Photo by Chad Harder
Fair is fair. The Western Montana State Fair begins on Tue., Aug. 7, and rolls on through Sun., Aug. 12., with bull riding, Viking eating and demolition derby. $6/$3 for 5-12 year olds/ free for those 4 and under. Visit westernmontanafair.com.
Badlander’s Live and Local Night with Big in Japan, EQ and B.E. Wart is so huge that we don’t have enough space to describe it. 9 PM. Free. The Mark Duboise Band is joined by a mechanical bull tonight at the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand, where things are about to get downright rural. 9:30 PM. Free. Zootown Throwdown with Javier Ryan and friends ain’t no wrasslin’ match, but you may just get your ears pinned back from all that acoustic rockin’. Top Hat. 10 PM. Free.
WEDNESDAY
08
August
Who loves to party? Everybody headed to the Western Montana State Fair, a five-day heartburn inducing, demo derbying, bullridin’, Zipper riding fun-a-pa-looza. Western Montana Fairgrounds, 1101 South Ave. W. Today through Sun., Aug. 12, starting at 11 AM daily. Visit westernmontanastatefair.com or call 721-3247.
Num-nums and various vittles are the order of the day at Missoula’s Caras Park during Out to Lunch, which runs from 11 AM to 2 PM. This week’s tunage provided by Dodgy Mountain Men. Free. Visit missouladowntown.com The MDA Lock-Up is a great way to get revenge on your enemies and help a good cause. Local firefighters stuff and cuff local execs and civic leaders at Johnny Carino’s, 2825 Stockyard Rd., and play their harps until you bail them out. 11 AM–2 PM. To nominate someone to lock up or to help out, call 655-9000. The Exploring the Question Writing Workshop with Emily Goodburn at Living Art of Montana, 725 W. Alder, Ste. 17, allows those facing loss an opportunity to express their feelings via the written word 3:30–5:30 PM. Free. RSVP at 549-5329. Fill up on your neighbors’ numnums at the Arlee Community Development Corporation’s Jocko Valley Farmers’ Market. Music this week is open mic, so get out your strumming stick. Uptown Arlee. 4–7 PM.
nightlife Let them dance, or at least give it a try, during Kids’ Hip-Hop (for those 7–10 years old) at the Downtown Dance Collective. No dance experience is necessary and drop-ins are welcome. Just wear good clothes for dancing. 121 W. Main St. 5–6 PM. ddc montana.com Kettlehouse Community U-Nite Pint Night for the Flagship Program donates money to the good eggs at Flagship and makes your beer a tax write-off. Northside Taproom. 5–8 PM. Raina Rose is gonna sing you to sleep, pretty pop, with locals Butter. Family friendly. Top Hat. 6 PM. Cost TBA. Pub trivia answers: Pistol shooting, 200M freestyle swim, show jumping, fencing and 3K cross-country run. Get filled up on B12 and iron at Hamilton’s Wednesday Evening Farmers’ Market on Bedford St. 6–8 PM. For over 100 years the Missoula City Band has been your source for concert-band tunes in the Missoula Valley, and they continue that tradition with their weekly con-
cert series at Bonner Park all summer long. This week is the finale and they are joined by Gary Herbig and Jay Straw. Corner of Ronald and Hastings. 9:30 PM. Free. Black Eyed Peas fanatics are welcome to belt out their fave jamz at the Badlander during Kraptastic Karaoke, beginning at 9 PM. Featuring $5 pitchers of Budweiser and PBR, plus $1 selected shots. Free. The Mark Duboise Band is joined by a mechanical bull tonight at the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand, where things are about to get downright rural. 9:30 PM. Free. The Soul City Cowboys are making their move and playing the Top Hat at 10 PM. What will the guys at the end of the bar say about all this? Free.
THURSDAY
09
August
Who loves to party? Everybody headed to the Western Montana State Fair, a five-day heartburn
inducing, demo derbying, bullridin’, Zipper riding fun-a-pa-looza. Western Montana Fairgrounds, 1101 South Ave. W. Today through Sun., Aug. 12, starting at 11 AM daily. Visit westernmontanastatefair.com or call 721-3247. The North Valley Family Center’s Welcome Baby Meeting gives you a chance to handle your own business after the little one arrives, because if you don’t take care of you, who will? 5501 Hwy. 93. Ste. 3. 10 AM–noon. Free. The Seventh Annual Midyear Economic Update Seminar Five Questions Montanans Should Ask About the Energy Boom, with UM economists Patrick Barkey and Paul Polzin, is unlikely to answer all the questions, but it may make you a lick more smarter. Hilton Garden Inn, 3720 N. Reserve. Noon–1:30 PM. $25, includes lunch. Call 2435113. (See Agenda.) The 4th Annual OREOS Undergraduate Research Symposium pops off at the University Center from 1–4 PM. Free. The Riverfront Neighborhood Council Meeting and Soup
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