Montana Folk Festival

The festival grounds open at 5:00 pm on Friday with an opening ceremony at “The Original” Stage at 6:30 pm. Music starts at 7:00 pm on three stages, the Original, the Seacast Copper, and the Dance. All performers will be featured at one or more of the six venues throughout the weekend, including the Northwestern Energy Dance Pavilion.

An amazing lineup of musical artists and performers descend on Butte, Montana every July.

Admission is free to all performances during the three days of the festival. More than 20 groups representing a broad diversity of musical and cultural traditions will perform on the festival’s six stages in Uptown Butte.

Schedule:

Location: Original Mineyard
12:00 PM - Choro das 3
1:00 PM - Sam Platts
2:00 PM - Hailu Mergia
3:00 PM - Los Texmaniacs
4:00 PM - Fred Thomas
6:00 PM - Fran Grace
7:00 PM - Le Vent du Nord
8:00 PM - 79rs Gang
9:15 PM - El Laberinto del Coco

Location: Copper Street
12:00 PM - Fox Family and Friends
1:00 PM - THEY'RE INSTRUMENTAL: MUSICAL TRAILBLAZERS
2:15 PM - Gary Haleamau and Kawili
3:15 PM - Zuni Olla Maidens
4:00 PM - The Wagaku Collective
5:00 PM - Reverie Road
7:15 PM - Sonia and Ismael
8:15 PM - Hailu Mergia
9:15 PM - The Jerry Douglas Band

Location: Granite Street
12:00 PM - The Wagaku Collective
1:00 PM - Sonia and Ismael
2:00 PM - SATURDAY NIGHT TO SUNDAY MORNING
3:15 PM - Nobody’s Business
4:30 PM - Sheryl Cormier
5:45 PM - The Jerry Douglas Bond
7:00 PM - Mr. Sipp

Location: Broadway
12:00 PM - FIDDLE EXCHANGE: ASIA MEETS THE AMERICAN SOUTH
1:15 PM - Zuni Olla Maidens
2:00 PM - Kala Ramnath
3:15 PM - Choro das 3
4:15 PM - Mehrnam Rastegari
5:15 PM - Fox Family and Friends

Location: Dance Pavilion
12:15 PM - Le Vent du Nord
1:30 PM - Sheryl Cormier
2:30 PM - 79rs Gang
3:45 PM - Mr. Sipp
5:15 PM - El Laberinto del Coco
7:45 PM - Los Texmaniacs
9:15 PM - Fred Thomas

Location: Folklife
1:00 PM - Terry Hill
2:00 PM - Marc Brogger
3:00 PM - Diane Scalese
4:00 PM - Mike Ryan
5:00 PM - Tom Dean