Round Two: Bob Marshall Music Festival Returns to Seeley Lake

SEELEY LAKE - Summer music festivals in Montana are almost as prevalent as cherries on a tree in the Flathead. They range from the Montana Folk Festival in Butte, to the Big Sky Classical Music Festival, to the new Traveler's Rest in Missoula.

The local Bob Marshall Music Festival, on July 13-16, enters its second year as a solid member of the summer music scene in the four-oh-six.

Last year's inaugural event hosted more than 2,500 people at the festival during the busiest day-including kids who got in free.

"Last year it totally blew [away] my expectations in all honesty," said organizer Chri...