Town festivals in Montana
Town festivals in Montana, each compiled from its own sources: the weekend, the parade, and who puts it on. No ratings; every entry carries its status.
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- Absarokee DaysAbsarokee · Annual one-day festivalAbsarokee Days is a one-day street festival on Woodard Avenue in Absarokee, Montana, held the last Saturday of July, whose parade has included a kazoo band.
- Alberton Railroad Day FestivalAlberton · Railroad day celebrationA one-day July festival in Alberton, Montana, a town the Milwaukee Road built, with pancakes in the 1908 depot and a $100 hunt for a hidden railroad spike.
- Basin DayBasin · Basin dayBasin Day is a one-day August street celebration in Basin, a Jefferson County gold camp of about 200 people, where stick pony races, a duck race and a cake walk raise money for the town.
- Belgrade Fall FestivalBelgrade · One-day community celebrationA free one-day festival in Belgrade, Montana, built around the Panther high school homecoming parade, whose route map arrives folded into the city water bills.
- Bigfork Fourth of JulyBigfork · Family-friendly eventBigfork's Fourth of July parade runs at noon down Grand Drive and Electric Avenue in Bigfork, Montana, a village where photographs of the parade reach back to 1924.
- Broadview DazeBroadview · Community fair and fundraiserA one-day June fair in Broadview, Montana, that raises money for the volunteer fire district, with a parade of tractors, lawn mowers and donkeys and fireworks after dark.
- Cabin Fever DaysMartin City · Annual winter festivalCabin Fever Days is a February fundraiser weekend in Montana's Bad Rock Canyon, where racers ride barstools fixed to skis down 750 feet of hauled-in snow on Martin City's Central Avenue.
- Chinook Sugarbeet FestivalChinook · Community event, festivalsThe Sugarbeet Festival, a Saturday each fall in downtown Chinook, Montana, honors a sugar factory gone since 1952 and the high school team still named for it.
- Chokecherry FestivalLewistown · Annual festivalLewistown's one-day Main Street festival, held the first Saturday after Labor Day, is built around a wild, bitter Montana berry and a contest for spitting its pit.
- Circle Town & Country Appreciation DayCircle · Annual community celebrationCircle's Town & Country Appreciation Day, held each September by the Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture in McCone County, Montana, runs from a fire-department breakfast to a dance at the VFW.
- Clancy DaysClancy · FestivalClancy Days is a one-day street festival in Clancy, Montana, held the second Saturday in June, where fire trucks toss candy from the parade and wooden pucks stand in for rubber ducks.
- Craig Caddis FestivalCraig · Annual fundraiserA Saturday fundraiser on Main Street in Craig, Montana, a Missouri River fishing town of 46, where barbecue bites and auctioned guide trips pay for the volunteer fire department.
- Darby Strawberry DaysDarby · Annual strawberry festivalDarby's volunteer fire department has sold strawberry shortcake in Main Street Park on the third Saturday of July since at least 1958, and its chiefs disagree about the starting year.
- David Thompson DaysThompson Falls · Community celebrationA two-day June celebration in Thompson Falls, Montana, named for fur trader David Thompson, where mountain-man reenactors teach children to strike fire with flint and steel.
- Dayton DazeAn annual September fundraiser for Dayton, Montana's volunteer fire department, held off Highway 93 on Flathead Lake and first planned in 1990 for a bar that burned the night before.
- Dutton Fun DayDutton · Community celebrationA volunteer-run summer day in Dutton, Montana, held the second Saturday of July, whose proceeds maintain the town pool and whose jail is a corral by the beer garden.
- Ennis 4th of July ParadeEnnis · Western themed paradeThe Ennis Fourth of July parade in Ennis, Montana, run on Main Street since 1936 by one account, closes U.S. Highway 287 for one hour and caps its line at sixty floats.
- Flint Creek Valley DaysPhilipsburg · Three-day town celebrationA three-day July celebration in Philipsburg, Montana, whose Saturday parade is said to have begun as a march from the local sawmill to downtown.
- Forsyth Duck DaysForsyth · Annual celebrationTwo-day event: traditional duck race in the Yellowstone River alongside a parade, car show, tournaments, children's activities, live music, a movie and a Most Patriotic Dressed Contest.
- Fort Benton Summer CelebrationFort Benton · Small town festivalThe Fort Benton Summer Celebration, a free three-day festival on the Missouri River in Montana each June, began with the 1976 dedication of the Lewis and Clark statue.
