(clarkforkrivermarket.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. Tell the present to bugger off at Live History Days, a twoday festival outside of Polson featuring demos by blacksmiths, spinners, quilters, weavers, carvers and other artists—plus live music and the chance to ride in vintage military vehicles and autos— all at the Miracle of America Museum, just south of Polson on Hwy. 93 off
Memory Lane. Visit miracleofamericamuseum.org or call 883-6804. Pop something sweet into your mouth during the twoday Polson Main Street Flathead Cherry Festival, which begins at 9 AM in downtown Polson and offers spectators the chance to taste cherry-inspired foods, peruse Montana made goods, and enter into a cherry pie eating contest, among other activities. Call 883-5969. Hoop it up and have a ball during Missoula’s annual 3on-3 Street Jam, which takes place today and tomorrow in the parking lot of Northgate
plaza, located near the intersection of Mullan Road and North Reserve Street. C a l l 54 3 - 6 6 23 o r v i s i t missoulachamber.com. Watch stars under the stars during another season of Missoula Outdoor Cinema. This evening’s screening features Nicolas Cage in Raising Arizona, starting at approximately 9:20 PM, at the Headstart school on the corner of Worden and Phillips on Missoula’s Northside. Free, but donations accepted. Get rid of the faux hawk and get foxy when San Francisco’s The Stone Foxes plays rock at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $10.
Sunday 17 July Yet another option to feed your locavore need comes during the Carousel Sunday Market & Festival, which offers local veggies, fruits, arts and crafts and other items, and occurs every Sun. through Oct. 16 from 11 AM to 3 PM at the New Park parking lot near A Carousel for Missoula. Call 549-8382 or visit carrousel.com/ carousel-sunday-marketand-fes. Tuesday 19 July Irie vibes will pulse through your veins when reggae legends Steel Pulse plays the
The perfect condiment for Leftover Salmon is a jam. Spin yourself silly when the venerable “polyethnic cajun slamgrass” band headlines this year’s River City Roots Fest in downtown Missoula Aug. 27 and 28. Free. 70
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