Steve Earle has never lost a staring contest. See for yourself when the legendary troubadour plays the Wilma Theatre Saturday, June 18. $27. Tickets at vootie.com.
free camping, local and organic food, workshops and more. $40 at the gate/$35 plus fees advance. Visit love yourmotherfestival.com or griztix.com. It’s time for dinner and music with hundreds of your friends when Missoula’s Caras Park hosts Downtown ToNight from 5:30 to 8:30 PM, featuring food, drinks and tunes this week from Codi Jordan. Free. Visit missoulad owntown.com. Get your fresh produce up near Glacier National Park, if you choose, every Thu. from 5 to 7:30 PM until midSeptember, as the Columbia Falls Farmers’ Market overtakes Nucleus Ave. and offers live music as well. Free. Call 892-0318 or visit firstbest place.org.
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Friday 17 June Keep the fun between your legs when Montana Harley Davidson presents Hot Harley Nights, which features an evening of motorcycles, music, food and libations, starting at 6:30 PM in Missoula’s Caras Park. Free. Call 721-2154 or visit mtharley.com.
Slap on those cowboy chaps and get into the western groove during Stevensville’s annual Western Heritage Days, which runs today and tomorrow and features a parade, a chuckwagon cookoff and other food for purchase, as well as historic tours, wagon rides, music by Voodoo Horseshoes and Rob Quist and Great Northern, plus other activities. Call 7773773 or visit mainstreetstevensville.com. Explorer 2011
Get a crafter’s high at the Under The Big Sky Fine Arts & Crafts Festival, which features over 100 American artisans and runs for three-days at the Western Montana Fairgrounds, 1101 South Ave. W. Visit underthebigsky.net. A case of blue ears isn’t a must when Reno, Nevada’s Buster Blue plays Americana and folk at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $5. Saturday 18 June Keep it as local as can be when western Montana hosts several farmers’ markets, which feature local produce, flowers, baked goods and crafts—in Missoula at Circle Square (missoulafarmers market.com), on Pine Street (missoulasaturdaymarket.org) and under the Higgins Avenue bridge (clarkforkriver
market.com), in Stevensville at Third and Main streets, in Hamilton at South Third and Bedford streets, and in Kalispell at Center Street and Fifth Avenue. Hours for each market vary, but 8 AM–1 PM is the total span. Can you smell that smell? You surely ought to at the 32nd annual Bitter Root Days celebration at the Ravalli County Museum in downtown Hamilton, which runs from 9 AM to 1 PM and offers arts, crafts and food, as well as several blossoms of Bitterroot, our state flower. Visit brvhsmuseum.org or call 363-3338. Mark your territory during Deer Lodge’s 22nd annual Territorial Day, which begins at 11:30 AM with a Rod Run of classic cars down Main Street. Activities follow throughout the day including