Havre's Beaver Creek Jam part of Warrant tour

Things will be getting a little loud at Great Northern Fairgrounds July 9-10 as Warrant comes to Havre during the band’s 30th anniversary tour for the hit song, “Cherry Pie.”

Warrant performs at 9 p.m. Friday, July 9, as part of the first-ever Beaver Creek Jam. 

Event promoter Ken Erickson previously promoted demolition derby events and brought the bands Great White and Hell’s Belles, an all-female AC/DC tribute band, to Havre. Erickson said he had a contact through one of Warrant’s agents and that he’d always wanted to see them play.

“I just decided to see what I could do and so I contacted them and they gave me a list of available bands. And I always wanted to listen to Warrant and the chance to bring Warrant to Havre, Montana, on a Friday night was too good to pass up,” Erickson said.

“(Being a part of the anniversary tour) was just a bonus, because I didn’t even know that when I first got in touch with them. It’s a bonus for Havre and the community, what we’re gonna get to experience,” he added.

Erickson said he felt Warrant said yes to performing at Beaver Creek Jam not just for the opportunity to play but because of their support of military veterans.

The two-day show includes a list of local and nationally touring bands, including Hell’s Belles returning to Havre, Southern Satellite and As The Crow Flies performing. Bands with local connections include Voodoo Cadillac and Allegedly Red, both out of Great Falls, and Shades of Blue.

The event includes other activities like a townwide scavenger hunt, and cornhole tournament both nights. Food will be available. The event’s Facebook page says proceeds will benefit “the Veterans Memorial Campground.” 

“We’re hoping that the proceeds raised for the campground will go for — our first project is going to be getting a bridge across the creek,” Erickson said. “We’re waiting to see what we raise to see what type of different avenues we can go (to build) a bridge.”

Erickson said if the first Beaver Creek Jam is successful and this becomes an annual event, organizers would look for future projects in the Beaver Creek area.

Erickson said line-ups for both nights are set. 

“Both nights are final. I do not have the second stage announced and I do not have the cornhole tournament — it’s announced, but I don’t have the particulars of it — and that’ll be coming out either this weekend or first part of next week,” he said.

“This has totally been a community event, all the communities involved — Northern Winz Casino and Rocky Boy Reservation is involved, businesses all around the community are involved, sponsoring and helping make it possible. We have a second stage because a local businessman said, ‘Hey, I want to make this better. I’ll set up a second stage,’ and I said go for it,” Erickson added.

The event lineup is:

Friday Night

• 6 p.m. — Montana Neon Ridge

• 7:30 p.m. — Southern Satellite

• 9 p.m. — Warrant

• 11 p.m. — Voodoo Cadillac

Saturday 

• 2 p.m. — Montana Neon Ridge

• 4 p.m. — As the Crow Flies

• 6 p.m. — Allegedly Red

• 8 p.m. — Shades of Blue

• 10 p.m. — Hell’s Belles

• Midnight — Thir13th floor

Tickets for the shows and for the campsite are available online through a link at the Great Northern Fair Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/events/the-great-northern-fair/beaver-creek-jam/182614100389995 at through the “Tickets” link at the Montana Actors’ Theatre website at http://mtactors.com .