Welcome!
The Big Sky Fiber Arts Festival is an alternate year event held on odd years. The even year festival is MAWS - Montana Association of Weavers and Spinners. Somehow, odd fits us just fine!
Registration for classes offered by Dennis Alfred Phillips is now closed. Cathy Marquard’s Socks to Dye For is also closed.
Joan Contraman is offering a second workshop of the Dyeing a Handspinners Garden on Friday 1pm-4pm. Her Saturday workshop is now full.
All other workshops are still open. Call Joyce at 406-777-2141 OR 642-3119 for more information or exact number of open spaces.
Set-up will commence on Friday, June 12th, from 9am until 5pm. Vendors may sell on Friday to people taking classes.
The festival will be open to the public Saturday and Sunday, June 13th & 14th.
There will be a $2 entry fee at the gate for each day of the festival. The family rate is $5.
Please email info@bigskyfiber.com if you want to be on the festival’s postal or e-mail list.
Road Trip!
Where is this fun event, you ask? About 30 miles south of Missoula, MT in the big town of Hamilton. The County Fairgrounds has a new Convention Center building that is perfect for vendors, demos and hanging out. And of course, the fairgrounds has the animal facilities we need to acknowledge our friends who actually grow all this great fiber for us.
Hamilton is nestled in the Southern part of the Valley and is spectacular in June with the green hills and pastures topped by snow-capped peaks. Check the links on the left as they become active for places to stay, and other activities. If you are a hard-core fiber nut, you could visit us, then motor leisurely to Black Sheep Gathering.
Livestock exhibitors, please read the Livestock General Rules.