The ChicKensTocK Experience

Good things come in a Dozen🥚 - We think so anyway

Peep Drop

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Flock Life

Pet Parade

Chicken Gold Camp

Empty stage at the Chickfest Music Festival with drums, a stool, and microphones, under a rustic wooden shelter, with a bright orange banner featuring event branding.

DIY Tie-Dye

Family Friendly

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Sign for Pedro Dredge, a National Historic Site, with parked cars and trees in the background.

Chicken Dance

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Our Stage

Pedro Dredge

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Chicken Costume or Bust

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A large rooster sculpture made of metallic pieces and a sign made of stacked wooden planks on a grassy hill at sunset, with tents and camping chairs in the background.
A collection of colorful bottles of paint with caps, arranged on a surface. The bottles have vibrant, tie-dye style designs in various colors including purple, yellow, red, green, blue, black, and white.

Mr. Eggee

Wall display of vintage tools and equipment, including saws, a fire truck, a chest, and framed black-and-white photos of early industrial scenes.

Chicken Legs 5K

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Tie-Dye

It's a whole vibe

While some festivals pick a color or two… we go full rainbow. At Chickenstock, life is lived LOUD, BRIGHT, and splashed in every color imaginable — so tie-dye didn’t just fit… it found us.

From the merch tent bursting with tie-dye to the swirling, laughing chaos of our DIY Tie-Dye Corner, this is where creativity runs wild. Music in the air, colors flying, hands stained, smiles everywhere — you’ll know the vibe when you see it.

DIY Tie-Dye happens both festival days and includes a Chickenstock-logo white t-shirt for you and your crew to twist, dunk, splash, and turn into a one-of-a-kind wearable memory of the weekend. Proudly sponsored and hosted by Amy & Lee Cromwell.

Sign up through the Extras link after you purchase your adult tickets — then come ready to get messy and leave dripping in tie-dye magic.

Full color. Full send. Full Chickenstock.

ChiKen DaNce

And that includes you!

Because honestly… when else will you get to do the Chicken Dance at Chickenstock in Chicken, Alaska? Participation is almost required — we want everyone on their feet, flapping proudly. Led from the stage by our Fledgling Flock (the next generation of Chickenstock magic), this is pure, joyful, no-inhibitions fun and a moment you’ll laugh about long after the music fades. Cluck yeah.

Two people on stage dressed in colorful costumes with large feathered hats, one holding a microphone and notes, the other wearing a feathered boa, in front of a dark background with blue string lights.
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PeeP-DRoP

One of our most legendary (and delightfully ridiculous) moments — the Peep Drop sends 10,000+ marshmallow Peeps raining down from a candy-cane-colored helicopter onto the festival grounds. Sweet chaos ensues, kids and adults scramble, and smiles are guaranteed. Huge thanks to Just Born Inc. for donating the Peeps, and to @Helileigh and @Helimike for donating the helicopter operation that makes this sugar-powered spectacle fly. Pure Chickenstock magic from the sky down. 🐔✨

Because Peep's really DO fly
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Pet ParaDe 

Lets face it, they are cuter than you!

Paws, people, and pure joy collide in our beloved Pet Parade — a heart-forward, family-friendly stroll through Chicken celebrating dogs of all shapes, ages, and stories. Proudly sponsored by Hanging Up The Harness, this lighthearted sub-event honors the deep bond between Alaskans and their working animals — from trail legends to couch-loving retirees. It’s playful, meaningful, and unmistakably Chickenstock: community, compassion, and a whole lot of tail-wagging goodness.

Sponsored by HuH
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Two people wearing colorful, fluffy costumes and feathered hats stand on stage. The young woman is holding a microphone and a notebook, smiling, while the older man gazes at her. The background includes stage equipment and dark curtains, illuminated with blue and purple lights.

Family Friendly 

Leave Politics at home

Are we one of the last truly family-friendly festivals? Maybe — and we take that responsibility seriously. Chickenstock is a place where all ages show up, mix together, and have a blast side by side. Kids run free with dirt-covered faces and huge smiles, climbing the willow hillside above the stage, chasing music, and making memories that stick.

The Peep Drop might be the fan favorite, but the unscheduled magic — the roaming packs of kids, the laughter, the freedom — is what really defines the weekend. And yes… we genuinely have more lost parent call-outs than lost kids. By Sunday, the kids are happy, exhausted, and ready for the ride home — which feels like a win all around.

