Southwest Montana July Festival Roundup

It's time to get out the calendars and fill in the dates for the multitude of July festivals around Southwest Montana. Whether your pleasure is fireworks, rodeos, parades, delving back into Montana's history, appreciating arts and crafts, or savoring delicious festival food, there's something out there calling your name.

Two festivals beckon the weekend of July 3 and 4, one in Butte, the other in Ennis.

Butte is known for having Montana's most spectacular fireworks display and its Freedom Festival in downtown Butte will dazzle with a huge firework show on the evening of July 3, launched from t...