Major Area Events

Butte is Montana's Festival and Tournament Headquarters.

SUMMER EVENTS

These summer staples in Butte recur weekly and are a great taste of Butte!

BUTTE FARMER'S MARKET

Saturdays - 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

mid May thru early October

Along Park Street between Montana St. & Main St. in Uptown Butte



MUSIC ON MAIN

Thursdays - 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

late June thru August

On Main Street between Park & Broadway in Uptown Butte



LUNCH IN THE PARK

Wednesdays - 11 a.m to 2 p.m.

late June thru August

Emma Park in Uptown Butte

West Porphyry St between South Colorado St & South Dakota St

Wednesday,

July 3, 2024

Big M

Freedom Fest - 3rd of July Fireworks Show

Butte’s iconic celebration can be traced back to 1876 with a 134-gun salute and parade.


Today, Town Pump is happy to participate in a celebration that brings so many families together in one great community.

Friday, July 12 -

Sunday, July 14, 2024

Uptown Butte

Montana Folk Festival

The Montana Folk Festival is one of the Northwest’s Largest FREE Outdoor Music Festivals.


The Montana Folk Festival features performances and demonstrations by over 200 of the nation’s finest musicians, dancers, and craftspeople. It showcases multiple performances by more than 20 Artists/groups on six stages including a dance pavilion dedicated to participatory dancing, a family stage with performances appealing to children of all ages, and a Montana folklife stage. In addition to the performance stages, there are several themed festival areas: the Montana Folklife Area, the Family Area, two Festival Marketplaces and the Festival Food Courts.


The festival site is situated in the heart of the nation’s largest National Historic Landmark District. Open-air and tented sites will provide a variety of performance venues ranging from intimate stages to amphitheater-sized venues. The Original Stage, which offers a panoramic view of Butte’s historic high rise buildings and the surrounding mountains, is located on the site of the historic Original Mineyard, with its dramatic headframe that is a remnant of Butte’s early days as an underground copper mining center.

Saturday, July 20, 2024

Continental Divide Trail

Butte 100 Mountain Bike Race

Welcome to the most difficult mountain bike race in the country: The Butte 100. The Butte 100 race weekend consists of three individual races, a 100 mile, 50 mile and the Sorini 25, taking place atop the Continental Divide just outside of Butte, Montana.


The race has grown from a small group of dedicated locals on a gravel road, to world-class athletes competing on world-class trails. With outstanding partnerships with the USFS, BLM, community of Butte, our generous sponsors, and the “neon army” of volunteers, the Butte 100 races continue to provide the best mountain bike racing experience possible.

Learn more:

Butte 100

Friday, August 9 -
Sunday, August 11, 2024

Uptown Butte

An Rí Rá Montana Irish Festival

The An Rí Rá Montana Irish Festival is a celebration of the Irish heritage and contribution to the people of Montana.


This festival has created its place as a world-class event that draws people from not only Montana, but across the United States and internationally. 



The An Ri Ra is regarded as one of the best Irish festivals in North America. 

Wednesday, August 28 -

Sunday, September 1, 2024

Father Sheehan Park

The Wall That Heals

The Wall That Heals exhibit includes a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial along with a mobile Education Center.


The traveling exhibit honors the more than three million Americans who served in the U.S. Armed Forces in the Vietnam War and it bears the names of the 58,281 men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam.


Bringing The Wall home to communities throughout our country allows the souls enshrined on the Memorial to exist once more among family and friends in the peace and comfort of familiar surroundings. The traveling exhibit provides thousands of veterans who have been unable to cope with the prospect of facing The Wall to find the strength and courage to do so within their own communities, thus allowing the healing process to begin.

Butte, Montana

Butte, as the first major city in Montana and, at one time, the largest city west of the Mississippi River between Chicago and San Francisco, can accurately lay claim to the title of 'Montana's most historic city.' From its early days as a mining camp, to the rise of the Copper Kings and the resulting birth of the labor movement, through the industrialization and decline of mining, and down to a present marked by an environmental and urban renaissance, Butte's history is as colorful and diverse as the landscape of Montana.