Angie makes Bozeman Magazine happen all while wrangling her three children and adventuring with her husband and living the Big Sky dream.
STEVE McGANN - RECREATION
Steve has lived in Bozeman since the 1970s. Now retired, he is trying to finally use his history degrees. Or he is in the hills.
JOSI HINDS - LOCAL LIVING
Josi was born and raised in Bozeman, and returned home after graduating from the U. of Utah with a degree in Journalism in 2025.
TIM FORD - REAL ESTATE
Tim is a Broker / Realtor® with Bozeman Broker Real Estate in Bozeman Montana.
BRIAN RIPPLE - PUBLISHER
Brian is a husband and father. A professional Sound Engineer & Stage Manager for live events. An artist & designer, a dog lover, and the Music Editor and co-publisher of this magazine.
KATIE THOMAS - DINING
Katie was born and raised in Bozeman. She can usually be found writing, cruising farmer’s markets, building campfires, and critiquing restaurants with her friends.
MIKE ‘BUENO’ GOOD - MT MUSIC
Bueno is the music loving owner of Cactus Records and Gifts.
Bueno is a Billings native, but he has lived in Bozeman for quite some time.
PETER BRANCAICCO - RECREATION
When not hiking in the mountains that surround Bozeman, Peter and his wife Wendy can be found, enjoying the quiet streams and small lakes which surround Valley West in Bozeman..
CYNTHIA LOGAN - COPY EDITOR
Cynthia has been a freelance writer and editor for nearly three decades. She assists individuals and corporations to further their branding.
KATHLEEN JOHNS - ASTROLOGY
Kathleen is the owner/founder of Mantra located in Bozeman, MT. Kathleen holds a degree in English Literature from MSU/Bozeman and is an avid high altitude gardener.
RACHEL PHILLIPS - HISTORY
Rachel is the Research Coordinator at the Gallatin History Museum in Bozeman.
ABBY KNOBEL - LOCAL LIVING
Abby is a recent English Literature graduate from Montana State University and can be found reading, gardening, or planning her next adventure.
B ZEMAN MAGAZINE
APRIL 2026 - VOLUME 19.11
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ROOTED IN BOZEMAN
Spring in Bozeman is a season of becoming. Daylight hours are stretched, and the rhythms of the community begin to shift outward—toward gardens, trails, patios, and shared spaces. This April, our sustainability issue invites you to consider not just how we grow, but how we sustain: our land, our homes, our businesses, and each other.
Across these pages, you’ll find stories rooted in both tradition and forward thinking. We sit down with Aurore Adams of Aurore French Bakery, whose approach to food is as much about intention as it is about flavor—highlighting the value of craftsmanship, local sourcing, and slowing down to savor. From there, we look back at the legacy of Montana author Dorothy M. Johnson, whose storytelling preserved the spirit of the West, reminding us that sustainability also lives in the preservation of culture and voice.
This issue also marks the beginning of a personal journey, as we begin to share a long historical letter from Flora Gardner from the spring of 1879. Part 1 of Flora’s letter is the first chapter of her path to Bozeman—a reflection on movement, change, and what it means to put down roots in a place that calls you forward. That idea of rootedness carries into our practical features as well, including a guide to local gardening resources and a closer look at 3 Fiddles Farm, where resilience and stewardship shape each growing season.
Spring is also a time of preparation. Local businesses are emerging from winter with fresh energy, adapting and innovating for the months ahead. At home, many of us are thinking more intentionally about our spaces—whether that means reducing wildfire risk, rethinking landscaping, or simply opening the windows and letting the season in.
And for those still finding their place here, our “Top 10 Ways to Put Down Roots in Bozeman” offers simple, meaningful ways to connect—because sustainability isn’t just environmental, it’s communal. It’s about showing up and investing in the place we call home.
Each issue of Bozeman Magazine is designed to reflect the many layers of this community—from its history and agriculture to its arts, people, and evolving identity. As you turn these pages, we hope you discover something new, revisit something meaningful, and feel inspired to engage more deeply with the world around you.
Because in a place like Bozeman, growth isn’t just seasonal— it’s a way of life.
Angie Ripple
THE MONTANA PLAN IS HERE
Brady Wiseman
Ready to end dark money and corporations swaying our elections? The Montana Plan is here—protecting free and fair elections for Montanans by restoring transparency! Beginning midMarch, The Montana Plan began collecting signatures from voters like you.
The Montana Plan will make Montana the first state in the USA to pass the Transparent Election Initiative. We are going to put a stop to dark money and corporate money in our elections. We are going to drive a stake through the heart of Citizens United, and put an end to our biannual gush-
er of campaign media sewage that angers, confuses and divides us.
For the first time anywhere, Montana’s new law will finally define in writing that corporations are not persons, but artificial entities created by law. They do not have the rights of people; they have privileges granted and limited by law. This new law made by and for the people says that corporations—all corporations, no exceptions, including those from out of state—do not have the privilege of giving money to election campaigns in Montana
This profoundly simple concept makes
the infamous Citizens United decision moot, meaning it will no longer matter. By getting the Transparent Election Initiative on the ballot where we can vote it into law in November, we will be able to restore what we had on the books in Montana for a full 100 years. Corporations can’t fund campaigns, end of conversation.
This is not our first rodeo with this corporate corruption here in Montana. We’ve been fighting the forces of greed for over a century. It took a citizen’s initiative back in 1912 to enact the Corrupt Practices Act. That corralled the Anaconda Company, which had
completely crushed our freedom to govern ourselves by literally throwing bags of money over rooming house transoms in Helena.
Sixty years later, the evergreen vines of greed once again entangled our government. Another citizen’s campaign got us a new Constitution in 1972, the best in the country. And here we are after another 50 years, needing to rise up together once again.
In Montana history, grassroots efforts have protected small businesses in the statehouse in Helena and forced elected officials to pay attention to Montanans. Not long ago in the Treasure State, you did not have to work very hard to meet your Governor or your Senator and tell them what you think. Sadly, those days are gone. We need our representation back.
The Montana Plan does not take away a single right. Individuals will still be able to write checks to campaigns, but they are going to have to follow our laws and tell us who they are and where they live.
I’ve found that everyone loves the Montana Plan, except perhaps for those that benefit from the corruption. We know who they are. They are trying to win by dividing us. This is no longer about red or blue, conservative or liberal; it’s about us deciding as Montanans that we’ve had enough with this corruption. Our elected officials have proven that they won’t fix it. It’s up to us to roll up our sleeves and pitch in together.
You will no doubt soon be meeting a friend or neighbor carrying a clipboard and asking if you’ve heard about The Montana Plan. We encourage you to help put the Transparent Election Initiative on the ballot by signing the petition. Then, come November, we can have an honest conversation about what’s what. And that will be that.
Let’s get this fixed in ’26. B
Brady Wiseman represented Bozeman in the Montana House of Representatives from 2005-2010. He is a community organizer for The Montana Plan.
THE IDIOM TO HAVE A BEEF MEANS TO HAVE A COMPLAINT ABOUT SOMETHING, TO HAVE A DISAGREEMENT WITH SOMEONE, TO BE DISSATISFIED WITH SOMETHING.
THE WORD BEEF TO MEAN A COMPLAINT, DISAGREEMENT OR DISSATISFACTION CAME INTO USE IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE 1880S.
HAILEY HOSKEN
Hailey Hosken is an artist and graphic designer living in Bozeman, Montana. An avid climber, trail runner, cyclist, and skier, she’s likely to be out playing in the mountains when she isn’t busy working. Living in a mountain town with close proximity to Glacier, Grand Teton, and Yellowstone National Parks provide plenty of inspirational material for her illustrative work. She enjoys rendering detailed, vibrant interpretations of the wild places she loves most, using landscape as a vessel for exploring deeper thought.
Hailey began her art career painting bright landscapes in watercolor and ink, but has grown to enjoy mixing medias and materials to also utilize paper, collage, wood, acrylic painting, and gilding. The resulting works are heavily layered, physically replicating the geologic processes which form the very mountain ranges she’s inspired to paint. She’s constantly inspired by geology and the physical evidence of Earth’s systems at work, finding human metaphor in the way landscape can hold evidence of experience.
Hailey has loved painting since childhood, and was lucky to grow up in Anchorage, Alaska where she developed a love for color and the outdoors. She moved to Bozeman in 2010 to attend Montana State University, where she received a BFA in Graphic Design. Hailey has since worked as a freelancer and an Exhibit Graphic Designer for the Museum of the Rockies, while also setting routes at the local climbing gym.
She has done illustrative work for various outdoor organizations and companies, including the Access Fund, the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation, Sunday Afternoons Hats, and Gilson Snow. Her work has appeared in Climbing magazine and Outside Bozeman, and she currently has additional work on permanent display at Outlaw Brewing in Bozeman.
Original art works and reproduction prints can be found at www.haileyelise.com. Follow her work on Instagram @haileyelise.art to keep up with Hailey’s latest projects and showings.
The boulangerie. I never thought we would get a French bakery in Bozeman, much less one run by a native Parisian. If you’ve ever been lucky enough to experience the tiny corner bakeries of Paris, you know why I’m thrilled about Aurore Bakery. Using largely French ingredients and techniques, Aurore provides Bozeman with another option for our croissants, baguettes, and pastries. The other day I met with Aurore Adam, owner and namesake of the beautiful petite eatery, now with two locations, to learn the story of her flourishing business.
KATIE THOMAS: First, tell us a little bit about yourself – where in France are you from, and what brought you to Montana?
AURORE ADAMS: I am from Paris, and what brought me here was my twin sister, Alison. She was living here and I visited her in March 2020. Then because of Covid, I got stuck here for three months, which was amazing,
because I was not locked down in my small apartment in Paris. I got to discover the Montana lifestyle; I learned how to ski and mountain bike. I really loved everything about Bozeman.
KT: Did you grow up baking?
AA: No. I had been a real estate agent for six years in Paris, which is something that you cannot do in the U.S. if you’re not American. So I decided that I wanted to open a bakery, because during those three months here, I was going to bakeries, and I found that Bozeman is too big for only a few places. In France, we have about 35,000 bakeries, so for this size of town we would have 21 bakeries. I felt there was a market for another, and I also really wanted to share my culture. I think people are waiting for that – every time there is a new restaurant opening, people are curious about it.
KT: How was Aurore Bakery conceptualized?
AA: Someone told me that if I wanted to be successful here, I should find something that Americans wouldn’t be able to do. Not because they’re not good at it, but because I’m French. If, for example, an American moved to France and opened a smash burger food truck, that would be legit. And I didn’t know how much I loved bakeries and eating out before I moved here and craved diversity. In Paris, you have all the food choices in the world, and I thought we needed more here. And it’s getting better; I feel like we are very lucky to have all these people coming here, bringing their craft and sharing their cultures.
KT: Describe your other location – we are sitting in the lobby of the Baxter Hotel now, next to your café location, but you have a larger bakery near Four Corners as well.
AA: We opened the main bakery in May 2023. That is the original location, where all
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KT: So true. In addition to this vibe, what would you say makes Aurore unique in the Bozeman food scene?
KT: What drinks are included on your menu?
AA: We have coffees, teas, decaf, chai, matcha. Our coffee beans are from Tanat Coffee, an award-winning company owned by a friend of mine. I actually brought one of my first baristas to France to train with him. I wish I could take my whole team every year, but now there are about 15 of us.
KT: What menu item do regulars keep coming back for?
AA: The “Croinamon.” It’s a classic cinnamon roll combined with a croissant. Many Americans have the memory of the Cinnabon fresh out of the oven when they were kids, so this is my take on making it French.
KT: Do you personally have a favorite menu item?
AA: The chocolate croissant. You cannot go wrong with that. And the fruit tartelettes that we are making, and the Parisian sandwich.
KT: What’s on that sandwich?
AA: That is butter, whole grain French mustard, ham from Daniel’s, tomato, lettuce, Cornichons.
KT: Oh my goodness – I have to have that.
AA: Yes, it’s very good.
KT: This is making me hungry. What do you enjoy most about being part of the Bozeman community?
the ingredients are delivered, and everything is baked and stored. We have a sitting area, plus outside seating for when it’s hot enough – although we could almost be there right now! We have all the production within the warehouse; everything is open and customers can see us work.
KT: What is your capacity there?
AA: It’s about 18, plus outside. When we’re doing events, we put out more chairs just for the day.
KT: What would you like people to experience when they walk through your doors?
AA: That they feel they have traveled to France. The smell of the bakery hits you as soon as you walk in; we have French music going on at all times, and we try to be very good at hospitality and customer service. I’d like people to feel as if they’re really sitting around a table with their French friends, just hanging out. That’s something that’s different about the culture here – everyone is on a schedule, whereas in France, people will just go have a coffee at 2 p.m. for no real reason and sit around with their friends. You talk about everything in your life and just be with each other.
AA: Authenticity. We bring in lots of ingredients from France. Gluten-intolerant people can have our food because the grain in French flour is ancient and has not been modified over the years. After the wheat has been cut, there is nothing else added. If you look at the ingredients printed on a French bag of flour, all it will say is “wheat.” In the U.S., the back of the bag will usually say “wheat,” plus a lot of additives. The French flour also makes your digestion easier because the gluten in this flour is softer. I’ve experienced that myself. Another difference specifically is the taste of sourdough – ours is more lactic and less acidic than American sourdough.
KT: Do you work with any local purveyors whom you’d like to shout out?
AA: Yes! We use Front Porch Chocolate from Livingston. The ham on the ham and cheese croissant is from Daniel’s Gourmet Meats. All our teas are from Lake Missoula Tea Company. The people at these companies are so easy to work with, very accommodating, always trying to be helpful. They bring a lot of brainstorming and ideas to the table.
AA: Everything! This community is so kind. With all that is happening in the world, I feel that I’m protected here, even as an immigrant. My experience has been that when they see that you work hard, when you have ambition and you want to create something, people will usually be supportive and happy that you’re here. I am employing mostly Americans, and I’m very proud of their work and that we’re able to pay them for that. Also, it’s nice because people have started to recognize me – at the grocery store, at the restaurant, and it just feels good. This reminds me why I do what I do.
KT: Do you have any special events coming up?
AA: I want to organize an Easter egg hunt in Bozeman for Easter, where there are golden eggs hidden around different downtown businesses with gift cards to the bakery. Something like that. We have our Bastille Day celebration every year; this year we’ll celebrate on July 12th, a Sunday. Kids are welcome, and usually we have a bouncy house, little swimming pools outside, a DJ, prizes, and champagne.
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KT: What’s the best way for people to follow your events?
AA: On Instagram, @aurorefrenchbakery and @cafeaurorebozeman.
KT: Anything else you’d like readers to know about Aurore?
AA: Yes, two things: one, in a couple weeks we’ll be on Uber Eats and DoorDash. Second, my team is my success. The most difficult thing about running a business is finding good people, and when you find good people who care, this is amazing. I really enjoy going to the bakery every day because of them.
I would enjoy going to Aurore Bakery every day too, but I fear I’d never leave. It would be so easy to just embrace the French way, as Aurore described, and sit around for hours, sampling one of everything. One warning about that: things sell out pretty quickly, especially that Croinamon. Serious panophiles should arrive before 9 a.m., especially on the weekends. My husband and I learned the hard way the other day – we rolled in around 11 a.m. on a Sunday, and there wasn’t a Croinamon in sight. But luckily,
there were plenty of airy baguettes, delectable almond croissants, and rich Tanat Coffee. We savored our breakfast and imagined with had that certain je ne sais quoi found only on the streets of Paris. K
Born and raised in Bozeman, Katie Thomas lives with her husband and their collection of beloved pets, and can usually be found writing, cruising farmer’s markets, building campfires, and critiquing restaurants with her friends.
FOOD STYLE
Authentic French baked goods
DRINKS
Coffee, tea, hot chocolate
HOURS
Tuesday – Sunday, 7am - 1pm at bakery
Tuesday – Sunday, 7am - 3pm at café in Baxter downtown. CLOSED MONDAYS
VIBE
European casual PRICE
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FOOD & DRINKS
JUNK PILE
The time has come; I can put it off no longer. I feel culturally obligated to share the following recipe with you. It is called Junk Pile and, you guessed it – I got it from the same dear auntie who brought us Scroutch. Never in my life have I come across such a concoction, and I rather hope you haven’t, either. No, this is not the same as “Garbage Plate Recipe,” an entrée involving French fries, macaroni salad, grilled cheeseburgers, ketchup, day-old bread, and two different kinds of hot sauce. Nor does it resemble “Texas Trash Pie,” a slightly saner recipe for a pie composed of chocolate chips, crushed pretzels, crushed graham crackers, shredded coconut, pecan pieces, and caramel bits.
I’ve been trying to think of a way to present this diplomatically, because I love my Aunt Mary. I think she loves this recipe. And I love to make fun of this recipe. Auspiciously, I had the recent pleasure of attending a family birthday dinner at which Aunt Mary was present, so I took the opportunity to tell her I was planning to gently deride this recipe in print. Good sport that she is, we may proceed. And as we dive headfirst into Junk Pile, bear in mind that it is actually meant to be a serious recipe. Some may love it. I encourage you to try it. Not all taste buds are created equal. But you can probably tell by now how my taste buds react to this.
To truly appreciate the exquisite hot mess that is Junk Pile, it is necessary to read it in Aunt Mary’s own words.
JUNK PILE
MELT 6 tablespoons butter in a large skillet.