- Frenchtown DaysFrenchtown · EventFrenchtown Days is a free one-day July street festival in Frenchtown, Montana, that closes after dark with a street dance at Mike's Alcan Bar & Grill.
- Good Old DaysSt. Ignatius · Community celebrationGood Old Days is a three-day July celebration in St. Ignatius, Montana, begun by a local couple in the early 1980s, whose parade ends with fire hoses turned on the crowd.
- HarvestfestHungry Horse · FestivalA free fall festival at Canyon Elementary School in Hungry Horse, Montana, where the chili cook-off entries become everyone's lunch and the 5k runs beside the Flathead's South Fork.
- Havre Festival DaysHavre · Annual celebrationHavre Festival Days, a mid-September weekend in downtown Havre, Montana, since 1980, sends off summer with a Fifth Avenue parade, $2 raffle buttons and a 48-hour softball tournament.
- Homesteader DaysHot Springs · Festival and rodeoHomesteader Days, held the second weekend in June in Hot Springs, Montana, since 1949, pairs an open rodeo and Main Street parades with breakfasts honoring the town's 1910 homesteaders.
- Huntley Homesteader DaysHuntley · Two-day celebrationThe Huntley Project Lions Club's two-day July celebration in Homesteader Park, Huntley, Montana, where the barbecue still turns on the pits used at the first one in 1964.
- Irish DaysVirginia City · Community eventIrish Days, a June weekend in Virginia City, Montana, when the Ancient Order of Hibernians paint a green stripe down Wallace Street and honor acting territorial governor Thomas Francis Meagher.
- Jim Bridger DaysBridger · Annual civic celebration programJim Bridger Days is a civic celebration of Bridger, Montana, held in July. Friday, July 18th 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM: Bridger Historic Walking Tours. Starting at Zier Gallery. Adults $10.00. Kids 12 and up $5. All money is donated for Bowler school and the Jennings-Mahr cabin projects.
- Kevin Fun DayKevin · Annual kevin fun dayKevin Development hosts their annual Kevin Fun Day with many fun activities to partake in including car show, games for both adults and youth, live band music by Wheelhouse, prizes plus much more.
- Laurel 4th of July CelebrationLaurel · CelebrationLaurel, Montana's two-day Independence Day, from a July 3 street dance to fireworks the volunteer fire department has presented for 79 years.
- Lewis & Clark FestivalCut Bank · FestivalA four-day July festival in Cut Bank, Montana, held since 1979, where a five-dollar button sold on the honor system buys the all-you-can-eat chili.
- Lincoln County Logger DaysLibby · FestivalA three-day June festival of lumberjack shows, a downtown parade, and a balance-log contest at J. Neils Memorial Park in Libby, Montana, revived by the local Rotary club in 2026.
- Little Bighorn DaysHardin · Community celebrationA three-day June festival in downtown Hardin, Montana, led in 2026 by the Friends of the Depot under the banner of the Little Bighorn battle's 150th anniversary.
- Livin' Large in LavinaLavina · Annual full-day celebrationA one-day June celebration in Lavina, Montana, a Golden Valley County town of 153, that opens its old bank, mercantile, school and 1908 Adams Hotel to visitors.
- Manhattan Potato FestivalManhattan · CommunityAnnual celebration of Montana's agricultural heritage; 40th anniversary Saturday, August 15, 2026 with theme Heritage: A Journey Through the Years.
- Marysville PicnicMarysville · Family-fun eventHistorical buildings open for viewing. Free kids fun area. Local vendors. Barron of beef and burger barn lunch for purchase. As well as cold beer, soda, and frozen treats. Pie auction and raffle. Watermelon eating contest and egg toss. Rock drilling exhibition and good ol’ small town community fun.
- Miles City Bluegrass & Pie FestivalMiles City · FestivalA three-day bluegrass festival in the Home Show Building at the Eastern Montana Fairgrounds in Miles City, where homemade pie from local bakers shares the bill with the bands.
- Milk River Indian DaysFort Belknap Agency · Annual pow-wow and paradeMilk River Indian Days is the late-July contest powwow of the Aaniiih and Nakoda at Fort Belknap Agency, Montana; its 62nd edition, in 2026, opened a new elders' section in the arbor.
- North American Indian DaysBrowning · Annual celebration of blackfeet cultureThe Blackfeet Nation's four-day July gathering of powwow, drum contests, stick games, Indian relay racing and rodeo in Browning, Montana, begun in 1954 on a Sheridan, Wyoming, model.
