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FRIDAYJUNE28 Erin and the Project offer a “Dyadic cylone” of soul-inspired rock when they play Sean Kellys at 9 PM. Free. Along the Bitterroot River lies a land of imagination where jousting knights, regal ladies, saucy wenches, witches, nobles, peasants and a Faerie Queen and her court mix with fair-goers, many in period costume, and are entertained by Order of Epona on magnificent horses and Warlord in armor, fighting for the chance to rule the kingdom! Gypsy encampment, history, Robin Hood, faeries, troubadours, storytellers, street performers, shows, troupes. This is the three-day 2013 Big Sky Renaissance Faire in Stevensville. Nosh a turkey leg while imbibing beer, ale or mead. The Queen’s Feast boasts dinner and entertainment for $35. Admission is $6; $3 for those 12 and under. For full schedule visit bigskyrf.com. Pop in the Sha-na-na cassette (Google it), shine up the trouble buggy and take a cruise up Higgins Ave. tonight for the kick-off of the Garden City River Rod Run. This two-day classic car-based good time also has tunes and plenty of trips down memory lane. For full schedule kick the tire and light the fire over to missouladowntown.com. Get a hit of cardiovascular exercise during Nia: The Joy of Movement, from 9 AM to 10 AM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. $12/$10 members. Call 541-7240. The Women’s Circle Group Acupuncture at Mountain Sage Acupuncture Clinic, 725 W. Alder St. Ste. 1, focuses on women’s health issues and sounds comfy and nice. 2–5 PM, last appointment at 4 PM. Sliding scale treatments $20-40 with a first time administration fee of $10. Call (503) 593-7073. Teens go toward the literary light during the Missoula Public Library’s Teen Writers Group, which meets every Fri. at 3:30 PM at the library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Old-timers are encouraged to get back in the saddle for the Sr. Pro Rodeo Parade in Hamilton, which lines up at the Ravalli County Fairgrounds north entrance and heads out at 3:30 PM. This is “strictly a horse and mule parade,” so none of your ATV funny business. Call Pat at 363-2400 for more info.
nightlife End your afternoon with a fine glass of grape juice when the Mis-
soula Winery hosts its tasting room from 2–7 PM Mon.-Sat. and 2–5 PM on Sun. 5646 W. Harrier. Call 8303296 and visit missoulawinery.com. Sip on some well-fermented spirits when Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery hosts its wine tasting room, which runs from 5–9 PM, with last call at 8:30 PM, at 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Call 549-8703. Visit tenspoon.com. Britchy plays tunes for the kids to play nice to at the Top Hat’s Family Friendly Friday, from 6 to 8 PM. Free, all ages. Scully will insist that there’s a scientific explanation when Captain Wilson Conspiracy plays Brooks and Browns, 200 Pattee St. inside the Holiday Inn Downtown, and then disappears in a flash of light. 6-9 PM. Free. Don’t yell out your ex-girlfriend’s name during Hump Day Bingo with Bob at the Lucky Strike Casino. Prizes for winners. Beware: $5 mini-fishbowls served all day. Bingo starts at 6:30 PM. The Vaudeville Variety Show, at the Opera House Theatre, 140 S. Sansome St. in Philipsburg, promises gams and laffs aplenty. Opens tonight at 7 PM. Schedule and ticket info at operahousetheatre.com. World-class mime Bill Bowers promises to think way outside the box when he performs at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, starting at 7:30 PM. $20. Call the box office at 406-728-7529. (See Spotlight.) It won’t be champagne, cocaine or flying in a plane giving you a kick, but classic Broadway musical performance during Anything Goes, with showings at the Hamilton Playhouse at 8 PM. $15/$8 for children 12 and under. Chereal Band shows it’s the real thing when it plays rock and reggae/Latin beats at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W., starting at 8 PM. No cover. Soak it up and sing it down to some 67,000 tunes when The Outpost Restaurant & Saloon, 38500 W. Hwy. 12 at Lolo Hot Springs, presents karaoke with KJ Mark, starting at 9 PM. Free. Call 273-4733. Hollow Grind attempts to cheer you up about the workweek when it plays the Dark Horse, 1805 Regent St., starting at 9 PM. Free. The Maldives are just plumb about to sink under a wave of country-infused rock awesomeness. The Seattle band plays the Badlander along with The Blakes and The Grizzled Mighty, starting at 9 PM. $7/$5 in advance at Ear Candy and online at stonefly-productions.com.
Get a taste of the alphabet soup at the Palace’s Queer Party, with DJs including Tygerlily, Puz.Z.Pi and Skunk, plus performance by the Missou Booty Krew. 9 PM. Free. MIP, a possibly youthful rock band all the way from Manhattan (Montana, that is) prepare to rock Stage 112, 112 N. Pattee St., along with Missoula’s High Voltage. Scorching! 9 PM. $3, 21-plus. Sing a happy tune at the Evaro Bar’s Friday night karaoke and you just might win a prize. Starts at 9 PM, free to sing. 17025 US Highway 93 North. John “Poncho” Dobson hosts open mic at Fergie’s Pub every Fri., where you’re bound to mingle with a mix of resort celebs, odd locals and dizzy soakers. You never know who’ll show up and play. It could be you. Starts at 3 PM. 213 Main Street in Hot Springs. Sign up ahead at 406-721-2416 or just show up. Muzikata won’t make no fuss if you get a little closer to that cute guy from the taco shop at the Union Club tonight. Music starts around 9:30 PM. Free. It’ll be tangy as barbecue sauce coating a bitty wiener when Lil’ Smokies plays the Top Hat, starting around 10 PM, to celebrate the band’s new CD. Free. (See Music.) If you’re toodling around Whitefish this evening and wanna get your Montucky on, country music singers Chase and Anna Kaelin play the Crush Wine Bar, 124 Central Ave, sometime around 10 PM. $5.
SATURDAYJUNE29 Whoa, baby, we’re halfway there, whoa-oh, livin’ on a prayer. Celebrate Andy Smetanka’s progress on his sihouette-animation World War I documentary at the Halfway Done party for And We Were Young, which includes music from Death Moth and booze, presumably. Stensrud Building, 314 N. First St., starting at 7 PM. $5. Pretty people, fresh num-nums, seas of strollers, a man eating a waffle barehanded—it must be summer and time for folks to make the pilgrimage to area Farmers’ Markets. In Missoula at Circle Square (missoulafarmersmarket.com), on Pine St. (missoulasaturdaymarket.org), under the Higgins Avenue bridge (clarkforkrivermarket.com) and in Hamilton at South Third and Bedford Streets. Hours vary slightly, but most take place between 8 AM and 1 PM.
Something for everyone at Fort Missoula’s
4th of July Celebration & PANCAKE BREAKFAST Huge pancake breakfast put on by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (for the benefit of the Friends) from 8:00 until 11:00, on July 4th with entertainment and special events from 10:00 until 4:00 including homestead fun & games, historical demonstrations, antique engines, live music, silent auction, crafts, food, and more! Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for seniors, $2 for students, $15 for a family. Children under 6 and members of the Friends of the Museum are free. The Pancake Breakfast is a separate price.
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