Dinner & drinks before your easel
Most of our Anchorage venues are full bars and kitchens, so come hungry. Grab a bite and a drink before your easel, then settle in — your supplies are already waiting at your seat.
Paint & Sip in Anchorage, Alaska
Paint & Sip Events in Anchorage
Grab a drink, follow a local artist step by step, and leave with a canvas you painted yourself. No experience needed — it's a night out first, an art class second. Here's what's coming up in Anchorage.
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The original paint & sip
4.8 average ratingPaint & Sip Classes in Anchorage
Paint Nite in Anchorage is the city's favourite paint and sip night — a guided painting party hosted right inside local Anchorage bars and restaurants, not a formal art studio. A local artist walks you and your group through a featured painting over about two hours while you enjoy a drink of your choice. Everything you need is included: easel, canvas, paints, brushes and an apron. You just bring your people.
Whether you're planning a date night, a birthday, a team social or a low-key evening out, our Anchorage events run across the most popular neighbourhoods in and around Alaska. Browse upcoming nights by date, venue or artist below, grab your seat, and check out online in under a minute — no experience required, and you take your canvas home.
New to it? Most first-timers are genuinely surprised by what they paint. The whole point of Paint Nite is that anyone can do it: your artist breaks the painting into simple, guided steps and works the room the entire time. Prefer to stay in? We also run live virtual and on-demand classes you can paint from home, anywhere in Alaska.
Where we paint
Paint Nite Venues in Anchorage
We host inside real neighbourhood bars and restaurants — explore the rooms, then pick your night.
Anchorage, AK·0.6 mi away
$$·4 Upcoming Events
Located downtown, this modern Gastro Pub honors the humble roots of Anchorage, formally known as Tent City. Family owned and operated, we take pride in supporting local while providing a warm and friendly atmosphere. Great food, cold beer and laughter
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Located downtown, this modern Gastro Pub honors the humble roots of Anchorage, formally known as Tent City. Family owned and operated, we take pride in supporting local while providing a warm and friendly atmosphere. Great food, cold beer and laughter
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Upcoming at Tent City Taphouse
Anchorage, AK·1.8 mi away
$$·3 Upcoming Events
Popular dive bar featuring live music, karaoke, pool tables, and darts, plus food at the bar.
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Popular dive bar featuring live music, karaoke, pool tables, and darts, plus food at the bar.
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ANCHORAGE, AK·3.1 mi away
5 Upcoming Events
Experience Alaska's essence at Ship Creek Brewing Company, where local craft beers meet artisanal pizzas. Our signature Neapolitan crusts topped with fresh local ingredients pair perfectly with our curated selection of Alaskan brews.
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Experience Alaska's essence at Ship Creek Brewing Company, where local craft beers meet artisanal pizzas. Our signature Neapolitan crusts topped with fresh local ingredients pair perfectly with our curated selection of Alaskan brews.
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Upcoming at Ship Creek Brewing Company
Anchorage, AK·4.1 mi away
1 Upcoming Event
At Main Event Grill Catering, hospitality starts from within. We treat each other with kindness, respect, and consideration — not because it’s expected, but because it’s who we are. We believe true service begins by thinking beyond ourselves, creating a culture where every team member and every guest feels seen, valued, and cared for. From the first greeting to the final bite, we are committed to delivering an experience that delights — where presentation, flavor, and connection come together to create lasting memories. Inside and out, with every plate and every interaction, we serve with heart. We are grateful for our customers and our staff who are the life and breath of our company, and the reason we serve this great community.
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About this venue
At Main Event Grill Catering, hospitality starts from within. We treat each other with kindness, respect, and consideration — not because it’s expected, but because it’s who we are. We believe true service begins by thinking beyond ourselves, creating a culture where every team member and every guest feels seen, valued, and cared for. From the first greeting to the final bite, we are committed to delivering an experience that delights — where presentation, flavor, and connection come together to create lasting memories. Inside and out, with every plate and every interaction, we serve with heart. We are grateful for our customers and our staff who are the life and breath of our company, and the reason we serve this great community.
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Upcoming at Main Event Grill
Anchorage, AK·4.4 mi away
4 Upcoming Events
We are your local Kombucha Brewery! We brew this amazing fermented tea that is rich in probiotics. Our kombucha is carbonated and made with organic ingredients such as ginger, mint, and various fruits and veggies. We have also launched our new brand, Black Label Booch. This is Alaska’s first locally made hard kombucha. Come on down to our taproom to sample our multiple kombucha, hard kombucha, house made beer and hard seltzer flavors. Can’t decide on just one? We have flights available. Bring your growlers down to keep stocked up on your favorites. You can find our kombucha in cans at restaurants and grocery stores in Anchorage and the surrounding area. Must me 21 to enjoy our brewery, please drink responsibly.
