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The Mai Wah Society is marking the end of its summer season by holding a “Moon Festival” at its museum in Uptown Butte (17 West Mercury Street) on Sunday, October 5, 2025. The event will run from 2:00-4:00 p.m. The Moon Festival, sometimes called the Mid-Autumn Festival, is second only to Chinese New Year when it comes to Chinese celebrations. The festival is a time for families to reunite for feasts, worship the moon, light paper lanterns, and eat moon cakes. It’s held when the moon is believed to be at its fullest and brightest. In Chinese culture, the full moon is a symbol of reunion, hence the gathering with family. The tradition stretches back 3,000 years.
The Mai Wah event will feature a small presentation about the Moon Festival, the reading of a couple traditional poems, and a chance to sample moon cakes and other treats. Additionally, the museum will be decorated with paper lanterns created by area children who can pick up kits at the Butte-Silver Bow Library (226 West Broadway Street).
BSB Library has “Take-and-Make” Lantern Craft Bags
The Mai Wah Society is thrilled to again partner with the Butte-Silver Bow Library to help decorate the museum for the Moon Festival!
During regular business hours, families can stop by and pick up a kit to take home and make a paper lantern. On the day of the Mai Wah’s Moon Festival, we ask that families bring their paper lanterns to the museum to be hung up and displayed during the festival.
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17 W Mercury St, Butte, MT, United States, Montana 59701