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Children dressed in costumes at a festive event, with one child in a chicken costume holding a microphone, seated on a man's shoulders, and another person in a dragon costume nearby, amidst a crowd.
Empty outdoor music festival stage with musical instruments, stage lights, a stool, and a large event banner reading 'Chickensock Music Festival' with onomatopoeic words like 'squawk,' 'cluck,' and 'brrrk'.

Our Stage

Built on two WWII-era trucks parked ass-to-ass, our stage is pure Chicken — funky, functional, and full of history. It literally rocks back and forth with the musicians on what’s left of the original truck suspension. Stitched together from recycled and repurposed materials, it features a turn-of-the-century hand-carved wooden gutter donated by the long-time Johansen family across the road, a spent fishing net hauled in from Homer (okay… mostly local), and a whole lot of weathered wood and rustic metal.

Pulled together by ChickenShit Construction — a local crew made up of some carpenters and some… not-so-carpenters — this stage isn’t about polish. It’s about character.

What’s new: modern upgrades meet old-school soul. Pro-level gear has been partially donated by Pro Music, colorful lighting added by Ascend, and our friends at Yakima Printing dressed the stage in bold new banners. Old bones, new glow — still the heart of Chickenstock when the music hits.

People dressed in chicken and rooster costumes with a child sitting on a colorful inflatable rooster in a wooded outdoor setting.

Chicken LegS MorninG After 5K

Strut your stuff under the midnight sun

Saturday morning we shake off the night before with the legendary Chicken Legs 5K — starting and ending right in front of the stage. It’s our favorite way to wake up the body and reset the soul before another full day of music.

Yes, there’s a hill. Yes, you’ll cross a creek. And yes, it’s absolutely worth it to kick off your final festival day feeling accomplished (and maybe a little muddy). All ages are welcome — Pets and costumes encouraged, but fair warning: this is real Chicken terrain, and strollers won’t make it past about halfway. Lace up, laugh through it, and earn your music day the Chickenstock way. 🐓✨

FlocK LiFe 

Because Birds of  Feather really do flock together

Our Flock — and their Fledgling Flock (the teenage next generation) — are the heartbeat of Chickenstock. This migratory crew of 60 rolls in wearing bright shirts and even brighter smiles, ready to do everything it takes to make the weekend magic happen.

They’re pouring your beer, cleaning the porta-potties, answering questions, fixing problems before you even know they exist, and doing it all with good humor and grit. It’s hard work, done with heart — and once you meet the Flock, you’ll understand why Chickenstock feels less like a festival and more like a family reunion.

Blue tie-dye T-shirt with yellow text and graphics promoting the 2023 Chuck Fest music festival in Chicken, Alaska, including a guitar, stars, and a chick illustration.
A group of people wearing blue tie-dye shirts with yellow lettering, attending an outdoor festival. Two women in the foreground are smiling and wearing sunglasses, with one holding a drink cup.
A man in a shiny disco ball helmet talks into a microphone during an outdoor event, surrounded by smiling and laughing people, some holding cups, with a wooden structure in the background.
Crowd of people at outdoor event, woman in colorful outfit with raised arms, smiling, wearing glasses, surrounded by others in casual attire and hats.
Group of people at an outdoor event, some wearing matching blue shirts that say 'Event Flock,' with trees and a partly cloudy sky in the background.

Mr. Eggee

Watching over Chickenstock from his perch on the hill is Mr. Eggee — our beloved, slightly intimidating, big metal chicken guardian. He’s part mascot, part lookout, part legend.

Mr. Eggee was welded together from old school lockers by high school welding teacher Mr. Brege and his Homer high school class, giving new life (and serious attitude) to retired metal. Equal parts art, grit, and Chicken ingenuity, he’s always keeping an eye on the flock — and judging your dance moves just a little.

Pedro Dredge 

Towering over the festival grounds, Pedro Dredge #4 is a living reminder of Chicken’s mining roots — and yes, festival camping happens all around it. Originally brought from Pedro Creek north of Fairbanks, the dredge mined Chicken Creek for decades before coming to rest right where it stands today.

During the festival, Chicken Gold Camp offers guided tours led by the fearless Brian Mitchell (aka the Dredge Masta himself). It’s history, scale, grit, and storytelling all rolled into one unforgettable stop.
Tour schedules are posted at the Gold Camp office — worth every minute.

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