WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS – As part of an ongoing effort to highlight and celebrate rural communities, the Red Ants Pants Music Festival announced Saturday which communities will be hosting giant red ants “hidden” throughout Montana this summer.
The MontANTa contest invites people traveling throughout the state to stop and enjoy the rural communities and neighboring small towns on the road to the Ninth Annual Red Ants Pants Music Festival, which will be held July 25 through the 28 in White Sulpher Springs.
As the festival heads into its ninth year, organizers are aiming to spotlight the values and the mission of the Red Ants Pants Foundation. Proceeds from the festival have helped create more than $110,000 in grants to support rural communities, working family farms and ranches, and women’s leadership projects.
Participants who find and snap photos with two of seven giant red ants will have the opportunity to win a VIP prize package.
Keep an eye out for enormous hand-sewn red ants that will be posted on small businesses in the following communities:
- Harlowton
- Huntley
- Lewistown
- Red Lodge
- Ringling
- Thompson Falls
- Turner
Enter the contest by sending pictures to info@redantspantsmusicfestival.com
Submissions are due by midnight Sunday, July 7, and the winner will be announced the following week.
Click here for the full lineup for this year’s festival.
-Reported by Niki Porter/MTN News
