Friends of the Fairgrounds and Parks

The Friends of the Fairgrounds and Parks mission is to foster Park County's agricultural heritage, nurture our parks, and cultivate thriving trail networks.

FFP is committed to financially supporting improvements to Park County's Fairgrounds, our community parks and our trail networks. Our organization is a volunteer-led nonprofit working to keep these essential spaces vibrant and well-supported. Every dollar we raise helps ensure that Park County's public spaces remain welcoming, well-maintained, and full of possibility-for this generation and the next. Park County's Fairgrounds, in particular, is one of our County's true gems because it serves as one of our last true "third spaces"-a place where people come together outside of their homes and work to connect, celebrate, and build community. It hosts everything from 4-H events to weddings, rodeos, farmers markets, important community meetings and more. It is in need of constant upgrades and maintenance and helping to ensure it thrives is one of our highest priorities. Our goal is to draw more events and attractions to the site by making physical improvements that will benefit the facility and keep this special place, that is such a part of our history and heritage, vital into the future.

Testimonials

"The Park County Fairgrounds is an incredible community event space where, among many other things, 3 rodeos, the Fair and many FFA events happen every year. These events help us to preserve our western heritage and pass our agricultural roots into the next generation of our youth. Calamity's Classic Rodeo appreciates the Fairground spaces that allow our organization to bring people together to celebrate rodeo in beautiful Park County. We also recognize that the Fairgrounds is in need of constant maintenance and repairs so that it can continue to host future events that will bring people together to celebrate Montana's way of life." Mike Klasing, Calamity's Classic Hometown Rodeo