The Montana People Competition is again in Butte, bringing good meals, good music, and good instances to the Mining Metropolis for the weekend of July 12 by means of July 14.
DJ Bauer
NonStop Native Multimedia Journalist
BUTTE, Mont. — In terms of Butte’s summer time spectacles, you simply cannot beat the Montana People Competition, a convention now 14 years sturdy within the Mining Metropolis.
Hundreds of individuals from throughout Montana, the US, and even the world are gathered in Uptown Butte this weekend for the well-known Montana People Competition.
It is Butte’s personal model of Woodstock: three days of fabulous meals, arts and crafts, and, after all, all of the music you possibly can ever wish to hear, with over 50 totally different performances throughout 21 totally different genres of music the world over.
A type of performers this 12 months is Jerry Douglas, a 16-time Grammy Award winner and revolutionary of the Dobro guitar, recognized for his work on the ‘O Brother, The place Artwork Thou?’ soundtrack, and iconic for his foot-stomping bluegrass type.
“I had a good time,” Douglas mentioned after performing his set on Friday night time. “The viewers is so cross-pollinated… there’s so many various folks on the market, so many various faces.”
“Yeah, Butte is treating me simply positive,” Douglas continued with a smile.
With this many individuals, People Fest is at all times an enormous endeavor to placed on, as organizers work across the clock to maintain every part enjoyable, and maintain pageant attendance freed from cost.
As such, contributors are inspired to both donate with the intention to maintain future festivals free as effectively, or spend just a few hours as a volunteer–you get to get pleasure from the identical good vibes both manner.
The People Competition runs till Sunday night, so there’s nonetheless loads of time to get in on the enjoyable. And, after all, volunteers to assist with tear-down are at all times appreciated. Extra information on the People Competition weekend schedule and volunteer alternatives can be found on the Montana Folk Festival website.
