MONTANA FOLK FESTIVAL

In addition to the well publicized bluegrass events in Montana this summer we should also consider the Montana Folk Festival in Butte on July 11-13, 2014.  Butte is a great place to hold this multi-cultural event as it is centrally located and many nationalities came to Butte during the heyday of copper mining in the "richest hill on earth."  Butte was the most populous city in Montana back then. The miners from all those nations brought their own music and culture to Montana with them. While this years festival may not feature bluegrass as such there will be great folk music including old time mountain music, the forerunner of bluegrass.  Detailed printed information published by the Bozeman Chronicle has been widely distributed throughout Montana and can be found where ever free news is located in your community. It is also available on-line of course.  In Billings it was an insert into the weekly Billings Outpost.  I have been there and found this festival to be most impressive. Great events and good food, too. After all Butte, America, may be the most unique city in the entire United States.