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4th Annual Harvestfest in Hungry Horse

  • October 17, 2026
  • 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Canyon Elementary School, 200 North Street, Hungry Horse, MT 59919

Registration

  • We’d love to have your business join us for Harvestfest 2026 on Saturday, October 17th from 11 AM–3 PM at Canyon Elementary School in Hungry Horse.

    Business will be provided with an OUTSIDE booth space.

    Harvestfest brings hundreds of families, locals, and visitors to Hungry Horse for fall activities, food, games, free lunch, chili cook off, dessert auction, and community fun. It’s one of the best visibility opportunities of the year, and we’re inviting businesses and nonprofits to host a booth and a simple, kid‑friendly activity.
  • Chili will be judged by based off of taste by the public from 11:00am-12:00pm. Please bring chili by 10:45am.

    1st Place: $75
    2nd Place: $50
    3rd Place: $25

    Contestants must bring a minimum of 1 large crockpot full of ready to eat chili, more recommended as we will be feeding the community for free afterwards. Contestants must provide a serving utensil.
  • Donate a dessert for the auction. Dessert can be homemade or store bought. Please drop off by 11:00am on the day of the event.

    A portion of all proceeds will be donated to our featured nonprofit, Land to Hand MT. Land to Hand provides food access for children in the Columbia Falls School District and surrounding areas. Through the Weekend
    Backpack Program and a Kids and Family Pantry, Land to Hand works to ensure that children have access to nutritious, kid friendly
    meals. Land to Hand is looking to grow their programs into Hungry Horse and the surrounding communities.
  • Event admission is free. Some parts of the event are paid, but the kid's activities, music, costume parade, kid's fun run, vendor booths, and other fall fun are free to attendees!
  • We’d love to have your nonprofit join us for Harvestfest 2026 on Saturday, October 17th from 11 AM–3 PM at Canyon Elementary School in Hungry Horse.

    Nonprofits will be provided with an OUTSIDE booth space.

    Harvestfest brings hundreds of families, locals, and visitors to Hungry Horse for fall activities, food, games, free lunch, chili cook off, dessert auction, and community fun. It’s one of the best visibility opportunities of the year, and we’re inviting businesses and nonprofits to host a booth and a simple, kid‑friendly activity.
  • Do you love eating pie?
    Do you think you can eat one faster than everyone else?

    If yes, you need to enter the pie eating contest!
    Pie eating competition starts at 1:00pm.

    Competition is split between ages and each age has a different size of pie!

    All pies generously donated by Nite Owl Back Room Restaurants

Register


Join the Columbia Falls Area Chamber of Commerce Saturday, October 17th, 2026 for our 4th Annual Harvestfest in Hungry Horse, Montana at Canyon Elementary School.  Events include an official 5k, children's fun run and costume parade, dessert auction,  pie eating contest, kid's crafts, games and activities, chili cook-off, cornbread competition, FREE chili lunch while supplies last, kid's competitions and more fall activities! 

Date of Event: Saturday, October 17th, 2026.  11:00 am-3:00 pm (Specific event times and details below.) 

Location: Canyon Elementary School, 200 North Street, Hungry Horse, Montana 59919

Entry  Fee: Entry to the overall event is FREE (Donation to Canyon Kids Christmas Fund recommended, but not required)                 

A portion of this year's proceeds will be donated to Land to Hand Montana. 

Free Events:

  • Kid's Corner: Fall themed activities put on by the Imagine If Library
  • Kids crafts and games
  • Tour of large equipment!
  • Spooky Substances
  • Yard Games (weather dependent)
  • Children's Fun Run and Costume Parade (Wear your costume, join in on the fun run, and then showcase your costume after!)
  • FREE chili and cornbread lunch (until we run out) 
  • Kid's Relay Races and Competitions 
  • & plenty more fall themed activities! 

Additional Paid Events (but free to watch!): 

    • 5k Timed Race
    • Raffle Basket Tickets
    • Dessert Auction:  Bring a dessert and/or bid on a dessert! 
    • Pie Eating Contest: $5.00/entry
    • Chili Cook Off - $25/Chili: Enter your chili into the contest! Chili will be judged between 11:00-12:30pm.  1st place wins $75, 2nd place $50, and third place $25. After the contest, all chill  is served for free to overall event attendees. Chili must be ready to serve by 11:00am.
    • Corn Bread Competition - $10/Cornbread: Have the best cornbread recipe? Enter the cornbread competition at Harvestfest.  Cornbread will be judged from 11:00-12:30pm. 1st place wins $30, 2nd place wins $20, and 3rd place wins $10. Cornbread must be ready to serve by 11:00am.
      • Enter both the chili and cornbread competition for only $30!

Schedule of Events:


11:00-3:00: FREE entry gets you access to kid’s activities and games, large equipment tours, fall activities, kid’s competitions, & free chili lunch

11:00: Official 5k

11:00-12:30: Chili & Cornbread Cook Off

11:00-2:30: Dessert Auction (silent auction)

11:00-3:00: Kid’s Crafts, Spooky Substances, & Activities

12:30: 5k Award Ceremony

12:45: Children's Costume Parade and Fun Run

1:30: Pie Eating Contest

2:00: Kid’s Fall Competitions

2:30: Dessert Silent Auction Ends

3:00: End of Event


2026 Golden Harvest Sponsors: 

Shaine R Reece







2026 Pumpkin Spice Sponsors: 


2026 Maple Leaf Sponsors: 

  • Park Side Credit Union
  • Flathead Electric Coop
  • SkyRun Vacation Rentals
  • Columbia Falls Estate Planning


406-892-2072


233 13th Street East

PO Box 312

Columbia Falls, MT

59912

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