There will be a new event during this year’s Logger Days: The Logger Days 5K / 10K “Fun Run for Health.” The run is sponsored by the Lincoln County Community Health Center, St. John's Lutheran Hospital, the Montana Athletic Club, and the Kootenai XC Ski Club.

The event will be run before the Logger Days parade on Saturday, June 27th. The course will go through downtown Libby, across to the north side of the Kootenai River and then back to finish in downtown Libby on Mineral Avenue.

Organizers hope to not only motivate folks to shake off the winter doldrums and get in shape, but also encourage spectators for the parade.

For more information about the event, go to their website: www.LibbyRunners.com.

There will be food booths, merchant displays, amusements and entertainment. The Logger Day parade will be held at 10 am on Saturday morning.

The traditional water fight takes place on Thursday evening on Mineral Avenue by the festival site. It pits teams against Libby firefighters for a fast and furious soaking (the spectators too).

The very popular Lip Sync Contest on Thursday makes the crowd go wild with the contestant's wild antics to win the competition.

Friday evening will be a concert to benefit a local organization. The concert will be held immediately following the Logger Days "Bull of the Woods" competition. All proceeds will go toward local student scholarships within the program.

On Saturday morning, the streets fill up with spectators for the fun Logger's Day Parade that goes down Mineral Avenue. The parade starts at 10 am and goes through downtown Libby. Floats represent local industry, businesses, clubs and organizations.

The rest of the weekend is filled with many different fun logging competitions. Logging show events include speed carving, ax throwing, log jousting over water, speed climbing, log rolling, and more.

Other logging competitions include the "Bull and Bullette of the Woods" competition in which competitors don boxing gloves and face each other on a giant log to see who can stay on. The children's version, the "Wimp of the Woods" contest, puts competitors under 12 years of age in a pillow slug-out fight.The "Ma and Pa Relay" is a co-ed team competition for the fastest team to put on and tie up their boots, put on hard hats, then travel in a wheelbarrow to a log which they must then cut through with a double buck saw.  The "Jack and Jill Race" is a double buck sawing competition for guys and gals. The "Lumberjack Relay" shows off the skills of logging crews in setting chokers, chain sawing, ax throwing, single and double buck sawing. The competitions end with the very popular Tug-O-War. 

>Festivities include musical concerts, food booths, lyp sync contest, children's activities, softball tournament, carnival and more. A fun weekend for the whole family!

Logger Day Buttons are required for entrance to Grounds. Buttons allow entrance to all festivities except for the melodrama. Tickets prices are $4 in advance or $5 at the gate. Children under 6 free.

For more information:
Contact e-mail: info@loggerdays.org

Phone Contacts (2009):
Debi Davidson 406-283-1885
Don Smart 406-293-1175
Jeff Forster 406-291-1388
Hope Kirschenmann 406-293-1074