Butte Civic Center

The popular and unique "Empty Bowls" fundraiser is set for April 3 at the Butte Civic Center and a new bowl will be featured this year.

On Thursday both the Butte Central boys and girls will celebrate Senior Parent Night with a varsity doubleheader against the Dillon Beavers with the boys game at 6pm and the girls at 7:30.

After giving Missoula Sentinel their first loss of the season, the Butte High Boys Basketball team is chomping at the bit to get back on the floor and after a hot start, the Bulldog girls are taking on all-comers. They'll get their chance this Friday and Saturday evenings at the Butte Civic Center as teams from the Flathead Valley come to town.

Looking for a New Years Eve celebration but without the imbibing? Are you living a sober lifestyle but are having trouble finding a proper celebration to ring in the new year here in the Mining City? Well, you now have a chemical-free option as Ryan and Lacey Bailey and the A.T.F. Lifestyle Event Ministry & Foster Kids United nonprofit are hosting a "party without the headache in the morning" from 6pm to midnight on December 31 at the Butte Civic Center Annex

It's never a dull game when the Dillon Beavers come to town and tonight should bring double the excitement as the Butte High Bulldogs host a girls/boys' doubleheader tonight at the Butte Civic Center.

It's survived a pandemic AND the Dutton clan, yet it kept on growing. And it returns in big form to its original home this weekend. The Butte Civic Center's Winter Bazaar & Tradeshow, one year removed from the Butte Plaza Mall Events Center due to Yellowstone-1923 filming, returns to, well, the Butte Civic Center. And Civic Center Manager Bill Melvin is excited about this year's lineup. "This is going to be one of the biggest years we've ever had," Melvin said.

One of the fastest growing sports in America is Pickleball. Sounds delicious, doesn't it? Well, terrible condiment jokes aside, Pickleball's accelerated growth is due in no small part to the fact that it is a lot of fun, it's very accessible and almost anybody can enjoy the game. And a City Rec Pickleball league is in the planning stages.

With the American Legion baseball regular season coming to a close, Butte sports fans are going to be without baseball for the latter part of the summer. Again. With the exception of whatever in the hell you want to call the Mining City Tommyknockers' season a few years back, we have to go way back to the days of the Copper Kings when talking about August baseball. And the Copper Kings exit was no walk in the park either. Casper, Wyoming, you can kiss my antennae. And by default, you too, Grand Rapids. But this got me to thinking not only about the Tommyknockers and the Copper Kings, but about the number of other franchises not only in baseball but in other sports as well that have come and gone here in the Mining City. Remember the Daredevils? The Butte Irish? Anyone? Anyone?

The Montana Folk Festival is finally here along with the question of "how in the heck do we get there"? The festival is spread out over the northeastern part of Uptown Butte but as we all know, parking and mobility can be an issue. How do we get there and where do we park?

Some of the regions best fighters and MMA athletes will converge on the Butte Civic Center Saturday night for "Fight Kingdom" which will feature a full card of action-packed mixed martial arts bouts.