Montana State Activities, Events & Festivals

January 2012

1 Annual Flathead Lake Polar Bear Plunge, Bigfork

6-8 Flathead Sled Dog Days, Whitefish

7 Nordic Winter Trails Day, Big Sky

7-22 Community Race Series - Alpine and Telemark, Bozeman

7-3/18 Winter Signs Snowshoe Program, Glacier National Park

7-3/31 Winter Storytelling Series, Lolo

7 Moonlight Dine and Ski, Whitefish

12-13 MonDak Ag Days and Trade Show, Sidney

13-15 Montana PRCA Pro Rodeo Circuit Finals, Great Falls

14-21 Sno-Ball and Sno-Bar, Big Sky

14-15 Annual Ski Fest, Essex

16 Martin Luther King Jr. Film Festival, Helena

18 New Trends in Agriculture, Glasgow

19-2/16 Film Series 2012, Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, Great Falls

19-21 MAGIE (MT Agricultural and Industrial Expo), Great Falls

20-22 Seeley Lake Area Winterfest, Seeley Lake

21 Moonlight Snowmobile Fun Run, Lincoln

21 Seeley Lake Challenge Biathlon, Seeley Lake

27-29 Great Rockies Sportshow, Kalispell

27-29 Montana Winter Fair, Lewistown

28-29 Bozeman Home Show, Bozeman

28 Montana Senior Olympic Winter Games/Nordic Event, Bozeman

28 Skin to Win/Randonnee Festival, Bozeman

28-29 Ice Fishing Derby, Havre

28 Frost Fever/5K Fun Run, Missoula

28-29 Lion's Club Perch Ice Fishing Derby, Townsend

29-3/6 33rd Annual Southeastern Montana Juried Exhibit, Miles City

30 Montana Repertory Theatre: Doubt, Plains

February 2012

3-5 Great Rockies Sportshow, Great Falls

3 Cowtown Beef Breeders Show, Craft Expo & Ag Trade Show, Miles City

3-7 First Fridays Stevensville, Stevensville

3-5 West Yellowstone/Hebgen Lake NAIFC Ice Fishing Tournament, West Yellowstone

3-5 Whitefish Winter Carnival, Whitefish

4 Big Brothers Big Sisters annual gala, Bozeman

4 2012 Chinese New Year Parade, Butte

4 Art Auction and Benefit Dinner, Great Falls

4 Feb Fest, vendors sell chocolate, candy, desserts, crafts and gifts for Valentine’s Day, Helena

4 Rocky Mountain Chefs Invitational, Red Lodge

4 Moonlight Dine and Ski, Whitefish

10-11 Chocolate Festival, Anaconda

10-11 Glendive Agri-Trade Exposition, Glendive

10-15 Race to the Sky Sled Dog Race, Helena

10-11 21st Annual Snowmobile Poker Run, Trout Creek

11 Dummy Jump, Big Sky

11 Annual Museum Ball, Bozeman

11 Buffalo, Bonnets & Chocolate, Red Lodge

14-15 Valentine's Day Package, Fort Benton

15-20 Daniel J. Cox/Natural Exposures Invitational Photo Tours, Yellowstone National Park

17-26 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Missoula

17-19 Virginia City Winterfest, Virginia City

18-19 Wild West Winterfest, Bozeman

18 Frigid Digger Run, 3 or 7 miles, Butte

18 Ice Fishing Tournament, Glasgow

18 Scholarship/Charity Snowmobile Fun Run, Lincoln

18-19 Townsend Murder Mystery, Townsend

19 Northern Division Freestyle Competition, Missoula

19 100-Mile Snowmobile Fun Run, White Sulphur Springs

24-26 Great Rockies Sportshow, Bozeman

25 Toot, Snoot 'N' Hoot Folk Song Review and Comedy Show, Big Timber

25 Black History Month 2012, Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, Great Falls

25-26 Spring Home and Garden Show, Bozeman

25-26 Terrain Park Jam Snowboard/Skier, Bozeman

25-26 150 Fun Run to Seeley Lake, Lincoln

25-26 Snowbowl Cup Gelande Championship, Missoula

25-26 Big Hole Valley Winterfest/Ski Joring, Wisdom