By Shannon Markley
Special to the Glacier City Gazette
Sitzmark Season Ending with a Bang
As the summer winds down, the Sitz is about to ramp up for the last two weekends of music before heading into hibernation until Opening Day for skiers and snowboarders. Join us on August 26th and 27th for two nights of the popular, Super Saturated Sugar Strings. The Sitzmark will also be hosting the Fungus Fair’s Mushrooms and Martinis Cocktail Party on Friday, which is a fundraising event for the Girdwood Center for the Visual Arts. Come enjoy different delectable mushroom appetizers, two specialty mushroom martinis and desert. While the Sitzmark will not be closed off for this event, if you would like to join in on the Mushroom Festivities and delicacies, please call (907) 754-2275 for tickets or visit the Alyeska Tram Ticket Office.
The Super Saturated Sugar Strings, a high-energy, harmonious blend of piano, violin, cello, guitar and percussion will be taking the stage at 10 p.m. both Friday and Saturday with both being FREE shows for the weekend.
Join us the following weekend, Sept. 2-3 during Alyeska’s Mountain Bike Festival, which will be the last shows hitting the stage of the Sitzmark for the 2016 Summer Season. The Sitzmark will be kicking off this four-day event with some local favorites, Eternal Cowboys, hitting the stage at 10 p.m. on Friday night.
Get ready for something different up the Sitzmark’s sleeve on Saturday night, as we welcome Motor City Soul to their first performance on the Sitz stage. In December of 2013, Robert Alexander, owner of the LED Ultra Lounge in Anchorage, asked local DJ and singer Lee Reddick and guitarist/keyboardist, Ira Sellers, to put together a “Motown Show” for he and his wife for their ‘date night.’ Robert enjoyed them so much that he made Motor City Soul into a weekly feature at the Anchorage night club. Motor City Soul is Alaska’s only soul revue style Motown, contemporary and old school R&B, soul, funk, jazz, blues, rock group. Join us for the last Sitz concert of the Summer Season starting at 10pm on Saturday, September 3rd and playing into the wee hours of the night.
The Pond Crossing at The Hotel Alyeska is one of the feature events of Mountain Bike Fest.
The State Downhill Championship will take place Sept. 3 at Alyeska Resort.
Mountain Bike Festival at Alyeska Resort
Live music, bikes and free competitions which mean endless entertainment—what else could you want?! The third annual Mountain Bike Festival will offer three days of competition, live music, demos, workshops and of course, riding the Alyeska Bike Park. On Friday, Sept. 2 we kick off the Mountain Bike Fest with FREE Bike Tours, half price bike rentals all day long from the Daylodge Bike Hub and, of course, $2 Tacos all day at the Sitzmark. Saturday, Sept. 3 will bring the infamous Pond Crossing at The Hotel Alyeska, along with the Downhill State Championship Race.
Sunday the 4th get ready for the Whips & Tricks competition, with the last day of the Festival and Mountain Biking Season featuring the Downhill Vertical Challenge on Monday, September 5th. For a full schedule and registration information, please visit our website at AlyeskaResort.com