The raffle gives folks a chance to win great prizes, including Grand Prize instruments, and helps us fund the Big Horn Mountain Festival.  It’s a very important part of the festival and we sincerely thank everyone who contributes prizes or buys tickets.

We especially thank the folks at Hansen Music in Billings, Montana and our friends and luthiers at Weber Mandolin in Bozeman, Montana for supporting the Big Horn Mountain Festival since the beginning, by providing instruments for the raffle.

All instruments and prizes will be on display at the Festival Merchandise Booth where you can get your tickets.  Just for fun, and to keep it simple, tickets are 1 for $5, 3 tickets for $10, and 7 tickets for $20 (notice that as the price per ticket goes down as your odds of winning go up; assuming other folks aren't also buying a lot of tickets that is).

The instrument drawing will be held on Sunday just before the last show.  You do not have to be present to win a Grand Prize instrument; just make sure your name and phone number are on the back of your tickets so we can call you and make arrangements to get the instrument to you.  Sorry, but you are out of luck if we can't locate you.

Special Instrument Raffle Offer, Win the Mando And Help Us Pay For Bands

This is a big fundraiser to help keep the festival going, and since you don’t have to be present to win an instrument, anyone can participate.  If you want some mandolin tickets in early, or can’t attend the fetival, send a check to Raffle Coordinator Bill Bradshaw and he’ll fill out some tickets for you and send your ticket half back to you.  Send it to Bill at BHMF, 706 Adair, Sheridan, WY, 82801.  Bill guarantees your tickets will be in the raffle bucket when it comes time to draw the winning ticket on Sunday.  The instrument will be shipped to you if you win.  Good Luck!

Here is the really nice Gallatin F model the folks at Weber just sent for the 2009 raffle.  They retail for $2,279.  Bill’s played it and says it’s a really nice sounding mandolin, so someone is going to be very happy indeed!   Thanks to the folks at Weber, they are a great bunch of folks.