Collective Elevation

Well, last year you could say was a breakout year for Matt Boyle's food truck festival. Even though it was only a little over a year ago that vendors lined Galena Street for the inaugural event, it was a such a success that Boyle scheduled the second one only a few months later. That one was even bigger. And it is in that spirit that Boyle is hitting 2024 running with the "Munchies Off Main" food truck festival planned for April 20th on Galena Street outside of Boyle's other venture, Collective Elevation.

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If anything, Matt Boyle likes to dream big. Many of us do. What sets Matt apart, however, is that he chases his dreams. Relentlessly. And he usually catches them. Matt's latest big event was the Butte Food Truck Festival and Block Party held last Saturday on East Galena between Main and Arizona. The festival filled two full blocks with food trucks and vendors on either side of the street with an incredible stage bordering Main Street. And it fed and entertained the masses.

If there was one complaint from people who attended the first Food Truck Festival last April outside of Collective Elevation on Galena Street, it was that the lines for food were too long. The food trucks and tents on site were being run ragged with orders from the larger-than-expected crowd. All day. Which, of course, was music to their ears. Well, it didn't take long for word to get out to other area vendors and that is why you are going to find a ridiculous number of food trucks, tents and carts for the Butte Food Truck Festival and Block Party which will again be taking place on East Galena Street centered at Collective Elevation at 34 E. Galena.

Butte's food truck festival is scheduled to run from 11 to 8 on Saturday, April 22 at Collective Elevation at 34 E. Galena and it's looking like it's going to be huge. Already signed up are Wicked Que BBQ, Sweet Petites, Papa Tom's Kettle Corn, Big Bird's Kitchen and SKC Teriyaki for starters.

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