Editing Council, Idaho (section)

==Major events==
[[File:Porcupine_Racers_2017.jpg|thumb|left|Racers and their porcupine competing in the 2017 World Championship Porcupine Race]]

===Porcupine Races===
Council holds a "World Champion [[Porcupine]] Race" on [[July 4th]] ([[Independence Day (United States)]]).  The racers are (mostly) local youth who capture wild porcupines, race them and then return them back to where they were captured.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/porcupines-are-like-the-biggest-excitement-hundreds-gather-for-councils-annual-porcupine-races/ |title='Porcupines are like the biggest excitement': Hundreds gather for Council's annual Porcupine races |publisher=KTVB |date=July 4, 2019 |author=Joey Prechtl |access-date=August 9, 2021}}</ref>

===Council Mountain Music Festival===
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Started in 2001, the Council Mountain Music Festival is held the third weekend in August at the Veterans Memorial Peace Park on HWY 95, just north of Council. The festival features [[Irish Music]], [[Rock music]], [[Blues]], [[Bluegrass music]], [[Country music]], and [[Folk music]]. The weekend includes an open jam session, scramble bands (all willing musicians put their names into a hat, and names are drawn to form “on the spot” bands who rehearse and perform three songs), food vendors, Lion’s Club breakfast, a community church service in the park on Sunday, and a community pig roast Sunday afternoon.