ADD and cook over medium heat until the onion is limp:
1 cup minced onion
1 cup chopped celery
4-5 cloves garlic, minced
COMBINE the dry ingredients and add to the onion mixture, stirring over low heat till blended ½ cup flour
1 to 2 tablespoons curry powder or to taste
1 teaspoon dry mustard
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon paprika
Dash of cayenne pepper
SLOWLY ADD & stir till smooth:
1 ¼ cups strong beef stock (I use a full can of Campbell’s beef broth)
1 cup light cream
ADD and cook 2 minutes:
3 tablespoons catsup
ADD & heat to boiling point:
1 3-pound chicken, stewed, meat cut into bite-size pieces—(I bake 1 full breast)
LET STAND 1 HOUR, THEN REHEAT. NOTE: THIS CURRY IS BEST IF MADE A DAY AHEAD AND REHEATED.
SERVE OVER HOT BUTTERED RICE WITH ANY (OR, BETTER YET, ALL) OF THE CONDIMENTS!
MAKES 6 SERVINGS
CONDIMENTS
WHAT I USE: OTHER SUGGESTIONS:
Chopped hard boiled eggs
Chopped onion
Shredded coconut
Chopped salted peanuts
Chopped, cooked, crumbled bacon
Raisins
Crushed pineapple (I use tidbits)
Slivered almonds
Fresh strawberries or raspberries!!
Chow mein noodles
Soy sauce
Sweet pickle relish
Chutney
Chopped green pepper
Chopped green or ripe olives
Chopped celery
Orange marmalade
Sauteed banana slices
Avocado
SET OUT ALL THE CONDIMENTS AND LET EVERYONE PUT WHATEVER OVER THEIR RICE AND SAUCE.
Katie Thomas
Thoughts? Responses? One friend emailed me back after reading this, suggesting that it was not so much a recipe as it was a manifesto. Another asked why “ketchup” was spelled “catsup” (more on that another time). My mom and my Aunt Nancy displayed a stunted confusion at Aunt Mary’s description of Junk Pile one evening last summer, when she described what she would be making for dinner at the family cabin. My beloved mullet-sporting cousins in Helena, Aunt Mary’s sons, who put both ketchup and syrup over their eggs, hashbrowns, and huckleberry pancakes, probably love this dish. Aunt Mary’s best friend, Mignon (a moniker we’ll unpack another time as well), takes it as seriously as church.
My personal feeling is that if your palate is so bullet-proof that you can combine orange marmalade and sweet pickle relish on what is essentially a very confused chicken curry dish, you have my full admiration (and maybe a skosh of concern). Take a minute and think about the fact that this chicken swims in a sauce made of beef broth, cream, ketchup, and mustard. Then consider that laundry list of possible condiments. I felt peculiar as I pulled coconut, green olives, peanuts, raspberries, chopped bacon, and diced onions out and laid them on the counter, in preparation for topping my Junk Pile. As I plated my personal serving, one of my cats came over to sniff the plate, licked it, and took off with a look of betrayal on her face.
But Whiskers has always been a picky eater. We all enjoy different flavors and combinations, and there may be no accounting for taste. To be fair, some of these condiments do traditionally go together—I have many Asian recipes that call for fruit and nuts, for example, and the soy sauce and chow mein noodles together don’t sound so bad. Maybe it’s not so crazy to put chopped hard-boiled eggs and pineapple tidbits together; who am I to judge? Perhaps in your family, like in mine, what is considered “tasty” is up for debate, and there are compromises to be had. So, go forth, assemble your version of this recipe, and report back. We wouldn’t want Junk Pile to go extinct (or would we?). I hope I’ve done it justice. Love you, Aunty M. J
MR. VALE’S MATH CLASS
Mr. Vale’s Math Class, is playing in Bozeman at Bozeman Hot Springs Sunday, April 5th. Mr. Vale’s Math Class is more than the sum of its parts—the six-piece funk band brings rollicking dance-party vibes backed by zippy horns, wink-and-a-nod lyrics, and an energizing stage performance to the Pacific Northwest and beyond. If only high school math class were this much fun.
Oscillating between playful and serious, the band riffs its way through blues, funk, and jammy notes from bygone eras, with modern, fresh lyrics that feel plucked from a math
wizard’s hat. Rest assured, Mr. Vale’s Math Class will have you grooving to the golden mean, even if you can’t find your protractor or remember how to do quadratic equations.
Led by the multi-instrumentalist and math tutor Jordan Vale on keys, trumpet, and vocals, the group includes musicians Nick Hamel on guitar, Milo Fultz on bass, James Ford on drums, David Burrows on auxiliary percussion, and Lhanna Writesal on saxophone, along with a rotating cast of dynamic guest musicians.
Always cooking up something new, Mr. Vale’s Math Class released Live, Math, Love
part 1 in 2026, a four-song EP that blends funky grooves, heartfelt moments, and clever math-inspired storytelling and builds on the band’s identity as cheeky educators with serious musical chops. The EP followed several 2005 and 2022 singles and its 2002 album We Can Help You Out, which Eleven PDX called “a funky, jazzy, lovefest.”
Mr. Vale’s Math Class has rocked the house at major PNW music fests, including Juniper Jam, Shift, NW Folklife, and Goodtime Campout, and has opened for acts such as Jamie Cullum, Marchfourth, and High Step Society. V
Jordan Vale
AND YOU MIGHT ASK YOURSELF WHAT’S SPINNING NEXT?
Mike ‘Bueno’ Good
4/3/26
NEW RELEASES
A$AP Rocky
Sunn o)))
Hit-boy & The Alchemist
Arlo Parks
Thundercat
Good Kid
Charley Crockett
Bon Iver (live)
Corrosion of Conformity
Tedeschi Trucks (live)
Art School Girlfriend
Bruce Hornsby
Paul Cauthen
Joe Pernice
REISSUES
O.A.R.
Jimi Hendrix (x2)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Kali Uchis
Masayoshi Takanaka
Nightmares on Wax
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party
Bill Withers
Alkaline Trio
Budos Band
Tom Tom Club
The Beths Band of Skulls
Fabulous Thunderbirds
4/10/26
NEW RELEASES
Cory Wong
Laufey
Melvins w/ Napalm Death
The Band
Frank Turner
Hot Mulligan
Squarepusher
REISSUES
Monster Magnet
Danzig
The Cramps
4/17/26
NEW RELEASES
Snocaps (Allison & Katie Krutchfield)
Arkells
E L U C I D
Insane Clown Posse
Benjamin Tod (Lost Dog Street Band)
Widespread Panic (live box)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (live acoustic)
REISSUES
Social Distortion
Jennifer Lopez
Carcass
Bolt Thrower
The Zombies
Velvet Underground (Hi-fi)
Flipper
Beastie Boys
Stooges (Hi-fi)
4/24/26
NEW RELEASES
Kneecap
Atreyu
M83
Dale Watson
Failure
Wolfmother
Glen Hansard
Foo Fighters
Young the Giant
Michael Jackson Biopic Soundtrack
Chet Faker
Terror
Lice (Aesop Rock and Homeboy Sandman)
Noah Kahan
Resavoir
The Milk Carton Kids
At the Gates
Sepultura Ringo Starr
REISSUES
Monster Magneet
Descendents
Franz Ferdinand
Yes
The Rapture
Warrant Winger
MONTANA MUSIC
NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS
Still Shakin’ is a celebration of our life-changing first album, Shake Hands with Shorty, which we released 25 years ago, and a love letter of appreciation to everyone who supported us and kept us in the game all these years. Touring this album cycle into 2026 will mark thirty years since we started North Mississippi Allstars, and we couldn’t resist being commemorating both of those anniversaries. Rather than focus on the old material, we decided to record new music in the spirit of our debut.
My brother Cody and I started the Allstars in 1996 as a loose collective of musicians from our North Mississippi home. We were inspired by our father, Jim Dickinson, as well as by our neighbors and musical elders: RL Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, Otha Turner, and Fred McDowell. Our first national tour was backing RL on the Ass Pocket of Whiskey tour in 1997, selling out shows in the US and Canada. Kenny Brown hired us and showed us the ropes. That experience blew my mind. Cody and I have been on the road ever since.
When we started the Allstars, we played Mississippi music as straight and traditional as we could, but it evolved. While we were playing a residency on Beale Street in 1998, we realized we could incorporate our previous style of psych-rock improvisation and create our own sound. The idea of using folk and blues melodies and lyrics as vehicles for interpretation and improvisation made a lot of sense to us. We recorded our debut while we were still intoxicated from growing up and hanging out at Otha’s G.O.A.T. picnics and spending Sunday nights at Junior’s juke joint. We were under the influence of the Sacred Steel music, and those first two collections literally changed our lives.
The Allstars began touring in 1998, and the touring lineup has at various times included Cedric Burnside, Garry Burnside, Chris Chew, Berry Oakley Jr., and Oteil Burbridge. Cur-
rently the band features Joey Williams of the Blind Boys of Alabama and Ray Ray Holloman, guitarist player for Eminem. We’ve been fortunate to share the stage with countless legends, including Phil Lesh, Mavis Staples, Robert Plant, John Hiatt, Buddy Guy, Snoop Dogg, and Jon Spencer. By the time we made Shake Hands with Shorty, our recipe was Mississippi Hill Country and Sacred Steel cross-bred with our stoner/punk/low-rent psychedelic jams. We started calling it Modern Mississippi Music. We recorded Shake Hands with Shorty and many of our other albums at our family studio, Zebra Ranch, in Independence, Mississippi. For me music is an act of communion with the elders that transcends time and space, which makes Zebra Ranch—as Jimi Hendrix would have called it—an electric church. So that’s where we had to make Still Shakin’. We had to get some of that vibe. That’s where I wrote the initial riffs that became the album’s title track.
It wasn’t planned, but one morning I woke up and realized it was the 15th anniversary of our dad’s passing. That inspired me to record the instrumental “Monomyth” on his baby grand piano.
Our albums have always been more a snapshot of where and who we are than an indication of where we are headed. The musicians in the current Allstars lineup served as motivation to record Still Shakin’. Joey and Ray Ray and special guest Kashiah Hunter elevate the band to new heights while still grounding us, and together we settled back into a new version of our old dynamic. This lineup wouldn’t exist without the kindness and community-building of Robert Randolph, who introduced us to Joey and Ray Ray. They in turn introduced us to Kashiah.
We ended up recording with them at home and on the road, but some of the most inspired moments happened in Mississippi.
Testimony from Luther Dickinson
PINE CREEK LODGE
We recorded Robert Kimbrough and Duwayne Burnside at Duwayne’s juke joint in Holly Springs, which captured a real Modern Mississippi Music. Recording with our old friend Jojo Hermann brought back memories of the heyday of Fat Possum Records and Junior’s juke joint. He’s best known as the keyboard player in Widespread Panic, but he was a founding partner of Fat Possum, which released albums by some of those great Mississippi heroes.
We offer the album to the memory of Phil Lesh, another great mentor and a huge influence on the Allstars. Playing with him and second-generation soul brother Grahame Lesh in Phil and Friends was another life-changing music experience. We didn’t grow up playing Dead songs, but Phil and Grahame taught us by hand the songs but also the philosophies and intentions behind the music. Grahame’s bass playing on Still Shakin’ reassures me that the Lesh tradition lives on.
Over the years we’ve learned that the harder we work ourselves in the studio and the more DIY a record is, the better it feels and the better it captures the feeling we evoke live. So we like to record long and loose, quickly and painlessly capturing inspiration and raw performances, then we polish them a little bit and trim the fat. We let our current experiments, explorations, obsessions, and influences natural infuse the music on Still Shakin’. We plugged acoustic instruments into homemade tube amps, which we then plugged directly into the recording board, which created some amazingly fuzzy, funky guitar textures.
The Allstars also recorded to document our travels. Any time I come across a cool keyboard out in the wild, I’ll quickly set up and record with it and then add it to a song later. We also using our iPhones to create off-thecuff breakbeats or field recordings. At one point I was complaining about a subpar audio standard when my kids turned me on to Steve Lacy and his iPad Touch recordings. It’s truly DIY by any means necessary. We worked on this record in the studio but we also took it out on the road. I recorded vocals in hotel rooms using my kids’ plastic karaoke mic. We took it to coffee shops and backstage dressing rooms. We worked on it aboard planes, trains, and automobiles. I love working on a long-term project a little bit every day, because it gives you new perspectives that can’t be faked.
Ultimately, Still Shakin’ is Modern Mississippi Music filtered through our musical instincts today. It has a lighthearted spirit of gratitude and joy and isn’t weighed down by concept or agenda. If you stay engaged, music will always be fascinating to you and your playing will always evolve. We also believe that the North Mississippi well never runs dry. There is always a song that I’ve never considered playing that comes into my life and has to be considered. And these musicians never fail to shine. They always have inspired contributions to make and serve up the proper portions of hometown funk. Even though we spend a lot of time on the road, our hearts are always back home: “It don’t matter what dirt is on my boots, I’m in a Mississippi frame of mind.” D
AN ENGLISHMAN IN BIG SKY
Stuart Laws
I’ve never met an actual cowboy. Growing up in Slough, a town outside of London, England, I met a fair few cowboy builders and mechanics but never an actual rooting, tooting, lassoing cowboy (imagine rooting or tooting said in an English accent—really silly stuff). So, for me, April 17th is a big day. I arrive in Bozeman, will meet an actual cowboy and do my first standup headline show in the USA. Now, I know there are almost 5000 British people in the state but I’m hoping to tempt along more than just my fellow scone-loving, tea-drinking maniacs.
As a kid, my horizon was obscured by warehouses, smoke stacks and the small grey skies of England for 51 weeks of the year. That one week of sunshine gave me sunburnt skin. Then, in 2025 I got my O1 visa (‘alien of extraordinary ability’; what a term, will forever make me laugh) to perform comedy in the USA, and my horizon became very different. I’ve now told jokes in 10 different states and the 11th is going to be Montana—potentially the best. The last best, in fact, because I’m performing at The Last Best Comedy Club.
Quick rundown of who I am: I’ve played maybe every city in the UK and every type of comedy show from basements to theatres and conference rooms to TV studios; I’ve opened for Taskmaster favourites James Acaster, Ed Gamble and Lou Sanders, and have performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with critically acclaimed, sold out runs. I’ve even played in the annual Taskmaster charity soccer game and scored a couple of goals—less relevant, but I want you to know I can ball. One thing American comics have asked me is what it’s like doing standup in the USA after so long in the UK; I always say, ‘easier, more fun.’ Americans buy tickets to see shows because they want to be entertained and that makes everything better: comedians can be funnier, audiences can have a better time.
I am thrilled to be heading to Bozeman, and to a state much bigger than my country but wildly less populated. In the UK there are almost 800 people per square mile, in Montana it’s less than eight (of course, I’m hoping there’ll be more than that at my shows). Because of my job and, let’s be honest, my personality, I like to really research a place before I visit. I don’t want to be a comedian who has no idea where they are and what sort of audience they’re playing to. I want to be on stage with local knowledge: I read up on town news, the sports teams and the unusual facts and places to visit. When I searched for the top things to do in Bozeman, the results were wild bucket list stuff; the top result was ‘see a British comedian be charming and hilarious at his shows at the brilliant Last Best Comedy Club (and and if you can’t make it to this one, one of the club’s other shows… it’s one of the best clubs in the country)’. The rest of the list were casual things like hike the M trail, see grizzlies, jump in some hot springs and view a T-Rex fossil. I want to do everything and, personal shout out to readers: I’m a keen runner and am absolutely in the market for any beautiful 3-6 mile long runs, so if any of you have tips, I will gladly take them!
As someone who grew up watching American movies and documentaries, this feels like the exact place I want to be. Stunning scenery, iconic main street and mom & pop stores and diners. Wildlife my British mind can’t comprehend. I recently spent a couple of nights in a cabin in the Rockies and was obsessed with maybe seeing a bear or an elk or a moose. A few years ago, when I was out for a run in upstate Washington, I exclaimed out loud, “oh, my goodness” at a bald eagle. It gave me a nod and flew on. Montana is all of that and more. If I see a bison, coyote or bear, I think there’s a strong chance I’d drop some quintessentially British swearing (“oh, golly, etc.”). The thought of being in a landscape
that for millennia has been a grand test to survive in, at the frontier of what humans could make home is mind-boggling. Especially because, as a standup comedian I’m used to people saying things like, “oh, I could never do that/you’re so brave for doing that,” and my response is: ‘it’s not brave, because I love it.’ It’s the same way that riding a horse or having to hunt for food seems terrifying and impossible from where I’m standing. And, of course, some people would say that living in England for 40 years is the limit of the human spirit and to them I would say, ‘shut your mouth, that’s Paddington’s country, and we are lucky to have it.’
Touring America has been a learning curve, too. We speak the same language but we do it in a very different way. I have been tweaking jokes, adjusting phrasings, even changing my accent for certain words. You won’t believe how much my name, pronounced the way I pronounce it, is unintelligible to most Americans’ ears—countless waiters looking at me baffled, until I repeat it in an American accent. The English pronounce Tuesday “Chewsday,” so when I say my name in America it sounds like “Shdewett.” In a remarkable twist my opener on April 17th is Jennifer Jane, a fantastic local comedian who was born in the UK but has lived in Montana for a long time. She will be my translator when I say something too British like “wind your neck in” or “Bob’s your uncle.” So come along, laugh and say hello afterwards—especially if you’re a cowboy.
EARTH DAY IDEAS SMALL CHANGES THAT MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE
With Earth Day arriving on April 22, it’s a good reminder that small improvements at home can make a meaningful difference for both the environment and your wallet. Many eco-friendly upgrades are simple, affordable, and can even increase your home’s appeal to future buyers.
