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.

Schedule of Events:

Friday, July 11, 2025

Original Mineyard

6:30 PM: Opening Welcome
7:00 PM: Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper
8:00 PM: Solas

Quartz Street

7:15 PM: Mira Dickey and Lennart Jansson
8:15 PM: Mariachi Mariposas
9:15 PM: Khumariyaan

Dance Pavilion

7:30 PM: Yeison Landero
9:00 PM: Bamba Wassoulou Groove

Saturday, July 12, 2025

St. Mary’s Church

12:00 PM: Zhantao Lin
1:00 PM: Rondalla Club of Los Angeles
2:00 PM: Solas
3:15 PM: STORIES FROM MONTANA’S NATIVE POET LAUREATES
4:15 PM: Mira Dickey and Lennart Jansson
5:15 PM: Mariachis Mariposas
6:15 PM: Tessa McCoy and the Big Possum Stringband

Original Mineyard

12:00 PM: Tessa McCoy and the Big Possum Stringband
1:00 PM: Brinae Ali Quartet
2:00 PM: Michael Cleveland
3:00 PM: Paul Beaubrun
4:00 PM: Yeison Landero
5:00 PM: FASHION SHOW
6:15 PM: Wayne Hancock
7:15 PM: Mariachi Mariposas
8:15 PM: Keith Frank and the Soileau Zydeco Band
9:30 PM: Bamba Wassoulou Groove

Granite Street

12:00 PM: Yamini Kalluri and The Kritya Ensemble
1:00 PM: Elizabeth King
2:00 PM: SINNERS, SAINTS, and LOVERS
3:30 PM: Brinae Ali Quartet
4:30 PM: Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper
5:45 PM: Shemekia Copeland
7:00 PM: Yeison Landero

Quartz Street

12:15 PM: TRANSATLANTIC CREOLE CONNECTIONS
1:30 PM: Little Mountain Cree
2:00 PM: Mira Dickey and Lennart Jansson
3:00 PM: Zhantao Lin
4:00 PM: STRINGS OF THE WORLD
5:15 PM: Solas
7:15 PM: Zahra Alzubaidi
8:15 PM: Yamini Kalluri and The Kritya Ensemble
9:30 PM: Fabiola Mendez

Dance Pavilion

12:30 PM: Khumariyaan
2:00 PM: Fabiola Mendez
3:30 PM: Keith Frank and the Soileau Zydeco Band
5:15 PM: Bamba Wassoulou Groove
7:45 PM: Paul Beaubrun
9:15 PM: Shemekia Copeland

Folklife

1:00 PM: Arnold "Smoke" Elser and Eva-Maria Maggi-Hush of the Land: A Lifetime in the Bob Marshall
2:00 PM: Workshop-Fly rod builder Glenn Brackett-Decoy carver Mark Mariano and Mary Sutherland-Salish tool crafter Tim Ryan
3:00 PM: Little Mountain Cree drum group
3:30 PM: Nathan Kimpel blacksmith demonstration
4:15 PM: Dan Roberts lutherie and demonstration
5:15 PM: Montana Old Time Fiddlers presents: The String Beings

Sunday, July 13, 2025

St. Mary’s Church

12:00 PM: Rondalla Club of Los Angeles
1:00 PM: PLACE-BASED CRAFT: PRESERVING THE LAST BEST PLACE
2:00 PM: Mira Dickey and Lennart Jansson
3:15 PM: Zhantao Lin
4:15 PM: Solas

Original Mineyard

12:00 PM: Elizabeth King
1:00 PM: Zahra Alzubaidi
2:00 PM: Wayne Hancock
3:00 PM: Khumariyaan
4:00 PM: Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper
5:15 PM: Fabiola Mendez

Quartz Street

12:15 PM: FIDDLE TRADITIONS: SCANDINAVIA TO SOUTH ASIA
1:30 PM: Yamini Kalluri and The Kritya Ensemble
2:30 PM: Rondalla Club of Los Angeles
3:30 PM: IN RHYTHEM: PERCUSSION and DANCE
4:30 PM: Zahra Alzubaidi
5:30 PM: Elizabeth King

Granite Street

12:15 PM: Khumariyaan
1:15 PM: Brinae Ali Quartet
2:15 PM: Little Mountain Cree
2:45 PM: THE SOUNDS OF THE LATIN AMERICAS: CUMBIA, CUATRO, AND MARIACHI
4:00 PM: Wayne Hancock
5:00 PM: Mariachis Mariposas

Folklife

12:15 PM: Little Mountain Cree drum group
1:00 PM: MT Indigenous Poet Laureates-Chris La Tray, M.L. Smoker, Henry Real Bird
2:00 PM: Montana Old Time Fiddlers presents: Left for Dead
3:00 PM: Workshop-Continuing Native Traditions-Carrie McCleary and Luella Brien
4:00 PM: Artist Show and Tell

Dance Pavilion

12:30 PM: Tessa McCoy and the Big Possum Stringband
2:00 PM: Paul Beaubrun
3:30 PM: Keith Frank and the Soileau Zydeco Band
5:00 PM: Yeison Landero

Date: July 11-13, 2025

Time:

Friday - 6:00PM to 10:00PM
Saturday - 12:00PM to 10:00PM
Sunday - 12:00PM to 6:00PM

Location: Various Location in Butte, MT 59703

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