Community Events Schedule
**Subject to change**  

Friday September 20th, 2024

8:00 AM FITNESS XPRESS 111 2nd ST E Open house & Acai Bowls!

4:00 PM - 10:00 PM JH & HS CJI Football Homecoming Games vs. Sunburst

8:00 PM Festival Pre-Party at the Tip Top Lounge (Formerly Cheri's Lounge) 111 E Washington Ave Chester, MT 59522

8:30 PM - 12:00 AM Music by the Local Strangers followed by Cole & the Slow Rollers

 

Saturday, September 21st 

​ DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES OPEN: The Well (Coffee), Spud’s Cafe, Farmhouse Rags,

The Front Porch, Vintage Floral, Fitness Express, J & M Beauty Bar, Liberty County Chamber of Commerce​

Activities taking place throughout the day include: 

• Live Painter - Rebecca Manska, CJI Art Teacher

• North Western Energy Bucket Truck & Pony Rides

• Kids Area - Arts, crafts, educational activities, carnival games and activities hosted by CJI Schools & Local 4H Clubs

• Bear’s Den - Flour Milling Educational Exhibit

• Hi-Line Harvest Festival Merch Booth Open All Day

• Petting Zoo - Behind the Times Building

• Hay Rides - Vintage Floral

• Kid's mini train rides hosted by the CJI Track Team

 

8:00 AM CHESTER CITY PARK: Youth Alliance Community Breakfast *FREE / AT WILL DONATION*

12:30 PM Festival Begins! All Business/Craft/Food/Beverage Vendors Open

12:30 PM PUBLIC LIBRARY: Bed Races & Calcutta          

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM Open Mic - First come, first serve: sign up at the stage!

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Meat Smoking & Steak Cooking Competition hosted by Prairie Meats

5:30 PM  Farm to Table Community Dinner directly following the Meat Smoking Competition

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Car Smash Hosted by Snyder's Dent Shop

4:00 PM Dinner Fundraiser hosted by the CJI Football Team 

STREET DANCE!

4:30 PM Layloni Ghee Band

5:45 PM Mary Kate Teske

6:30 PM Dance Lessons hosted by Catalina Carlon

7:00 PM Tylor & the Train Robbers

8:30 PM Dance Lessons hosted by Catalina Carlon

9:00 PM Tanner Laws 

10:30 PM Festival Ends