Sugarbeet Festival ‘going to be huge’

Sugarbeet Festival 'going to be huge'

Zach White

With a more favorable weather forecast than Havre Festival Days, Chinook is expecting hundreds of people for this weekend's sixth Annual Sugarbeet Festival.

The festival starts Friday afternoon with vendors setting up on Main Street, and ends 7 p.m. Saturday with Cold Hard Cash, a Johnny Cash tribute act in the Chinook High School gymnasium.

The highlight of the festival is the parade down Indiana Avenue at 4 p.m. Saturday, according to Chinook Chamber of Commerce Secretary Heather DePriest.

"The parade this year will be very exciting. We've...