HERE ARE SEVERAL EARTH DAY IDEAS HOMEOWNERS CAN CONSIDER THIS SPRING.
PLANT A TREE OR IMPROVE LANDSCAPING
Earth Day is a great opportunity to plant trees or modify landscaping. Trees can provide shade that helps cool homes during the summer months, while also improving curb appeal and overall property value. It can be fun, too! Who doesn’t love a new tree! The City of Bozeman is also offering rebates for installing high efficiency sprinkler products, drought tolerant plants, and removing turfgrass. If you use City water to irrigate, check Bozeman.net for more info.
CONSIDER AN ENERGY CHECKUP
One of the easiest ways to improve efficiency is to understand where your home may be wasting energy. NorthWestern Energy offers a Home Energy Check and Home Energy Survey, both free services that allow qualifying customers to understand how energy is being used in their home and where changes can be made to save energy and money.
SEAL AND INSULATE
Air leaks around doors, windows, and attic openings can quietly drive up heating and cooling costs. Sealing gaps with caulk or weatherstripping is an inexpensive project that can make your home more comfortable while lowering energy use.
For older homes, upgrading attic insulation is another cost-effective improvement that can significantly improve energy efficiency year round.
UPGRADE TO LED LIGHTING
Lighting is one of the simplest places to reduce energy consumption. LED bulbs use significantly less electricity and last far longer than traditional incandescent bulbs. Replacing older bulbs throughout your home can reduce energy use and maintenance costs over time.
USE WATER WISELY
Water conservation is another important part of sustainability. Installing low-flow showerheads, fixing small leaks, and upgrading to efficient toilets can make a noticeable difference in water use.
If you’re inside Bozeman city limits, there are great programs available with cash rebates available for certain upgrades. Check bozeman.net for additional info.
CONSIDER SMART HOME TECHNOLOGY
Smart thermostats allow homeowners to automatically adjust heating and cooling schedules, reducing energy use when no one is home. Many homeowners see noticeable savings simply by optimizing how and when their HVAC systems run.
THINK LONG-TERM WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY
For homeowners ready to take a bigger step, solar panels continue to gain popularity. With available tax incentives and financing options, solar energy can reduce long-term utility costs and increase a home’s energy independence.
SUSTAINABILITY AND REAL ESTATE
Eco-friendly features are increasingly important to today’s homebuyers. Energy-efficient homes often stand out in the market, and can command stronger interest from buyers who value lower operating costs and sustainable living.
The good news is that homeowners don’t need to tackle everything at once. Even a few small upgrades can create meaningful savings while helping reduce environmental impact.
As usual, I have included the latest real estate numbers. In addition to the 77 homes sold in the first two months of the year, another 77 homes are currently pending, or under contract, as of the date of writing. This compares to 65 pending home sales at this same time last year.
The data reflects home sales in the greater Bozeman area, including Four Corners, Gallatin Gateway, Bridger Canyon, and within Bozeman city limits. These numbers come from the Big Sky Country MLS, and do not include private party sales, condominiums, or townhouses.
Earth Day is a great reminder that the choices we make at home can benefit both our communities and future generations. A
Tim Ford is a real estate broker and investor with Bozeman Brokers Real Estate.
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2026 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES
MITIGATE YOUR HOME’S WILDFIRE RISK
Jay Pape
Wildfires are a persistent and evolving threat across the west, and Gallatin County is no exception. With a rapidly expanding population, diverse ecosystems, and a history of wildfire, we face challenges that require community engagement, and active mitigation efforts by property owners and agencies. Effective and sustainable wildfire mitigation requires that we know and understand our risk. The website wildfirerisk.org compiles nationally consistent data to help communities understand their risk and plan for mitigation efforts across the nation. Here is how we stack up:
Gallatin County
has a HIGH risk of wildfire.
Higher than 82% of counties in the U.S.
Bozeman & West Yellowstone
have a HIGH risk of wildfire.
Higher than 73% of communities in the U.S.
Belgrade
has a MEDIUM risk of wildfire.
Higher than 47% of communities in the U.S.
Big Sky
has a VERY HIGH risk of wildfire
Higher than 96% of communities in the U.S.
We need to consider the impacts of historical fire patterns, environmental conditions, and risk factors in order to implement effective mitigation strategies to reduce our vulnerability. Gallatin County has a long history of wildfire. From small, localized fires to larger, landscape scale events that have affected our forests and one of our neighborhoods. In 2020, the Bridger Foothills Fire burned 8,224 acres, 30 outbuildings and 31 homes. From 2001-2014 the Purdy, Fridley, Flaming Arrow, Millie, Cottonwood Gulch and Horseshoe fires burned over 42,000 acres. In the period from 2015-2025 over 76,000 acres have burned—a 66% increase.
Wildfire risk is influenced by local climate, topography, and vegetation. With drier summers, low humidity, and periods of high wind,
fire ignition potential and rapid spread increases. In Gallatin Valley, the prevailing wind pattern is from west-southwest, which warms and dries those aspects, ripening them for ignition. Wildfire severity has also increased due to the focus on suppression, leading to over-stocked forests, closed canopies, and abundant ladder fuels which feed high intensity, catastrophic wildfires. This vegetation is the critical factor increasing the likelihood and intensity of wildfire. Forested lands in the county include a mixture of conifers, including lodgepole pine, Douglas fir, sub-alpine fir, aspen and cottonwood, along with abundant grasslands in the valleys. The flammability of vegetation varies, with conifers providing both ladder fuels and dense canopy cover, increasing the likelihood of unstoppable crown fires. Grasslands, on the other hand, ignite easily, and generally have a lower flame intensity, but can quickly coax a fire toward our homes. It is important to understand that our homes and outbuildings are also fuel for a growing wildfire. It is no secret that Bozeman, Big Sky and the rest of Gallatin County have seen rapid growth in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI), defined as the transition zone where human development intermingles with vegetative or wildland fuels. The county encompasses nearly 1.7 million acres of land, 1.1 million acres of which lie within the WUI. Currently, over 30,000 homes are in the WUI and at risk of being affected by wildfire. Research shows that during a wildfire, most homes are ignited by flying embers- small pieces of burning material carried by the wind can travel miles ahead of the main fire, landing in leaf-clogged gutters, unscreened attic vents, flammable landscaping materials and vegetation in the three Home Ignition Zones (HIZ’s) listed below:
• ZONE 1 THE IMMEDIATE ZONE (0–5 FT): This zone is critical and ideally free of any flammable material. It is also important that no vegetation is in direct contact with the structure.
• ZONE 2 THE INTERMEDIATED ZONE (5-30 FT): This is the “lean, clean, and green” zone, with trees spaced to prevent crown-to-crown fire spread and with well-irrigated lawns that can stop a fire.
• ZONE 3 THE EXTENDED ZONE (30–100+ FT): In this zone, tree density reduced and “ladder fuels” removed to keep fire out of the canopy and reduce the intensity as it approaches.
Gallatin County Emergency Management has cost-share grant opportunities to help residents reduce their wildfire risk by providing FREE home risk assessments and financial support. During an assessment, staff will meet you at your property to discuss property location, building materials and risks within the three Home Ignition Zones. This funding reduces the cost of wildfire mitigation work, and the Gallatin County Saddle Peak Fuels Module can work at low, or no cost to property owners. Cost-share opportunities are also available for larger, forested
areas outside of the HIZ. Healthy, fire-resilient forests are critical to the safety of our community, reducing the likelihood of catastrophic crown fires and widespread ember showers. Creating defensible spaces and thinning forest areas creates resilient properties that give firefighters a safer place to work. The wildfire mitigation program also has a self-assessment tool to help homeowners understand their strengths and vulnerabilities, and provides detailed recommendations for their property.
The Gallatin County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) outlines an action plan for treating hazardous fuels in the WUI. Coordination among local fire departments, federal and state agencies, and private landowners maximizes mitigation efforts and helps to ensure ecological sustainability through workshops, risk mapping reviews, and alignment of priorities. Modern simulation and mapping in the CWPP provide a look into the relative hazard across the county. This includes burn probability, ember cast modeling, potential flame length analysis, and hazard rankings that show areas of elevated risk (where higher intensity fires can occur), and regions with extensive development in the WUI. These models help prioritize fuel reduction projects and emergency preparedness efforts.
The CWPP framework emphasizes early evacuation planning, awareness campaigns, emergency notifications, and coordinated fire response. Public education and engagement encourages residents to understand the risks, prepare emergency kits, and find safe evacuation routes, which are crucial in preventing loss of life during wildfire.
Surprisingly, 97% of wildfires in the WUI are caused by humans. Abandoned recreational fires, equipment sparks, and other accidental sources contribute to this. The combination of human activity, flammable vegetation, and variable weather conditions enhances the likelihood of a fire where we live, work and play. Effective land use planning can also play a role in managing our wildfire risk. Zoning regulations, open-space preservation, and development standards—such as building setbacks, multiple access roads, and water infrastructure provisioning—can help shape resilient communities. Home building in high-risk zones should guide planning efforts before construction begins. In the county, rapid population growth and scenic development opportunities continue to drive WUI expansion, emphasizing the need for policy that balances growth with safety.
Mitigating wildfire risk requires collaboration between residents, community organizations, and government agencies at all levels. To support this, the Fire Adapted Gallatin Working Group was created to foster dialogue between the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), National Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), and local fire departments. They meet to discuss cross-boundary management plans in forest management and WUI development. Participation of volunteer and professional fire response promotes cooperation while fighting wildland fires.
Considering long-term resilience and sustainability encourages adaptive planning and continuous engagement to fight the challenges of wildfire. While the risks are significant, coordinated mitigation efforts, community education, and strategic planning will lead to a sustainable relationship with the natural benefits of fire. Ongoing collaboration between residents, local authorities, and federal and state agencies ensures that our region develops strategies that reduce loss of life, protects property, and supports the ecological integrity of our landscape. To learn more about protecting our community, mitigating the risk to your home, and using one of the grant programs, reach out to Gallatin County Emergency Management at www.readygallatin. com/mitigation. In Big Sky, contact bigskyfire.org Q
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT:
• www.wildfirerisk.org
• headwaterseconomics.org
• ibhs.org
• (YouTube) has extensive videos of how wildfire affects homes.
Jay Pape is the Preparedness & Mitigation Manager for Gallatin County.
The Work
The Work BEFORE THE WARMTH
In many places, April is a month of first blooms and warmer days. However, in Bozeman, April can mean another month of winter, a few weeks of melted snow and thick mud, or, if we’re lucky, the beginning of spring. Every year seems to bring a different meaning to the month, leaving us all wondering whether to prepare for longer days or hunker down for a few more weeks of snow. This being said, businesses in Bozeman are busy preparing for the inevitable jump into a new season. While your ski racks may linger on the top of your car, bike shops are clearing floor space for a different kind of downhill ride. Seed packets replace hand warmers at checkout lines, and snow jackets are replaced by breathable tee-shirts at outdoor recreational stores. So, regardless of what the weather looks like outside, stores, studios, and organizations across town are moving with the season even before it truly reveals itself.
But the small changes we see around town are, in fact, not small at all. Bozeman’s transition away from the colder months takes weeks, even months, of preparation. The optimism that spring will arrive has Bozeman leaning forward, taking in new spring shipments as the mornings still begin below freezing. At Phoenix Garden Center, employees are all too familiar with the lingering frost that buries itself deep in the Montana soil. A team member and plant enthusiast, Sonja Jacobson, is all too excited about the baby plants that are starting to arrive on site. By April, all preordering for the nursery has been completed and sent in, and the seeds that will sell throughout the spring and summer are patiently waiting for their time to shine. In the meantime, there are a few seeds gardeners can start putting in the ground as it begins to thaw. Jacobson recommends
radishes, spinach, peas, and turnips to start, and you can even pick up a few spring bulbs and potatoes to get ahead.
April is a shoulder season in the valley and, as Jacobson explains, can be unpredictable. Jacobson urges gardeners to pay close
attention to weather patterns, just as they do at the nursery, to ensure they are making the correct preparations. If April turns out to be the warm beginning of spring, Jacobson encourages gardeners to prep their soil, add compost, and begin mixing when the ground softens. Using this time to plan out your garden is vital to a happy harvest later on, and practicing succession planting will help nur-
ture your soil, and aid with pest control. April is also a perfect time to start building garden boxes, and to begin mapping out your garden in terms of sunlight and shade patterns. Historically, the last frost is around the second week of June. Yes, June. But that isn’t stopping Jacobson and her associates at Phoenix from putting out plants and trees, and it shouldn’t stop you from beginning your planting, either. By the end of April, if the forecast is in our favor, annuals and trees are finally put out for sale. Jacobson says the garden center is particular about putting out its annuals to ensure all its baby plants make it to see the summer season. If you’re unsure whether or not it’s too early to start any seeds, anyone at Phoenix Garden Center will be happy to guide you towards the right time to begin—their associates and garden experts love helping experienced and new gardeners learn more about agriculture in the Gallatin Valley, and helping them achieve success this upcoming gardening season is a highlight of the job, Jacobson says.
So, if you can’t wait any longer to begin this summer’s garden projects, mark your calendars for April 7th and 8th, when Phoenix Garden Center will be hosting an Outdoor Living Expo. Plenty of outdoor venues, MSU extension representatives, and pest control experts will be there to answer all your gardening questions and give live demonstrations.
If you’re one of those people who never got the green thumb, that’s okay; seeds aren’t the only things waking up from a cold slumber. Our bodies are slowly awakening from their own kind of hibernation, urging us to stretch and walk to defrost our muscles and minds from the cold winter. Devin Archillia, owner and trainer at Dialed Fitness (Bozeman’s Choice 2026 winner), sees April as a
Abby Knobel
to rebuild consistency, movement quality, and confidence. As many people begin dialing in their goals for summer pursuits like hiking, biking, trail races, and time in the mountains, the gym becomes a bridge between winter grit and spring momentum. Dialed Fitness’s programming is centered around strength training, conditioning, and recovery, and April kicks all those pillars into high gear. Around this time, as Archillia explains, the gym begins to layer in more conditioning (such as single-leg strength, endurance work, and core stability), while maintaining a strong foundation of traditional strength training. This gradual progression helps rebuild durability through the hips, knees, and ankles, allowing athletes to prepare their bodies as they look ahead towards outdoor adventures.
“Spring is when everything starts to feel possible again,” Archillia says. The days are starting to get longer, and a new sense of purpose for training emerges. People are ready to put in the work, and the year-round supportive environment encourages people to stay dedicated and motivated through this in-between season. So this April, if you want to strengthen your body for more uphill escapades or casual backpacking, Dialed Fitness is ready to meet you wherever you’re at in your fitness journey and help you set your goals and exceed them.
If the gym isn’t your style, there are plenty of other ways people in Bozeman are answering the call to move. A popular hobby for most and a rewarding job for a few,
flyfishing is at its best right here in the Gallatin Valley. An activity that gets you outside, fills your lungs with fresh Montana air, and forces you to move your body in new ways, flyfishing should be at the top of everybody’s to-do list. Lucky for us, that season is almost here.
But don’t be fooled, just because anglers may not be on the water yet doesn’t mean they’re sitting around waiting for opening day. Instead, fly-fishers are watching the weather as it’s constantly changing, keeping an eye on early spring snowstorms and snow melt to anticipate how much water they’ll have for the season.
Simon Dodge, a flyfishing guide for Madison Valley Ranch, explains that April and the months that follow are critical times to be aware of river levels, as runoff can blow out rivers during May and early June. Besides watching the weather and river patterns, Dodge says, “the most important thing I do to get ready for the season is organize all my gear, restock or tie last-minute patterns before the busy months of the guiding season kick in, and make sure my body is in good shape before the several months of rowing start.”
As a guide, Dodge says, he always likes to look at gauge stations, where he can see water temperatures and
flows. This allows Dodge and others like him to understand what bugs may be present in the ecosystem.
As individuals, guides, and hobbyists gather their gear and spend hours hunched over tying tediously small flies, outfitters and fly shops all around town are also preparing for the season ahead. Dodge says, “These shops and individuals have a lot of up-todate information on river systems that are fishing well, and fly pattern recommendations for anyone looking to get out onto the water themselves.” Additionally, company representatives travel around to market the next year’s rods, gear, and clothing, and some shops and outfitters offer spring specials on trips. Whether you’re new to the sport or a seasoned expert, flyfishing shops and guides are prepared to make your time on the river easy and enjoyable this season.
There truly is no shortage of things to do in Montana, and this in-between season is full of change and possibilities. While many businesses are keeping a close eye on the weather to give them the green light into spring, that doesn’t mean they’re sitting still. Instead, they’re busy preparing. Tuning bikes before the trails are cleared, planting seeds while the ground still freezes, and tying impersonations of flies that haven’t even hatched yet. In April, we practice our patience and optimism, trusting that the season will eventually melt away into the next one. Because, in Bozeman, spring doesn’t simply arrive in one day. Rather, it’s built slowly by the people who are already getting ready for it. K
Abby Knobel is a recent English Literature graduate from Montana State University and can be found reading, gardening, or planning her next adventure.
LOCAL RESOURCES FOR BOZEMAN GARDENERS
As the weather gets warmer and the buds start to appear, everyone from birds to Bozemanites recognizes it’s time to plan for more sunshine. For many people in the valley, that means browsing for seeds, designing garden beds and tilling soil for the upcoming growing season.
“Although it can be challenging, I feel that gardening here can be really rewarding,” says Abi Saeed, Montana State Extension horticulture specialist. “Gardening connects us to our plants, to our ecosystems, to our food, and it’s a great way to tie all of those concepts together.”
