Saturday, July 31st from 4 - 9 pm
Drum Brothers at the Yaak Wilderness Festival
Drum Brothers - Western Montana
Turner Mountain Ski Area near Libby, Montana

On Saturday, July 31, the Yaak Valley Forest Council (YVFC) will host the seventh annual Yaak Wilderness Festival at Turner Mountain Ski Area., twenty miles north of Highway 37, outside of Libby, up the Pipe Creek road. ( MT Hwy 567). The Yaak Wilderness Festival is an annual tradition designed to celebrate the wild quality of the region and the neighbors in Lincoln County who have helped support the protection of wild country in the Yaak—including wilderness—while also working to support a local sustainable culture that continues to be based upon the forest. We're particularly excited to be celebrating Senator Tester's Forest Jobs and Recreation Act this year, a local place-based collaboration between diverse forest user-groups—wilderness, recreation, restoration and timber--on the Kootenai National Forest.

This year's celebration, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., will include music by Alan Lane, Wise River Mercantile, and Drum Brothers, offering a wide range of music: world-influenced rhythms, acoustic rock, bluegrass, folk, funk and blues. Carpooling is recommended, and due to the nature of the South Fork and Pipe Creek roads, vendors will not be selling alcohol this year. (Alcohol is not prohibited at Turner Mountain ; please bring along a designated driver if drinking). Adults' tickets cost $20, students' rate is $10, and children 13 and under may attend free. Please keep pets leashed. Camping is not available on Turner Mountain but the YVFC is happy to help provide details about local camping and lodging, as well as other details. Contact us at www.yaakvalley.org or call 406-295-9736.

Friday, Aug 6th
Butte Outdoor Concert
Drum Brothers - Central Montana
Mural Park in Uptown Butte

Butte, Montana
Mural Park, 60 W. Park St
Friday, August 6th at 7:00 pm
Tickets: $12 in advance at DrumBrothers.com or at these outlets: Second Edition Books, Cavanaughs County Celtic, and Quarry Brewing. Tickets will be $15 at the gate. Children 12 and under free! Bring a blanket to sit on. For more information, contact Drum Brothers at 406-726-4445 or Matthew@drumbrothers.com.

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August 13 - 15
Montana Outdoor Rhythm Retreat
Drum Brothers - Western Montana
Montanaqua Sanctuary [80 acres bordering the Flathead National Forest], near Kila

For the 9th year running, Drum Brothers and a circle of rhythmists and drum-makers will gather outdoors in Montana forest lands for a weekend retreat celebrating rhythm, community, and glorious summertime in Montana. Drums were made to be played outside; our bodies, to dance on the earth; our voices, to lift melody and song into the sky. Whether you're just beginning to explore the drum, or you're already a seasoned practitioner, join us as we camp together and celebrate through music this season of heat, light, and nature's beauty. Click the link below for more information!

September 23 - 26
Montana Men's Gathering
Guest Artists - Central Montana
Camp Mimanagish south of Big Timber, Montana

The 2010 Montana Men's Gathering

September 23– 26
At Camp Mimanagish South of Big Timber, Montana
For more information, photos, and discussions, visit MontanaMen.org

Register now to secure your place.
We'd like to invite you to attend the Montana Men's Foundation annual fall gathering at Camp Mimanagish on the Boulder River . Come share your life experiences, reconnect with nature, and experience a supportive community of men. Join us as we explore what it means to be a man in today's world: in relationship, at work, with family, and by oneself. We offer this event as a gift to ourselves and each other, a time and place to find restoration, insight, and renewed energy.

All you need to do is bring yourself and whatever it is you're carrying. We welcome the ordinary, enthusiastic, dramatic, bored, bedraggled, and rambunctious. We cannot pretend to offer initiation to men, but we'll honor and support the changes you might be going through. Our goal is to relax into our authentic selves without any pretense. This gathering will be a place to lighten the load for a while, retreat into nature to get some perspective, and spend time with some truly amazing men.

To bring us together and help us find our balance, we'll be offering a number of group activities including: rhythm and song, yoga and movement, art making, simple rituals, heart-to-heart discussions, self-awareness exercises, time on the land, and more. And if you need to chill out for a time, take a solo hike, or just not do anything for a while, we'll respect that too.

This will be an environment for self-care and honest community. Our time together will be shaped around what we each bring to the gathering, the challenges we are facing and the ideas and creative impulses that are inspiring us.

We'll be staying at beautiful Camp Mimanagish on the Boulder River, located in the heart of the Abasaroka Wilderness, 40 miles South of Big Timber, Montana. This rustic camp is a place of genuine retreat, away from cell phone reception and internet access, a place where we can enjoy nature and step away from the busyness of life for a time. Set among Fir and Aspen trees, the beautiful Boulder River flows right next to the camp, and hiking trails into the wilderness begin just downstream.

Participants will be lodging in the many cabins available and chef Darry Stearns will be joining us again to provide his hearty, gourmet meals. Here you can enjoy a warm fire, a satisfied belly, a story, music, or the quietness of nature.

We're looking forward to seeing you at this year's gathering!

-Matthew and Patrick Marsolek and the Montana Men's Foundation.

2009 Facilitators
For nearly two decades, Matthew Marsolek has been facilitating men's gatherings in Montana and Canada , as well as numerous events with Drum Brothers world music ensemble. In addition to his contagious enthusiasm and a passion for rhythm and sound, he brings a wealth of experience in team building, group dynamics, and ritual making. Over the years, Matthew has co-facilitated with Michael Meade, Timothy Tate and Greg Jahn, among others, and continues the tradition of mentoring younger men.

Patrick Marsolek has over 12 years experience leading groups in consciousness exploration, personal development, and healing. As the director of Inner Working Resources, he teaches compassionate communication to businesses, individuals and families, and offers self-empowerment seminars throughout the Northwest. Patrick is the author of A Joyful Intuition and Transform Yourself, and has produced a series of self-hypnosis CDs and Argentine Tango videos. He has a clinical hypnotherapy practice in  Helena and Great Falls . Here is a link to Patrick's site: innerworkingsresources.com

Camp Mimanagish is located in the heart of the Abasaroka Wilderness 40 miles due South of Big Timber, Montana. The camp is set in close to the beautiful Boulder River deep in the Boulder Valley.

The Montana Men's Foundation is a non-profit corporation founded to sponsor and support men's activities that promote educational, spiritual, and emotional growth for the benefit of community and society. Our special interest is to help young men grow into manhood through increasing their understanding of men's roles in the modern world. If you support the goals of our organization, we would welcome your financial support.