Flathead Valley musicians share the limelight with major acts at Under the Big Sky music festival
DERRICK PERKINS | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 6 hours, 32 minutes AGO
Miller Campbell performs on the Big Mountain Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Fans enjoy a performance by Of Monsters and Men on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Of Monsters and Men performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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The Marcus King Band performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Chris Krager with The Tobacco River Ramblers performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A fan enjoys a cold beverage as Of Monsters and Men perform on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Cody Jinks performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Miller Campbell performs on the Big Mountain Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Bandmates of Miller Campbell perform on the Big Mountain Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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The Marcus King Band performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Of Monsters and Men performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Miller Campbell performs on the Big Mountain Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Mike Murray with The Tobacco River Ramblers performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Mike Murray and Guthrie Brown with The Tobacco River Ramblers perform on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Cody Jinks performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Chris Evans with The Tobacco River Ramblers performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Cody Jinks performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Guthrie Brown with The Tobacco River Ramblers performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Cody Jinks performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Ross Bridgeman with The Tobacco River Ramblers performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Guthrie Brown and Chris Krager with The Tobacco River Ramblers perform on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Miller Campbell performs on the Big Mountain Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Mike Murray with The Tobacco River Ramblers performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Bandmates of Miller Campbell perform on the Big Mountain Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Miller Campbell performs on the Big Mountain Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Marcus King and his wife Briley perform "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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The Marcus King Band performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A young girl in the crowd holds a phone as the Marcus King Band performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Two fans embrace as the Tobacco River Ramblers perform on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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The Tobacco River Ramblers perform on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Fans enjoy a performance by Of Monsters and Men on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Of Monsters and Men performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Fans watch the Marcus King Band perform on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Cody Jinks performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Of Monsters and Men performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Miller Campbell performs on the Big Mountain Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Fans enjoy a performance by Of Monsters and Men on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Fans watch the Marcus King Band perform on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Miller Campbell performs on the Big Mountain Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Of Monsters and Men performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Attendees check their reflection in the mirror at the Glacier Rim Hats stand at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Mike Murray and Guthrie Brown with The Tobacco River Ramblers perform on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Cody Jinks performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Fans enjoy a performance by Of Monsters and Men on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Lead singer of Of Monsters and Men Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir sings to the crowd during a performance on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A fan enjoys a cold beverage as Of Monsters and Men perform on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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The Marcus King Band performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Two fans kiss as the Tobacco River Ramblers perform on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Fans enjoy a performance by Of Monsters and Men on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Lead singer of Of Monsters and Men Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir hypes of the crowd during a performance on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Cody Jinks performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Sliding into the final song of her set at the Under the Big Sky music festival in Whitefish on Friday afternoon, Miller Campbell kicked it into high gear.
Performing “Problem,” the auburn-haired rocker from Bigfork dropped her smile for the first time in nearly an hour on stage, replacing it with exaggerated exasperation. Waving her hand dismissively at her troubles, she belted out the new tune from her forthcoming album, due out this fall.
But stepping down from the Big Mountain stage a few minutes later in green-trimmed western boots, pink top and metallic hot pants, Campbell was grinning ear-to-ear again. Having spent the last year or so touring off her self-titled debut album, playing fresh material is invigorating, she said.
“This is the new thing,” she said emphatically. “I love every song.”
Campbell was one of a slate of acts from Northwest Montana to grace the stage at this year’s music festival alongside country, folk and Americana giants like Zach Top, Chris Stapleton and Old Crow Medicine Show. The summertime jamboree, put on by Outriders Present and now in its seventh year, draws an estimated 20,000 music lovers to the Flathead Valley each July.
Despite the occasion — and the company — Campbell felt no nerves as she mounted the Big Mountain stage on July 17. Her band, composed of all Montana-based musicians for the occasion, might have assembled just a few weeks ago, but Campbell knows each of them well. And they, in turn, are well versed in her oeuvre.
“It’s really just, let’s have some fun,” Campbell said of the vibe before the performance. “That’s what we were all saying to each other on stage.”
“And it’s always great to see, right off the bat, friends and family [in the audience],” she added.
A couple of those fellow travelers, also from the Flathead Valley, loaned Campbell a Gibson Hummingbird for the set. They had wanted to see the guitar under the big lights, Campbell said. And she was eager to oblige, wielding the famed instrument as she tore through her earlier works, including “Hotel New Wave,” “Self-Medicated” and the addictive “Bad.”
Her performance under the blue, cloud-specked sky at Big Mountain Ranch was just the start of the day for Campbell. She was slated to open for the Marcus King Band at an afterparty show at the Majestic Valley Arena in Kalispell that evening.
