High Ore Road

What better way to send off the summer than an afternoon in the shadows of the Big Butte enjoying not only our incredible World Museum of Mining but a rapidly growing brewfest featuring live music, great food and a fun afternoon of sampling the fares of some great local breweries, distilleries and food trucks. The 3rd Annual Big Butte Brewfest will take place this Saturday, August 24th from noon to 6pm. Let's take a look at who's participating and what we can expect.

One of the best events of the summer, Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Butte's annual "Rhythm and Brews" Festival gets underway at noon Saturday at the Original Mine Yard and will run until late in the evening featuring everything from a huge car show, live music from 4 different acts, a kids play area and, of course, a wide selection of microbrews and more to help keep you cool on a hot late summer day along with some of the areas best food trucks and even yoga and exercise.

Meg Murphy has been spearheading an incredibly fun and successful fundraiser for the St. James Cancer Center. A fundraiser that for the past 16 years has raised over $200,000 for the center and its patients and created the first ever Cancer Center Endowment Fund at St. James. The fundraiser has helped create a consultation room for patient privacy, it has helped kickstart Southwest Montana's only lymphedema program, has helped to bring mobile mammography to Southwest Montana and has helped countless cancer patients in their time of need. Meg and her crew owe its success to its sponsors and participants. This fundraiser is incredibly fun and if you want to take part, you better act quickly.

Butte has proven itself as a destination city. The Butte Tourism Improvement District wants to not only support these big events that are already happening but to possible assist with funding for events that may be still in the planning stages. Are you part of an event or business that brings people to town and puts guests in hotel rooms? There may be money available for you. They are accepting grant applications right now but the deadline to apply is this Friday, June 28th at 5pm. Find out more here or call (406) 723-3177.

The Silver Bow Event Center is thrilled to announce its grand opening on Saturday, June 22, 2024, located at 122040 Nissler Road in Rocker, MT. The celebration will kick off with a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the Butte Chamber of Commerce at 6:00 PM, followed by a highly anticipated opening concert featuring the beloved Butte band, High Ore Road, starting at 7:00 PM.

As far as local charitable organizations go, you won't find any better than Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Butte and when it comes to local car shows and concerts along with a few of the area's best food trucks and a trailer full of ice-cold beverages, well, you're not going to top Rhythm and Brews. It only stands to reason that this year's event is going to be one of the best in its' short history as the date has been set, the Original Mineyard has been reserved and now the musical lineup has been announced.

Finally, it's that time of year when you're not confined to a cramped cubicle, a crowded restaurant or, even worse, your car's interior while trying to enjoy lunch. With the sunshine and warm weather comes another season of Lunch in the Park at Emma Park which is going to get underway in just a couple of weeks.

Get ready for some fun at the Butte Elks this weekend as a full schedule of events is planned.

One of Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Butte's most enjoyable fundraisers of the year, and certainly one of their biggest has to be the annual Adult Prom which is scheduled from 7pm to midnight Saturday night at Star Lanes on South Harrison Avenue. Not only is it an evening of dancing, pictures, laughter and libations, but the Adult Prom is also the night where they have their Spring Basket Drawings and a bunch of different games and contests in addition to a delicious snack area catered by 406 Fresh. There will be full beverage service available and another fun evening is expected.

Do you fondly look back on your high school prom and wish you could go back for just one more night and relive the awesome memories? The formal wear. The music. The food. The big hair, if you were in high school in the 80s. Well, they can't do much about the hair situation, but Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Butte wants to help you recreate the rest with one of their biggest and most popular events of the year. Their 2024 Adult Prom is set for April 6 at the Star Lanes Event Center.