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Welcome! Visitor’s Guide – 15
S. 72nd St. W.
Summerfair at Veterans Park
Allendale Rd.
Veterans Park – 13th Street West and Poly Drive Again for 2018 will be open from 4-9 p.m. on Friday for a Summerfair Eve kick-off celebration. • Friday, July 13 : 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Ln. ain • Saturday, July 14 : 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. m ss Mo • Sunday, July 15 : 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. d. eR tag Summerfair is the region’s largest arts and crafts festival, n ro S. F an annual summer event featuring some of the best artisans, craftspeople, and entertainers in the area. This exciting event EXIT attracts more than 10,000 people and is a wonderful way to 437 share the joy of art with friends and family. Hosted by the Yellowstone Art Museum, Summerfair is one of the largest annual fundraising events for the Museum’s education programs and yearly operating costs. More than 100 artists, community groups, and food vendors will participate in the YAM’s 40th Annual Summerfair at Veterans Park, 13th St. W. & Poly, next to Rocky Mountain College. The 40th annual Summerfair is July 13, 14, and 15th, 2018 Admission is $5 each day, children 6 and under are free. Purchase a $25 Weekend Pass (includes Friday evening) allows admission for two adults and three children older than 6. Summerfair Eve Friday evening event will begin the Summerfair weekend featuring live music by Mojo Cats, playing from 5-9 p.m. Artist booths at Summerfair include painting, pottery, art from nature, glass, wood, metal, fiber art, photography, body products, and artisan foods. Summerfair is a great place to find that unique gift for yourself or someone special while supporting the Billings Community. Learn about art with hands-on art activities both Saturday and Sunday in the fun, free art projects under the Children’s Art Activity Tent. See artist demonstrations and entertainment throughout the weekend. Interested in volunteering at Summerfair? Contact Rick at volunteer@artmuseum.org or 406-256-6804, x222.
Rock the Block 2018 in Laurel
Bats in Billings
From the Montana Audubon Center. With all of these mosquitoes around, it's a great time to cheer on the bats and other animals that eat them! Montana is home to 15 species of bats, 12 of which can be found in Yellowstone County. The most common is the Little Brown Bat (also called Little Brown Myotis), which is about the size of a swallow and zips around in the air catching insects at dusk. If you are near a pond or lake or ditch, really anywhere in Billings, you have a good chance of seeing one. Bats are well known for navigating via echolocation, emitting short, high-pitched calls that bounce off objects and give them an audio picture of the surrounding space. The closer they need to pay attention, the higher the frequency of sounds and the more detail they are able to hear. When going after prey, for example, Little Brown Bats can make up to 200 of these calls per second! The bat-themed programs at the Montana Audubon Center are some of our most popular, and the first of them, on June 29th, saw a sold-out crowd. If you'd like to join in for our next (August 17th), make sure and register in advance - look for the registration link on our calendar page. https://mtaudubon.org/ center/upcoming-programs-events/ While the program is free, registration is required.
These Friday evening events are held with the generous help of local sponsors and the Palace Bar. They are held for the benefit of the food vendors and the funds they raise for their organizations, as well as a free evening of entertainment.
Dates------ Bands--------------------- Food Vendors June 15th------Lunatic Fringe---------------- Laurel Woman's Club June 29th------Cimmeron ----------------------------- Exchange Club July 6th--------7th Avenue Band----------------- Hometown Troops July 20th-------Elk River--------------------Christmas to Remember August 3rd----100 Proof ----------------------------------- Boy Scouts August 17th--- Sanctuary----------------------------------- Lions Club August 31st --- Tanglewood ---------------------------- The Crossings
Little Brown Bat. Photo from fieldguide.mt.gov.
