Montana State Activities, Events & Festivals

JUNE

1-30 Traveling Art Collection, SHAC, Colstrip

1-7/13 Interpretation at Rainbow Falls, Great Falls

4-8/27 Out to Lunch, Missoula, Wednesdays, performing arts festival

4-9/24 Livingston Farmers Market, Livingston

5-7/31 Youth Program, Thursdays, Makoshika State Park, Glendive

5-8/28 Liberty County Farmers Market, Chester

5-8/28 Campfire Program, Thursdays, Makoshika State Park, Glendive

5-8/28 Downtown Tonight, Thursday evenings, Missoula

5-9/4 Uncover Montana (Speaker Series), Lolo

5-8/30 Wild West Yellowstone Rodeo, West Yellowstone

6-7/30 Montana! Art Forms, JHG, Hardin

7-9/29 Produce, Craft, Flea Market, Saturdays, Roundup

13-8/29 2008 Evening Lawn Chair Program, Great Falls

18-8/27 Lunch in the Park, Butte

18-8/15 Moonlight and Steam, Nevada City

21-8/23 Roving Ranger Day, Great Falls

21-12/20 Charlie Russell Chew-Choo, Lewistown

22-28 Prairie Arts Camp, Broadus

23-29 Helena Choral Week, Helena

24-25 Twin Bridges National Senior Pro Rodeo, Twin Bridges

25-28 Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: Macbeth, Bozeman

25-29 Little Bighorn Days, Hardin

26 1876 Grand Ball, Hardin

26-28 Libby Logger Days, Libby

26-8/31 Opera House Theatre Company, Philipsburg

26-29 Homestead Days and All Class Reunion, Baker

26-30 Warner Ranch Photography Workshop, Sun River

27-28 Big Timber Rodeo, Big Timber

27-28 Roundup Days, Chinook

27-29 Colstrip Days, Colstrip

27-28 Western Montana Quarter Horse Association June Horse Show, Corvallis

27 Friends of Little Bighorn Battlefield Book Event, Battlefield

27 Battle of the Little Bighorn Symposium, Hardin

27-29 Fort Benton Summer Celebration, Fort Benton

27-29 Breakout Bluegrass Campout, Garrison

27-28 Badlands Drifters Car Club Annual Cars in the Park Show, Glendive

27-29 19th Annual Lewis & Clark Festival, Great Falls

27-28 Relay for Life, Great Falls

27-28 Senior Pro Rodeo, Hamilton

27-29 Custer's Last Stand Reenactment, Hardin

27-29 Real Bird Little Bighorn Battle Reenactment, Crow Agency

27-29 Colstrip Days, Colstrip

27-28 Mount Helena Music Festival, Helena

27-28 Sidewalk Art Mart, Helena

27 Annual Chamber Golf Tournament, Lewistown

27-9/26 Livingston Gallery Association Art Walk, Livingston

27-29 Milk River Gospel Jamboree, Malta

27-29 Miles City Caledonian Society’s Centennial Celebration, Miles City

27-28 Garden City River Rod Run, Missoula

27-29 Montana Senior Olympic Softball Tournament, Missoula

27-28 Mission Mountain PRCA Rodeo, Polson

27-29 Pioneer Days and Antique Show, Scobey

27-28 Yellowstone Fly Tying and Fishing Expo, West Yellowstone

27-29 Big Sky Country Antique Fair, Whitefish

28 Sweet Grass Fest, Big Timber

28 Butte Police Protective Association Fish Derby, Butte

28 Dust to Dazzle: Renovation Home Tour, Butte

28 Little Big Horn Days Grand Parade, Hardin

28 Roaring Thunder Crow Beadwork, Games, Drum Workshops, Chief Plenty Coups State Park, Pryor

28 Ninepipes Old Time Social, Charlo

428 Memorial Car and Bike Show, Columbus

28 RATPOD, Dillon

28-29 NCHA Cutting Horse Show/Bitterroot Valley Cutting, Hamilton

28-29 Blast From the Past Car Show and Drag Races, Helena

28 Livingston Roundup Hoedown, Livingston

28-7/3 Discover Travelers' Rest, Lolo

28-7/13 Prairie Fest 2008, Plentywood

28 40th Annual Beartooth Run, Red Lodge

28-29 Runamuk Benefit Trail Ride, Roundup

28 Town and Country Festival, Sidney

28 Rose and Perennial Garden Party, Thompson Falls

28-29 Canyon Ferry Walleye Festival, Townsend

28-29 Spencer Damm Golf Tournament, Broadus

28 Early Bird XC Mountain Bike Race, Whitefish

28 Whitefish Lake Run, Whitefish

29-8/24 St. Timothy's Summer Music Festival

29 Augusta American Legion Rodeo and Parade, Augusta

29 Montana Cup Boat Race, Great Falls

29 2nd Annual Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame Dist. 3 Ranch Rodeo, Custer

