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Trunk or Treat at Glacier Bank Park draws large crowd
KALISPELL, Mont. — Halloween is just days away and people across the state are already getting in the spooky spirit. In the Flathead, the Glacier Range Rider's fourth annual Trunk or Treat event was held Sunday afternoon at Glacier Bank Park. Thousands of community members gathered in costumes ranging...
useventing.com
ShowConnect Gets High Marks from Eventer and Scorer Kim Goto Miner
ShowConnect Gets High Marks from Eventer and Score... As both an eventer and a show secretary for several dressage and eventing competitions, Kim Goto Miner has a unique experience using a variety of software for her work and competition needs. This year, The Event at Rebecca Farm, held in July...
missoulaunderground.com
Weekend PICKS: Thursday, October 23rd thru Sunday, October 26th
All roads lead to so many options! The MUG is here with all our Weekend PICKS to help you make it to all the autumn October music, fall festivals, markets and pre-Halloween events Thursday thru Sunday that you don’t want to miss around Missoula and Western Montana. Get some...
familyvacationsus.com
10 Montana Roadside Grills Where Elk Burgers Are the Main Draw
In Montana, the open road comes with a side of wild flavor. Forget fast food—out here, grills crackle with elk burgers so juicy and smoky they could stop traffic. It’s rugged, it’s real, and it tastes like pure Big Sky Country. These roadside spots aren’t fancy, but that’s the beauty of it. You’ll find picnic tables, mountain views, and burgers that remind you why Montana does things its own way. Every bite tells a story—part wilderness, part tradition, all heart.
Montana Outdoor Radio Show
North Fork Flathead River 10.20.25
Recent rains have raised river levels and sparked bug activity on the North Fork...
Whitefish Pilot
Academic Foundation to host Wild and Scenic Film Festival
The Wild and Scenic Film Festival returns to Flathead Valley on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. The event is the biggest fundraiser of the year for the Columbia Falls Academic Foundation. This year’s festival will feature 10 films from around the world. A complete film lineup is available at the foundation’s website. “You can experience everything from kiteboarding on the Egyptian coast to climbing the Italian Dolomites,” said foundation chair Kim Wortman, a local realtor. “It’s going to be a great night for people to come together and support education in Columbia Falls.” The Columbia Falls Academic Foundation has provided enhanced educational opportunities for Columbia Falls students since 2015. Last year, it provided more than $21,000 for projects in music, culinary arts, speech and debate, social studies, extended studies and library-book restoration at the high school and junior high. This year, the foundation launched Play It Forward, an ambitious, two-phase project to outfit the music program at Columbia Falls Junior High with new instruments and choir equipment to benefit students for generations to come. With grants from the Whitefish Community Foundation and the Flathead Electric Cooperative, the project has raised about one-third of its $65,000 goal for Phase I. The Wild
Whitefish Pilot
Fall Fantasy concert by Flathead Valley Community Band
The Flathead Valley Community Band will present its first “Fall Fantasy” concert on Wednesday, Oct. 29 in the Whitefish Performing Arts Center at 127 Spokane Ave., Whitefish. The second will be on Nov. 12, in the Flathead High School Auditorium at 644 4th Ave. W., Kalispell. Both programs will begin at 7:30 p.m. The band is under the direction of Allen Slater, and the concerts have many uplifting and exciting pieces with lots of well-known works. The concert will open with Pas Redouble written by Camille Saint-Saens. Originally composed for a piano four-hands, this is a delightful homage to the spirited military marches of the late 19th Century. Listeners can imagine a grand parade coming to life, full of pomp, motion, and good-natured flair—a testament to Saint-Saëns’ ability to blend classical discipline with playful exuberance. Concerto Americana, written by John Cacavas, is a collection of American folk songs, including the spiritual “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen”and such spirited tunes and “Billy Boy,” and “Johnny Comes Marching Home.” Interwoven is the moving and sentimental “Streets of Laredo” and the “Red River Valley.” The feature of the concert is Robert Sheldon’s “A Longford Ledged.” This three-movement suite was based on the
Whitefish Pilot
Music for all at the new North Valley Music School
North Valley Music School’s grand opening on Aug. 24 was just that – grand. Hundreds of community members turned up to see the school’s new digs and share in a celebration that included live music, a silent auction and lots of good feelings. The school’s executive director, Deidre Corson, described the first two months in the new location as “beautifully overwhelming.” "All the things that we really were looking forward to – like to have more studios, to have a recital hall, to have a bigger group classroom, to have the soundproofing -- all those pieces are really incredible and yes, there are hiccups and learning curves ... that's normal,” Corson said. The Stack Recital Hall was put to use soon after the opening, and the docket is filling. It hosted a Montana Chamber Association event in September, the collaboration “Wheels of Harmony” is scheduled for Oct. 29, the Fall Faculty Concert is Nov. 17, and in April, “Acoustic Broadway” will take the stage. Group and individual lessons are available for all ages and all abilities. Corson said the “music for all” approach is in the school’s mission. During North Valley Music School’s first several weeks at the Smith Fields
Lake County Leader
2025 Fall Mack Days-week 8 Results
Only one week left in the 2025 Fall Mack Days Fishing Event, which ends on Nov. 2. The events are sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and sanctioned by Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks. The Mack Days Events began in Fall 2002 with 888 entries turned in over 15 days with 80 anglers entered in the event. The 2025 event so far has a total of 16,839 lake trout entries with three hundred forty anglers entered and it will end on day sixty of the ninth weekend. Monday-Thursday fishing total was 4,698 and Friday-Sunday total was 12,141. Fridays total came to 753, Saturday 494, and a very windy Sunday 70. The 2024 Fall Event total at this time was 16,411, we would like to thank all of our Anglers for continuing to make this event a success! You still have time to enter the fishing event, catch non-native lake trout & get entered into the lottery drawings that begin at $2,000 and go down to $100. The $10,000 tagged lake trout “Double D” Downrigger Dale is still eluding the anglers. There are also 3-$5,000, 5-$1,000 and over 9,000 with values from $100-$500. Tagged lake trout with $100 values
Flathead Beacon
Hunger Relief is Center Stage at Fourth Annual Feed the Need Concert
As the cost of living continues to soar across western Montana, the Flathead Food Bank is turning up the volume. On November 13, the food bank is hosting its fourth annual “Feed the Need” Benefit Concert in collaboration with Kalispell Toyota. Using a “pay what you can” model, the concert invites the community to gather at the Wachholz College Center for a night with rising country star Drake Milligan, supporting efforts to continue meeting the Flathead Valley’s food needs through the winter.