Montana’s cold climate may make starting a garden feel like a daunting task, but Bozeman is rich with experienced gardeners and educational resources to help home gardeners get going.
PLANNING A GARDEN
Kareen Erbe, owner of Broken Ground Permaculture, helps people in cold climates grow their own food so they can live more sustainably and be more self-reliant. “Gardening allows you to produce something in a culture and an overarching society where we are consumers all the time. We are being sold to all the time,” she says. “To become a producer again is very empowering. Through my own physical capabilities and through my hands and my body, I can produce food for myself.”
Erbe has five things she advises beginners to consider when planning their garden: sun, soil, seeds, starting small, and staying close. Determining how much light a property gets is the first step. Most annual garden beds need anywhere from six to ten hours of sunlight a day, so a garden’s location will be determined by where it will get sufficient sun. Getting a good soil mixture is the next step.
“Plant health starts from the roots up, and a lot of it has to do with the soil,” Saeed explains. Garden soil mix should consist of half soil, half compost. Compost is decomposed organic matter made by mixing materials high in carbon, like moist kitchen scraps with materials high in nitrogen, like straw, leaves, and woody trimmings.
“Compost is a critical component, because what it introduces into your soil are those living microorganisms that make nutrients available to plants,” says Erbe. Compost can be purchased at local garden centers, but it can also be made at home with the right space and materials. After planning a garden’s location and sourcing its soil, it’s time to consider what plants to grow.
“The fun thing about growing for yourself is you can grow exactly what you want,” says Nina Zideck, former director of the MSU Seed Potato Certification Program. “At home, we have cucumbers, corn, squash, tomatoes, salad greens, a lot of different herbs, onions, and garlic. I’m actually converting about a third of my garden this year to perennial flowers.”
According to Erbe, a garden will be more rewarding and incentivising when someone grows what they enjoy. “Depending on the year, I will bypass the produce section at the grocery store for four to six months,” she says. “That feels really good, because then you’re not reliant.”
As plants are selected, it’s also important to consider what can be realistically kept and committed to, because spending time in a garden is the first step to maintaining it. “A garden is meant to be a relationship. It’s meant to be interacted with, and so it takes your time and attention,” says Erbe.
“The more you can give that attention, the more you are likely to catch any issues early on.”
Things to keep an eye out for include weeds, evidence of pests and indicators of poor plant health. “The plants are going to tell you if they’re too dry, the plants are going to tell you if they don’t have enough nutrients, and you can see that in the way they grow,” says Zidack.
LOCAL RESOURCES
Bozeman has abundant resources to help local gardeners succeed. For example, the Montana State University Extension is a free program dedicated to giving Montanans unbiased, research-based information they can use for everyday problems. By reaching out to county offices, community members can connect with specialized agents who can educate and address issues in topics like financial literacy, food safety and agriculture. A specialized agent in horticulture, Saeed has served in several states, and has connected with many people passionate about making the things around them better, more beautiful and more sustainable. “In all of those states, one thing that I saw was that gardening builds community, and that was one of the most wonderful things for me,” she says.
“For example, if you’re a home gardener and you’re not sure where to start, you can go to your county extension agent and say, ‘Hey, I’m new to gardening,’ or ‘I’m new to Montana, I’m not sure where to begin,’” Saeed explains. “They’ll pull out resources that are going to be more specific to that county, the climate of that community, and the plants that do better there.”
Help with soil tests and plant or pest diagnoses can also be found through the Gallatin County Extension Office. Free fact sheet publications called MontGuides are also available through the Extension. These guides range in topics from lawn care and vegetable gardening to growing herbs and caring for houseplants, and are available online to download. The Extension also offers a Master Gardener Program that certifies volunteers in horticulture education, but the curriculum is also available to those interested in learning without earning certification.
“We have these resources that are science-based, that are put out to be read and utilized by the general public,” says Saeed. “They don’t
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contain technical jargon, and they’re made for people to be able to use that information to help improve their gardening.”
Gallatin Valley is also home to gardening groups like the Belgrade Blooming Gardening Club and the Gallatin Gardeners Club, aimed at providing educational gathering places for those interested in gardening. “[The Gallatin Gardener’s Club has] been an amazing experience, because you get to work with people that have similar interests and passions for growing things, and then also you learn a lot within the club,” says Zidack, who joined the club after retiring.
Over the summer, the club maintains a half-acre plot on the Montana State Horticulture Farm. It uses this plot to grow vegetables and flowers and encourages volunteers to reach out if they’re interested in helping in the garden. Then, the club sells its vegetables and flowers at farmers’ markets and uses the profits for local grants. “If you’re at all interested, contact us at the Gallatin Gardeners Club and come to meetings in the winter, just come and volunteer, and you can learn an incredible amount just working side by side with the people in the field,” invites Zidack.
Lots of local businesses in Bozeman also provide resources to help the average gardener achieve success. The Phoenix Garden Center has a lending library, free monthly workshops, and complimentary gardening guides in the spring. Plus, the center will host its annual Outdoor Living Expo on March 7th and 8th. This educational weekend will include live music, local food vendors and free presentations and classes. Cashman Nursery also hosts workshops and free presentations, and runs a blog with gardening tips on its website.
For other ways to test a green thumb, the Gallatin Valley Food Bank offers volunteer opportunities in its garden. The Gallatin Conservation District also has an Education and Outreach Center in Manhattan, where those interested can find workshops, events, demonstration gardens and gathering spaces in addition to volunteer opportunities.
SUPPORTING LOCAL GROWERS
“Local food, relocating our economies, just learning how to grow more of our own food, has a lot of intangible and tangible benefits,” Erbe says. For example, by growing food at home, someone might reduce how often they go to the grocery store and the transportation emissions those trips create. Or, by buying from a local farmer, a customer isn’t only supporting a local business but purchasing produce that was transported over just a few miles, not hundreds.
“I think what gardening does is give you a deep appreciation for where our food comes from and how much time and energy it takes for you, and then, by extension, for all of the farmers that feed us in this valley,” Erbe explains.
Erbe also describes how sourcing gardening supplies or produce from local businesses as often as possible can help further contribute to local economies and community development. She recommends local businesses like Happy Trash Can Composting, a finalist for Bozeman’s Choice for Green Products and Services, and YES Compost for sourcing compost, and emphasized buying seeds from local garden centers, which often stock native plants.
“In a farmer’s market, that’s what you see all the time. You are constantly interacting with everyone that you buy from,” says Erbe. “I know that when I give you that $10 for whatever I bought, that’s going directly to you. I know your family. I know that you have kids. I know that you’re supporting them with this.” J
Josi Hinds was born and raised in Bozeman, and recently returned home after graduating from the University of Utah with a degree in Journalism this past spring. When she’s not writing, she enjoys playing with her parents’ corgis, spending time under Montana’s big skies, and crafting.
THE PRETTIEST PLACE IN THE WORLD
Flora Gardner’s Journey to Bozeman Part I
Phillips, photos: Gallatin History Museum
In the spring of 1879, Flora Gardner traveled from Kansas to Bozeman with her family, via steamboat and wagon. Once settled in her new home, Flora sent a letter to friends in Kansas describing the trip’s adventures. This is the first of a four-part article sharing Flora’s story.
Flora McCreary was born in 1839 in New Castle, Pennsylvania, but spent most of her early life in Nodaway County, Missouri. Flora married John Baker on the eve of the Civil War, and the couple had three children— Florence (born in 1858), Charles (“Charley,” born in 1859), and Joseph (“Joe,” born in 1866). After John’s death in 1867, Flora married Edward M. Gardner and the family moved to Kansas. Flora and Ed welcomed three more children—Archie (born in 1871), Mary (born in 1872), and Mattie (born in 1875). A daughter Carrie arrived in 1881, after the family relocated to Bozeman.
On April 2, 1879, Flora and Edward Gardner and their six children boarded the steamboat “Red Cloud,” bound for Fort Benton, Montana. Also joining the Gardner group was Flora’s mother Rachel Irwin McCreary, and a cousin named Findley. Over a month later, the
steamboat chugged into Ft. Benton and within a couple days the party began the overland trek to Bozeman. No doubt the forty-day steamboat journey was eventful, but in a letter written to friends in Kansas after their arrival in Bozeman, Flora chronicled the family’s two-weeklong wagon adventure. An edited and annotated version of Flora’s letter follows.
BOZEMAN, MONTANA, JUNE 11, 1879
Dear Mack & Mary,
For fear you will think we have found the jumping off place and gone over, I will write to you. In place of getting out of the world, we have just gotten into it. We are surely in the land of promise, where water and milk flows abundantly; I have seen no honey as yet.
I will go back to Benton and try and give you a faint but true description of our trip. “We sailed into port” Sunday evening May 11th
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so we were just forty days from White Cloud [likely the community of White Cloud in northeastern Kansas] to Ft. Benton.
It was a lovely evening, everyone was out or up on deck eagerly gazing at the Fort, and everybody’s uncle was trying to get a first look at us, as that was the first boat of the season from St. Louis. As soon as the plank was shoved out, there was a great rush both ways. Several ladies met their husbands whom they had not seen for three or four years. I had nothing to do but stand back and take notes, as no one was looking for me; they only took a side glance and passed on.
In 1879, the six-year-old steamboat “Red Cloud” was already an experienced Missouri River transport vessel and had earned a reputation as one of the more comfortable steamboats. A report published in the Benton Weekly Record mentioned the Gardner’s voyage. On April 25, 1879, the “elegant” Red Cloud had reached South Dakota with 270 tons of freight and over 100 passengers, with more people and freight scheduled to be loaded. According to the book, Packets to Paradise, before the Red Cloud sank near Fort Peck, Montana in 1882, the steamboat had made nineteen trips up and down the Missouri.
Fort Benton is built on a level plain, most of the houses are log, though there are a few new brick buildings. I call it a dry, desolate looking place. The people that live there are only living to make money and not to make things look pleasant and comfortable. There were but very few trees or anything green in the town. It is quite a business place, for there are hundreds of freight wagons coming and going all the time.
put together before. I forget how many times Charley said he trotted to the blacksmith shop that day. We were partly loaded that evening. The boys loaded up their revolvers and stayed with the wagons to guard them; the rest of us stayed on the boat.
Tuesday morning we all went to work packing everything into the wagons that we could; once as I was going out the Captain asked me where I was going in the hot sun; I told him I was going to speak for a reserved seat. I was rather late speaking, for the wagons were not only full but crammed and only one seat left and that was marked Mrs. R. R. McCreary [Flora’s mother]. The next best thing was to procure a walking ticket. I felt a little grunty but soon made up my mind that this was a new country and I would have to learn new ways.
Monday morning we all were up bright and early, anxious to get our freight, and ready to start for the west, but bless you the deck hands all struck and it was afternoon before anything was unloaded. Ed and the boys went to work, and helped carry out the wagons and set them up which you know was quite a task, as they never had been
After leaving Fort Benton, it is possible the Gardner party traveled the first leg of their journey on what was called the Mullan Road, a westward leading trail that passed near Helena before heading into Idaho and ultimately ending in Walla Walla, Washington. The Gardners traveled west and then south out of Fort Benton in the direction of the Sun River and Fort Shaw, west of present-day Great Falls.
The water between Benton and Sun River has alkali in it, so that it is not fit to drink. Ed bought two water bags and filled them from the river, put one in each wagon. Promptly at two o’clock the boys called out “all aboard.” Mother climbed in and took her seat; the rest of us piled in about three deep. We laughed some and groaned a great deal. It depended some on who was on the bottom and how tight we were squeezed; Archie and Mary generally made music when they got into a tight place. I forgot to say that it was the hottest day, or rather the hottest place, crammed under that wagon cover that I ever felt, but then everything was bright and new, our teams were just as fat and slick as they could be.
About one mile from Benton we came to the first hill and no small one either. We all piled out, except mother, to take our first walk. They had put both teams on one wagon to pull up. After we got to the top
of this hill it was a vast grass plain for miles and miles...Of course we walked up with the first wagon and I tell you the scenery was grand; the snow-covered mountains towering up all around us and the river winding along at the foot of the hills. You can’t imagine how far one can see in this country. I thought we were but a few miles from the mountains, but I found that it took us days to get there. When the last wagon was up Charley reported his water keg upset, cork gone and water with it. I don’t think the sun ever shone any warmer and I know I never wanted a drink as badly. The children would not be put off so Ed had to draw some water from the last keg and it only contained three gallons and there were ten of us—a bright prospect for two days travel…We met several freight trains; each one would hail us and say “Just from the States? Where did you come from?” At first the boys told the truth but before long they got tired of the old story and said whatever suited them.
We are now at what is called the eight-mile springs; plenty of pure looking water boiling up out of the ground and plenty of
alkali in it too, as we all found out to our sorrow before many days. It made me think of the forbidden fruit, it looked good, tasted good so why not drink it. The boys said the farewell to it was not pleasant, I told them to drink and keep their mouths closed and they would not taste anything.
Ed and Joe put up the tent; Charley and Fin cared for the teams; Ed and Florence cooked supper while I arranged the beds; Mother and the little girls walked around hunting gold. We all bragged on the supper; we were all extra hungry and you know that helps the taste wonderfully. We washed up the dishes and were soon ready for bed. The boys made some bright speeches; one after another would make a remark, until I thought we would not go to sleep that night…After a while Ed and all the boys were snoring and dear me such sounds, they all had different tunes but I guess they were trying to sing the same song…Morning came for there are only six hours night in this country. We cooked breakfast, packed up and started. The face of the country looked so much alike I would not have known which end of the road to take if we had not left the wagons faced in the direction we wanted to go the night before.
To be continued…
Rachel Phillips is the Research Director at the Gallatin History Museum in Bozeman. Visit the Gallatin History Museum at 317 W Main Street in Bozeman, gallatinhistorymuseum.org, or on Facebook and Instagram.
DOROTHY M JOHNSON
Montana has an outstanding literary legacy. The names A B Guthrie, Norman MacLean, and Joseph Kinsey Howard come to mind. There are many more men on the list. A name not often mentioned is Dorothy M Johnson, most likely because she was a woman. Yet she was a novelist like Guthrie, a journalist like Howard, and a professor like MacLean. Eventually, she was known as Montana’s First Lady of Letters.
Dorothy Marie Johnson was born in December 1905 in Iowa. She was an only child and was called Marie. When she was five years old, the family moved to Montana, where she grew up. Her father died when she was ten, and her mother took over her late husband’s job as city treasurer. Marie did odd jobs.
Just after she learned to read and before she had mastered spelling, Marie began to write stories. The spelling came fairly quickly and she was involved in all things literary in school. Somehow, she and her mother saved enough money for Marie to attend Montana State College.
rushed through the early grades, and graduated from high school at 16 in Whitefish, class of 1922. That fall, she began classes in Bozeman. Despite having admitted that science was not her thing, she was determined to become a physician (chiefly because she had read a romantic novel about a female doctor). Marie lasted one school year in town, then moved on to Missoula, Montana’s literary center, to pursue her real calling. Because of the way she had filled out her college application, she became known thereafter as Dorothy.
she graduated from the University in 1928. At some point, probably encouraged by Merriam, Dorothy left poetry and began to write fiction. Her professor commented that she wrote prodigiously, story after story. He felt that she ultimately succeeded because she never gave up. After college, Dorothy took a number of office jobs in Montana and Washington. She wrote in her spare time, and sold a story to the Saturday Evening Post in 1930. This gave her confidence; however, she did not sell another story for eleven years.
Her stay in Bozeman was brief, she had
At the University in Missoula, Dorothy became a student of H G Merriam, a literary visionary who established creative writing there and promoted Montana and northwest writers through the regional publication, Frontier. Still in her teens, Dorothy embraced her classes and wrote poetry for the journal. Yet after a year, illness and financial worries caused her to leave the university and return to Whitefish. She worked in various secretarial positions until she was able to return to Missoula, where
During that time, Miss Johnson never ceased writing and submitting her work, and her professional career thrived. She moved from Montana to Washington to Wisconsin, then to New York City. Her positions rose from secretary to office manager to technical writer, then to magazine editor. At one point, she turned down a job when she was informed that she would have to stop her fictional writing to concentrate on the offered position. She declined the job—and was hired anyway.
As she continued to write and submit stories without success, Dorothy analyzed her style. She noticed that many of her stories were tragic, and that she was writing to express herself. She realized that expression was fine, but communication with readers was vital. Writing with expression required the reader to do a lot of work, whereas communication made the reader comfortable and was actually fun to write. She had to do both. When she applied this to a story she wrote in the first person, her character became a schoolteacher named Beulah Bunny. The Saturday Evening Post bought the lighthearted
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story and many subsequent ones featuring this meddlesome and adventurous person.
When her Beulah Bunny stories were published in a collection, Dorothy observed that a writer was not an author until they had published a book. She had made more money on the individual stories than she ever did with the book royalties, but prestige came with a book. In January 1942 she published a 277-page hardcover book called Beulah Bunny Tells All
Though she had succeeded in New York City as a magazine editor and a published author, Dorothy missed Montana. In 1950, after fifteen years in the east, Dorothy and her mother moved back to Whitefish. There was no culture shock, just a homecoming. She worked for three years at the local newspaper, then moved again to Missoula, where she became the manager of the Montana Press Association and a member of the University of Montana faculty in the journalism department.