30 Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: All's Well That Ends Well, Absarokee

JULY

Tuesdays: Farmers Market: Whitefish (thru 9/30)

Wednesdays: Farmers Market: Circle (thru 9/29); Livingston (thru 9/24); Manhattan (thru 9/10)

Thursdays: Farmers Market: Chester (thru 8/28); Shelby (thru 9/11); Whitefish (thru 9/25)

Thursdays: Youth Program (9:30 a.m.), Campfire Programs (7 p.m.), Makoshika State Park, Glendive

Thursdays: Storytelling of the Chief, Chief Plenty Coups State Park, Pryor

Saturdays: Farmers Markets: Big Timber (thru 9/27); Bozeman (thru 9/13); Butte (thru 9/27); Hamilton (thru 9/27); Havre (thru 9/20); Helena (thru 11/1); Miles City (thru 10/25); Missoula (thru 10/18); Roundup (thru 9/27); Thompson Falls (thru 9/13); Whitehall (thru 9/6)

1 Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: Macbeth, Pray

1 Whitefish Theater Company: Jeni Fleming Acoustic Trio, Whitefish

1-4 Freedom Fest, Butte

1-6 Bill Newhouse Memorial Wood Bat Baseball Tourney, Miles City

1-31 Charlotte Schugardt Rope Art, SHAC, Colstrip

2 Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: Macbeth, Lewistown

2-4 Parade, Rodeo: Harlowton, Livingston, Red Lodge

3 Outdoor Concert, Baker

3 Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: All's Well That Ends Well, Utica

3-4 Rodeo: Ennis, Hinsdale

3-5 4th of July Celebration, Choteau

3-5 Big Hole Biker Blast, Jackson

3-6 Roundup Independence Days Extravaganza - Pancake Breakfasts, Parade (4th), Kids Inflatables, Concerts, Picnics, Fireworks, Centennial Celebration, Roundup

4 4th of July Celebration: Arlee, Big Sky, Big Fork, Boulder, Charlo, Ennis, Glasgow, Glendive, Great Falls, Hysham, Kalispell, Lambert, Lewistown, Lincoln, Plains, Roundup, Seeley Lake, St. Regis, Troy, West Yellowstone, White Sulphur Springs, Whitefish, Zortman

4 Fireworks: Bozeman, Forsyth, Hardin, Hysham, Glendive, Malta, Missoula, Sidney, Townsend

4 4th of July Freedom Run, Parade, Church and Pitch a Picnic, East Fork Ranch Rodeo, Broadus

4 4th of July Team Challenge, Eureka

4 Rodeo: Broadus, Hardin, Terry, White Sulphur Springs

4 Community Picnic, Shelby

4 Townsend Flight Festival Fly-In, County Fireworks and Picnic, Townsend

4 Troy Old Fashioned Independence Day Celebration, Troy

4 Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: Macbeth, White Sulphur Springs

4-5 Big Sky Rodeo, Big Sky

4-6 Whitefish Arts Festival, Whitefish

4-6 Freedom Celebration, Columbus

4-6 Fort Kipp Celebration, Poplar

4-6 Depot Festival of the Arts, Livingston

4-7 Valley of The Chiefs Pow Wow and Rodeo, Lodge Grass

4-8 4th of July Pow Wow, Lame Deer

5 Women’s Softball Tournament, Broadus

5 Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: All's Well That Ends Well, Birney

5-8/30 2008 Indian Voices, Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center; Great Falls

5-6 Lincoln Rodeo and Parade, Lincoln

5-6 Classic Softball Tournament, St Regis

6 Montana Barbecue Cook-Off, Absarokee

6 Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: All's Well That Ends Well, Baker

6 Historic Crail Ranch - Sunday Artist Market, Big Sky

6 Drummond PRCA Rodeo, Drummond

7 Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: Macbeth, Ekalaka

7-25 2008 Dugout Days Camps, Great Falls

8 Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: All's Well That Ends Well, Miles City

8 Whitefish Theater Company: Wylie and the Wild West, Whitefish

9 Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: All's Well That Ends Well, Roundup

