Schedule of Events

Saturday - June 28th


Celebration
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7:00-10:00am Breakfast at Old Fort Park - Close Up Fund Raiser (Fee Involved)
8:30am Children's' Fishing Derby - 8:00am Sign-Up at Old Fire Hall (Sponsored by Lehman's True Value)
8:30am Bobcat Golf Scramble & Barbecue - Registration 8:30am - Shot Gun Start 9:30am - Barbecue 4:00pm  (Entry Form Available by Following this Link)
9:00am Fun Run/Walk - 1 Mile, 5K, 10K - Begins at Lewis & Clark Statue.  Registration begins at 8:00am. (Fun Run Entry Form Available by Following this Link)  Sponsored by Triangle Communications
9:00am-5:00pm Art on the Levee - Main Street & Old Fort Park
9:00am-4:00pm  Open House at "Historic Old Fort Benton in Old Fort Park. 
9:00am-5:00pm 2nd US Cavalry Association - Living History Encampment - Old Fort Park
9:00am-5:00pm Lewis & Clark Expeditions offering Pontoon Boat Rides on River. Departs from Dock at 1718 Front St. (Fee Involved)
10:00am Ziler Petting Zoo - Old Fort Park - Sponsored by Russell Country Federal Credit Union
11:00am Parade - Along Front Street - Begins at City Hall
(Printable Registration Form Available by Following this Link)
11:00am Monte - University of Montana Grizzly Mascot - Appearing in the parade, afterwards performing at Old Fort Park and on Front Street - Sponsored by Benton Pharmacy
12:00noon Jaycee - Boy Scout Barbecue - Old Fort Park
12:00noon Finger Printing - For Child Identification - Sponsored by Chouteau County Crimestoppers - Old Fort Park
12:30pm Dedication of Montana Naval Forces Monument -  Memorial Park Across from the Museum of the Upper Missouri
Entertainment sponsored by Fort Benton Chamber of Commerce @ Old Fort Park Stage
12:30pm Daphne Denniston
1:00pm-2:00pm Jack Gladstone
2:00pm-3:00pm Grandpa & The Locos
3:00pm-4:00pm Jamie Bumgarner & Peter Lindskoog "Home Grown Cali"
1:00pm-5:00pm Riverside Carriage Rides - Departs from 1600 Block of Front Street (Fee Involved)
2:00pm Missouri Breaks Gang - Old West Re-enactment - Corner of 15th St. & Front St.
2:00pm-4:00pm Adventure Trail - Signup @ Old Fort Park Stage - Sponsored by Fort Benton Chamber of Commerce
5:00pm Missouri Breaks Gang - Old West Re-enactment - Corner of 15th St. & Front St.
5:00pm Duck Race - Stir Stitch n Stirrup 4H Club - Walking Bridge
Entertainment at Grand Union Square
6:00pm-8:00pm Impromptu (Variety of music including 40's, 50's, Latin, Country, Dixieland, and contemporary - all with a Jazz flavor
8:00pm-9:00pm Jamie Bumgarner & Peter Lindskoog "Home Grown Cali"
9:00pm-1:00am Night Show & Street Dance - Featuring the Bop-A-Dips - Grand Union Square.  Sponsored by Pizza Pro, The Grand Union Hotel, Bob's Riverfront Restaurant, The Fort Benton Tavern Association, Jim Taylor Motors, Gusto Distributing
After Dark Fireworks Along the Steamboat Levee and the Missouri River
 


Schedule is subject to change without notice