July and August are busy months for our area. The rainfalls become infrequent and grass is ready for haying. After we celebrated Canada Day (July 1st) and the 4th of July we had the accordion festival (Trego Pub), a bike rally, and a music festival (Sawmill), and rodeo. August is shaping up to be similarly eventful- we’re anticipating fiber fest, the quilt show, an art show, and a book sale this weekend. Later, we anticipate the fair and Shakespeare in the Park.
Year’s Past:
Backwoods Accordion Festival, Round 3
Trego’s third annual Backwoods Accordion Festival was the best-attended yet! We saw quite a few return visitors, as well as new faces, some of whom we fully expect to meet again next year. The Trego Pub outdid itself with covered seating (a pleasant reprieve from the hot sun), and was buzzing with activity, serving both…
Scraps and Threads Celebrates Another Successful Quilt Show
Held in conjunction with Rendezvous, Scraps and Threads Quilt Guild annual quilt show was well attended. This year the quilt show’s theme was Montana Silhouettes. The fair barn was decorated with silhouettes mostly representing Montana’s wildlife and included live wildlife (a fat mouse) scuttling in the facilities’ bathrooms. With over 100 quilted items on display,…
Eureka Montana Held 18th Fiber Fest
Fiberfest took place at the fairgrounds- it had numerous events and vendors, even a petting zoo. There were demonstrations on Portuguese knitting, Sketch Looms, Sheep Herding, and various forms of spinning. There was lots of noise and color, and many helpful people eager to get beginners into their craft. Everyone was very invested in passing…
Trego's Mountain Ear 
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