9-8/22 Big Mountain Bike Academy, Whitefish Mountain Resort, Whitefish

10-8/21 Music in the Mountains Concert Series, Big Sky

10-13 North American Indian Days, Browning

10-13 Blaine County Fair, Chinook

10-13 East Helena Parade & Rodeo, East Helena

10 Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: Macbeth, Forsyth

10-12 Montana Governor's Cup Walleye Tournament, Fort Peck

10-12 Big Sky Fox Trotter Association's 14th Annual Point Show, Hamilton

10-12 Wolf Point Wild Horse Stampede, Wolf Point

11-13 Bozeman Trail Gun Show, Bozeman

11-12 Butte Vigilante Rodeo & National Folk Festival, Butte

11-12 Annual Garden Walk, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls

11-13 Bitterroot Valley Bluegrass Festival, Hamilton

11-12 Relay for Life, Havre

11-12 Homesteader Days, Concert, Fireworks, and Duck Race, Huntley

11-13 Artists and Craftsmen of the Flathead Outdoor Show, Kalispell

11-5/17 Glacier Symphony and Chorale, Kalispell

11-12 27th Annual Hellgate Rendezvous Art and Craft Show, Missoula

12 Wine Classic, Bozeman

12 Boardwalk Arts & Crafts, Dillon

12 Dutton Fun Day, Dutton

12 Roaring Thunder Crow Beadwork, Games, Drum Workshops, Chief Plenty Coups State Park

12-13 Clark Fork Old West Day/Cowboy Reunion, Fromberg

12 2008 RiverFest, Great Falls

12 Cardboard Cup Regatta, Helena

12-13 Relay for Life, Lewistown

12 Northern Rockies Sustainability Fair, Livingston

12 Annual Marysville Picnic, Marysville

12 Hot Laps Mountain Bike Jam, Missoula

12-13 Missoula Marathon, Street Jam, Missoula

12 Nye Goes Nuts, Nye

12 Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: All's Well That Ends Well, Sidney

12 Sunrise Festival of the Arts, Sidney

12-8/31 Weekend Jump Talks, First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park, Ulm

12 The Glacier Challenge, Whitefish

13-14 Big Brothers Big Sisters Celebrity Golf Tournament, Big Sky

13-17 Savenac Nursery Centennial Celebration, Haugan

13 Old Timer's Day Celebration, Jackson

13 Phillips County Home, Garden & Flower Show, Malta

13-8/31 By Design: Pedal Power, CCAHC, Miles City

13 Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: Macbeth, Wolf Point

14 Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: Macbeth, Glendive

14-19 County 4-H and Youth Fair, Roundup

15 Big Sky Food Festival, Big Sky

15 Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: All's Well That Ends Well, Hardin

15-27 Alpine Theatre Project: The Full Monty, Whitefish

15 Whitefish Theater Company: The Seldom Scene, Whitefish

16-20 Gallatin County Fair, Bozeman

16 Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: All's Well That Ends Well, Colstrip

