Our region's largest arts and music festival showcasing Western Montana's gem: Downtown Missoula. A unique public/private partnership, this event celebrates Downtown's success and provides an opportunity to highlight some of Missoula's most recently-developed attractions.

Musical entertainment will perform both days and feature local and national artists.

The festival will have many of its annual features, like the Family Fun Festival in Caras Park, the juried art show, a 4-mile run, and food courts and street bars. The festival is produced by the Downtown Missoula Partnership, and is held at the end of August as a way to welcome back University of Montana students.

Line Up:

-Friday, Aug. 24-

Missoula-area kid bands, 12:30-2 p.m.

Good Old Fashioned, 2:30-4 p.m.

Laney Lou & the Bird Dogs, 4:30-6 p.m.

Nathan Williams and the Zydeco Cha Chas, 6:30-8 p.m.

New Orleans Suspects, 8:30-10:30 p.m.

-Saturday, Aug. 25-

The Salamanders, 12:30-2 p.m.

Rapidgrass, 2:30-4 p.m.

John Stickley Trio, 4:30-6 p.m.

Billy Strings, 6:30-8 p.m.

The Infamous Stringdusters, 8:30-10:30 p.m.

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