The festival grounds open at 5:00 pm on Friday with an opening ceremony at “The Original” Stage at 6:30 pm. Music starts at 7:00 pm on three stages, the Original, the Seacast Copper, and the Dance. All performers will be featured at one or more of the six venues throughout the weekend, including the Northwestern Energy Dance Pavilion.

An amazing lineup of musical artists and performers descend on Butte, Montana every July. Stay tuned for updates about Montana Folk Festival performers, right here.

Admission is free to all performances during the three days of the festival. More than 20 groups representing a broad diversity of musical and cultural traditions will perform on the festival’s six stages in Uptown Butte.

Schedule Of Events:

July 12,2024

Location: Original Mineyard
6:30 PM - Opening Welcome
7:00 PM - Reverie Road
8:00 PM - The Jerry Douglas Band
9:15 PM - Mr. Sipp

Location: Copper Street
7:15 PM - Kala Ramnath
8:15 PM - Nobody’s Business
9:15 PM - Le Vent du Nord

Location: Dance Pavilion
7:30 PM - Sheryl Cormier
9:15 PM - El Laberinto del Coco

July 13,2024

Location: Original Mineyard
12:00 PM - Choro das 3
1:00 PM - Sam Platts
2:00 PM - Hailu Mergia
3:00 PM - Los Texmaniacs
4:00 PM - Fred Thomas
6:00 PM - Fran Grace
7:00 PM - Le Vent du Nord
8:00 PM - 79rs Gang
9:15 PM - El Laberinto del Coco

Location: Copper Street
12:00 PM - Fox Family and Friends
1:00 PM - THEY'RE INSTRUMENTAL: MUSICAL TRAILBLAZERS
2:15 PM - Gary Haleamau and Kawili
3:15 PM - Zuni Olla Maidens
4:00 PM - The Wagaku Collective
5:00 PM - Reverie Road
7:15 PM - Sonia and Ismael
8:15 PM - Hailu Mergia
9:15 PM - The Jerry Douglas Band

Location: Granite Street
12:00 PM - The Wagaku Collective
1:00 PM - Sonia and Ismael
2:00 PM - SATURDAY NIGHT TO SUNDAY MORNING
3:15 PM - Nobody’s Business
4:30 PM - Sheryl Cormier
5:45 PM - The Jerry Douglas Bond
7:00 PM - Mr. Sipp

Location: Broadway
12:00 PM - FIDDLE EXCHANGE: ASIA MEETS THE AMERICAN SOUTH
1:15 PM - Zuni Olla Maidens
2:00 PM - Kala Ramnath
3:15 PM - Choro das 3
4:15 PM - Mehrnam Rastegari
5:15 PM - Fox Family and Friends

Location: Dance Pavilion
12:15 PM - Le Vent du Nord
1:30 PM - Sheryl Cormier
2:30 PM - 79rs Gang
3:45 PM - Mr. Sipp
5:15 PM - El Laberinto del Coco
7:45 PM - Los Texmaniacs
9:15 PM - Fred Thomas

Location: Folklife
1:00 PM - Terry Hill
2:00 PM - Marc Brogger
3:00 PM - Diane Scalese
4:00 PM - Mike Ryan
5:00 PM - Tom Dean

July 14,2024

Location: Original Mineyard
12:00 PM - Fran Grace
1:00 PM - Nobody's Business
2:00 PM - Reverie Road
3:00 PM - Los Texmaniacs
4:15 PM - Le Vent du Nord
5:30 PM - Fred Thomas

Location: Copper Street
12:00 PM - CELTIC CONNECTIONS
1:15 PM - Kala Ramnath
2:15 PM - Sonia and Ismael
3:15 PM - STRINGS OF A FEATHER PLAY TOGETHER
4:15 PM - Mehrnam Rastegari
5:15 PM - The Wagaku Collective

Location: Granite Street
12:00 PM - RHYTHM MASTERS: PERTO RICO TO PERSIA
1:15 PM - Mehrnam Rastegari
2:15 PM - Gary Haleamau and Kawili
3:15 PM - Sam Platts
4:15 PM - Fran Grace
5:30 PM - Reverie Road

Location: Dance Pavilion
12:00 PM - Hailu Mergia
1:00 PM - Sam Platts
2:15 PM - Sheryl Cormier
3:45 PM - 79rs Gang
5:15 PM - El Laberinto del Coco

Location: Broadway
12:00 PM - Choro das 3
1:00 PM - Zuni Olla Maidens
1:45 PM - Fox Family and Friends
2:45 PM - Kala Ramnath
3:45 PM - Gary Haleamau and Kawili
4:45 PM - Nobody's Business

Location: Folklife
1:00 PM - Eva Boyd
2:00 PM - Glenn Brackett
3:00 PM - Rose Williamson
4:00 PM - Maude Knudsen
5:00 PM - Glenn Goldthwait

Date: July 12-14,2024

Location: Various Venues in Butte, MT 59703

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