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We are your local Kombucha Brewery! We brew this amazing fermented tea that is rich in probiotics. Our kombucha is carbonated and made with organic ingredients such as ginger, mint, and various fruits and veggies. We have also launched our new brand, Black Label Booch. This is Alaska’s first locally made hard kombucha. Come on down to our taproom to sample our multiple kombucha, hard kombucha, house made beer and hard seltzer flavors. Can’t decide on just one? We have flights available. Bring your growlers down to keep stocked up on your favorites. You can find our kombucha in cans at restaurants and grocery stores in Anchorage and the surrounding area. Must me 21 to enjoy our brewery, please drink responsibly.
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Upcoming at Zip Kombucha
ANCHORAGE, AK·5.1 mi away
4 Upcoming Events
Anchorage Brewing is a welcoming environment with world class beer. With a draft list ranging from IPA to Imperial Stouts taproom staff will work to find something that fits your desire. A limited wine menu and non-alcoholic options are also available.
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Anchorage Brewing is a welcoming environment with world class beer. With a draft list ranging from IPA to Imperial Stouts taproom staff will work to find something that fits your desire. A limited wine menu and non-alcoholic options are also available.
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Upcoming at Anchorage Brewing Company
Anchorage, AK·6.3 mi away
$$·7 Upcoming Events
Urban-chic spot offering a combination of New American dining with a bar, coffee cafe & kids' fare.
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Urban-chic spot offering a combination of New American dining with a bar, coffee cafe & kids' fare.
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Upcoming at South Restaurant + Coffeehouse
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Upcoming at Ravens Ring Brewing Company
Local guide
Things to Do Near a Paint Nite in Anchorage
The most romantic rooms in Anchorage
Candlelit wine bars and skylit lounges make Paint Nite one of the most-booked date nights in Anchorage — a low-pressure, high-charm evening that beats another dinner-and-a-movie.
Sort out the office social
Our larger Anchorage venues seat big groups, and we can run a private party just for your crew — no strangers at the table. It breaks the ice better than any escape room.
Easy to get to
Nearly every Anchorage venue is a short walk from transit or has parking nearby, so the whole group can get there easily — and get home easily after.
The local model
How Paint Nite Works in Anchorage
Every night is run by real local people — an event planner, a host artist, and a neighbourhood venue. Here's who makes it happen.
Local event planners
A local event planner books the venues, lines up the artists and builds the Anchorage calendar — running it like their own small business.
Your host artist
A vetted local artist leads the room, teaching the painting step by step and keeping the night fun. Every host is a real person from your area — trained and quality-reviewed, never a script-reading franchise employee.
Local venues
We don't own a single building. Every Anchorage night happens at a real neighbourhood bar or restaurant with a full bar and kitchen.
You
Show up, paint, sip and laugh. Leave with a canvas you made yourself — no experience needed.
Do you have a space to host events?
Bars and restaurants across Anchorage fill seats and sell drinks on slow weeknights by hosting Paint Nite. We bring the artists, the supplies and the crowd — you bring the room.
The faces behind the easels
the local artists you'll paint with
Real reviews
What Anchorage Guests Are Saying
Had a blast! Easy to follow instructions, chill/welcoming environment, amazing instructor!
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Featured Guest
Even if your not artistic, the instructor was very helpful and informative.
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Michelle W.
Looking for a creative side hustle?
Love art and a good crowd? Become a Paint Nite host artist, set your own schedule, and get paid to lead the most fun night in town.
Plan a fun night in
Can't make it out? Paint from home with a live virtual class led by a real artist, or grab an on-demand class and paint whenever you like.
Good to know
FAQs — Paint Nite Anchorage
Paint Nite is a social painting event hosted at bars and restaurants across Anchorage — not an art studio. A local artist guides you and your group through a featured painting over about two hours while you enjoy a drink. It's a night out first and an art class second: no experience required, and you take your canvas home.
Most in-person Anchorage events include your easel, canvas, paints, brushes, an apron and your artist for the night. Food and drinks are purchased separately at the venue. Virtual and on-demand classes are priced lower since they're location-independent. Check any event below for its exact price.
We host inside local bars and restaurants right across Anchorage and the surrounding Alaska area. See the venues and map below — nearly every spot is easy to reach by transit or has nearby parking.
Not even a little. The whole point is that anyone can do it. Your artist breaks the painting into simple, guided steps and walks the room the entire time. Most first-timers are genuinely surprised by what they take home.
It's one of the most-booked date nights in the city. You get a drink, a relaxed room, something to actually do together, and a keepsake from the evening.
Yes. We run private Paint Nites for birthdays, bachelorettes, team socials and corporate events around Anchorage — at a venue or at your office. You get the whole room, your own artist, and a custom painting option.
Find an event by date, venue or artist on this page, hit "Grab a Seat," and check out online in under a minute. You'll get an email confirmation with the venue address and everything you need to bring (which is basically nothing).
Yes. Live virtual Paint Nites are streamed by a real artist so you can paint from home with a kit, and on-demand classes let you paint anytime at your own pace. Both are location-independent — perfect for a quieter night in.
Paint Nite is the original. Same energy, same local artists, same take-home canvas — now under PaintNite.com. If you painted with us under another name in the past, you're in the right place.
Absolutely — we run events across United States. Scroll to "Nearby cities" to jump to your area.