THURSDAY JULY 25 Get your grub on, but don’t pig out, and give a girl a call who you wanna take out to Downtown ToNight, where local food and beer vendors as well as local musicians have a good day down at Caras Park. 5:30–8:30 PM. Free to hang and bang, but the grub and beer will cost you a couple ducats. FRIDAY JULY 26 Have you ever asked yourself this: Where is me shirt, me noggin’, noggin’ shirt? Then maybe you are a candidate for Celtic Festival Missoula. This two-day family affair celebrates all things Gaelic with music and food, plus it supports the University of Montana’s Irish Studies Program. Caras Park. Free. For a full schedule visit celtic festivalmissoula.com.
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If you was ever gonna go to court but then you got high, perhaps a trip down the multi-genre lane of Slightly Stoopid is the ticket you need to ride. Big Sky Brewing at 8 PM. With special guests The Grouch & Eligh. $95 VIP/$35 general. For tickets visit ticketweb.com. Celebrate Hamilton's heritage at the annual Daly Days, which include historic reenactments and demonstrations at the Daly Mansion and several events in downtown Hamilton, including a street dance Friday night, vintage car show and brew festival. $5 Daly Mansion tours, kids under 12 admitted free. Might be long hard times to come but that doesn't mean we can’t kick back a little. The Hardtimes Bluegrass Festival outside Hamilton invites families to camp out and enjoy a weekend of traditional blue-
grass from groups like Pinegrass, JD Webb and Downstate Ramblers and Red Desert Ramblers. $10/$5 for kids under 12. Camping fee is $10. Line-up and directions at hardtimesbluegrass.com. SATURDAY JULY 27 Missoula favorite Greg Brown visits the Top Hat at 9 PM. $34-40. Visit tophatlounge.com. I know what you’re thinking: Any chance I could ride some sandy trails, hit up some rocky technical sections and climb tens of thousands of feet all in one day, in one race? You sure can, psycho. It’s time for another round of Montana’s toughest crosscountry event, the Butte 100 Mountain Bike Race. The competition starts and ends at the Homestake Lodge and only allows 250 riders for its 50- and 100-mile races. Sign up at butte100.com.