Havre Festival Days gets underway

Festival Days, the annual celebration of Havre community life, officially starts Friday.

But the four-day book sale at the Havre-Hill County Library started this morning at the library. People can buy a bag of book for a buck.

Activities start in earnest Friday and come to a highlight with Saturday's parade down 5th Avenue starting at 10 a.m.

Here is the schedule of events for the weekend:

Friday, Sept. 18

8 a.m. to 8 p.m. - Friends of the Library Book Sale - Library meeting room

Noon to 6 p.m. - Hi-Line Quilt Guild Festival of Quilts Show - Mat Corner building, 135 2nd Street

6 to 9 p.m. - Steve Heil Memorial Car Show - Independence Bank Parking Lot

6 p.m. to Sunday 6 p.m. - 48-Hour Softball Tournament - 6th Avenue Memorial Field

7 p.m. - HHS Football vs. Sidney, Blue Pony Field

8 p.m. - Third Annual Glow Run, 5K - MSU-Northern SUB

Saturday, Sept. 19

All day - 48-Hour Softball Tournament - 6th Avenue Memorial Field.

7 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast, Eagles Club. 8 a.m. to noon - Saturday Market - Town Square.

10 a.m. - Havre Festival Days Parade - 5th Avenue.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Run of Special Trains - Frank DeRosa Railroad Museum.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Havre Festival Days Commercial Products & Craft Show - Holiday Village Mall

10 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Hi-Line Quilt Guild Festival of Quilts Show - Mat Corner building, 135 2nd Street

11 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Custom Collision Repair Car Show, Barbecue & Burn Out - Custom Collision Repair

11 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Kid's Carnival - Pepin Park

Noon to 5 p.m. - Friends of the Library Book Sale - Library Meeting Room

1 p.m. - MSU-Northern Football vs. U of M - Western – Homecoming - Blue Pony Field

3 p.m. - E-1 Towing Demolition Derby - Great Northern Fairgrounds

5 p.m. - Atrium Mall Dance featuring the Other Brothers and Sista Band - Atrium Mall Parking Lot

6 p.m. - 7th Annual MAT Death by Chocolate Sponsorship Drive Gala of Friends Fundraiser - St. Jude Gym

7 p.m. - MSU-Northern Volleyball vs. Rocky Mountain College - MSU-Northern Gym

7:30 p.m. - Glacier Nationals Hockey vs. Helena - Havre Ice Dome

Sunday, Sept. 20

All day - 48-Hour Softball Tournament - 6th Avenue Memorial Field.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Run of Special Trains - Frank DeRosa Railroad Museum.

11 a.m. to 2 p.m. - 4-H Barbecue - Town Square

Noon to 4 p.m. - Havre Festival Days Commercial Products & Craft Show - Holiday Village Mall

Noon to 4 p.m. - Hi-Line Quilt Guild Festival of Quilts Show - Mat Corner building, 135 2nd Street

Noon to 5 p.m. - Friends of the Library Book Sale - Library Meeting Room.

1 p.m. - Festival Days Run/Walk, registration, noon - RC Model Flying Club.

3 p.m. - Drawings for North Central Montana Shrine Club Beef Raffle - Location TBD

5 p.m. - Drawing for Willard Vaughn Wheat Sculpture for 4-H - Holiday Village Mall