Mission Valley Calendar

Hope for the Mission Valley Gala – 5:30 Sept. 29 at the Ronan Community Center; Life for the Nations Church, along with other community churches, is hosting this gala dinner to raise funds to bring a Hope Center Ministries recovery center in the Mission Valley. For tickets or more information, visit life4thenations.com/gala.

Garlic Festival – 5-7 p.m. Sept. 29 at Good Old Days Park in St. Ignatius; all-local meal will be served, with beverages and live music by Wailing Aaron Jennings. Check www.eventbrite.com for tickets.

Fall Wildlife Festival – 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 30 at the Ronan Visitor’s Center, next to Glacier Bank; CSKT Wildlife Management Program hosts this third annual gathering, which includes free cider pressing, information about fruit gleaning and Chronic Wasting Disease, and opportunities to visit with wildlife biologists about current projects on the Flathead Reservation. Visit www.csktnrd.org/wildlife.

Farmers’ Markets – Ronan: 3:30-6:30 p.m. Thursdays, through Oct. 12 at the Ronan Visitor’s Center (www.facebook.com/RonanFarmersMarket/); Polson: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Fridays through mid-October on 3rd Ave. W. (polsonfarmersmarket.com); Mission Falls Market: 4:30-7:30 p.m. Fridays through Sept. 29 at Good Old Days Park in St. Ignatius (www.facebook.com/missionfallsmarket/). Support local famers and crafters at these weekly markets.

Open Mic and Jam – 7 p.m. Fridays at the Western Montana Musicians Co-op, Ronan; also on tap is a weekly Community Jam at 7 p.m. Saturdays. The cooperative is located in the Red Poppy Building, 1 Eisenhower St. SW in Ronan. Learn more at www.mtmusic.org.