16-20 Great Northern Fair, Havre

16-18 Artisan Dance Summer 2008, Helena

17-19 Krazee Days, Butte

17-19 Fairfield Swim Days, Fairfield

17-20 Fairview Old Timers Reunion and Summer Festival, Fairview

17-20 Rosebud Treasure County Fair, Forsyth

17-20 Two Rivers Rendezvous, Libby

17-20 Wahcinca Dakota Oyate Celebration, Poplar

17-20 Marias 4 County Fair, Shelby

18 Cedar Creek Anticline Gas and Oil Days, Baker

18-20 Art in the Park, Anaconda

18-19 Logger's Days, Darby

18-20 Standing Arrow Pow Wow, Elmo

18-20 Treasure State Art Show, Hamilton

18-20 Northwest Montana Polka Festival, Kalispell

18-20 Annual Hooper Park Flea Market, Lincoln

18-20 Summerfest Along the Yellowstone, Livingston

18-19 Crazy Days, Miles City

18-20 Annual Beartooth Rally, Red Lodge

18-19 Seeley Lake Quilt Festival, Seeley Lake

18-20 Good Ol' Days, St Ignatius

18-19 Rods & Classics Show & Shine by a Dam Site, Thompson Falls

18-19 Three Forks Rodeo & Parade, Three Forks

18-20 Kootenai River Bluegrass Festival, Troy

18-19 Dog & Grog Montana Microbrew Festival, Virginia City

18-19 Quilt and Flower Show, Whitehall

19 Railroad Days, Alberton

19-20 Bannack Days, Bannack

19 Trek to the Big Sky, Big Sky

19 Jim Bridger Day, Bridger

19 Strawberry Festival, Darby

19 Demolition Derby and Concert, Dillon

19 Saddles & Spurs, Great Falls

19 One Helena Hundred, bicycle ride, Helena

19 SunSational Saturday, Lewistown

19-20 Live History Day, Main Street Flathead Cherry Festival, Polson

19 Quilt Sale, Seeley Lake

19-20 C. M. Russell Stampede, BBQ, Quick Draw & Rodeo, Stanford

19 Broadwater Rod & Gun Club Walleye Derby, Townsend

19-20 Townsend Quilt Show, Townsend

19 White Sulphur Springs Car Show, White Sulphur Springs

19-20 Big Mountain Summer Festival, Whitefish

20-26 Powder River Wagon Trains & Cattle Drives, Broadus

20-26 Premier Cattle Drive, Broadus

20 Symphony Under the Stars, on the hillside at Carroll College, Helena

20 Annual Richey Rodeo, Richey

21 Stillwater 4-H Cat Show, Columbus

22-26 International Fly Fishing Show, Livingston

22 Whitefish Theater Company: The Wailin Jennys, Whitefish

23-25 Stillwater County Fair, Columbus

23-27 Last Chance Stampede and Fair, Helena

23-27 Central Montana Horse Show, Fair and Rodeo, Lewistown

24-26 Evel Knievel Days, Butte

24-27 Milk River Indian Days, Fort Belknap

24-27 The Event at Rebecca Farm, Kalispell

24-26 Sheridan County Fair, Plentywood

25-27 Headwaters Relay - A Run to the Source, Bozeman

25-27 Heritage Days, Columbia Falls

25-27 Lewis & Clark Festival, Cut Bank

25-26 Todd Harris Softball Memorial, Broadus

25-26 Tobacco Valley Rodeo, Eureka

25-8/3 Montana State Fair, Great Falls

25-26 Crazy Days, Miles City

25-26 Daly Days, Hamilton

25-27 Arts in the Park - Hockaday Museum Art, Kalispell

25-26 Kootenai River Rodeo, Libby

25-27 Flint Creek Valley Days, Philipsburg

25-27 Flathead Lake Hoopfest, Polson

25-27 Montana State Old Time Fiddlers Contest, Red Lodge

25-27 Country Music Campout/Bull Lake, Troy

26 Annual Quilt Festival at Historic Crail Ranch, Big Sky

26 Roaring Thunder Crow Beadwork, Games, Drum Workshops, Chief Plenty Coups State Park

26-27 Grant-Kohrs Ranch Days, Deer Lodge

26 Annual Bitterroot Microbrew Fest, Hamilton

26-27 Art in the Park, Hamilton

26 3 on 3 Nothin But Net Street Ball Tournament, Havre

26 NWTF Women in the Outdoors, Helena

26 Ingomar Open Rodeo, Ingomar

26 Youth Rodeo, Ekalaka

26 St. John's Lutheran Playing for Fundsies, Libby

26-8/4 Skydive Lost Prairie 41st Annual Jump Meet, Marion

26 TerrYYippee!, State Doubles Corn Toss Championships, Walk, Ice Cream Social, Street Dance, Terry

26 Classic Auto Car Show, Three Forks

26-27 Whitehall Frontier Days, Whitehall

27 Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: All's Well That Ends Well, West Yellowstone

28-8/1 Sweet Grass County Fair, Big Timber

26-8/1 Summer Bibler Home and Garden Evening Tours, Kalispell

28-8/3 Pioneer Days and Lake County Fair, Ronan

28-8/2 2008 Hands on History Camp, Virginia City

30 Bite Of Bozeman, Bozeman

30-8/2 Big Horn County Youth Fair, Hardin

30-8/2 Butte-Silver Bow County Fair, Butte

30-8/3 Testicle Festival, Clinton

30-8/2 Richland County Fair and Rodeo, Sidney

31-8/3 Rocky Boy's Annual Pow Wow, Box Elder

31 Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: All's Well That Ends Well, Dillon

31-8/3 Phillips County Fair, Dodson

31-8/2 Wheatland County Fair, Harlowton

31-8/2 Mineral County Fair & Rodeo, Superior

31-8/3 Broadwater County Fair & Rodeo, Townsend

31-8/3 Yellowstone Rod Run, West Yellowstone

31-8/ Wadopana Celebration, Wolf Point