And Campbell is just days away from jetting off for a European tour that will take her through Ireland, the United Kingdom and Sweden.
To top it off, she’ll spend the fall traveling with fellow Under the Big Sky alums The Brothers Comatose, a tour that will bring her through Missoula and give her a chance to play at venues she has only dreamed of gracing, like The Wilma.
“I love it. This is the coolest job ever,” Campbell said. “This is my job and I’ve done it for 10 years and I still think it’s crazy I get to do it for a living.”
UNDETERRED BY the blisteringly hot July weather, throngs of increasingly reddened festivalgoers adorned in denim, western boots and wide-brimmed hats shuttled back-and-forth between the event’s two stages, which combined to keep up a nearly continuous stream of music throughout the day.
Peering out at the crowd, Ragnar Þórhallsson of the folk band Of Monsters and Men reckoned it the most cowboy hats he had ever seen at one time. Ignoring the glare from the sun as it dipped steadily toward the tree line hemming the Great Northern stage, the Icelandic group roused the audience with renditions of hits including “Little Talks” and “Animal Paws” while bringing out newer music like last year’s “Fruit Bat.”
Old Crow Medicine Show got a break from the sun as dark clouds edged around the festival grounds. While the ominous weather gave the acclaimed string band a wide berth, headliner Cody Jinks was not so lucky. Performing as evening fell, Jinks saw his performance disrupted by jagged lightning and increasingly strong winds.
The few fat raindrops that fell during Old Crow Medicine Show’s performance did little to dampen the mood of fans, who took over the vocals during a rendition of “Wagon Wheel” and joined in on a cover of Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth.”
Okie-turned-Nashville musician Kaitlin Butts also proved a crowd-favorite, sprinkling her set with anecdotes and deadpan humor. Her performance included the raucous “Wild Jaunita’s Cactus Juice,” the suggestive “Come Rest Your Head (On My Pillow)” and the mournful “Never Really Mine.” Moving away from her discography, Butts laid down a raw and gritty rendition of “In the Pines” toward the end of her time on stage.
“I want to thank you all for standing in the sun,” she drawled from the stage and motioned at her arm. “I got a sunburn just for you. That’s my sacrifice.”
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Fans enjoy a performance by Of Monsters and Men on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Of Monsters and Men performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
The Marcus King Band performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Chris Krager with The Tobacco River Ramblers performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
A fan enjoys a cold beverage as Of Monsters and Men perform on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Cody Jinks performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Miller Campbell performs on the Big Mountain Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Bandmates of Miller Campbell perform on the Big Mountain Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
The Marcus King Band performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Of Monsters and Men performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Miller Campbell performs on the Big Mountain Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Mike Murray with The Tobacco River Ramblers performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Mike Murray and Guthrie Brown with The Tobacco River Ramblers perform on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Cody Jinks performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Chris Evans with The Tobacco River Ramblers performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Cody Jinks performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Guthrie Brown with The Tobacco River Ramblers performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Cody Jinks performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Ross Bridgeman with The Tobacco River Ramblers performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Guthrie Brown and Chris Krager with The Tobacco River Ramblers perform on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Miller Campbell performs on the Big Mountain Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Mike Murray with The Tobacco River Ramblers performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Bandmates of Miller Campbell perform on the Big Mountain Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Miller Campbell performs on the Big Mountain Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Marcus King and his wife Briley perform "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
The Marcus King Band performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
A young girl in the crowd holds a phone as the Marcus King Band performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Two fans embrace as the Tobacco River Ramblers perform on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
The Tobacco River Ramblers perform on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Fans enjoy a performance by Of Monsters and Men on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Of Monsters and Men performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Fans watch the Marcus King Band perform on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Cody Jinks performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Of Monsters and Men performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Miller Campbell performs on the Big Mountain Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Fans enjoy a performance by Of Monsters and Men on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Fans watch the Marcus King Band perform on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Miller Campbell performs on the Big Mountain Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Of Monsters and Men performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Attendees check their reflection in the mirror at the Glacier Rim Hats stand at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Mike Murray and Guthrie Brown with The Tobacco River Ramblers perform on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Cody Jinks performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Fans enjoy a performance by Of Monsters and Men on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Lead singer of Of Monsters and Men Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir sings to the crowd during a performance on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
A fan enjoys a cold beverage as Of Monsters and Men perform on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
The Marcus King Band performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Two fans kiss as the Tobacco River Ramblers perform on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Fans enjoy a performance by Of Monsters and Men on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Lead singer of Of Monsters and Men Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir hypes of the crowd during a performance on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Cody Jinks performs on the Great Northern Stage at Under the Big Sky in Whitefish on Friday, July 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
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