Along with more contemporary work, Miss Johnson had always written stories of the frontier west. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, she focused more on the West. Her story,
“The Hanging Tree,” was purchased by Hollywood and became a movie starring Montana native Gary Cooper. She was offered a job as a consultant on the film but, citing her full-time job in Missoula, declined, though she consulted informally and became fast friends with Mr. Cooper. The movie was released in 1959 and received good reviews. This brought attention to Miss Johnson’s work. Subsequently, two more of her stories were adapted for the screen: “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” starring John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, and Lee Marvin, and “A Man Called Horse,” starring Richard Harris.
Miss Johnson was philosophical about seeing her work performed onscreen. She admitted it was greatly changed, but said that was possibly for the better. She commented on the different jobs of a writer and film director, saying that the writer counts on readers to fill in faces, scenery, and costumes that can only be suggested on the page. The movie director does not have to do this, but has to somehow indicate thoughts and emotions that an author can simply relate as a part of the story.
Dorothy had arrived as a well-known Western author, achieving celebrity status. She received the Spur award from the Western Writers of America in 1957. In 1959, she was made an honorary member of the Blackfoot tribe. In 1976, she was awarded the Levi Strauss Golden Saddleman Award for bringing dignity and honor to the history and legends of the West. In Montana she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree in 1973 by the University of Montana. By the late 1950s, the national maga-
zines that featured short fiction were either out of business or had moved on to other things. Dorothy began to have difficulty selling her stories. She shifted her focus to other forms. She wrote some children’s books. She wrote many nonfiction articles and two novels featuring Native American stories and characters. By the early 1970s, she was writing Western history. She was good at all of these various genres because she was a relentless researcher, and approached each topic with a fresh attitude and an interesting, witty style.
Dorothy retired from the faculty of the University of Montana in 1967, and from her Press Association job the following year. Decades of full-time work and personal writing at night had damaged her health, but she continued to write, and to publish. She also traveled extensively, a lifelong dream, and wrote of her travels.
Johnson’s biographer, Steve Smith was also a U of M journalism professor. The book he has written gives the day-to-day, year-toyear basics of her life. But since he knew Dorothy and listened to her, he was wise enough to include her voice in the book.
Johnson had a way of using memorable, humorous quotes in her writings. From the wife of a prospector in Bannack in 1862 speaking of the number of deaths over the winter; “...but that there have not been
twice as many is entirely owing to the fact that drunken men do not shoot well.” From Granville Stuart, describing the Indian wife of a fellow pioneer who had clubbed a man who had harassed her; “Mrs. Dempsey is known in these parts to be a lady of uncertain temper.”
She speaks of the curiosity and emotion necessary to write stories, and the recall needed to remember details, since what does not work one time may be perfect for the next story or book. Most fascinatingly, she speaks of genius. She explains that the word had an ancient meaning akin to a guardian angel. Everyone had one. The modern word is not used because it would be deemed boastful. Yet, she admits to genius in the old sense, and uses it to write.
She says people believe that writing is like building a house. Make a plan and build. She tells us that writing is more like drilling for oil. Locate it, pump it, and refine it. Reading about her life, and reading her writing, it becomes obvious that Dorothy Johnson possesses both the old and new forms of genius. V
Steve McGann has lived in Bozeman since the 1970s. Now retired, he is trying to finally use his history degrees. Or he is in the hills.
BOZEMAN V. PLASTIC
A LANDSLIDE VOTE ON BAGS SIGNALS A GROWING RECKONING OVER PLASTIC’S RISKS TO HUMAN HEALTH
Megan J. Wolff, PhD MPH and Elizabeth Ryznar, MD Msc
Maybe you saw them. In the summer of 2024—the year before last—volunteers collected signatures on sidewalks and in parking lots across Bozeman. It was hot (except when it wasn’t), windy (except when it wasn’t), and very sunny.
The goal was modest: to place a measure on the city ballot limiting the free distribution of single-use plastic bags at downtown businesses. But the determi nation was strong, fueled by a growing understanding that plastic isn’t just a waste problem—it’s a human health issue.
We’ve seen the headlines: microplastics have been found in breast milk, lungs, intestines, and nearly everywhere else scientists have looked. In March 2024, researchers reported plastic in carotid plaque, associated with a 450% increase in heart attack, stroke, and death over the subsequent three years. That summer, studies in New Mexico and Brazil identified micro- and nano-plastics in different parts of human brains, likely arriving there via general blood circulation or the olfactory nerve.
Whether residents read the science or the headlines, the campaign gathered 10,482 signatures—impressive in a town of 62,963 voters. In November, a 63% majority voted it into law—a landslide. Bozeman became the first city in Montana to pass a plastic bag ban, and the first in the nation to do so via citizen initiative.
But can plastics really threaten health?
The answer is sprawling. Plastic bags litter landscapes, clog sewers, and harm wildlife. In Montana, they can be eaten by grazing animals, causing fatal intestinal blockages. These are the visible harms of macro-plastics. But as plastics fragment, their risks become more widespread, and less visible.
Plastics don’t break down; they break up into microplastics and even smaller nano-plastics—some comparable in size to smoke particles, viruses, or proteins. These particles travel widely through air, water, and soil, ending up in food and the human body.
What are they doing there? Nothing good.
Early research shows MNPs cause inflamma tion and cellular damage. Studies suggest they may disrupt brain processes, including the pro tein-folding linked to dementia. Even if plastic were inert, the rate of accumulation would be concerning. A New Mexico study found a 50% increase in brain plastic levels from 2016 to 2024. But plastic isn’t inert. It continuously leaches
chemicals. Made from fossil fuels and additives, plastics can contain over 16,000 chemicals that migrate out based on heat, acidity, and other conditions. When particles lodge in tissue, they act like tiny Trojan horses, releasing chemicals inside the body.
Many of these chemicals are hazardous—carcinogens, neurotoxicants, and endocrine disruptors that interfere with hormone signaling. These disruptions are linked to obesity, diabetes, reproductive harms, neurodevelopmental conditions, and more.
Exposure is universal. From food packaging to synthetic clothing, from tires to cutting boards, we encounter microplastics daily. Smaller particles are especially concerning, as they can cross into the bloodstream and travel throughout the body. Where is the hope?
While we cannot remove microplastics from the body, our organs may help clear them. The liver, kidneys, and even the brain’s glymphatic system appear to play roles. In animal studies, reduced exposure led to lower brain plastic levels—suggesting partial recovery is possible.
Reducing exposure matters. Use stainless steel bottles and filtered tap water. Choose glass, ceramic, or metal for storage. Avoid heating food in plastic. Opt for wood or metal utensils, and avoid nonstick coatings.
And what of the Bozeman bag ban?
After passing in November 2024, it was challenged by state attorneys, who argued that citizens lack authority to bring such initiatives. The state prevailed initially, but a second question remains: does blocking local action violate Montanans’ constitutional right to a clean and healthy environment? That case is set for trial in December 2026.
That’s a long way off. In the meantime, Americans will use millions of plastic bags. In four visits to the supermarket, an average American family will use 60 plastic bags. But Bozeman residents have already shown what’s possible. Those who gathered 10,000 signatures are likely already bringing reusable bags—and the 63% who supported them may not be far behind.
The more people learn, the more they act. And that may be the most important shift of all. M
Megan J. Wolff, PhD, MPH is the executive director of the Physician and Scientist Network Addressing Plastics and Health (P-SNAP) and an adjunct instructor at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, where she teaches a class on Plastics, Microplastics, and Human Health.
Elizabeth Ryznar, MD, MSc is a physician in Maryland, Associate Chair of Psychiatry at St. George’s University, and a part-time assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. The views expressed herein are Dr. Ryznar’s and do not reflect the organizations’ position. She is also an advisory board member of the Physician and Scientist Network Addressing Plastics and Health (P-SNAP)
BOZEMAN’S BUMPER CROPS
Before the Second World War, Montana produced 77% of its food. This was apples and onions, honey and butter, poultry and pork, dried beans and salad greens, not just the beef, wheat, barley, and cherries well-known today. Our valley was famous for its many dairies and sweet pea farms; peas canned in Bozeman were consumed around the country. Montana is now nowhere near this percent. It all changed in the 1950s. American agriculture became more regionalized and industrialized when fuel was cheap and the post-war economy was booming. More than half of the nation’s vegetables are still grown in California, namely its Central Valley.
While we’re close to California relative to most of the U.S., reducing shipping costs, Covid and other recent events have caused supply chain issues and labor shortages. What if it slowed further, or all came to a screeching halt? What would people eat? (Venison is best with some veggies.)
Meanwhile, Montana has 147,000 square miles and largely arable land. Almost 60 million acres are devoted to farming or ranching, the second highest number in the country. But most of the food leaves the state to be processed elsewhere. Ground into flour, malted for beer, corn-finished for slaughter, and so on, largely in the Midwest.
Another meanwhile: we continue to condo-cover the best soil in the valley, right here around Bozeman. A Belgrade-area dairy farmer once joked with me that Bozeman and Logan are backwards. “They
should’ve built the large town where the weather’s nicer, but the dirt’s not quite as good and rainfall is lower,” he explained. “The east valley should all be farms making veggies, grain, cream, and cheese.” Some of the richest soil in the state is under Bozeman. Fortunately, there were still many open acres in and near the city. However, entire areas are now under giant “apartment villages,” towns within towns. Yes, more housing —affordable housing— was and is still needed. But why not save some of that land for community gardens at each development?
It’s not all gloom and doom. We have some alternatives providing fresh produce and serving as examples for the future. There are some local farms growing food directly for the community. We’ll highlight one that has been here for almost 20 years: 3 Fiddles Farm in Bridger Canyon.
3 Fiddles, run by Matt & Karin Broughton, began in 2009. That spring, they found land to lease, sources for seed, and started acquiring tools. They registered the business, broke ground, and began working the soil. They started planting that May and harvesting and selling a month later. That same year they started a roadside stand. The stand ran for 10 years, but they now focus almost entirely on farmers’ markets. They reach more people this way, providing more ways to nourish the community and put joy on their tables.
The farm sits at 5,300’, leading to some intense sun —there’s
“IT’S EASY TO EAT HEALTHY FOOD WHEN IT TASTES GREAT! WE ENJOY BEING PART OF OUR LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM, AND CARE VERY MUCH ABOUT DOING WHAT IS RIGHT FOR PEOPLE AND THE PLANET.” —K. BROUGHTON
Topher Sedlak
O pen DOOrs ASTROLOGY
APRIL 2026 FORECAST
ARIES (March 21–April 19)
Momentum builds in all areas after the 9th but watch for impulsive decisions around the 10th when emotions run hotter than usual. Channel excess fire energy through movement and grounding with Hematite stone. “I move forward with courage and clear intention.”
TAURUS (April 20–May 20)
Look to the 13th for good luck and listen to subtle signals from your body and intuition. Restore balance through time in nature and the calming scent of Sandalwood. “I trust the steady wisdom within me.”
GEMINI (May 21–June 20)
Conversations and unexpected invitations arrive abundantly this month but be mindful of scattering your energy about. The 17th is a good day to party. Writing, journaling, or working with Blue Lace Agate helps clarify what truly matters. “My words reflect my highest truth.”
CANCER (June 21–July 22)
Financial or practical matters come into focus on the 9th, inviting you to reassess what truly supports your emotional security. Gentle water rituals—such as baths or time near rivers or lakes—restore your inner calm. “I create stability by honoring my needs.”
LEO (July 23–August 22)
Your confidence grows this month as opportunities for leadership or creative expression appear by the 19th. Keep your ego in check by staying heart-centered and working with Sunstone to amplify authentic warmth. “I shine by lifting others as I rise.”
VIRGO ( August 23–September 22)
The first three weeks of April bring a quiet period of reflection and healing, especially around habits that quietly drain your energy. Support your nervous system with herbal teas like chamomile or lemon balm. “I release perfection and embrace peace.”
LIBRA
(September 23–October 22)
The 1st will bring a Full Moon in Libra-the perfect time for love but watch for imbalances where you give more than you receive. Recenter through gentle breathwork or meditation with Rose Quartz nearby. “I honor balance in all relationships.”
SCORPIO
(October 23–November 21)
Professional responsibilities intensify this month around the 9th, bringing a chance to refine long-term goals. Protect your energy by setting clear boundaries and carrying Black Tourmaline. “My focus transforms ambition into achievement.”
SAGITTARIUS
(November 22–December 21)
Your spirit craves adventure, love and learning especially around the 17th but be mindful of rushing into plans without thoughtful preparation. Expand your perspective through reading, study, or time beneath wide-open skies. “Curiosity guides me toward wisdom.”
CAPRICORN
(December 22–January 19)
Emotional depth and transformation surface this month, particularly in shared resources or partnerships, strongest by the 17th-19th. Ground yourself with slow, mindful routines and the stabilizing energy of Smoky Quartz. “I grow stronger through honest change.”
AQUARIUS
(January 20–February 18)
Relationships mirror important truths back to you this month, offering insight into how you collaborate and compromise most notably on the 25th. Creative brainstorming or group projects spark inspiration. “I build connections that support freedom and growth.”
PISCES (February 19–March 20)
Daily routines become the key to emotional and physical wellness after mid-month. Gentle practices like yoga, stretching, or sound healing keep your energy flowing. “Small, sacred habits nourish my spirit.”
Kathleen Johns is the owner/founder of Mantra located in Bozeman, MT. You can connect with Kathleen through her website at www.KathleenJohns.com
The poster shown above is a genuine piece of comic book art that was originally released in 1949.
more UV and IR the higher you go. They also straddle USDA Zone 4b, which prompted some people to tell them they’d never make it work. Although the growing season is a bit shorter than Bozeman’s, cold air often pools lower in the canyon versus at the farm. More importantly, USDA zones are based on coldest possible temps, not growing season. This affects fruit trees more than annual vegetable types. Belgrade at 4,450’ has a longer growing season than MSU campus (4,900’), but it’s also in a colder hardiness zone. Bozeman is in Zone 5a, but notably, there are areas of 5b and even some 6a in Madison and Gallatin counties. Over the Divide, NW Montana is full of 6a and 6b (like most of UT, KS, MO, CT).
3 Fiddles Farm grows around 40 different types of produce on 1.5 acres. This includes close to 200 varieties annually. For example, this year they’ll have around 40 varieties of lettuce, an amazing number. Most home gardeners, even those on a half-acre, only attempt three or four varieties. Many commercial farms only grow one or two. As the years have progressed, they’ve grown more and more greens —types and pounds. As well as greens, another major part of their production is onions. They’re also known for their carrots, cucumbers, squashes, and garlic, among other produce types.
Planting seeds indoors in Bozeman begins in March. Some seed is saved and some is bought each year, only from certified organic sources. They start 40,000 seedlings to transplant by hand (no tractor or other machines) from early May to early July. That’s 40,000 baby plants. The rest is direct-seeded at the farm. They transplant many successions of different types, something people don’t often consider. Lettuce can be harvested by cutting leaves and leaving roots. However, if the whole plant is pulled and cleaned another plant can take its place. Succession (staggered) planting ensures continuous crops. Soil preparation, weeding, summer maintenance harvesting (also ensuring some types keep producing), farm-to-market selling, and fall harvesting take up the rest of the time.
They say, “No sh--?!” and our answer is, “No sh--!” Instead, they use plant-based “green manures,” focusing on humic acid development and soil fungus health for colloidal nutrient availability. Most soil fungi and bacteria are beneficial, not pathogenic.
3 Fiddles Farm also uses no pesticides or herbicides (which also kill soil fungi). As for insect control, they have a wise and effective approach: grow varieties that are less susceptible to insect damage. Most of all, keep the plants healthy and happy and they’ll be less susceptible in the first place. Healthy soil makes healthy plants, healthy plants make healthy vegetables, and healthy vegetables make healthy people. Everything is connected and it all boils down to the basics. Nutrient-starved plants are more prone to aphids, mites, and flea beetles than nourished plants.
Karin explains, “We do not fight the bugs. We care for the soil and plants to reduce stress, and accept loss when insect pressure is too high. Part of organic production is accepting loss.” Their focus on growing many types and varieties means that if one has low yield that year, there’s plenty to make up in production. Another plus to chem-free farming is that beneficial spiders and insects like ladybugs, yellow-jackets, and lacewings are still around. These eat many times their weight in bad bugs. This also preserves the native bees and bumblebees, Eurasian honeybees, and other pollinators. Due to Montana overlapping the PNW, Northern and Central Rockies, and Great Plains, we have the highest bumblebee diversity in America, with going on 30 documented species. Montana also has a few hundred species of native bees. Many of these live in the valley. People spraying every spring dandelion they see are doing more harm than they realize.
As for weeds, they do basic removal. However, it’s inefficient for farmers to make everything look weed-free. Some “weeds” compete much less with vegetables than others. Weeds can act as deterrent plants for some insects and as sacrificial plants for others. Also, they help minimize erosion during hard rainfall. 3 Fiddles does not use plastic mulch or plastic on the soil for weed control, often known as solarizing. Plastics can leach chemicals into the soil which end up in the food and water. Wind and hail shred plastic into small pieces which persist for decades. They consider the future.
Many people, including native Montanans, often wonder why local farms don’t have pumpkins in June or baby lettuce the third week of October. People have forgotten the rhythm of the seasons and eating seasonally. Root vegetables and large, picked crops are usually ready in September and October. Leaf and small, picked crops start earlier and can run longer with succession planting.
