Plenty of things to do in Butte on Thursday with BSB Fair and Music on Main

If you're a fan of live, local music, Thursday is your night.  Butte's The Berkeley Pits will be playing Music on Main this evening while a pair of Butte acts will headline the Butte-Silver Bow Fair at the Butte Civic Center as things officially get underway today.  Let's take a look at what's happening.

BUTTE-SILVER BOW FAIR AT CIVIC CENTER

Things at the Civic Center will get underway with the 4-H small animal show taking place at 9am followed by the alpaca show at 2pm.  At 3pm is the 4-H livestock market and at 5pm, Chief Executive J.P. Gallagher will officially open the fair up with an official greeting and the National Anthem.  On the music side of things, a young and very talented young group of musicians will open things up at 5:15 as BMX-Butte Music Experience takes the stage followed by High Ore Road at 7pm.

MUSIC ON MAIN

Music on Main gets finally gets back to its Butte roots with one of the most talented and popular duos around, the Berkeley Pits will fire things up at 6pm with food vendors, artisans, craft beer and much more.  The duo consists of Mark LaFond on percussion and vocals along with John Stenson on guitar and vocals.  A special note of congratulations to Mr. Stenson who was also recently named the Head Girls Flag Football Coach at his alma mater of Butte High School where he was a member of the 1992 State Championship team as well.  Find out more about that on an outstanding podcast he recently did with our friend Bill Foley.