Huckleberries and Blueberries

If you are confused over the difference between a huckleberry and a blueberry, you are not alone. While the term blueberry is almost always correctly used, the term huckleberry is often incorrectly applied to blueberries. If you want to know if your huckleberry is a true huckleberry, it is important to look at a variety of things.

The Huckleberry Days Art Festival

The Huckleberry Days Art Festival is a carnival of the wonderful native purple fruit; the annual wild huckleberry harvest is the subject for music and amusement and an art fair. Held in downtown Whitefish, this three-day yearly event has arts and crafts, bake-off contest, beer garden and much family fun. Restaurants offer signature huckleberry flavored drinks, entrees and desserts in honor of the grizzly bears' much loved food.

This Art Festival is with over 100 artists & food vendors and all the events take place in/around Depot Park, Whitefish. Come down and take pleasure in a huckleberry cook-off too. You can taste huckleberry flavored drinks, entrees and dessert at any of the local eating establishments. This is an occasion meant to make the mind, body and the palate happy.