Farming, especially sustainable farming, isn’t only physical work. Much consideration goes into their planting schematic each year. It’s not just crop rotation, it’s about knowing which crops take out or add which nutrients. This is biodynamic, science-based farming. The farm had relatively good soil to start, but they’ve maintained and even “crafted” the soil they have. This is without using chemical fertilizers or even animal manure. Matt relates that this often surprises people:
3 Fiddles’ harvest fresh for each and every market. They’re at all Gallatin Valley Farmers Markets at the Fairgrounds, Sat. 9AMnoon (June-Sept.); all Bozeman Farmers Markets at Lindley Park, Tues. 5 - 8PM (June-Sept.); and some Winter Farmers Markets at the Fairgrounds, Sat. 9AM - noon (Oct.-May). Wondering what to do for dinner Tuesdays and lunch on Saturdays? Each market offers prepared food as well. Karin & Matt say, “We think the Bozeman markets are fantastic and hope that more people shop at them this year!” S
Topher Sedlak’s kin have been in Montana for seven generations. When he’s not doing chemistry, genetics, and genetic genealogy — including finding the bio parents for adopted persons— he’s in the mountains, or garden, with his family.
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WAYS TO PUT ROOTS DOWN IN BOZEMAN
Josi Hinds
The Gallatin Valley is full of wandering trails, glistening lakes and bountiful rivers, so it’s hard not to find yourself wanting to explore these beautiful landscapes. Luckily, the mountains surrounding Bozeman don’t just make for a pretty view. Opportunities to hike, bike, swim, climb, and more are just a short drive away, and there’s something for nearly everyone to enjoy.
As we roll into April, a month to celebrate and protect our Earth, there’s no better time to contribute to the responsible stewardship of our outdoors. Thankfully, it’s easy to get involved in protecting our wild spaces and local systems. Bozeman is full of individuals and organizations dedicated to environmental protection while also supporting and celebrating the outdoor recreation they love.
Here are ten ways you can contribute to the vibrant ecosystem of stewardship, sportsmanship, and local support that makes Bozeman so special. Hopefully, along the way, you’ll start building your own community of people with whom you can share and appreciate our amazing outdoor spaces.
HELP MAINTAIN PUBLIC TRAILS
Hiking is a popular way to get outside and get some exercise as the weather warms up, and Bozeman is abundant with trail systems for hikers of all levels. Whether you’re looking for an afternoon walk through Story Mill Park or for a day trip up Bozeman’s Choice Hiking Trail, Lava Lake, there’s truly a path everyone can enjoy.
Many of these trails wouldn’t be so accessible without the work of local organizations and volunteers to maintain them. For example, the Gallatin Valley Land Trust organizes community events for trail work, and can help guide self-directed clean-up projects. Wild Montana builds volunteer trail crew trips in the back country, and the U.S. Forest Service accepts volunteers, and helps connect them with resources. Not only are these opportunities a great way to give back to the trails you spend your free time on, they’re also a great way to meet like-minded locals and build community around stewardship.
GET INVOLVED IN A CYCLING ORGANIZATION
If biking is more your thing, you can help preserve the trails you ride on and meet other cyclists by getting involved with one of the biking organizations in Bozeman. The Dirt Concern, Bozeman’s chapter of the Southwest Montana Mountain Bike Association, hosts trail maintenance days in addition to group rides and community outreach events. Similarly, the Gallatin Valley Bicycle Club hosts group rides and day tours in addition to orchestrating volunteer events like the annual Bike Swap at the Gallatin County Fairgrounds. Or, if you’re just starting out, take a lesson at Crosscut before enjoying the terrain voted Bozeman’s Choice Bike Trail.
VOLUNTEER AT A LOCAL GARDEN
For a more literal approach to putting down roots in Bozeman, try volunteering at a local garden. Bozeman’s gardening community is rich with resources and opportunities for beginning as well as experienced gardeners, and no matter where you look you’re likely to meet people happy to lend a helping hand and share their own tips. The Gallatin Gardeners Club hosts monthly educational
meetings during the winter, and maintains a garden at the MSU Horticulture Farm that relies on volunteers. The Gallatin Valley Food Bank also has a couple of garden plots which volunteers can help maintain, and MSU Extension offers a variety of educational events and free resources to growers throughout the valley.
Plus, Bozeman has several local nurseries that are eager to share knowledge and experience with plant lovers. Bozeman’s Choice Home & Garden Business, The Garden Barn, offers a selection of outdoor and indoor plants, and both Cashman Nursery and Phoenix Garden Center offer workshops and educational events throughout the season.
SUPPORT LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS
You don’t have to be a food producer in order to support and appreciate local agriculture. Bozeman hosts several events where local farmers sell their yield, like the Bozeman Farmers Market held Tuesday evenings over the summer, or the Gallatin Valley Farmers Market most Saturday mornings at the fairgrounds. These events offer a fantastic opportunity to learn where your food comes from, and meet the people you’re supporting by buying locally.
These events aren’t the only way to
buy from our local growers. Many farms in the valley offer CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) shares. These are agreements between farms and buyers where a customer agrees to pay for produce, and meat in some cases, up front to help offset costs accrued over the winter and spring seasons. In exchange, once the farm starts producing, buyers receive a weekly box of produce straight from the farm. You can join a CSA with many farms in the area, including Gallatin Valley Botanical, Chance Farm, Amaltheia Dairy, and others.
JOIN A RUNNING CLUB
Running is a great way to get some sun and challenge your body this season, and it’s easy to get started. Bozeman Run Club is a free running group that meets on Saturday mornings, and Big Sky Wind Drinkers is a member-based running club that organizes races and fun runs throughout the year.
These clubs are a great way to make new friends and increase your motivation, but they’re not the only way to get running in the Gallatin Valley. For example, Community 5K Runs are held at rotating craft breweries in Bozeman over the summer and fall, and are family- and dog-friendly events. The YMCA also hosts a 5K Color Dash to support youth sporting opportunities, and the Livingston Education Foundation hosts a fun run/ walk to raise money for local schools.
VOLUNTEER TO MAINTAIN CRAGS AND APPROACHES
If staying on the ground isn’t always your thing, you can meet other climbers and protect public climbing spaces by volunteering for crag maintenance days. The Access Fund, a national climbing advocacy organization, has chapters throughout the nation created to support climbing in local communities, and help keep outdoor routes safe. For projects around Bozeman, check out the Southwest Montana Climbers Coalition. They organize trail clean-up days and help address faulty anchors and bolts, and politically advocate for public lands. The Montana Mountaineering Association offers several kinds of education opportunities for climbing outdoors, in addition to taking volunteers to help run community events. The Western Montana Climbers Coalition also needs volunteers for a variety of committees aimed at addressing things like policy, events, public outreach, and more.
SUPPORT YOUR RECREATION LOCALLY
No matter how you choose to spend your time outside, make sure to support local economies by grabbing gear for your adven-
tures from small businesses. For example, you could check out Bozeman’s Choice Local Bike Shop, Owenhouse Cycling for your bike needs, or go to the Bozeman Bike Kitchen for a tune-up, or to take advantage of open studio space to maintain your wheels. If you’re recreating on a budget, Second Wind Sports has a wide selection of second-hand gear and clothing. Bozeman’s Choice Fly Shop, Bozeman Fly Supply, is a great stop for your fishing needs. For a wider range of items, check out places like Roundhouse Sports or Crazy Mountain Outdoor Company. No matter where you get your equipment, make sure to care for it properly to extend its lifespan, and help save money and reduce consumption by repairing gear rather than replacing it.
PROTECT THE RIVERS YOU FISH ON
Fishing is a popular pastime for many Bozemanites, and every fisherman and woman can help keep our waterways safe with responsible practices. In addition to knowing species and regulations, cleaning gear and watercraft to avoid the spread of invasive species, and practicing ‘leaving no trace,’ those who use our rivers can also volunteer to maintain access points, clean public spaces and help keep recreation areas functioning. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service offers volunteer opportunities for all ages and internships, and the Gallatin River Task Force needs volunteers to help with education and outreach, water quality monitoring, river clean up, and more.
KEEP OUR WATERS CLEAN
If you prefer hanging out on top of the water instead of fishing for what’s underneath, it’s still important to recreate responsibly and give back when you can. Luckily, organizations like the Friends of Hyalite host clean-up
days twice a year, and stewardship days over the summer. The Gallatin Watershed Council has volunteer opportunities from April through October, which include river restoration projects and stream health monitoring. Plus, they offer free educational tours so you can learn about how the ecosystems you recreate in sustain themselves, and how you can help them continue to. The Montana Watershed Education Network also has several volunteer opportunities for education and outreach.
RECREATE RESPONSIBLY
No matter how you choose to enjoy your time outside, it’s important to practice responsible recreation. Montana Waters is a great resource for learning about the issues facing our water systems and how you can help mitigate them, as well as for providing reminders of how to practice common courtesy on Montana waters. The Be Good to Bozeman Program inspires responsible recreation by encouraging litter clean up. The program also offers education and local outreach, as well as free Visitor Volunteer Packets for those just stopping by to learn about our habitats. Recreate Responsibly is a great online resource for learning about best practices for recreating outside, and Outside Kind is a Montana organization built around encouraging ethics and kindness when using outdoor spaces. These resources are a great way to make sure you’re educated and prepared when you head into the Montana wilderness. Plus, they’ll ensure you make some great memories while helping protect wild spaces so others can, too. J
Josi Hinds was born and raised in Bozeman, and recently returned home after graduating from the University of Utah with a degree in Journalism this past spring. When she’s not writing, she enjoys playing with her parents’ corgis, spending time under Montana’s big skies, and crafting.
WEDNESDAY,
APR. 1
FREE TAX HELP FROM MSU ACCOUNTING STUDENTS 3:155:15pm • Jabs Hall - MSU Bozeman, 8th & Harrison Ave, Bozeman
• FREE Senior and graduate accounting students from the Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship are offering free help preparing tax returns for MSU students and individuals who made less than $60,000 last year.
XTOOL TRAINING 5:15-6pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • 12+ • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Work Bench users who have already earned their laser badge can attend this class to learn to use the new xTool laser!
TERGAR BOZEMAN 5:30-7pm • Bozeman Dharma Center, P.O. Box 964, Bozeman • (406) 219-2140 • bozemandharmacenter.org Ter is a Tibetan word for treasure, Gar means gathering. So, Tergar can be understood as a place where people come together to find the sublime treasure … that helps us calm our minds, open our hearts and awaken wisdom.
BOZEMAN MUSIC NIGHT WITH RYAN LITTLE EAGLE 5:30-8pm • Bridger Brewing Co, 1609 S 11th Ave, Bozeman • (406) 587-2124 • www.bridgerbrewing.com Come enjoy some tunes with us!
ONE BOOK BELGRADE CAPSTONE: AN EVENING WITH CALLAN WINK 6-7:30pm • Belgrade Community Library, 106 N Broadway, Belgrade • (406) 388-4346 • www.belgradelibrary.org An evening with Callan Wink, author of Beartooth.
TRIVIA NIGHT 6-8pm • SHINE Beer Sanctuary + Bottle Shop, 451 E Main St, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 585-8558 • shinebeer.com Trivia Night in the Back Lounge
Grab a pint and some nachos... win some great prizes!
SHOW TIME ROCK’N BINGO W/ ROCKSTAR TRIVIA 6-8pm • It Will Always Be That Way Cocktail Lounge Come play!
DRINK AND DRAW 6-8pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman Come make art with us! Supplies provided.
IAN & JAZZ FRIENDS 6-8pm • Tune Up Bar, 24 W Mendenhall St, Bozeman • 4068393908 • www.instagram.com Join us for live music with the Ian & Friends Jazz Trio!
CASUAL SETS 6pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • FREE • 18+ • 4062193933 • www. lastbestcomedy.com Weekly Community Showcase Looking for more performance opportunities? Come play in this low-stake, experimental show. You can sign up as a team or an individual to get a 5-15 minute slot. First come, first served.
DANIELLE GIRARD IN CONVERSATION WITH CONNOR SULLIVAN 6pm • Country Bookshelf, 28 W. Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • (406)587-0166 • www.countrybookshelf.com We are excited to welcome Danielle Girard, author of the new novel PINKY SWEAR, in conversation with Montana author Connor Sullivan.
SCIENCE INQUIRY SERIES: A WILDLIFE HISTORY OF THE MOTHER PARK 6:30-7:30pm • Bozeman Public Library • FREE • All Ages • 6505801083 • www.gallatinscience.org Dr. Douglas Smith, Yellowstone’s retired Senior Wildlife Biologist, will discuss how Park management helped to restore ecological balance, as evidenced by the status of its iconic wildlife, including wolves, birds, beaver, elk and others.
INTRO TO COMPUTERIZED SEWING MACHINE 6:30-7:45pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • 12+ • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Learn how the Janome MC6650 Computerized Sewing Machine works and how you can use it in the Work Bench. Registration is required. Registrants must complete a Work Bench waiver and obtain a Work Bench card prior to this class.
SHOW TIME ROCK’N BINGO W/ ROCKSTAR TRIVIA 6:30-8:30pm • College Street Taproom Come play!
TRIVIA NIGHT 7-9pm • Pine Creek Lodge, 2496 E. River Road, Livingston • $5 • (406) 222-3628 • www.pinecreeklodgemontana.com Current Events, Potpourri, Name That Tune, handouts and more. Nightly prize, plus a prize for the season long champions. Teams from 1-6 people. We are first come first serve. We do not accept reservations. Please get there early to ensure you get a table. Come on in, drink beer, eat dinner, have some fun and let’s Trivia!
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 7-9pm • The Waypoint, 50 Ousel Falls Rd, Big Sky Come play!
WESTERN SWING WEDNESDAYS 7-11pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • Lessons $10 • 21+ after 9pm • (406) 219-0400 • www.thejumpmt.com There will be a great dance floor every week, your favorite instructors, and all the country music you love from Bozeman’s Choice 2023 DJ, DJ Habes.
OPEN JAM 8pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21+ • (406) 222-6433 • www.themurraybar.com Open Jam
EDDIE T & FRIENDS 9-11pm • Tune Up Bar, 24 W Mendenhall St, Bozeman • 4068393908 • www.instagram.com Join Bozeman’s best jazz group Eddie T. & Friends for an in-depth journey into jazz.
OPEN MIC 9pm • The Haufbrau, 22 S 8th Ave, Bozeman • no cover • 21+ • (406) 587-4931 • www.facebook.com Bozeman’s Choice Open Mic Night - the original!
THURSDAY,
APR. 2
PRESENTING PREHISTORY: FOSSILS, ISOTOPES, AND DIAGENESIS 5:30pm • Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman • $0/member; $5/non-member • All Ages • 4069942251 • mor.ticketapp.org Join Dr. Daigo Yamamura as he explores how chemical signals can help us understand climate during the Age of Dinosaurs.
HOMESTEADING ON THE HIGH PLAINS - WITH LEE SILLIMAN 6-7pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • Adults • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Join Lee Silliman, photographer, archivist, and retired teacher and learn about the frontier settlers who advanced upon the high plains.
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 6-8pm • Bozeman Spirits Distillery Come play!
BLUEGRASS JAM 6-8pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman Come play, sing or just enjoy.
THREE FORKS MUSIC NIGHT WITH RYAN LITTLE EAGLE 6-8pm • Bridger Brewing Pub + Grill, 10751 Hwy 287, Three Forks • No cover • 406-200-9354 • www.bridgerbrewing.com International Multi-Award Winning Native American Singer-Songwriter
CHERRY FOX 6-8pm • Tune Up Bar, 24 W Mendenhall St, Bozeman • 4068393908 • www.instagram.com Originally from the Austin music scene, Cherry Fox relocated to Bozeman to add to our rocker community. Her performance is not to me missed!
THE LIVING CHRIST - EASTER CELEBRATION 6-9pm • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints • FREE A walk through the life of Jesus Christ as we celebrate a “Season of Christ” through the Easter season. Enjoy a journey through life of our Savior culminating with a live musical celebration. All are welcome to join in this uplifting event. We look forward to sharing this special Easter event with you.
MURDER MYSTERY 6:30-9pm • Story Mansion, 811 S Willson Ave, Bozeman • $50 • 21+ • www.zeffy.com Put on your best 1880s finery and join Extreme History for a night of murder and merriment at the Story Mansion!
TRAIL RUNNING FILM FESTIVAL 6:30-9pm • Bozeman Event Space, 14 S Tracy Ave, Bozeman • $20 • (406) 587-4322 The Trail Running Film Festival is back on tour and returning to Bozeman for a great night of films, inspiration, and community. Bozeman Running Company is excited to bring you stories from around the world by filmmakers sharing their work of adventure, inclusivity, wilderness, art, and diversity across the trail and ultra running community.
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 7-9pm • Gravel Bar Come play!
MARK WINTERS 7-10pm • Bozeman Hot Springs & Fitness, 81123 Gallatin Road, Four Corners • With Admission • All Ages • 4065866492 • bozemanhotsprings.co Live music while you soak! Featuring the Houston-based singer-songwriter Mark Winters.
THURSDAY NIGHT OUT! 7pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $15 / $5 for MSU Students • 18+ • 4062193933 • www.lastbestcomedy.com New and exciting improv shows
ALICE IN WONDERLAND JR. 7pm • Gallatin High School Auditorium, 4455 Annie St, Bozeman • $8 • (406) 522-4600 • ghs.bsd7.org Bozeman Childrens Theatre presents Alice in Wonderland Jr.
FRIDAY, APR. 3
BOZEMAN PARKS & REC OPEN GYM - YOUTH BASKETBALL
3:30-5:45pm • Story Mill Community Center, 600 Bridger Drive, Bozeman • $2 for City Residents $3 for Non-Residents • 5-18 • bozeman.net/recreation Open Gym for youth ages 5-18. This is intended to be an open gym time for the community, please do not try to have your basketball team practice during this time.
