MARCH 7 & 8, 2025
Junction Arts & Music presents Glacier Nights snow Festival, a snow sculpting event in Haines Junction, YT.
This family-friendly event will be hosted at the St. Elias convention Centre on March 7 & 8, 2025.
Join us for an exciting two-day event filled with winter lights, snow sculptures, warm drinks, kids’ activities, musical performances, costume dance party contest and more.
Pssst…Bring your toboggan for the Snow Mountain!
Participants will enjoy watching professional snow sculptors Joshua Lesage and Jai Reid create an 8ft masterpiece. You can even sign up for a workshop or even try sculpting a small 4 ft block of your own!
Glacier Nights Snow Festival respectfully acknowledges that it is taking place on the Traditional Territory of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations.
We also want to thank the Yukon Government and Yukon Lotteries for the financial resources and support that makes the festival possible.
FRIDAY
5:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Join us to celebrate the opening of the festival & lighting of the snow sculpture. Meet and greet the artist. Keep warm by the fire while roasting hotdogs and marshmallows. Grab your partner & dance under the starry sky.
SATURDAY
10:00 AM - 9:30 PM
Start your day with a pancake breakfast. After that go see the amateur snow sculpting competition, get a face paint, go skating and sledding. Visit the local artisan market, eat great food, watch snow inspired projections in the Great Hall. Wrap up with snow sculpting prizes, costume contest, music and dancing
Major Funk
High energy bass-led grooves, soaring vocals, and a tight horn section; this isn’t what you’d expect from a band coming from the Yukon in Canada’s North, but it’s exactly what you get with Whitehorse’s Major Funk. It’s also a great formula to get a crowd moving, and they’ve got this down to a science. Several years of research and development in the studio and on the road has refined the band’s sound into something familiar but fresh, epic but accessible, and dangerously infectious. Most importantly, however, it’s a ton of fun, and it makes you want to dance. It’s all on display in their growing discography of top notch funk-pop music and their unforgettable live shows: a groove-heavy genuinely good time that will stay with you long after the last note.
Cozmic Zest
Stephanie Laframboise, known as Cozmic Zest has been making waves through the electronic music scene in the Yukon. Putting out a splendid blend of all things house and beyond. If you haven’t had the fortune to see her perform at Paradise Music Festival, your local bars/venues, or mount Sima, this is your chance. A Cozmic Zest set is guaranteed to bring a night filled with infectious energy and zesty beats that will keep you dancing until the break of dawn.
Joshua Lesage
“Joshua Lesage is a Whitehorse artist with 12 years of carving experience in wood, stone, clay and snow. Born and raised in Manitoba farming country, Lesage moved to the Yukon when he was 18, and discovered his love for creating art.”
Come meet Joshua and Jai on Friday evening after the unveiling of their sculpture, 5pm.
Jai Reid
Jai is twenty years old and is a Citizen of Champagne and Aishihik First Nations. He is an aspiring artist and carver and has recently completed a 30 foot cedar dug out canoe project in Dakwakada (Haines Junction). Jai works at Da Ku Cultural Centre as their Carving Apprentice and will be facilitating an upcoming paddle carving workshop this month. Jai also has many other artistic talents including videography and formline art, his art is featured as a design for “Every Child Matters” for Champagne and Aishihik First Nations.
Snow Sculpting Competition
Sculpting Time: March 8 @ 12 pm - 3:45 pm
Interested in carving your own 4x4x4 snow sculpture? It’s fun and free! Be sure and sign up below to ensure your spot. We have enough to make 7 blocks this year. Click the link for more information.
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Contest rules
- Contestants must register with JAM by midnight Wednesday February 20, either by using the sign up link or by emailing hainesjunctionjam@gmail.com
- Free to enter.
- All sculpting ability levels are welcome.
- A sculpting team of 2 – 4 people is permitted.
- Teams have 3.75 hours to complete a 4’x4’x4′ snow sculpture.
12 pm – 3:45 pm Saturday, March 8, 2025. - Only the snow from the block can be used.
- No colors on final scupture, only white snow.
- No power tools of any kind are allowed.
- Sculptures will be awarded prizes from a panel of community Judges.
Suggested tools
- Step Ladder
- Markers or Sharpies
- Hand Saw
- Sanders
- Knife
- Chalk Lines
- Measuring Tape
- Shovels
- Level
- Scoops
Deadline for signing up to the amateur snow sculpting competition is Wednesday, February 18th 2025.
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