Diggin Dirt, a California funk and soul band influenced by James Brown and Sly and the Family Stone, heads up a heavily regional roster of Main Stage acts at this year’s state fair. Additional acts will perform at the Park Stage.

Headed by soul man Zach Alder, the seven-piece Diggin Dirt includes two saxophones and double rhythm guitar. The band has headlined at West Coast music festivals, including High Sierra Music Festival and Alaska’s Salmonfest, and was scheduled to perform here before last year’s fair was cancelled.

The band’s 2017 debut album, “Full Season” reflected sounds derived from afrobeat to reggae to rock. “The music sounds like dancing to me. I think they’re going to be a good time,” said fair entertainment director Amanda Randles.

They play Friday’s dance, starting at 7 p.m.

Supernova, featuring strongwoman Tera Zarra, was at the Haines fair in 2018 with Circo Valiente, a traveling circus act.

Zarra will be doing a combination of strong woman demonstrations and aerial acrobatics plus a few other acts, possibly involving a hoverboard. “She can’t bring that on the plane, but if anyone else in town has one she could borrow for two performances, let us know,” Randles said.

Supernova performs Friday at 6 p.m. and Zarra will offer a free workshop at noon Saturday at the Park Stage.

Saturday’s dance features The Lack Family, a fair favorite that plays rock classics. The Lacks also will head up a Gospel hour at noon Sunday at the Main Stage.

Njuzu Marimba of Juneau, a band whose joyful sound tickled fairgoers about five years ago, will play at the Main Stage 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Bad Hombres, a Skagway band featuring town Mayor Andrew Cremata and country singer-songwriter Cooper Lynn Hays, will play at the Main Stage from 6-8 p.m Thursday.

Randles said the roster is so full of regional and town bands that scheduling acts was like serving as a social secretary, as some musicians perform in more than one act. Haines bands to perform include The God Particles, Wildbaby, Extended Play and The Fishpickers.

Regional bands include Juneau-based Psychotics, a punk rock act, and Dunch, a heavy-metal act from Skagway. With the Canada border still closed and state ferry service limited, Alaska Fjordlines and the Haines-Skagway Fast Ferry are helping bring acts to town, Randles said. “This year it’s challenging just getting Skagway performers here.”

Printable, full daily schedules of fair entertainment and events are available at the state fair’s website, http://www.seakfair.org.