<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">From: <a href="mailto:info@missouladowntown.com">info@missouladowntown.com</a><div>Subject: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE// 11TH ANNUAL ROOTS FEST AUGUST 26 & 27<br><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">11<sup>th</sup>
Annual Roots Fest Opens Friday, August 26</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Lil’ Smokies and Rodney Crowell to Headline</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:115%">The Missoula Downtown Association will open the
11</span><sup style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:115%">th</sup><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:115%"> Annual River City Roots Festival on Friday, August 26.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:115%"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:115%">This year’s festival will feature Missoula’s
own </span><i style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:115%">Lil’ Smokies</i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:115%"> as the headliner
Friday night for the first time in the festival’s history, while the
multi-Grammy Award winning </span><i style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:115%">Rodney Crowell</i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:115%">
will close out the festival Saturday, August 27.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Roots Fest is admission free and full of family
fun thanks to more than 30 Missoula-area businesses that sponsor the event. The
festival celebrates all Missoula has to offer, including exceptional arts and
culture, healthy living, sustainability, and local food and beverages. Major
sponsors include the Missoulian, the Missoula Broadcasting Company, Big Sky
Brewing, Bob Wards Sports and Outdoors, First Interstate Bank, and the Good
Food Store.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:115%"><b style="line-height: normal;"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><font size="4"><br></font></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:115%"><b style="line-height: normal;"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><font size="4">Madeleine Hoyt</font></font></b></p><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin: 0px;"><b><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px">Customer Service Coordinator</span></font></b><br></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px; margin: 0px;"><b style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="4" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><img src="http://www.missouladowntown.com/wp-content/uploads/dmpsquarembossedpetite.jpg" width="96" height="47"></font></b></div><div style="font-size: 13px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">Downtown Missoula Partnership </span></div><div style="font-size: 13px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="font-size: 13px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">218 E Main | Missoula, MT </span></div><div style="font-size: 13px; margin: 0px;"><a value="+14065434238" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">406.543.4238 | </a><a href="http://www.missouladowntown.com/" title="http://www.missouladowntown.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">missouladowntown.com</a></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></body></html>