About Silver Bow County Fair

The Silver Bow County Fair in Butte celebrates the "Richest Hill on Earth" — Butte's copper mines produced more wealth than any other spot in America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, making it one of the West's largest and most cosmopolitan cities, and today the county-city's diverse heritage of Irish, Italian, Cornish, Finnish, and Chinese immigrant miners and their descendants defines a community of extraordinary depth and pride.

What to Expect

Expect livestock shows, 4-H and FFA competitions, local food vendors reflecting Butte's multicultural working-class heritage, live entertainment, and a fair drawing from the Butte-Anaconda community.

Visitor Tips

Butte's Uptown historic district preserves one of the finest intact late-Victorian mining city streetscapes in America. The World Museum of Mining (on the Orphan Girl Mine headframe), the Berkeley Pit Superfund site (an open pit copper mine now filled with acidic water), and the Dumas Brothel Museum reflect a city that wears its history with honesty and pride.

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