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• Trapper Peak Winery (Darby, 406/821-1964, www.trapperpeakwinery.com ),
also in the Bitterroot Valley, produces an affordable selection of cabernet
sauvignon, petite sirah, merlot, cabernet franc, and muscat using California
grapes.
Known as the Garden City, Missoula boasts three fabulous farmers markets, including
the Clark Fork Market (located under the Higgins St. Bridge in downtown, 406/396-0593,
www.clarkforkmarket.com , 8am-1pm Sat. early May-Oct.), which offers an abundance
of local produce, meat, and other products, including hot prepared food. There is live
music 9:30am-11:30am, and plenty of parking is available. The Missoula Farmers Market
(Circle Square, north end of Higgins Ave., 406/274-3042,
www.missoulafarmersmarket.com , 8am-noon Sat. May-Oct., 5:30pm-7pm Tues. July-early
Sept.) features more than 100 vendors of fresh local produce, flowers, eggs, honey, and
more. The Missoula Saturday Market (E. Pine St. between Higgins Ave. and Pattee St.,
406/830-3216, www.missoulasaturdaymarket.org , 9am-1pm Sat. early May-mid-Oct.) has
prepared food and features art and crafts by local artisans.
INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE FILM FESTIVAL AND CINE
Since 1977, the International Wildlife Film Festival (718 S. Higgins Ave., 406/728-9380,
www.wildlifefilms.org , May) has been celebrating conservation and film with an eight-day
event based at Missoula's famed Roxy Theatre. The event runs annually in May and fea-
tures a phenomenal array of wildlife films from around the globe. In October the Montana
CINE International Film Festival features films on a broad range of topics relating to the
environment and cultures of our planet.
INTERNATIONAL CHORAL FESTIVAL
Held every three years (the next one is scheduled for 2016), the International Choral
Festival (406/721-7985, www.choralfestival.org ) is a true Missoula community event.
Nonprofit and noncompetitive, it began in 1987 with the goal of promoting cultural aware-
ness and understanding through music. The four-day event takes places at different venues
around the city, and the first day usually includes free preview concerts. Hundreds of inter-
national and national choral groups apply each year, but only a handful are selected to par-
ticipate. In 2013 participants came from China, Poland, Costa Rica, Finland and Australia,
among others.