The event is expected to draw 60-80,000 in attendance in year one and growing to 150,000 in the third year, the National Folk Festival will become a major new arts event for the city.

The sweet smell of success found its way to Shawn O’Donnell’s American Grill & Irish Pub in Uptown Butte. “We saw familiar ...

The numbers are in from this past weekend's Montana Folk Festival, which organizers are calling a spectacular success.