Chad Okrush

Chad Okrusch is a Butte native and fifth-generation Montanan. He is a poet, visual artist, philosopher, and troubadour and moonlights as a college professor at Montana Tech where he serves as a department chair and president of the Faculty Senate. He makes music and sings his songs in backwoods bars near his favorite trout fishing spots from Dewey, Montana to Eugene, Oregon.

Butte Food Fall Festival September 6th, 2025