Loon & Fish Festival
Poster by Tony Derronebeck
The 2026 Loon and Fish Festival took place the weekend of July 17-19th
The festival was held inside and outside of the Seeley Lake Foundation Building and included an art show with sales, demonstrations, a loon talk, great live music, and more.
To see what took place, check out the festival schedule below.
If you want to download a printable pdf version, Click Here
Images from the 2024 Loon & Fish Festival
Photos by Betty Vanderwielen and Kris Gullikson
(if viewing on a phone, you may want to rotate your phone to see “landscape” images completely)
2026 Festival Schedule
Friday, July 17 through Sunday, July 19
Seeley Lake Community Foundation Building
Download a “printable” pdf version of the 2026 Festival Schedule - here
Friday, July 17th 5 pm – 8 pm |
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5 pm – 8 pm |
Live Music: Fern Glass Boyd on Cello |
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Scholarship Raffle Ticket sales |
Log design by Tony Deronnebeck
Saturday, July 18th 10 am – 4 pm
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Including |
Scholarship Raffle tickets and 2 Valleys Stage ticket sales |
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Hourly Interests |
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10:15 – 11:30 |
Loon Talk #1 with FWP Loon Ranger Cole Kimsey - Upstairs Conf. room |
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10:30 |
Scholarship Huckleberry Ice Cream Fundraiser |
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11:00 – 11:45 |
Live Music: featuring Cliff Clark |
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11:00 – 3:00 |
Kids Activities Face Painting & other various, exciting art projects. (Outdoors) |
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11:30 – 12:45 |
Loon Talk #2 with FWP Loon Ranger Cole Kimsey - Upstairs Conf. room |
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11:45 – 12:30 |
Live Music: featuring Sera Benton |
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12:00 – 2:00 |
Pottery Throwing Demonstration with Eva Champagne (outdoors) |
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12:00 – 2:00 |
Fly Casting Demo for Kids with Patti Bartlett - outdoors |
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12:00 – 2:00 |
Fly Casting Demo for Kids with Patti Bartlett - outdoors |
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12:30 – 1:15 |
Live Music: Raised by Wolves (Bill Lombardi and Richard Manning) |
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1:00 – 3:00 |
L&F Origami: All ages (Kathy Bell) upstairs |
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1:15 – 2:00 |
Live Music: Jon Kimble |
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2:00 – 2:45 |
Live Music: Mixed Bag (Pete & Rachel Feigley) |
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2:00 – 3:00 |
Fly Casting Demo with Jerry O’Connell |
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2:45 – 3:30 |
Live Music: Montana Project (Victor Gross and friends) |
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4:00 pm |
Festival Closes for the day. |
Sunday, July 19th 10 am – 2 pm |
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Scholarship Raffle tickets and 2 Valleys Stage season ticket sales - Early Bird Discount 20% |
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Hourly Interests |
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11 – 12 noon |
Art Demonstration: Silk Paint Demo — Kris Gullikson (Indoors) |
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1:30 |
AAI Scholarship Raffle Drawing. Need not be present to win. |
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2:00 |
Festival Closes. Thanks for another great year! |
Recent Festival Logos
The 2026 logo (left) was designed (back in 2021) by Tony Derronebeck, who lives in Ovando.
The 2023 logo design (right) was created by Cheyenne Gifford, a student at Seeley Swan High School.
See past Loon & Fish Festival Logos by Clicking HERE.
Perhaps it will inspire you to create a logo for next year’s festival.
Interested in being involved in the next festival?
Contact either Kris Gullikson, at 406-241-1209 or
Jenny Rohrer, at 406-754-0034 email: jenny@alpineartisans.org.
Information for Artists Displaying their Art for Sale
Infomation will be updated and provided before the next Loon and Fish Fesival.