Located in the streets of downtown Billings, the Strawberry Festival is Billings largest street festival. This long-time cherished community event kicks off the summer event season. In the heart of our urban center, experience rich diversity in arts and crafts, the scents of food-truck fare from French Crepes, noodle bowls, to BBQ,  over 90 merchants, live street entertainment, and pallets and pallets of fresh Montana sourced berries. The Strawberry festival returns with an interactive children’s area including and fun activities for all ages hosted by the Wise Wonder’s Science & Discovery Museum. This large event draws people throughout the northwest region to Downtown Billings under Skypoint at 2nd Ave N. and Broadway.

New This Year: 

• There will be a 50/50 raffle to fundraise for downtown public art projects.
• Entertainment at various locations within the festival street closure and not just under Skypoint.
• FREE SteepWorld Climbing Wall from 11:30am to 1:30pm sponsored by Entre Technology Services
• More berries… Merchants offering strawberry & berry products will have balloons so you can easily spot them.

COVID-19 Precautions:

• Multiple handwashing stations
• More spacing between merchant booths for more festival space and less crowding.
• The most up to date CDC public health recommendations will be encouraged for all in attendance.
• No strawberry shortcake (we know this is sad, we hope it is able to return in the future!)

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Pre- Father’s Day Mini Golf Tournament

Time to test your putting skills and join us downtown for a fun NEW downtown golf tournament of miniature proportions. This first ever Downtown Billings Mini Golf Tournament, enjoy putting around 9 or 18 holes of downtown fun.  There will be various giveaway & prize opportunities offered throughout the event. This Community event is made possible by Montana Brewing Company, Hooligans Sports Bar, Peter Yegen Jr. Inc, and Downtown Billings Alliance.

• $48.00 a Team. Maximum 6 golfers per team (as low as $8 per golfer).
• 2 Tee Times to choose from: 10:30am or 1:30pm
• Golf up to 18 put-put holes at locations all around downtown.
• Event Pre-registration is required.

Select Your Tee Time Below to Register Your Team:

Registration deadline (06/10/2021) @09:00 PM:

Each golfer gets a golf ball, event score card, and mini pencil at check-in (Maximum 6 golfers per team). Team quantities are limited to 36 teams per tee time.

What to Bring: 

• 👟 Comfortable Walking Shoes ( be prepared the course spreads multiple blocks of downtown).
• 🏌🏾‍♂️ A Golf Putter (Loaner putters will be available to use at each location).
• Face Mask (Many of the downtown businesses still request you wear one inside so make sure you have one on hand).
• Other Suggestions: Layers in case of inclement weather, hand sanitizer, scooter/bicycle to help get around, water bottle, sunblock.

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Located in the streets of downtown Billings, the Strawberry Festival is a long-time cherished community event that opens the summer season. In the heart of our urban center, experience rich diversity in arts and crafts, the scents of food-truck fare from Asian to BBQ, live street entertainment, over 90 merchants, live street entertainment, and a 60-foot long strawberry shortcake create by the Chefs and Cooks Association of Montana. With an interactive children’s area including free crafts and activities for all ages, this event draws people throughout the northwest region to Downtown Billings under Skypoint at 2nd Ave N. and Broadway.

COVID-19 UPDATE: 8/5/2020

The 29th Annual Strawberry Festival, currently scheduled for Sunday, September 13, has officially been cancelled. Unfortunately, the Global COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a public health and safety issue.

The annual festival is coordinated by the Downtown Billings Alliance (DBA), an organization made up of multiple nonprofits that promote and advocate for a vital city center through programmatic and place-making elements like event management, public art, green space development, business development, and downtown beautification projects.

Our mission as a non-profit is to act in the best interest of our downtown business community. We do not want to do anything to make a hard situation harder on the currently open downtown businesses or jeopardize their ability to remain open and operational. Additionally, Montana remains in stage 2 of the Governor’s economic re-opening stages, and stage 2 limits the size of gatherings where physical distancing cannot be maintained throughout. We believe monitoring attendance numbers and physical distancing would be extremely challenging for an event like this. This choice did not come easily however we feel this is the best decision for our downtown community and for the continued efforts to do our part to slow the spread of the virus.

We thank you for your support and understanding.

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Located in the streets of downtown Billings, the Strawberry Festival is a long-time cherished community event that opens the summer season on the second Saturday in June. In the heart of our urban center, experience rich diversity in arts and crafts, fresh produce and strawberries, the scents of food-truck fare from Asian to BBQ , live street entertainment, and a 60′ strawberry shortcake created by the Chefs and Cooks of Montana. With an interactive children’s area including free crafts and activities for all ages, this draws people throughout the northwest region to Downtown Billings under Skypoint at 2nd Ave N. and Broadway.

2019 Vendor Applications are now closed. Please check back next year to apply for 2020!

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