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This weekend festival in Dawson City typically includes these activities: a parade (route: Front St., Church St., Fifth Avenue, King St.) of floats with an after parade at the Front St. Gazebo, a baseball tournament, a golf tournament, a horticultural show (in a large tent on Front Street), a bike rodeo, and live music and art...
Old paddle boats that plied the Yukon are drydocked, after a fashion, down the Yukon River opposite the town. To reach this you must take the free ferry across the river and walk through the government camping area along the river. Where the camping area ends, get out onto the river's shore and walk maybe 200 m further. These are dilapidated tetanus traps but it's fascinating to crawl around in and on them.
Preserved frontier buildings and boardwalks, saloons, and a vintage sternwheeler recall the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush days. You can visit the goldfields, the Commissioner’s residence, and a famous poet’s historic log cabin.
Discover the history and culture of the first people of the Klondike, the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in.
Contemporary visual arts.
"Theater" reconstructing the shady establishments of the gold rush. Various teams of professional artists present "Cancan Shows" on stage with dancing, music and singing.
Art gallery.