LIVE MUSIC BY MAGGIE HICKMAN 5-7pm • Field & Stream Lodge Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • 4064269400 • www. fieldandstreamlodgeco.com Enjoy Happy Hour with live music by by Maggie Hickman at Field & Stream.
PAINT & SIP - THE GRAND TETONS 5:45-7:45pm • Bridger Brewing Three Forks • $47 • 8+ • 2182341437 • aintabetterwaytopaint. com Paint The Grand Tetons in this 2 hour class, you’ll be walked through the painting step by step with the help of your instructor, Grace. All materials will be provided and beginners are welcome!
CELTIC MUSIC LIVE 6-8pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman Join us for Celtic music! A full 6 piece ensemble plays Celtic classics. Enjoy some delicious mead as well as Scandinavian-inspired cuisine!
DAMION WILDE 6-8pm • Tune Up Bar, 24 W Mendenhall St, Bozeman • 4068393908 • www.instagram.com Over the years, Damion has flexed his versatility by performing with groups across genres like hip hop, rap, metal, rock, funk, blues, country, jazz and classical. Now focused on advancing his solo career as a singer-songwriter, Damion has been collaborating with his fellow musician friends in Bozeman.
THE LIVING CHRIST - EASTER CELEBRATION 6-9pm • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints • FREE A walk through the life of Jesus Christ as we celebrate a “Season of Christ” through the Easter season. Enjoy a journey through life of our Savior culminating with a live musical celebration. All are wel-
come to join in this uplifting event. We look forward to sharing this special Easter event with you.
FRIDAY NIGHT JAZZ 7-9pm • gute Laune, 10 West Main St, Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • (406) 404-7911 • gutelaunewurstbar. com Live Jazz Every Friday! Featuring a rotating line up of some of the best musicians SW Montana has to offer! Hosted by Alex Robilotta.
FRIDAY NIGHT STAND-UP W/ GAVIN MATTS 7pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $24 ($30 at the door) • 18+ • (406) 219-3933 • lastbestcomedy.com Originally from Vancouver, B.C., Gavin Matts is a New York-based stand up comedian. Recently, he was named one of Vulture Magazine’s “Comedians You Should and Will Know” for 2024.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND JR. 7pm • Gallatin High School Auditorium, 4455 Annie St, Bozeman • $8 • (406) 522-4600 • ghs.bsd7.org Bozeman Childrens Theatre presents Alice in Wonderland Jr.
ONE FOR THE FOXES 7:30pm • The Ellen Theatre • $32.75 • All Ages • 406.585.5885 • theellen.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/ Dave Curley, Tadhg Ó Meachair & Joanna Hyde form an exciting and dynamic transatlantic trio that presents a rousing blend of Irish and American folk music, having already won over audiences on both sides of the ocean.
PACKS ON BACKS! A BENEFIT CONCERT SUPPORTING CRAZY MOUNTAIN VENTURES 8-11pm • The Attic, 110 N Main St, 2nd Floor, Livingston • $20 • www.theatticmontana.com Featuring performances by: QUENBY & The Cullen Brothers Band Hosted by the Cullen Brothers, founders of CMV; a Livingston nonprofit that takes local youth into the Crazy Mountains for life-changing backcountry adventures.
SHAKEDOWN COUNTY 8-11pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • $10 • 21+ • 4062190400 • thejumpmt.com Shakedown County rolls in from Helena, MT with six years of road-worn honky-tonk country that hits hard and dances easy. Expect twangy guitars, stomp-happy drums, and a stack of country-soaked favorites built for boot heels and barroom grins.
MR. VALE’S MATH CLASS 8pm • Tips Up, 76 Town Center Ave Unit A1, Big Sky • (406) 995-2773 • www.tipsupbigsky.com This six piece funk band has horns that knock down the door and percussion-laden grooves that are the perfect accompaniment to any dance party.
RAVEN ROSHI 9-11pm • Grey Dog Bar, 34 N Bozeman Ave, Bozeman • FREE • 21+ • (406) 404-1014 • www.thegreydogbar. com Indie folk rock
BLUES LINE 9-11pm • Tune Up Bar, 24 W Mendenhall St, Bozeman • 4068393908 • www.instagram.com Seven veteran Bozeman musicians came together with the goal of creating a group that embodied the spirit and energy of the music they love.
FOREST RAY 9pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21+ • (406) 222-6433 • www.themurraybar.com Americana
FRIDAY NIGHT STAND-UP W/ GAVIN MATTS 9pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $24 ($30 at the door) • 18+ • (406) 219-3933 • lastbestcomedy.com Originally from Vancouver, B.C., Gavin Matts is a New York-based stand up comedian. Recently, he was named one of Vulture Magazine’s “Comedians You Should and Will Know” for 2024.
SATURDAY, APR. 4
GARAGARAMA 2026 8am-3pm • Gallatin County Fairgrounds, 901 N. Black, Bozeman • $3 • (406) 582-3270 • www.gallatin.mt.gov 60+ vendors will be selling at this year’s Garagarama hosted by The Optimist Club of Bozeman. Have breakfast at the Optimist Cafe, and sign in to the Silent Auction.
THE WILLFUL WARRIOR 5:30-6:30pm • Wild Wisdom Restorative, 7 South Tracy Avenue, Bozeman • www.wildwisdommt.com Transformational breath event
BRIDGER CREEK BOYS BLUEGRASS 6-9pm • gute Laune Wurstbar • FREE • All Ages • 406.404.7911 • gutelaunewurstbar.com Bridger Creek Boys/bluegrass every Saturday, 6-9pm. Great food, beer, and high mountain hard driving bluegrass.
WES URBANIAK & THE MOUNTAIN FOLK 7-10pm • Pine Creek Lodge, 2496 E. River Road, Livingston • $20 ADVANCE - $30 DAY OF SHOW • (406) 222-3628 • www.pinecreeklodgemontana. com Wes Urbaniak is an amalgamation of the arts and sciences all pushed through the pinholes of storytelling via songwriting. He displays a beautiful oddity of human expression in music and presence, and does fine work moving his songs and guitar around mic.
NOTORIOUS BOZ W/ CHRISTINA HILL 7pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $15 • 18+ • (406) 219-3933 • lastbestcomedy.com Notorious BOZ is a long-form improv show that celebrates the city of Bozeman, its history and its incredible citizens.
KEITH ANDERSON & LIFE HEADS WEST 7:30pm • The Ellen Theatre • $15.00 • All Ages • 406.585.5885 A local band with an Americana style.
KARAOKE NIGHT 8-11pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • FREE • 21+ • 4062190400 • thejumpmt.com Montana’s newest and favorite Karaoke Night takes the mic this Saturday from 7 to 10, where big voices, bold songs, and zero stage fright rules apply ����From outlaw country to pop anthems, it’s your turn to steal the spotlight.
JAMPOKE & STREET MILK 8:30pm • The Filling Station, 2005 N. Rouse Ave, Bozeman • $10 • 21+ • (406) 587-0585 Come down and enjoy some tunes with us! Music starts at 8:30 and goes til late.
COLOURBLIND 9-11pm • Tune Up Bar, 24 W Mendenhall St, Bozeman • 4068393908 • www.instagram.com Indie Rock based in Bozeman
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DJ NIGHT 9-11pm • Grey Dog Bar, 34 N Bozeman Ave, Bozeman • FREE • 21+ • (406) 404-1014 • www.thegreydogbar.com DJ music
THE BEST INTENTIONS 9pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21+ • (406) 222-6433 • www.themurraybar.com Jazz, Blues, Original
WHIZ BANG! 9pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $15 • 18+ • (406) 219-3933 • lastbestcomedy.com Whiz BANG! is an explosion of intoxicating comedy!
SUNDAY, APR. 5
EASTER JAZZ BRUNCH 10am-2pm • Armory Music Hall, 24 W Mendenhall St, Bozeman • $95/adult, $45/kids under 12 • All Ages • 1 (833) 549-0847 • www.armoryhotelbzn.com Celebrate Easter in timeless Armory style with a lively, elegant brunch experience for the whole family. Enjoy an all-you-can-eat buffet ($95/adult, $45/kids under 12), a sparkling Mimosa Bar, live jazz music, and festive Easter Bunny photos.
SUNDAY STUDENT STUDY DAY 11am-9pm • SHINE Beer Sanctuary + Bottle Shop, 451 E Main St, Bozeman • (406) 585-8558 • shinebeer.com Study with SHINE during their Sunday Student Study Day! Enjoy 2 for $5 tacos all day until May.
BOARD GAME DAY 3-9pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman Bring in a game and every player gets a free 4oz pour!
CELTIC MUSIC JAM 3:30-5:30pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman Come play, listen or dance to classic Celtic tunes! Happy hour food and drinks as well!
TRIVIA NIGHT 6-7pm • AC Benchmark, 110 N Tracy Ave, Bozeman • www.marriott.com Every Sunday join us for AC hosted Trivia. Come early for nightly happy HR 4-6pm.
DEAD NIGHTS 6pm • Tune Up Bar, 24 W Mendenhall St, Bozeman • no cover • (406) 551-7702 • tuneupbarandlounge.com Local legends The Hooligans will take the stage, covering Grateful Dead favorites bringing an easygoing, feel-good soundtrack to your Sunday night. Come for the music, stay for the atmosphere, and make it a monthly tradition.
SACRED SOUND & ENERGY 6:15-7:15pm • Wild Wisdom Restorative, 7 South Tracy Avenue, Bozeman • $30 • www.wildwisdommt. com This relaxing ceremony blends the healing vibration of a sound bath with gentle support of Reiki energy to help calm the mind, relax the body, and restore energetic balance.
MR. VALE’S MATH CLASS 7-10pm • Bozeman Hot Springs & Fitness, 81123 Gallatin Road, Four Corners • With Admission • All Ages • 4065866492 • bozemanhotsprings.co Live music while you soak! Featuring the Portland-based funk group “Mr. Vale’s Math Class”.
MONDAY, APR. 6
406 DAY 5-8pm • Sky Shed, 24 W Mendenhall, Bozeman Celebrate 406 Day the Montana way at the Montana Marketplace! Stop in to sip, sample, shop, and discover a curated lineup of local makers. Browse goods, enjoy tastings, and meet the creators behind Montana favorites like Lazy K, Brickbound Leather, Alara, Pour Studio, Leave Her Wild, and Chalet Market.
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 6-8pm • Wildrye Distilling, 111 East Oak Street Suite 1E, Bozeman • FREE • 21+ • (406) 577-2288 • www.wildryedistilling.com With Picture Rounds, Sound Rounds, Word Jumbles and more.. There’s Something for Everyone.
TRANSFORMATION IMPROV EXPERIENCE 6-8pm • Wild Wisdom Restorative Studio • $397 (8 classes series) • 6179679002 • docs.google.com This class is where we stop living in our heads and start living in our bodies. An improv class that’s not just comedy… it’s about breaking out of survival mode, getting confident in your own skin, and learning how to think on your feet.
ROCK’N BINGO W/ ROCKSTAR TRIVIA 6-8pm • Sawdust and Steel Bingo and Trivia
MUSIC MONDAYS 6pm • Red Tractor Pizza, 1007 W Main St, Bozeman • $20 adults, $10 kids 10 and under • (406) 359-1999 • www. redtractorpizza.com All you can eat Pizza and Live Music.
USE YOUR VOICE: A CIVIL CONVERSATION ON TAX POLICY 6:30pm • Norm Asbjornson Hall, Montana State University, Bozeman • $10-$99 Join us for a civil forum on Montana tax policy featuring panels, breakouts, and roundtables focused on dialogue, tradeoffs, and solutions.
SANGHA: JOINING RIVERS (PLUM VILLAGE TRADITION & THE VENERABLE THICH NHAT HANH) 7-8:30pm • Bozeman Dharma Center, P.O. Box 964, Bozeman • (406) 219-2140 • bozemandharmacenter.org We follow Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings for practicing mindfulness in order to manifest joy, peace, and compassion in our relationships and daily lives.
BINGO 7-9pm • The Honey Hole • $10 • 18+ • 406.505.5558 • www.honeyholebozeman.com Bingo at The Honey Hole, 7-9pm $10 Buy in and Industry Night Food Specials + Prizes
TRIVIA NIGHT 7-9pm • Bacchus Pub, 105 W Main St, Bozeman • 406 404-1996 • www.bacchuspub.com Join us for our weekly trivia night, Game Night Live is a leader in bar trivia and music bingo, putting on awesome games at local venues that everyone can enjoy.
SPORTS TRIVIA 7:30pm • Rockin’ R Bar, 211 E. Main St, Bozeman • no cover • 21+ • (406) 587-9355 • www.rockingrbar.com For those looking for more sporty trivia questions this is it.
OPEN MIC 9pm • The Haufbrau, 22 S 8th Ave, Bozeman • no cover • 21+ • (406) 587-4931 • www.facebook.com Bozeman’s Choice Open Mic Night - the original!
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bozeman.net/recreation Open Gym for youth ages 5-18. This is intended to be an open gym time for the community, please do not try to have your basketball team practice during this time.
IDEALAB: CTRL+ALT+CREATE: TOWERING TRIG! 5-6:30pm • $25 per participant • For creative kids in grades 4 to 8. • 406-582-1288 • acrmuseum.org Join us in the IdeaLab for some hands-on hightech crafting using the principles of computing. This week, we’re deploying the Micro:bit plus a dash of trigonometry to measure the height of the museum building. The sky’s the limit!
USE YOUR VOICE: A CIVIL CONVERSATION ON TAX POLICY 5pm • Norm Asbjornson Hall, Montana State University, Bozeman • $10-$99 Join us for a civil forum on Montana tax policy featuring panels, breakouts, and roundtables focused on dialogue, tradeoffs, and solutions.
NONFICTION WRITERS GROUP 5:30-7:30pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • Adults • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Nonfiction Writers Group offers mutual support, and considerate, constructive feedback on works in progress.
KIDS’ NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM - OVER THE HEDGE 5:30-8:30pm • Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman • $45/member, $55/non-member • 5-10 • 4069942251 • mor. ticketapp.org Treat your pajama-clad kids to an unforgettable after-hours adventure featuring flashlight tours of darkened exhibit halls, hands-on crafts, a pizza dinner, and a cozy movie screening.
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 6-8pm • Outlaw Brewing, 2876 N 27th, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 577-2403 • www.outlaw-brewing.com Our games are free to play and are for everyone who likes to play games and win prizes!
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 6-8pm • Colombo’s Pizza & Pasta, 1003 West College Street, Bozeman • (406) 587-5544 • www. colombospizzaandpasta.com/index.html Come play!
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 6-8pm • It Will Always Be That Way Cocktail Lounge Come play!
OPEN MIC 6-8pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman • FREE • 4065772383 • valhallabozeman.com Come share music, poetry or whatever you like with us every Tuesday!
TRIVIA TUESDAY 6-8pm • 406 Brewing, 308 East Main St Suite 406, Manhattan • FREE • All Ages • www.406brewingcompany. com Come for trivia every Tuesday
THE PATH OF BECOMING 6-8pm • Wild Wisdom Restorative, 7 South Tracy Avenue, Bozeman • www.wildwisdommt.com The Moth Experience A Guided Journal and Intention Gathering
KATABATIC MUSIC BINGO 6pm • Katabatic Brewing Company, 117 W Park St, Livingston • FREE to play • 21+ • (406) 333-2855 • katabaticbrewing.blogspot.com Hear a clip from a popular song. If you have that song on your card, mark it off. Rounds at 6PM and 7PM, 3 games per round
RISKY QUIZNESS 6pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 219-3933 • lastbestcomedy.com It’s a show. It’s a quiz show. It’s a comedy, quiz show! Every week has it’s own theme and expert hosts. Come on down to the club to laugh, learn & love!
MINDSPACE: A MEDITATION GROUP FOR ADULTS IN THE MILLENNIAL+ GENERATION 6:30-7:45pm • Bozeman Dharma Center, P.O. Box 964, Bozeman • 18-40 • (406) 219-2140 • bozemandharmacenter.org MindSpace is an open community gathering of young adults 18-40 years of age. Through meditation we foster a clear mind, compassionate heart, and develop an intimacy with human experiences. We encourage and support each other in daily practice to embody mindfulness in everyday life.
TUESDAY LIVE MUSIC 7-9pm • Bacchus Pub, 105 W Main St, Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • 4064041996 • www.bacchuspub. com/menus Live music every Tuesday night from 7–9 PM with a rotating lineup of talented local artists!
BOZEMAN FILM SOCIETY: “TOW” 7-9pm • The Ellen Theatre, 17 W. Main St., Bozeman • $9.75-$11.75 (plus fees) • Rated $ • 4065819704 • www.bozemanfilmsociety.org/tow The true story of Amanda Ogle (Rose Byrne), a homeless Seattle woman who fought her way out of tow-company hell to reclaim her life and her Toyota Camry that held it all together after receiving a tow bill for $21,634. 1h 45m. Rated R.
KATABATIC MUSIC BINGO 7pm • Katabatic Brewing Company, 117 W Park St, Livingston • FREE to play • 21+ • (406) 333-2855 • katabaticbrewing.blogspot.com Hear a clip from a popular song. If you have that song on your card, mark it off. Rounds at 6PM and 7PM, 3 games per round (single line, double line, and blackout).
MINDFUL TUESDAYS 7:30-7:50pm • Montana Mindfulness Project • Free/donation-based • All ages • www.mtmindfulness.org Join us for our weekly mindfulness practice - online! Whether you join to create a consistent mindfulness practice or to simply give yourself the rest and relaxation you’ve been looking for in community with others — Mindful Tuesdays is here for you. Our MMP teachers rotate facilitating the practice each week.
