Butte BIG Folk Festival Ready to Rock

Organizers of the Montana Folk Festival in Butte are gearing up for their seventh annual event which promises to be the biggest music festival yet.

This year's folk festival will include 21 musical groups performing on six different stages around the Uptown area.

Crews were already getting tents and staging areas set up this morning for the three-day music event that begins on Friday and also features arts, crafts and food. Event coordinator George Everett said the free festival will include a wide range of roots-style music.

"Traditional genres, so there's blues, there's Cajun, there's zydeco, there's reggae this year, we haven't had since 2008, there's all kinds of different music and somethings, Mariachi music with an all-female Mariachi band that's going to be a lot of fun," said Everett.

The event is expected to draw about 150,000 people from around the region and Canada. A list of performers can be viewed at the Montana Folk Festival website.

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