Festivals

Midnight Sun Festival

Name: Midnight Sun Festival
Start: 2026-06-20T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-06-21T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Nome City Center

Nome celebrates the solstice with polar bear swims and midnight softball.

Nome celebrates the summer solstice with the Midnight Sun Festival on Front Street. Features a polar bear swim in the Bering Sea, street games, live music, Nome River raft race, bank robbery reenactment, parade, and the famous softball game played at midnight under the never-setting sun.

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