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 - Fran Grace
1:00 PM - Nobody's Business
2:00 PM - Reverie Road
3:00 PM - Los Texmaniacs
4:15 PM - Le Vent du Nord
5:30 PM - Fred Thomas

Location: Copper Street
12:00 PM - CELTIC CONNECTIONS
1:15 PM - Kala Ramnath
2:15 PM - Sonia and Ismael
3:15 PM - STRINGS OF A FEATHER PLAY TOGETHER
4:15 PM - Mehrnam Rastegari
5:15 PM - The Wagaku Collective

Location: Granite Street
12:00 PM - RHYTHM MASTERS: PERTO RICO TO PERSIA
1:15 PM - Mehrnam Rastegari
2:15 PM - Gary Haleamau and Kawili
3:15 PM - Sam Platts
4:15 PM - Fran Grace
5:30 PM - Reverie Road

Location: Dance Pavilion
12:00 PM - Hailu Mergia
1:00 PM - Sam Platts
2:15 PM - Sheryl Cormier
3:45 PM - 79rs Gang
5:15 PM - El Laberinto del Coco

Location: Broadway
12:00 PM - Choro das 3
1:00 PM - Zuni Olla Maidens
1:45 PM - Fox Family and Friends
2:45 PM - Kala Ramnath
3:45 PM - Gary Haleamau and Kawili
4:45 PM - Nobody's Business

Location: Folklife
1:00 PM - Eva Boyd
2:00 PM - Glenn Brackett
3:00 PM - Rose Williamson
4:00 PM - Maude Knudsen
5:00 PM - Glenn Goldthwait