Events and traditions Butte, Montana

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st. patrick s day festival in butte; city home largest number of irish americans per capita of city in united states.


butte s longstanding irish catholic community (which highest per capita of city in united states) has been celebrated annually on st. patrick s day since 1882. each year, 30,000 revelers converge on butte s historic uptown district enjoy parade led ancient order of hibernians.


a larger annual celebration evel knievel days, held on last weekend of july. event draws on 50,000 motor sport enthusiasts , fans of evel knievel (a butte native) around world. weekend-long event, held in uptown butte, features various stunt performances, sporting competitions, fundraisers, , live music.


butte perhaps becoming renowned regional montana folk festival held on second weekend in july. in 2013, event attracted 170,000 attendees three-day celebration of traditional music, art, dance , cuisine. event began run in butte national folk festival 2008 2010 , in 2011 made transition largest free-of-admission music festival in montana. held in summer butte s fourth of july parade , fireworks show, largest in state. in 2008, barack obama spent last fourth of july before presidency campaigning in butte, taking in parade family, , celebrating daughter malia obama s 10th birthday.


the legacy of immigrants in butte lives on in form of various local cuisine, including cornish pasty popularized mine workers needed easy eat in mines, povitica—a slavic nut bread pastry holiday favorite sold in many supermarkets , bakeries in butte—and boneless porkchop sandwich. these, along huckleberry products , scandinavian lefse have arguably become montana s symbolic foods, known , enjoyed throughout montana.








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