National Folk Festival - Butte

Contact
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Main Street Butte
Butte,  MT 59703

Phone: 406-497-6464

Description

The National Folk Festival features performances and demonstrations by over 250 of the nation's finest musicians, dancers and craftspeople. It will feature 25 Artists/groups on seven stages including a dance pavilion dedicated to non-stop participatory dancing, a family stage with performances appealing to both the young and the young-at-heart, 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 Markeplaces and the Festival Food Courts. Admission throughout the three-day event is free to everyone. The National Folk Festival is a large, FREE outdoor event. The Butte, Montana festival site will be located adjacent to, and partially within, the fascinating Uptown Butte Historic District. A mix of open air and tented sites will provide a variety of performance venues ranging from intimate stages to amphitheater size. The Amphitheater Stage, which offers a panoramic view of Butte and the surrounding mountains, is being developed on the site of the historic Original Mineyard, with its dramatic deep shaft mine headframe that is a remnant of Butte’s days as an underground copper mining center.
Butte will host the 70th - 72nd Annual National Folk Festival in 2008 - 2010. 70th National Folk Festival is set for July 11, 12 and 13, 2008 in Butte. 71st National Folk Festival is set for July 10, 11 and 12, 2009 in Butte. 72nd National Folk Festival is set for July 9, 10 and 11, 2010 in Butte.

Directions

National Folk Festival 2008 - 2010 will be held in Butte. Butte is at the intersection of I-15 and I-90 in southwest Montana. To reach the location of the Festival take exit 126 up Montana Street to the historic district.

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