Events highlighted in blue are events hosted by the Columbia Falls Area Chamber of Commerce.
Mystery, murder and plenty of laughter are coming to the Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts this October as Bigfork Community Players presents Ken Ludwig's The Game's Afoot (Holmes for the Holidays). Broadway star William Gillette, famous for portraying Sherlock Holmes, invites his fellow actors to his Connecticut castle for a holiday gathering. But when one of the guests is murdered, Gillette decides to become Sherlock himself and uncover the killer. The result is a fast-paced comedy filled with suspects, secrets, twists and theatrical chaos.
Performances are October 16, 17, 23 and 24 at 7:30 p.m. and October 18 and 25 at 2:00 p.m. at the Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are available at Bigfork Drug and at the door.
Click here for event website.
Event hosted by Bigfork Community Players.
Join us at our October Falls After Five, hosted by Glacier Bank and Glacier Medical Associates and featuring the Columbia Falls Historical Society as the nonprofit member.
Event Date: October 27th, 2026 Time: 5:00–6:30pm
Falls After Five is our largest bi‑monthly networking event, bringing together business owners, professionals, and community leaders for an evening designed to grow new business connections and strengthen existing ones.
This month, you can look forward to:
Appetizers and refreshments
Networking and business introductions
Raffle Baskets
Split‑the‑pot drawing
Host, Co-Host and Nonprofit introductions
Whether you’re hoping to make new connections, deepen partnerships, or simply enjoy a fun evening with our business community, this event is the place to be.
Bring your business cards — and bring a coworker.
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Meet Our Host: Glacier Medical Associates
Glacier Medical Associates has been the Flathead Valley’s trusted leader in providing independent medical care since 2001. With three convenient locations in Whitefish, Columbia Falls, and Evergreen / Kalispell, we offer comprehensive healthcare for every stage of life including Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Geriatrics, Urgent Care, and Walk-In Services.
Learn More: Glacier Medical Associates – Whitefish, Columbia Falls, Evergreen
Meet Our Co-Host: Glacier Bank
At Glacier Bank, we believe in relationships - not just banking, which is why we have a business focus of service at our core. That focus on service goes beyond the walls of our buildings and extends out to the communities in which we reside. We understand the immense role our communities play in our success and our employees are passionate about actively participating in the community through various volunteer roles.
Meet Our Featured Nonprofit: Columbia Falls Community Center
Discover the stories that shaped Columbia Falls and the surrounding area. Founded in 2007, the Columbia Falls Historical Society preserves and shares local history through its museum, collections, community presentations, exhibits, and events.
From the people who built this community to the traditions that continue today, the museum connects residents and visitors with the history of Columbia Falls, Hungry Horse, Martin City, West Glacier, and the Flathead River region. We welcome volunteers, members, artifact donations, and stories from anyone who wants to help keep our local heritage alive.
Explore our website for upcoming programs, museum updates, and ways to get involved.
Learn More: https://columbiafallshistoricalsociety.org
The Wachholz College Center is thrilled to welcome CelloGayageum to the Flathead Valley.
CelloGayageum, founded in 2016 by Austrian cellist Sol Daniel Kim and Korean gayageum virtuoso Dayoung Yoon, bridges the soulful depth of Western classical music with the mesmerizing elegance of Korean gug-ak (traditional music). Inspired by Berlin’s Pavilion of Unity, this unique collaboration celebrates the beauty of connection—between instruments, histories, and people. With original compositions rooted in Korean folk melodies and infused with global sensibilities, CelloGayageum creates a sound that is at once ancient and refreshingly modern.
Tickets for CelloGayageum are $25.00.
Click here to purchase tickets.
Event hosted by Flathead Valley Community College.
Our November Coffee with the Chamber event is on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026 from 8:30-9:30am at Glacier Metalwork in Columbia Falls. Start your morning off with business connections and coffee.
Schedule:
Business networking from 8:30-9:00am followed by introductions of all attendees from 9:00-9:30am. Bring your business cards to share with others.
Coffee, pastries and water provided!
Meet Our Host: Glacier Metalwork
Glacier Metalwork, formerly Creative Combinations Montana CCMT, loves creating one-of-a-kind specialty pieces, with attention to detail and quality craftsmanship, for your home, garden or workspace.
Combining art with function, metal with wood, new and old materials. Experience in design, fabrication and installation; taking projects from an idea to the final masterpiece.
Working with homeowners, designers, architects and businesses looking for something special to set their space apart.
Specializing in steel artwork, functional steel art, and metal and wood furniture. Helping you transform your space into the beautiful inspiring space you imagine.
To find out how Glacier Metalwork can create your ideas contact us below. We look forward to bringing your dream designs to life!
Learn More: https://www.glaciermetalwork.com
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Coffee with the Chamber is a monthly networking event hosted by a different Chamber member business. Interested in hosting? Contact: [email protected] for more information.
