The Bigfork Festival of the Arts is this Weekend

For added shopping and dining opportunities all Bigfork businesses are open during the Bigfork Art Festival.

Make it a day..….. checkout all the artists booths and food vendors, browse the galleries and various shops, have dinner at one of the fine Downtown Bigfork Restaurants and attend the play at the Bigfork Summer Playhouse…..aah Bigfork, Montana where Flathead Lake Begins.

Bigfork Festival of the Arts fills the main streets of Bigfork, Montana with a fine selection of art, crafts, food, music and other entertainment on Saturday and Sunday (August 6th and 7th, 2011).

Festival hours are from 9 am to 4 pm each day. Only artists and craftspeople displaying their very own work are eligible to participate in the Bigfork Festival of the Arts. Be sure to attend this year’s festival you never know what treasures you might find at the 33rd Annual Bigfork Festival of the Arts.

Bigfork's Annual "FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS" is this weekend August 7th & 8th, 2010

Be sure to attend
the 32nd Bigfork Festival of the Arts!!!
Saturday, August 7th, 2010   10 am - 5 pm

Sunday, August 8th, 2010     10 am - 5 pm

Downtown Bigfork hosts Artisans and Musicians Over 160 arts and craft booths, food, entertainment, children's activities.



phone: 406-837-5888
http://www.bigforkfestivalofthearts.com/



It was May of 1978 when the idea of a Bigfork Festival of the Arts was first proposed.




As so often happens in Bigfork, it started with a conversation on Electric Ave. between members of the community.

In this case, George and Elna Darrow, Jim Manley, Gerald and Sally Askevold, Don Thomson, David Shaner and Jeff Wilson were discussing how nice it would be to have a gathering of some kind during the summer season. From that original group came the energy to turn the idea into a reality.

It was decided by this group that an arts festival would be a great event for Bigfork and that the first weekend in August would be a good time to hold such an event.

Over the years hundreds of dedicated volunteers have continued to expand and enhance the festival, making it an established summer tradition for people from all over Montana and the Pacific Northwest.