte Jardin, […]
L’événement du Solstice Saint-Jean, qui devait avoir lieu le 24 juin, est reporté à la semaine prochaine, le vendredi 4 juillet, à 20 h, au Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC). Venez nombreux pour profiter de performances musicales avec le groupe Ketchup & Mustard Old Time Gang et l’artiste québécoise Brigitte Jardin. Une soirée […]
Let us tell you a story… Join Gwaandak Theatre for our annual Indigenous Summer Play Readings! This Season, we are proud to be presenting two scripts that are new to the Yukon: The Spirit of the Valley by Frank Henry Kaash Katasse and Jordan by Yvette Nolan, with presentations in Whitehorse, Dawson City, and Haines […]
The admin makes his journey to the Paris of the North for the first time --- well folks - I will be honest, this is the show I have been most excited for since I started doing shows across Canada in January of 2023. "One day" I said to myself, "I will go to Dawson […]
In Partnership with the Dawson City Honky Tonk Festival, Klondike Institute of Art & Culture, and Parks Canada Klondike National Historic Sites Join us at the Palace Grand for the opening show of this year’s annual Dawson City Honky Tonk. One hell of a show brought to you in partnership with KIAC, Parks Canada and […]
The Dawson City Summer Concert Series is a free lunch-time music series that takes places each Friday from 12:00-1:00pm, at the gazebo on the Dawson City Waterfront. Can’t make it in person? Tune into CFYT 106.9FM in Dawson City, or at CFYT.ca anywhere in the world. Come out and enjoy the music all summer long […]
Co-Presented by the Klondike Institute of Art & Culture + Dawson City Music Festival A fundraiser for local music Sat, Sept 13 at the Palace Grand Theatre Admission by donation (~10$ suggested) Doors open at 6:30 / Showtime 7:00 sharp 10+ Local bands perform 2 cover songs of their choice and 1 mystery assigned cover […]
FRI, OCT 3rd doors open: 7:30 showtime: 8:00 with an opening set by Corbin Murdoch CorbinMurdoch.Bandcamp.com Tickets at the KIAC Store - Sarah Harmer is a multiple award-winning, platinum-selling singer-songwriter and environmental activist. Her solo music career launched with the now classic debut You Were Here (2000) and includes six critically acclaimed albums, including her latest, Are You […]
Co-presented with Whitehorse Concerts -- Location Dënäkär Zho / Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 902 2nd Ave --- Doors open at 7:30 / Concert at 8:00 Tickets: kiacyukon.square.site Artistic Director Kari Turunen began leading the Vancouver Chamber Choir — Canada’s longest-running professional choir — in September 2019, its 49th concert season. Jon Washburn founded […]
Artist in Residence activities include artist talks, studio tours, interactive events, and more.
Founded in 2001, in a partnership with Parks Canada, the KIAC Artist in Residence Program has welcomed over 300 talented artists, musicians and filmmakers to Dawson City from all regions of Canada and around the world. Our alumni include Sobey Art Award nominees, Western Canada Music Award winners, and prize-winning filmmakers from film festivals across the globe.
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Film activities include film screenings, film selections, and more.
KIAC is proud to host an exciting roster of film screenings and film-related events throughout the year, such as the 48 Hour Film Challenge and Dawson City International Short Film Festival, numerous workshops, and other opportunities.
Exhibition activities include gallery viewing hours, exhibition openings, artist talks, calls for submissions, and more.
The ODD Gallery, located in the Dënäkär Zho / KIAC building, presents a wide array of outreach programming including artist talks, openings, lectures, screenings, youth programs and other special events. Gallery programming fosters professionalism and appreciation of regional visual arts practice, and provides the community with exposure and access to a diverse range of contemporary visual arts practices and theories in a remote, northern setting.
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Kids & youth activities include: music lessons, art classes, dance classes, book readings, toddler classes, after-school programs.
Kids and Youth (toddler to teen) programming ranges from music lessons (vocals, piano) to dance class (ballet, hip hop, and more), to hands-on workshops (pottery, screen-printing, animation and more) and is offered regularly throughout the year. KIAC strives to subsidize Kids & Youth programs as much as possible via grants and funding. Programming ranges from free Drop-Ins to registered weekly programs.
Youth Art Enrichment is an annual four-day art program for Yukon youth hosted by the Klondike Institute of Art & Culture in Dawson City. Artistically-inclined youth ages 14 – 18 travel from across the Yukon to take part in intensive workshops led by professional artists. Students choose one of three mediums to study for the duration of the program, learning new skills, techniques, and ways to creatively make artwork for the world to see. The mediums change every year: we have offered printmaking, animation, painting, carving, stained glass, illustration, improv, and much more over the last two decades.
Learn more about Youth Art Enrichment
Performing arts activities include: concerts, theatre and dance performances, open mics, radio broadcasts, special events, and more.
KIAC presents a year-round professional performing arts series in the beautiful second floor Ballroom that actively engages our community and provides inspiring performance opportunities for international, national, and regional artists in many disciplines. Our diverse programming includes jazz, classical, folk & roots, experimental, dance, theatre, and more.
Workshops include: weekly drop-ins, registered programs, weekend workshops, and more.
KIAC presents a year-round schedule of educational opportunities ranging from drop in programs (pottery, screenprinting, seniors painting, concert band), to registered workshops (dance, music, film, visual art, craft, textiles, etc), to professional development opportunities for artists (grant writing, artwork documentation, etc).
Learn more about registration, upcoming courses, and outreach activities.