Pictures from the 2024 Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo in Kalispell.
A girl reaches into a pen to pet a two-week-old piglet from Teagen Flint’s Wapiti Show Pigs in the Trade Center at the Northwest Montana Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 13. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
Two-week-old piglets from Teagen Flint’s Wapiti Show Pigs play in a pen in the Trade Center at the Northwest Montana Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 13. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
A contestant holds her goat during a goat show at the Northwest Montana Fair on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
Contestants lead their goats through the arena during the oldest goat showing at the Northwest Montana Fair on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
Contestants line up their goats during the Best Goat Show at the Northwest Montana Fair on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
Carly Tranel presents her steer during the older cattle showing at the Northwest Montana Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
Beau Siderius talks with judge Sierra Myers during the older cattle showing at the Northwest Montana Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
Mary Owens and other competitors try to get their sheep into position during the senior sheep show at the Northwest Montana Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 13. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
Laila Sargeant shakes hands with judge Sierra Myers after she awarded her the title of Grand Champion during the premier sheep show at the Northwest Montana Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 13. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
Brady Boll presents her steer during the Best Breeds of Cattle show at the Northwest Montana Fair on Wednesday, August 14. Boll won the Grand Champion title in her division. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
Rheama Clark holds a chick from one of her family’s winning chickens as the mother hen looks on curiously in the small animal pen at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Friday, Aug. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
Dacia Rutske examines rows of dahlias for judging during the Dahlia Show at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Friday, Aug. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
Mike Valler, chief judge for the Montana Dahlia Society, judges dahlias during the dahlia show at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Friday, Aug. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
Dahlias line up for judging at the Dahlia Show at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Friday, Aug. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
Mike Valler, chief judge for the Montana Dahlia Society, judges dahlias during the dahlia show at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Friday, Aug. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
Dahlias line up for judging at the Dahlia Show at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Friday, Aug. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
Maizy and Curtis Kimmet try to get to the snout of a giant draft horse named Huckleberry in the draft horse barn at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Friday, Aug. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
Riders will be hung at sunset on the Vertigo carousel at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
Riders swing at sunset on the Vertigo carousel at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
Riders enjoy the Frenzy ride at the Fairgrounds at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
Visitors play “Water Gun Fun!” at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
The Area 51 ride lights up at dusk at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
Brady Boll gives her steer a kiss after winning the top honors in the Senior Beef Cattle Showmanship category at the Northwest Montana Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
Laila Sargeant gives her sheep a kiss before the start of the senior sheep show at the Northwest Montana Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 13. Sargeant won the grand prize in her division. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
Alonzo Skunkcap of Browning and Nolan Conway of Cut Bank lasso their steer during team roping as the sun shines through a light rain at the PRCA Rodeo at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
Bailey Bench of Oakley, Idaho, is thrown from his horse Gambler during saddle bronc riding at the PRCA Rodeo at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
Jesse Medearis of Belgrade lassoes his calf during the PRCA Rodeo at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Chalker
