CARD Foundation's Big Sky Bash returns to Libby July 8

JOHN MICHAEL Montgomery performs at the 2016 Big Sky Bash. (Seaborn Larson/The Western News)

Big Sky Bash 2016 (Seaborn Larson/The Western News)

| June 29, 2017 4:00 AM

Big Sky Bash 2016 (Seaborn Larson/The Western News)

The Center for Asbestos Related Disease Foundation in Libby will host its annual Big Sky Bash, July 8 at J. Neils Park, this year featuring country music star JT Hodges.

Gates open at 6 p.m. and Hodges is expected to take the stage at 8:30 p.m.

Hodges’ self-titled debut album produced three chart-topping singles and he was a semifinalist for New Artist of the Year for the Academy of Country Music Awards. Supporting hodges are Nashville, Tennessee’s Erik Dylan and Sandpoint, Idaho’s Devon Wade.

Tickets are on sale for $25 in advance or $30 on the day of the show. To buy tickets online, visit www.donatecardfoundation.org.

The CARD Foundation was established in 2000 to treat the victims of asbestos-related disease due to exposure to Libby amphibole asbestos. The Foundation helps fund the CARD Clinic in Libby and hosts the Big Sky Bash each summer as a fundraiser.

For more information, call 406-293-9274.