montanarightnow.com
Werewolves of Whitefish return for haunting hayride
WHITEFISH, Mont. – The 4th Annual Clydesdale Outpost Haunted Hayride is back, promising thrills and chills as the "Werewolves of Whitefish" legend comes alive. The event will take place over two weekends: October 16-18 and October 23-25. Attendees can look forward to a spooky ride through twisted timber mines...
Whitefish Pilot
Sighting in: Hunters prep for season at Whitefish Rifle and Pistol Club
Established in 1963, the Whitefish Rifle and Pistol Club has long been a go-to place to safely shoot firearms in the Flathead Valley. The private membership shooting range used to average about 200 to 250 members, but now has 625 after steadily increasing in the last four years. Melinda Kartsonis, vice president of the club, said that it is easy to find time on one of their two ranges to oneself, even with the membership growth. Located off KM Ranch Road, the club has a rifle range with a covered firing line, with 18 benches for shooting from 100 to 300 yards. The pistol range also has a covered firing line, with a total of 15 firing points from a distance of 50 yards. This weekend, the club is offering its second weekend of hunter sight-in days. It’s the club’s biggest event of the year and is community oriented. The range will be open to the public on Oct. 18 and 19, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Club members, of which many are accomplished marksmen and hunters, volunteer their time and expertise to work these weekends. Since its inception, only $5 is charged per rifle, and there is no
Bigfork Eagle
Bigfork Tamarack Time! winners announced
The fall-favorite event Tamarack Time! took place Oct. 11 in downtown Bigfork. Established in 1988, this long-running amateur food competition offered a chance for residents to see how their favorite recipes stack up against their neighbors. For the past several years, Toot Sward has led the charge in organizing the event. Last year, she passed the reins to Janine Beaubien and the Bigfork Area Chamber of Commerce. Participants entered dishes in 13 categories ranging from pies and breads to chili and casseroles. A public tasting drew over 200 hungry tasters ready to sample their way through Bigfork’s best homemade creations. 2025 Tamarack Time! Winners BREADS – SWEET 1st – Rum Punch Bread – Marie Brancaccio 2nd – Banana Chocolate Chip – Jeannie Ulrick 3rd – Pumpkin Raisin – Jeannie Ulrick BREADS – TRADITIONAL 1st – Sourdough Round – Don Dinkel 2nd – Rosemary Garlic – Kali Tholen 3rd – Sourdough Dinner Rolls – Britt McGillvray CASSEROLES 1st – Stuffed Bell Pepper – Lucy Williams 2nd – Italian Pasta Bake – Shelley Anderson 3rd – Ranch Bacon Bake – Bethany Smedley CHILI 1st – Choteau Chili – Micki Janesse 2nd – Montana Magic Chili – Rebekah King 3rd – Elk Chili
Whitefish Pilot
Flood talk coming up, film on Yellowstone disaster will be shown
While it happened more than 60 years ago, the Flood of 1964 that devastated the Flathead Valley and killed dozens east of the divide could very well happen again. With that in mind, Climate Smart Glacier Country is planning an event Oct. 23 in Columbia Falls to talk about flooding and community preparedness. It will start with a free screening of a 54-minute documentary, “One in Five Hundred,” which depicts the destructive flash flood three years ago that shocked the communities of Cooke City, Gardiner, Red Lodge and the upper Yellowstone Valley. Similar to floods that ravaged the Flathead Valley in 1894 and 1964, the 2022 Yellowstone megaflood is considered a 500-year event. The frequency of such events appears to be increasing across the nation due to a warming climate that increases atmospheric moisture and fuels stronger storms, noted Climate Smart Glacier Chairman Steve Thompson. The event will also feature a panel discussion with filmmaker Huge Sindelar, Bill Berg, a retired Park County commissioner, Bruce Young, a Lakeside real estate agent and ‘64 flood survivor, along with Shirley Folkwein, a Columbia Falls resident who also survived the ‘64 flood. The event will explore lessons learned from these earlier floods, said