Midnight Sun Festival 2026 CANDY CANDY – Kids scramble for candy during the Midnight Sun Parade on Saturday, June 20 on Front Street.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra BANNER CARRIERS – Sophia Piscoya and Tegan Oleson of Girl Scout Troop 352 carry the Midnight Sun Festival banner during the Midnight Sun Parade on Saturday, June 20 on Front Street.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra PROUD – Hannah Anderson hands out flags during the Midnight Sun Parade on Saturday, June 20 on Front Street.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra CLASS OF ’06 – The Class of 2006 celebrates from their float during the Midnight Sun Parade on Saturday, June 20 on Front Street.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra THIRTY YEARS – The Class of 1996 cheer from their float during the Midnight Sun Parade on Saturday, June 20 on Front Street.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra PRIDE – The pride float is bedecked in rainbows during the Midnight Sun Parade on Saturday, June 20 on Front Street.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra TOSSING SNACKS – Sirena Besa tosses snacks while walking with the Alaska Commercial Company float during the Midnight Sun Parade on Saturday, June 20 on Front Street.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra MISS ANB – Newly crowned Miss ANB Maggie Miller waves to the crowd during the Midnight Sun Parade on Saturday, June 20 on Front Street.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra SPECTATORS – Community members gathered on Front Street for the Midnight Sun Parade on Saturday, June 20.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra PARADE AFTERMATH – Lily Fawn White wheels a kid’s bike up Front Street immediately following the Midnight Sun Parade on Saturday, June 20.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra WINNINGS – Jackson Castel shows off his haul from the Midnight Sun Parade on Saturday, June 20.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra BARBECUE – Cole Cushman and Ken Bungay grill up chicken at the annual Bering Sea Lions Club Chicken Feed in front of Breakers Bar on Thursday, June 18.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra PLUNGERS – Participants in the Rotary Club of Nome’s Polar Plunge dash into the Bering Sea at East End Beach on Saturday, June 20.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra CHILLY – As quickly as they went in, participants in the Saturday, June 20 Polar Plunge rush out of the Bering Sea and back up on to East End Beach.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra SPLASHING IN THE SEA – Participants in the Polar Plunge run in – and out of – the surf at East End Beach on Saturday, June 20.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra COLD BACKS – Participants in the Polar Plunge warm up in front of the bonfire on East End Beach on Saturday, June 20.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra CERTIFICATES – Candice and Radar Lambert get their official polar plunge Certificates of Bravery from Christine Schultz at the Rotary Club of Nome’s Polar Plunge at East End Beach on Saturday, June 20.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra MITTENS – Maggie Miller shows her mittens to the judges during the Miss ANB pageant on Tuesday, June 16 at the Mini Convention Center.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra POSING – Jessica LeClair poses as she waits for her turn to show her regalia at the Miss ANB pageant on Tuesday, June 16 at the Mini Convention Center.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra ON TENTERHOOKS – Jessica LeClair and Maggie Miller await the results of the Miss ANB pageant on Tuesday, June 16 at the Mini Convention Center.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra CROWNED – Maggie Miller is crowned Miss ANB by Brooke Anungazuk at the Miss ANB pageant on Tuesday, June 16 at the Mini Convention Center.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra MISS ANB – Maggie Miller poses for a photo outside the Mini Convention Center after being crowned Miss ANB on Tuesday, June 16.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra ADVANCING – The Richard Rowe Gang marches down Front Street with nefarious intent on Saturday, June 20.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra SHOWDOWN – Wyatt Earp, played by Augie Krutzsch, and Richard Rowe, played by Ken Shapiro, stare each other down on Saturday, June 20.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra JOIN THE DARK SIDE – Richard Rowe, played by Ken Shapiro, attempts to entice the youth of Nome into joining his bank robbery.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra GUNSLINGIN’ – Wyatt Earp, played by Augie Krutzsch, takes action against the Richard Rowe gang in front of Wells Fargo on Saturday, June 20.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra ILL-GOTTEN GAINS – Jessica Danik, a member of the Richard Rowe Gang, passes out the heist’s loot – candy – to the crowd.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra FRIENDS AGAIN – The outlaws and lawmen reunite for a group picture in front of Wells Fargo after another successful foiling of the bank heist during Midnight Sun festivities on Saturday, June 20.Photo by Ariana Crockett O'Harra
