Happenings UNDER THE BIG SKY

Downtown Billings

Alive After 5 is Downtown’s most anticipated summer concert series. This year’s series runs June 8 to August 3, 2023. Each weekly concert takes place Thursday evenings, from 5:00pm -8:00pm at a different outdoor venue in downtown Billings.

Weekly Racing ~ Highway 87 North, Mile Marker 16, Billings, MT 59105

Races on Friday and Saturday nights begin at 7:00 p.m. See their website for calendar.

Dehler Park 2611 9th Avenue N, Billings, MT 59101

See their website for calendar. Ongoing till September 9th.

Fireworks at the Metra

July 4th

Food trucks and entertainment at Metra’s Chieza Plaza, starting at 7 p.m.

A gift to Billings from Harvest Church.

Laurel Montana

• The Chief Joseph Run begins at the Thompson Park picnic shelter on East 6th St. 8 Milers will start at 6:30 and 2 & 4 milers will start at 7:00. Last year we had 250 runners.

• The Pancake Breakfast is from 7:00-11:00 am.

• The Grand Parade is at 11:00 am. Thousands line the streets and view the parade.

• The Food and Craft Fair begins at 9:00am and ends at 9:00 pm so people can shop and purchase food all day long. Activities and Entertainment are planned for throughout the day. The Fireworks begin as soon as it is dark. Laurel has the largest fireworks display in Montana.

Skypoint 2nd Ave N & N Broadway

July 8 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Arts & Craft Vendors, Food Trucks, Sweets, and Live Entertainment. Fun for all ages.

The 59th Annual Homesteader Days will kick off the evening of July 14th, 2023 with the Outdoor Concert. Gates open at 5:00 pm. The first act will start at 6:30 pm, followed by the second act at 8:00 pm. The concert will be held the 7-acre Homesteader Park. There is lots of room, plenty of shade trees, and a park full of nice folks. Bring your own lawn chairs.

Weekend 2023

July 14th – July 16th

Opening ceremonies begin July 14. The big sky state games is an olympic-style sports festival for people of all ages and abilities that reside in the great state of Montana (and surrounding states).

Chieza Plaza

July 15th, 1p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission is free.

The 12th annual Montana Brews & BBQ’s will take in the beautiful Lakeside setting at MetraPark. What makes this a true “Brewfest” is that it is outdoors and features only keg beers from Montana. Kegs are used because it offers the purest and freshest beer. It is the only true “Brewfest” in the state. All of the local breweries will be there along with many others from throughout the state. Many of the breweries will showcase seasonal brews typically not available year-round.

Yellowstone Valley Farmers Market

Downtown Billings at the intersection of N Broadway and 2nd Ave N

Every Saturday from July 15, 2023 to October 7, 2023.

8am-12pm, rain-or-shine

Laurel Downtown Farmers Market

115 W 1st St, Laurel, MT 59044

Saturdays, July 15th thru October 8:00 am – 12:00 pm

Big Sky International Balloon Rendezvous 2023

Amend Park

Fri, Jul 21 – Sun, Jul 23

This FREE family-friendly event is the only balloon event in the state of Montana. Weather permitting, we will have mass ascensions each morning at 6 a.m. The fun continues on Saturday, July 22nd with our evening Field Festival and Balloon Glow, featuring food trucks, face painting, live entertainment, kid's activities, and a balloon glow..

Billings Gem & Fossil Show

Shrine Auditorium, 1125 Broadwater Avenue, Billings, MT 59102

Thursday, August 3 through Sunday, August 6

Artwalk – Downtown Billings

Friday, August 4th ~ 5p.m. -9 p.m

Magic City BluesMontana's Urban Music Festival

Friday, August 4, and Saturday, August 5

Festival Entrance: the Montana Pavilion building at MetraPark.

Gates open at 4:30 pm each night. Music starts at 5:00 pm each night. There are two stages: both outside. You can bring a low back lawn or camp chairs to the festival –one per festival pass. No large umbrellas or tents. There will be picnic tables and some bleachers to sit on as well. We will have limited General Admission seating by both stages.

MontanaFair Billings

MetraPark – First Interstate Arena

August 11-19

Yellowstone International Air Show

Billings Logan International Airport

Sat, Aug 12, 10:00 AM – Sun, Aug 13, 5:30 PM

Taking place over two days, the Airshow has an action-packed lineup of events featuring the Navy’s best aviators in the air with the World-Famous Blue Angels.

Build Wars Car Show

8400 Story Rd

August 19 · 8am - August 20 ·

2am

Sponsored by Underriner Motors Inc, Hot 101.9, 98.5 the wolf, 105.1 the bone, ECS Tuning, Oscar’s park, JMC Construction, Rocky Mountain mighty! Come check out Montanas largest, most event filled car show! 40 trophies up for grabs. 2-step competition, limbo competition, fireball competition, underglow competition, and a bass competition. This event is a charity event for St. Jude’s children research hospital. There will be vendors, raffles, and so much more.

Food Truck

on the Yellowstone 2023 at the Armed Forces Reserve Center at 2915 Gabel Road

Saturday, August 26, 2023

Join us for the 5th annual fundraiser hosted by the Breakfast Exchange Club of Billings. Over 40 food trucks will be on location battling to see who's the best! There will also be cold beer, live music all day, a fun area with free activities for kids, AND all proceeds from the event (10% of all food truck sales, and all profits from beer sales & gate admissions) will be raising money for Veterans! ...what more could you want?

$5 gate charge, FREE for Veterans & active military with ID and kids 12 & under.