Cut Bank council approves street closure for Main Street Music & Food Fest on Aug. 23

The Cut Bank City Council voted to close North Central Avenue on Aug. 23 for a Main Street Music & Food Fest, council members said during a work-session meeting. Committee members said the event will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will include musicians, food trucks and children’s activities.

Organizers told the council they combined two proposals — a visiting musician coordinated by Carolyn Burns and a food-truck plan advanced by local volunteers — to expand last year’s fall festival into a Main Street-style event centered on Cut Bank Central Park. “So it’s going to be an art music Main Street Festival on August 23 between 11 and 3PM,” one committee representative said.

Lisa Terry, who introduced herself to the council as Lisa Terry, explained she has coordinated music and artist participation and that the committee planned vendor and cleanup logistics. Council members asked whether adjacent businesses had been notified; the committee said the resolution process and posting on the public agenda give businesses the chance to raise concerns in council before a vote.

Council members discussed cleanup windows, signage and the precise side of the street to close. After questions and public comment (no businesses appeared to object at the meeting), the council called the question and approved the resolution by voice vote.

The council left event permitting and routine coordination to the committee and staff, and organizers said they would proceed with advertising and a follow-up meeting the next day. The resolution directs the city to close the specified block for the festival on the scheduled date.