- Plains DayPlains · Street festivalPlains Day, a street festival in Plains, Montana, fills the first Saturday in June with a parade on Railroad Street, a crosscut saw contest, huckleberry pies and evening limbo.
- Power Harvest FestPower · CommunityPower Harvest Fest is a non-profit organization that is vital to community enrichment activities for the town of Power, Montana.
- R.I.D.E.Roundup · Twenty first annual multi-day festivalRIDE is proud to announce our 2026 headlining acts: TANYA TUCKER and COOPER ALAN!!!
- Ronan Pioneer DaysRonan · Community celebrationRonan Pioneer Days, an early-August weekend in Ronan, Montana, whose 2026 rodeo was cancelled in June and restored by the Lake County Fair Board and Friends of the Fairground.
- Saco Fun DaysSaco · CommunityEnjoy a full day of festivities during the 63rd Annual Saco Fun Days! Events include a kids' RC car race at 9:00 AM, parade at 11:00 AM, pie social, community barbecue, button draw, County Line Arena Rodeo at 3:00 PM, minnow races at 7:00 PM, and live music and entertainment at 9:00 PM.
- Scobey Pioneer DaysScobey · Annual pioneer daysPioneer Days, held the last weekend of June at Pioneer Town in Scobey, Montana, where the Dirty Shame Belles dance in a 1913 grain building turned movie theater.
- Sheridan DaysSheridan · Festival/daysA four-day event with three nights of live music, anchored to Main Street and the Base Ball Park in Sheridan, MT.
- Shields Valley Old Settlers DaysLivingston · Annual eventThe weekend concludes with a community potluck honoring grand marshals and local service award recipients.
- Sidney Fall FestivalDowntown Sidney, Montana · Annual community celebrationAn annual harvest day in downtown Sidney, Montana, run by the Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture, ending in a supper from local farms and ranches and a street dance.
- Smeltermen's DayAnaconda · Annual community celebrationAnaconda, Montana's three-day August celebration of its smelter workers, once a union holiday held August 8 because the ACM weatherman named it the best bet against rain or snow.
- Stevensville Creamery PicnicStevensville · PicnicGuests shop the marketplace, eat the great food, listen to good music and enjoy some cold brews.
- Sun River Valley Fun DaySimms · Community organizationThe Sun River Valley's Fun Day fills Main Street in Simms, Montana, every second Saturday in August, from a Lions Club pancake breakfast to a rubber duck race down a ditch.
- Swan Lake Huckleberry FestivalSwan Lake · Huckleberry festivalA lakeshore fair held since 1981 on August's second Saturday at Swan Lake, Montana, where the fire department supplies huckleberry pies and search and rescue scoops the ice cream.
- Territorial DaysDeer Lodge · Annual territorial days celebrationTerritorial Days is the Powell County Chamber of Commerce's one-day June festival on Main Street in Deer Lodge, Montana, opening with a road race called the Prison Break Run.
- Townsend Fall FestTownsend · Family-friendly festivalA free three-day Rotary Club festival in Townsend, Montana, held the first weekend of October and closing Sunday with a Show & Shine car show of more than 300 cars.
- Trego Heritage DayTrego · Family-friendly festivalA one-day October festival on the Blarney Ranch in Trego, Montana, honoring Tobacco Valley ranching, farming, and logging, where the 2026 day opened with Dexter cattle and coffee.
- Twin Bridges Flotilla and Alumni WeekendTwin Bridges · Annual town weekendA summer weekend in Twin Bridges, Montana, where decorated rafts, drift boats, and kayaks float the Beaverhead River as a parade, followed by a rubber duck race.
- Valier Homesteader DaysValier · Annual homesteader days celebrationHomesteader Days is Valier's annual June weekend in Pondera County, Montana, with a poker ride from the stockyards, a parade, and a free Saturday-night dance at the Lake Frances pavilion.
- Victor DaysVictor · Community paradeVictor Days is a two-day August fair in the park at Victor, Montana, with a Saturday parade, a classic truck show, and racers built from engine valve covers.
- Whitehall Frontier DaysWhitehall · Community eventWhitehall Frontier Days fills the last weekend of July in this Jefferson Valley railroad town with two nights of PRCA rodeo, a Legion Street parade, and a firemen's duck race.
Town Festivals in all eleven states; next door in Idaho and Wyoming.