The Oldest Fairs in Montana

Held annually in Missoula, the Western Montana Fair is a nine-day August celebration in the Garden City at the confluence of five valleys, drawing large crowds from western Montana's university and outdoor recreation community. First held in 1879, it's carried on as a Montana agricultural tradition for well over a hundred years.

The Northwest Montana Fair, based in Kalispell, is a five-day August celebration in the Flathead Valley, drawing visitors from across northwestern Montana and the Glacier National Park corridor. The fair got its start in 1902 and has remained a Montana agricultural mainstay ever since.

Bozeman is home to the Big Sky Country State Fair, which is a five-day August celebration in Montana's fastest-growing city, serving the Gallatin Valley's vibrant agricultural and outdoor recreation community. Since its 1903 founding, it's endured as a century-plus Montana agricultural tradition.

MontanaFair in Billings is a nine-day August celebration in Montana's largest city, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors from across the northern Rockies for the Magic City's beloved annual fair. A 1916 founding makes it one of Montana's longer-running agricultural traditions, still going after more than a century.

Every year, Great Falls hosts the Montana State Fair, which is a nine-day late-July celebration on the Missouri River, drawing visitors from across Montana and the northern Rockies for the Treasure State's premier annual fair. It's gathered Montana communities together since 1931.