August of art

The 38th annual Bigfork Festival of the Arts is Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 6 and 7, in downtown Bigfork.

The festival will take place from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. both days. The event features more than 150 art and craft vendor booths, as well as food, drinks and live music. All downtown merchants will be open for business as well.

Access to downtown Bigfork will be closed during festival hours, but parking and shuttle buses are available behind the Bethany Lutheran Church on Montana 35 and the Potoczny Baseball Field, east of the Post Office. Shuttles will begin running both days at 9 a.m.

The Bigfork Chamber of Commerce has hummingbird flags available with the festival logo for $20. The festival itself is free, open to the public and appropriate for all ages.

According to the chamber’s website, “the Bigfork Festival of the Arts is one of the oldest art festivals in Montana. The established traditions of quality and hospitality make it one of the most popular festivals in the Northwest.”

For additional information, call the Bigfork Chamber of Commerce at 406-837-5888 or visit www.bigforkfestivalofthearts.com.

The Huckleberry Days Arts Festival returns to Whitefish next weekend, Aug. 12 through 14.

Huckleberry Days is an event that features more than 100 artists and food vendors, live entertainment, a huckleberry dessert bake-off contest and a mobile climbing wall for kids. Huckleberry Days take place in and around Depot Park in Whitefish.

The festival is free, open to the public and appropriate for all ages.

Huckleberry Days Schedule:

Friday, Aug. 12

• Festival, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Depot Park
• Glacier Bank Whitefish will be giving away scoops of Sweet Peaks huckleberry ice cream from 10 a.m. until it’s gone at its downtown location, 319 Second St., Whitefish.

Saturday, Aug. 13

• Festival, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Depot Park
• Huckleberry Pancake and Sausage Feed: Mountain Mall Parking Lot, 7 a.m. to noon ($6 per person, service provided by the Whitefish Wrestling Club)
• Huckleberry Bake-Off Entry Registration: Depot Park from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
• Huckleberry Bake-Off Judging Begins: Depot Park at 10:45 a.m.
• Dance Performance by Academy of the Performing Arts: Huckleberry Stage in Depot Park, 1 p.m.
• Music by Michelle Rivers: Huckleberry Stage in Depot Park, 3 p.m.
• Demonstration by Sawbuck Do Jang: Huckleberry Stage in Depot Park, 4 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 14

• Festival, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Depot Park
• Dance performance by the Halau Ka Waikahe Lani Malie Hula School: Huckleberry Stage, 11 a.m.
• Music by Lee Zimmerman: Huckleberry Stage, Noon
• Music by the Old Time Fiddlers: Huckleberry Stage, 1 p.m.
• Music by the Kaz-Uke-ees: Huckleberry Stage, 2 p.m.
• Music by Dakota Windsong Flutes: Huckleberry Stage, 3 p.m.

For more information, call 406-862-3501 or visit www.whitefishchamber.org/huckleberry-days or www.facebook.com/huckleberrydays/home.