Harvest Festival returns to Chester Friday

The Hi-Line Harvest Festival, in its second year in Chester after being revived by local resident Peyton Cole, begins Friday with events, music, food and vendors around town through Saturday.

The Harvest Festival was an event sporadically held in Chester for many years, but has been brought back recently thanks to the efforts of Cole, in the hopes that it will become a yearly event.

See more in the Friday edition of the Havre Daily News.

At Chester City Park at 3 p.m. Friday Montana Farmers Union Kid’s Day Camp will start along with a release party for On the Hi-Line Vol. 1, a record of local music artists produced by Cole.

Also in the park at 3 p.m. will be a meeting of the Golden Triangle Montana Farmers Union.

At 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. at the Chester Joplin Inverness Practice Football Field there will be K-5 Flag Football.

Back in the park at 5 p.m. there will be a Meat Smoking and Steak Competition judging and a free Farm to Table Community Dinner sponsored by Montana Farmers Union.

At 5:30 p.m. there will be a Corn Hole Tournament sponsored by Northern Plains Insurance.

Later at 10 p.m. at the Grand Bar in Chester there will be karaoke.

The next day will also be packed with events, including a Chester Fire Department Community Breakfast at 8 a.m. in the park.

K-5 Flag Football will return to the CJI Practice Football Field at 9 and 10 a.m. Saturday morning as well.

At the Liberty County Library at 1 p.m. there will be live painting with CJI Art Teacher Rebecca Manska. At 3 p.m. there will also be trike races for children.

Most other events at the festival will take place in the area around the intersection of First Avenue East and Adams Avenue in Downtown Chester.

At 1 p.m. there will be Bucket Truck Rides provided by NorthWestern Energy, a Flour Milling Educational Exhibit, and a children’s’ area with arts, crafts and other activities will also open.

At 3 p.m. there will be an open microphone for anyone looking to show off their musical talents, and at 4 p.m. there will be a tug of war, as well as a car smash hosted by Snyder’s Dent Shop.

The CJI Football Team will also be holding a fundraising dinner at 4 p.m.

At 5 p.m. musical performances will begin with the Local Stranger followed by Jaden Decker at 6:30 p.m. both playing country-style music.

At 7:30 p.m. there will be a live auction, followed by more music acts, Luke Dowler & the Midnight Conversations at 8 p.m. and Jonathan Terrell at 10 p.m.