Darrin Lunde’s The Naturalist offers a captivating account of how Theodore Roosevelt’s lifelong passion for the natural world set the stage for America’s wildlife conservation movement. Lunde draws on Roosevelt’s journals and his own expertise in museum naturalism to explore Roosevelt’s life and the influences that shaped his character and legacy, and how Roosevelt’s lifelong curiosity and commitment to studying and protecting wildlife has had a lasting impact on American policies and our relationship to wilderness.
Join us on Zoom and have a discussion with author Darrin Lunde about the book, The Naturalist. Register online here: https://glacier.org/glacier-book-club/
Event hosted by Glacier National Park Conservancy.
All private practitioners in the health and wellness industry in the Flathead are invited to the Connection Summit.
We are going to have a full agenda with a mix of:
*Networking
*Meaningful discussions
*Present your profession so other providers know what you do
*Business resources on the topics of HR and time management
This is open to all private health and wellness practitioners, so bring a friend. We are so excited about building this community of amazing providers!
Hope to see you there.
Click link below for event website.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1544603846818559/?
Event hosted by Mountain Physical Therapy and Fitness Center.
Girls on the Runway is an athleisure fashion show, silent auction, and fundraiser benefiting Girls on the Run Western Montana—a nonprofit serving girls in 3rd to 5th grade in 12 schools in Flathead and Lake Counties.
Join us Saturday, November 7th from 5:00pm-8:00pm. Reception and Silent Auction start at 5:00pm, Fashion Show and Program will start at 6:00pm. The Silent Auction and 50/50 Raffle will end at 7:30.
Event hosted by Girls on the Run Western Montana.
Design a beautiful junk journal bookmark! Use our collection of scrapbook papers, stickers, decorative tapes to create a charming keepsake for your next reading adventure!
Event hosted by Flathead County Library.
Join the Columbia Falls Area Chamber of Commerce at Cedar Creek Lodge on Tuesday, November 10th, 2026 from 11:30 - 1:00pm for our Chamber membership luncheon. Registration fee includes the featured presentation and a catered lunch.
Featured Presentations from Western Montana's Glacier Country and MT Department of Commerce, Destination MT Division
Title: The Visitor Dollar at Work
Description: Nonresident visitors spend $5.36 billion a year in Montana, including $834 million in Flathead County. Most of that stays with the businesses where it's spent. Lodging carries a combined 8% in state lodging taxes on top, and where that revenue lands surprises most people. A look at how visitor spending works and what those taxes actually fund.
Bio: Racene Friede is President CEO of Western Montana's Glacier Country, the official destination organization serving the eight-county travel region known as Glacier Country, a role she has held since 2007. She started on the chamber side in the 1990s as CVB coordinator for the Bozeman Area Chamber of Commerce and has spent 26 of her 32 years in the destination organization space. She is a founding member and board chair of Voices of Montana Tourism and a founding member and program facilitator of Tourism Matters to Montana. She speaks regularly on how Montana's visitor economy works and how the industry is funded.
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Title: Tourism Lunch & Learn, Montana Department of Commerce, Destination MT Division
Presenter: Taylor Tidwell, Tourism Partner Grant Coordinator
Presentation Description: Learn more about Destination MT’s strategic goals, use and success stories of bed tax funding, programs and how to leverage funding for your community’s economic resilience and development.
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Featured Caterer: Backslope Brewing
Luncheon Cost:
Chamber Members: $16.00/person
Non-Chamber Members: $20.00/person
Register by noon on Monday, November 9th, 2026 to be guaranteed lunch.
Columbia Falls Eyecare is excited to welcome the community to their new state-of-the-art eye clinic in Columbia Falls for a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, November 18th from 4:00-5:00pm, with the official ceremony with the Columbia Falls Area Chamber at 4:30pm. The event will take place at 1128 3rd Ave E, Columbia Falls, MT. The public is warmly invited to join in the celebration.
The event will feature remarks from the associates and doctors at Columbia Falls Eye Care and Columbia Falls Area Chamber representatives, an official cutting of the ribbon, tours of the clinic, and an opportunity to meet the team.
Dr. Troy Ypma said, “Columbia Falls Eyecare provides comprehensive eye exams along with diagnosis and management of ocular diseases such as cataracts, glaucoma, and macular degeneration. We also do eye evaluations for eye infection and injury. We have a full-service optical shop and sell glasses, sunglasses, and contacts as well.
We are doing a ribbon cutting ceremony as we have moved into a state-of-the-art eye clinic within this last year, and have just added an associate eye doctor to our growing practice. Dr. Mark Fischer has begun seeing patients this fall!”.
The event is being hosted in partnership with the Columbia Falls Area Chamber of Commerce, whose mission is to promote local business and support our community.
Event Details:
Santa is visiting Glacier International Lodge on Saturday, December 12th at 3:00p.m.
Join Santa fireside for a Christmas story, then cookies and milk afterwards.
This is a free event and all children are welcome!
After the event you can relax and enjoy a comfortable stay for $99 a night. You can also take it one step farther and have our mischievous elves bring cookies & milk to your room!
406-892-2072
233 13th Street East
PO Box 312
Columbia Falls, MT
59912
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