This weekend in Montana: Nov 13 to 15

On Friday evening in downtown Helena, skiers and snowboarders will be sliding rails in Constitution Park before the lifts at Great Divide have even started turning for the season.

The rest of us will get our first rail of the winter on the porch steps, and it's already icy.

Guardians of the Grind Rail Jam runs from 6 to 8 p.m., hosted by Great Divide Ski Area.

On Saturday night in Sidney, fans at the Yellowstone Quake's game against the Great Falls Americans will bring new stuffed animals to throw onto the ice after the first goal. The Teddy Bear Toss Toy Drive starts at 7:30 p.m., and Sidney Kiwanis passes the toys along to area kids.

Up the road from Great Falls, acoustic guitarist Luca Stricagnoli, known for playing several guitars at once, gives two shows at the Belt Performing Arts Center on Saturday, at 3 and 7 p.m. Tickets are $30.

Friday night, Yonder Mountain String Band brings songs from Good As True, its twelfth studio album, to Kalispell at 7:30. Railroad Earth plays two nights of its bluegrass, folk and rock jams: The ELM in Bozeman on Friday and The Wilma in Missoula on Saturday at 8.

In Billings, the Holiday Food & Gift Festival runs Saturday and Sunday. Last year it drew more than 10,000 shoppers and more than 215 vendors. Admission is $5, or $2 with a non-perishable food item for Tumbleweed.

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