2026 Fashion Show

In collaboration with the First Peoples’ Market, the festival will again offer a Native Fashion Show featuring Montana Indigenous Designers.

The First Peoples Fashion Show has quickly become a highlight of the Montana Folk Festival since starting in 2022 on a small stage with an incredible turnout that reflected the community’s enthusiasm and support. By 2023, the show had outgrown its original space and moved to a larger stage, and in 2024, it proudly made its debut on the festival’s main stage. This powerful evolution is rooted in the vision of the late mother of Donovan Hawk, coordinator of the First Peoples Market, whose dream of showcasing Indigenous fashion lives on through this vibrant event. Returning for their fourth year are Plains Soul, Sweet Sage Woman, and Rebekah Jarvey, with Designs by Della marking her third year. This year also welcomes a new voice in Indigenous fashion, Devonté Designs, continuing the tradition of honoring culture, creativity, and legacy on the runway.

You are invited to embrace Native American culture and contemporary designs at the 2026 Montana Folk Festival. The artists will have many of the modeled works and more available for sale throughout the weekend at the First Peoples Market.  Models will grace the Original Stage wearing the fashions designed by the following designers.