PHOTOS: 2025 Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo
Whitefish Pilot | UPDATED 1 year, 2 months AGO
Coy Brotton shows his steer during the beef cattle showmanship competition Aug. 13 at the Trade Center at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo. (Seth Anderson/Hungry Horse News)
Tomatoes sit on a stand in the Expo Building at the Northwest Montana Fair at the Flathead County Fairgrounds. (Heidi Desch/Daily Inter Lake)
Terry Dyon makes the most out of the Pie Eating Contest at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo. (Seth Anderson/Hungry Horse News)
Emma Brist shares a moment with her sheep Juanita after being named reserve champion during the senior showmanship competition Aug. 12 in the Trade Center at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo. (Heidi Desch/Daily Inter Lake)
Greyson Wendt watches chicks emerge from eggs at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo Thursday. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Vegetables are lined up in the Expo Building at the Northwest Montana Fair at the Flathead County Fairgrounds. (Heidi Desch/Daily Inter Lake)
Nina Giavasis at a poultry show at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo Thursday, Aug. 14. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Brylee Pickering and Kaylee Whiten work to groom their sheep outside the Trade Center at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo on Aug. 11. (Heidi Desch/Daily Inter Lake)
Jenna Morris encourages her steer Todd, to drink water on Aug. 11 outside the Trade Center at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo. An eighth-grader at Trinity Lutheran this is Morris’ first year raising a steer after spending four years raising pigs. (Heidi Desch/Daily Inter Lake)
Competitors work with their pigs during the swine showmanship competition Aug. 11 inside the Trade Center at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo. (Heidi Desch/Daily Inter Lake)
Garrett and Dylan Goeden at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo on Aug. 14. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
The Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo goat show on Thursday, Aug. 14. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
A pygmy goat looks at a passerby in the Trade Center at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo. (Heidi Desch/Daily Inter Lake)
Brynn Mason with Jazzy prior to being named grand champion in the senior division of the goat show at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo Thursday, Aug. 14. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Donald Barger judging the poultry show at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo. Barger is visiting from California because the state is limited in poultry shows and individuals certified by the American Poultry Association. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Ione Plummer earned grand champion in the senior category during the beef cattle showmanship competition Aug. 13 at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo at the Flathead County Fairgrounds. (Seth Anderson/Hungry Horse News)
The Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo goat show on Thursday, Aug. 14. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Mary and her mother, Lois McClaren, enjoy the dahlias at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo Friday, Aug. 15. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Naomi and Garrett Brist won grand champion and third place, respectively, in the junior division of the goat show at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo Thursday, Aug. 14. (kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
A snippet of the first place flower arrangement by Clinton Gregory at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 14. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Scenes from the 2025 Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo.
Tomatoes sit on a stand in the Expo Building at the Northwest Montana Fair at the Flathead County Fairgrounds. (Heidi Desch/Daily Inter Lake)
Terry Dyon makes the most out of the Pie Eating Contest at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo. (Seth Anderson/Hungry Horse News)
Emma Brist shares a moment with her sheep Juanitta after being named reserve champion during the senior showmanship competition Aug. 12 in the Trade Center at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo. (Heidi Desch/Daily Inter Lake)
Greyson Wendt watches chicks emerge from eggs at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo Thursday. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Nina Giavasis at a poultry show at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo Thursday, Aug. 14. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Brylee Pickering and Kaylee Whiten work to groom their sheep outside the Trade Center at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo on Aug. 11. (Heidi Desch/Daily Inter Lake)
Jenna Morris encourages her steer Todd, to drink water on Aug. 11 outside the Trade Center at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo. An eighth-grader at Trinity Lutheran this is Morris’ first year raising a steer after spending four years raising pigs. (Heidi Desch/Daily Inter Lake)
Competitors work with their pigs during the swine showmanship competition Aug. 11 inside the Trade Center at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo. (Heidi Desch/Daily Inter Lake)
Garrett and Dylan Goeden at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo on Aug. 14. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
A pygmy goat looks at a passerby in the Trade Center at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo. (Heidi Desch/Daily Inter Lake)
Brynn Mason with Jazzy prior to being named grand champion in the senior division of the goat show at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo Thursday, Aug. 14. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Donald Barger judging the poultry show at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo. Barger is visiting from California because the state is limited in poultry shows and individuals certified by the American Poultry Association. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Ione Plummer earned grand champion in the senior category during the beef cattle showmanship competition Aug. 13 at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo at the Flathead County Fairgrounds. (Seth Anderson/Hungry Horse News)
Mary and her mother, Lois McClaren, enjoy the dahlias at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo Friday, Aug. 15. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Naomi and Garrett Brist won grand champion and third place, respectively, in the junior division of the goat show at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo Thursday, Aug. 14. (kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
A snippet of the first place flower arrangement by Clinton Gregory at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 14. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)