OPEN MIC NIGHT 8pm • Tips Up, 76 Town Center Ave Unit A1, Big Sky • (406) 995-2773 • www.tipsupbigsky.com Calling all artists, musicians, and lovers of local sound. Open Mic Night with Robby Hutto happens every Tuesday at 8 PM at Tips Up. Whether you’re ready to take the stage or just want to cheer on Big Sky’s up-and-coming talent, this is your chance to plug into the local music scene.
BONE DRY COMEDY 8pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • FREE • 18+ • 4062193933 • www. lastbestcomedy.com Bone Dry Comedy brings Open Mic night to Last Best Comedy. Our weekly open mic is a safe, friendly, supportive place to start your comedy journey, try new material, and connect to the Bozeman Stand up scene.
OPEN MIC 9pm • The Haufbrau, 22 S 8th Ave, Bozeman • no cover • 21+ • (406) 587-4931 • www.facebook.com Bozeman’s Choice Open Mic Night - the original!
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HEALTHCARE CONNECTIONS SCREENINGS AND VACCINATIONS 4-6pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • All Ages • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Bozeman Health’s Healthcare Connections offers free vaccines and health screenings.
XTOOL TRAINING 5:15-6pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • 12+ • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Work Bench users who have already earned their laser badge can attend this class to learn to use the new xTool laser!
TERGAR BOZEMAN 5:30-7pm • Bozeman Dharma Center, P.O. Box 964, Bozeman • (406) 219-2140 • bozemandharmacenter.org Ter is a Tibetan word for treasure, Gar means gathering. So, Tergar can be understood as a place where people come together to find the sublime treasure … that helps us calm our minds, open our hearts and awaken wisdom.
BOZEMAN MUSIC NIGHT WITH DAN DUBUQUE 5:30-8pm • Bridger Brewing Co, 1609 S 11th Ave, Bozeman • (406) 587-2124 • www.bridgerbrewing.com Weissenborn Slide Guitarist
TRIVIA NIGHT 6-8pm • SHINE Beer Sanctuary + Bottle Shop, 451 E Main St, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 585-8558 • shinebeer.com Trivia Night in the Back Lounge Grab a pint and some nachos... win some great prizes!
SHOW TIME ROCK’N BINGO W/ ROCKSTAR TRIVIA 6-8pm • It Will Always Be That Way Cocktail Lounge Come play!
DRINK AND DRAW 6-8pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman Come make art with us! Supplies provided.
5K BREW RUN SERIES KICK-OFF 6-8pm • Mountains Walking Brewery, 422 North Plum, Bozeman • $10 • (406) 219-3480 • www. mountainswalking.com Community 5k runs at rotating craft
breweries in Bozeman, MT. Every month from May - October, these runs are open to all, family-friendly, dog-friendly (on leash), and followed by raffle prizes at the end of every run.
RYAN LITTLEEAGLE 6-8pm • Tune Up Bar, 24 W Mendenhall St, Bozeman • 4068393908 • www.instagram.com Ryan LittleEagle, a traveling Indigenous singer-songwriter and musician, weaves together the traditional and the contemporary, the ancestral and the modern, into the vast tapestry of American music.
CASUAL SETS 6pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • FREE • 18+ • 4062193933 • www. lastbestcomedy.com Weekly Community Showcase
Looking for more performance opportunities? Come play in this low-stake, experimental show. You can sign up as a team or an individual to get a 5-15 minute slot. First come, first served.
LOST CONNECTIONS; UNCOVERING THE IMPACTS OF NEARLY-LOST KEYSTONE SPECIES ON GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEM HEALTH 6:30-7:30pm • Virtual event on Zoom • FREE • 406-5955976 • www.gallatinvalleyearthday.org Join Andy Boyce-Pero, Ph.D., Avian Ecologist with the Smithsonian, to learn about the tremendous value of the temperate grasslands of North America and why they are one of the most imperiled ecosystems on earth.
INTRO TO 3D PRINTING 6:30-7:45pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • 12+ • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Learn the basics of 3D printing and how to use the 3D printer in the Work Bench. Registration is required. Registrants must complete a Work Bench waiver and obtain a Work Bench card prior to this class.
SHOW TIME ROCK’N BINGO W/ ROCKSTAR TRIVIA 6:30-8:30pm • College Street Taproom Come play!
TRIVIA NIGHT 7-9pm • Pine Creek Lodge, 2496 E. River Road, Livingston • $5 • (406) 222-3628 • www.pinecreeklodgemontana.com Current Events, Potpourri, Name That Tune, handouts and more. Nightly prize, plus a prize for the season long champions. Teams from 1-6 people. We are first come first serve. We do not accept reservations. Please get there early to ensure you get a table. Come on in, drink beer, eat dinner, have some fun and let’s Trivia!
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 7-9pm • The Waypoint, 50 Ousel Falls Rd, Big Sky Come play!
WESTERN SWING WEDNESDAYS 7-11pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • Lessons $10 • 21+ after 9pm • (406) 219-0400 • www.thejumpmt.com There will be a great dance floor every week, your favorite instructors, and all the country music you love from Bozeman’s Choice 2023 DJ, DJ Habes.
HINDER LIVE 7-11pm • Covellite Theatre, 215 W Broadway St, Butte • $53.70 • covellitepresents.org Multi-Platinum American rockers, Hinder, take the stage.
OPEN JAM 8pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21+ • (406) 222-6433 • www.themurraybar.com Open Jam
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OPEN MIC 9pm • The Haufbrau, 22 S 8th Ave, Bozeman • no cover • 21+ • (406) 587-4931 • www.facebook.com Bozeman’s Choice Open Mic Night - the original!
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ALONGSIDE BOOK CLUB 4:30-6pm • Belgrade Community Library, 106 N Broadway, Belgrade • FREE • Adults • (406) 388-4346 • www.belgradelibrary.org Belgrade Community Library is excited to partner with Alongside Women Veterans Outreach to offer a new book club! Open to any adults, discussions take place on the second Thursday, 4:30-6:00 p.m. Light refreshments will be offered. Stop by the Information Desk to pick up a copy of this month’s book.
AUTHORS AND BOOKS: RUSSELL ROWLAND AND ALLEN MORRIS JONES 6-7pm • Bozeman Public Library Community Room • FREE • Adult • 4065822436 • www.bozemanlibrary.org A conversation where Montana poet laureate, Allen Jones, and Russell Rowland, author of 56 Counties, discuss their collaboration, and their thoughts on Montana and western literature in general.
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 6-8pm • Bozeman Spirits Distillery Come play!
BLUEGRASS JAM 6-8pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman Come play, sing or just enjoy.
THREE FORKS MUSIC NIGHT WITH DAN DUBUQUE 6-8pm • Bridger Brewing Pub + Grill, 10751 Hwy 287, Three Forks • No cover • 406-200-9354 • www.bridgerbrewing.com Weissenborn Slide Guitarist
THE HOOLIGANS 6-8pm • Tune Up Bar, 24 W Mendenhall St, Bozeman • 4068393908 • www.instagram.com Formed in 1990, Hooligans is Bozeman’s longest running roots rock/americana/ blues/jam band. Inspired by the improv driven music of the San Francisco scene as well as early folk, blues and great rock’n’roll.
REACH INC PINT NIGHTS 6pm • Field & Stream Lodge Join us during our birthday month! A portion of the proceeds from each pint will benefit Reach clients.
XTOOL TRAINING 6:30-7:15pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • 12+ • (406) 582-2400 • www. bozemanlibrary.org Work Bench users who have already earned their laser badge can attend this class to learn to use the new xTool laser!
IDEALAB: DIY MONTANA: ARDUINO BASICS - SESSION 2 6:30-8pm • $150 for four sessions • For kids in grades 6-8 • 406-582-1288 • acrmuseum.org This four-class series introduces students to the powerful, versatile Arduino Uno, a super cool microcontroller used by hobbyists, professionals, artists, and researchers around the world to create everything from simple LED displays and robots.
JEFF TWEEDY 6:30pm • The ELM • $51 - $82 • All Ages • (406) 830-4640 • logjampresents.com Logjam Presents is pleased to welcome Jeff Tweedy for a live in concert performance with Sima Cunningham.
TANTRIC PARTNERED YOGA 6:30pm • OH Hi, 115 W Kagy Blvd #Ste I, Bozeman • $44.52 Grab your partner and join us at Oh Hi for a session of yoga designed to spark intimacy and connection.
CAROLINE SHAW + ATTACCA QUARTET: AN INTIMATE EVENING 6:30pm • Willow Spring Ranch • $45 Our “Intimate Evening” concerts are a unique evening of music in a smaller setting that frequently sells out. The program is abbreviated (approx 60 min.) with conversations between the musicians and audience, in true chamber music style!
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 7-9pm • Gravel Bar Come play!
BOZEMAN DOC SERIES: A LIFE ILLUMINATED 7-9pm • The Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture, 111 South Grand Ave, Bozeman • $12 general admission, $10 for students • All Ages • (406) 587-9797 • www.bozemandocseries.org The Bozeman Doc Series continues with the brilliant new doc, A Life Illuminated.
SIMON CROPP 7-10pm • Bozeman Hot Springs & Fitness, 81123 Gallatin Road, Four Corners • With Admission • All Ages • 4065866492 • bozemanhotsprings.co Live music while you soak! Featuring the Iowa-based singer-songwriter Simon Cropp.
MONTANA STATE SPRING RODEO 7pm • Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, 1 Bobcat Circle, Bozeman • (406) 994-CATS • www. brickbreeden.com Are you ready for the ride of a lifetime? It’s time to get ready for the greatest show on dirt, with the best collegiate rodeo stars.
THE MOORS 7pm • Verge Theater, 111 S Grand Ave, Suite 107, Bozeman • $39.19 • (406) 587-9797 • vergetheater.com A wickedly funny, gothic comedy that gleefully twists the conventions of the classic Victorian novel. A deliciously dark Brontë pastiche.
COME FROM AWAY -- PRESENTED BY BAROQUE MUSIC MONTANA 7:30-9:30pm • Aspevig Painting Studio • $50/person • (406) 579-6825 • baroquemusicmontana.org A recital with violinist Carrie Krause and pianist Julie Gosswiller features compositions representative of immigrant groups to Montana, from statehood to today, including works by Tan Dun, Halvorsen, Bloch, D’Rivera, and Enescu.
TANNER LAWS 9pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • $10 • 21+ • 4062190400 • thejumpmt.com Montana-born and corn-fed, Tanner Laws is the very definition of a home-state hero—built by Big Sky country and bursting with talent. With awards like Northwest Songwriter of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Local Artist of the Year.
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BOWL FOR KIDS’ SAKE 2pm • Bozeman Bowl, 414 E Babcock, Bozeman • (406) 586-5018 This spring, heroes will take to the lanes. Each Bowl for Kids’ Sake event brings together local teams, businesses, families, and friends to support youth right here at home.
BOZEMAN PARKS & REC OPEN GYM - YOUTH BASKETBALL 3:30-5:45pm • Story Mill Community Center, 600 Bridger Drive, Bozeman • $2 for City Residents $3 for Non-Residents • 5-18 • bozeman.net/recreation Open Gym for youth ages 5-18. This is intended to be an open gym time for the community, please do not try to have your basketball team practice during this time.
406 FLEA MARKET 4-8pm • Gallatin County Fairgrounds, 901 N. Black, Bozeman • (406) 582-3270 • www.gallatin.mt.gov Hello! We’re 406 Flea, a local vintage market that hosts monthly flea
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markets in support of local vendors. While most of our vendors offer vintage clothing, we always reserve a few spots for local artists as well. Our mission at 406 Flea is to create a fun, community-centered event that celebrates sustainability, creativity, and of course, vintage finds.
COME FROM AWAY --PRESENTED BY BAROQUE MUSIC MONTANA 5-6pm • St. James Episcopal Church • General Admission $32; Students $5 • All Ages • (406) 579-6825 • baroquemusicmontana.org A recital with violinist Carrie Krause and pianist Julie Gosswiller features compositions representative of immigrant groups to Montana, from statehood to today, including works by Tan Dun, Halvorsen, Bloch, D’Rivera, and Enescu.
LIVE MUSIC BY MEREDITH ELSIE 5-7pm • Field & Stream Lodge Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • 4064269400 • www.fieldandstreamlodgeco.com Enjoy Happy Hour with live music by Meredith Elsie at Field & Stream Bozeman.
WHITE BARN VINTAGE SPRING MARKET SIP & SHOP WITH LIVE MUSIC 5-8pm • Phoenix Garden Center • $20 Per Person, Kids 12 & Under $10 • All Ages • 4065700074 • phoenixgardencenter.com/events Phoenix Garden Center hosts the White Barn Vintage Market! Featuring local crafters, artisans & collectors selling hand-made, vintage & repurposed goods. Friday Night: Enjoy an early viewing of the market, sipping wine & listening to live music!
CELTIC MUSIC LIVE 6-8pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman Join us for Celtic music! A full 6 piece ensemble plays Celtic classics. Enjoy some delicious mead as well as Scandinavian-inspired cuisine!
FRIDAY NIGHT JAZZ 7-9pm • gute Laune, 10 West Main St, Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • (406) 404-7911 • gutelaunewurstbar. com Live Jazz Every Friday! Featuring a rotating line up of some of the best musicians SW Montana has to offer! Hosted by Alex Robilotta.
WALCRIK 7-10pm • Pine Creek Lodge, 2496 E. River Road, Livingston • $15 ADVANCE - $25 DAY OF SHOW • (406) 222-3628 • www.pinecreeklodgemontana.com Roots, Americana, bluegrass
MONTANA STATE SPRING RODEO 7pm • Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, 1 Bobcat Circle, Bozeman • (406) 994-CATS • www. brickbreeden.com Are you ready for the ride of a lifetime? It’s time to get ready for the greatest show on dirt, with the best collegiate rodeo stars.
THE MOORS 7pm • Verge Theater, 111 S Grand Ave, Suite 107, Bozeman • $39.19 • (406) 587-9797 • vergetheater.com A wickedly funny, gothic comedy that gleefully twists the conventions of the classic Victorian novel. A deliciously dark Brontë pastiche.
THE SEAGULL: A PLAY BY ANTON CHEKHOV TRANSLATED BY PAUL SCHMIDT 7pm • Rialto Theatre, 10 West Main St, Bozeman • $30 per ticket, special $15 rate for students • All Ages • www. bozemanactorstheatre.org The first of Anton Chekhov’s masterpieces, The Seagull is a four act play, taking place in the Russian countryside during a sultry summer, populated by friends, family, actors, and lovers.
FRIDAY NIGHT STAND-UP WITH ZACH MAMA 7pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $24 ($30 at the door) • 18+ • (406) 219-3933 • lastbestcomedy.com Zach Mama is a French-American stand-up comedian & jazz drummer. Known for his rhythmic storytelling and raw vulnerability, his stand-up clips have earned him over 50 million views across social media.
SOAKED & TOASTED BLUEGRASS 7:30-9:30pm • Livingston Elks Lodge • FREE • All Ages • 4062241875 • www.soakedandtoastedbluegrass.com Live bluegrass with Soaked & Toasted. Visit our website for details and celebrity reviews.
LONGHORN 8-11pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • $10 • 21+ • 4062190400 • thejumpmt.com Helena’s own Longhorn is stampeding into The Jump with a powerhouse blend of country grit and unstoppable good-time energy. These Montana boys bring the kind of boot-stompin’ groove that turns any room into a Friday-night rodeo. Saddle up and join us!
IT’S A 2000’S PARTY 8pm • The ELM • $33 • All Ages • (406) 830-4640 • logjampresents.com Logjam Presents is pleased to welcome It’s A 2000s Party for a live concert performance.
STILL FOOLS 9-11pm • Grey Dog Bar, 34 N Bozeman Ave, Bozeman • FREE • 21+ • (406) 404-1014 • www.thegreydogbar.com Blues-infused jam band based in Bozeman
JACOB ROUNTREE BAND 9-11pm • Tune Up Bar, 24 W Mendenhall St, Bozeman • 4068393908 • www.instagram.com “The sound proposed by this artist, together with his band, is truly an incredible musical experience.
FRIDAY NIGHT STAND-UP WITH ZACH MAMA 9pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $24 ($30 at the door) • 18+ • (406) 219-3933 • lastbestcomedy.com Zach Mama is a French-American stand-up comedian & jazz drummer. Known for his rhythmic storytelling and raw vulnerability, his stand-up clips have earned him over 50 million views across social media.
LOST CANYONS 9pm • Tips Up, 76 Town Center Ave Unit A1, Big Sky • (406) 995-2773 • www.tipsupbigsky.com We pride ourselves on driving guitars, impactful melodies, and introspective lyrics. Indie rock from Bozeman, baby!
BLAKE BRIGHTMAN BAND 9pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21+ • (406) 222-6433 • www.themurraybar.com Country Western Meets Electric Blues
SATURDAY, APR. 11
DANE ANDREW THOMPSEN 6-8pm • Tune Up Bar, 24 W Mendenhall St, Bozeman • 4068393908 • www.instagram.com Lyric-driven Americana
BRIDGER CREEK BOYS BLUEGRASS 6-9pm • gute Laune Wurstbar • FREE • All Ages • 406.404.7911 • gutelaunewurstbar.com Bridger Creek Boys/bluegrass every Saturday, 6-9pm. Great food, beer, and high mountain hard driving bluegrass.
GLOVES OFF GALA 6-10pm • Armory Music Hall, 24 W Mendenhall St, Bozeman • $250 • www.armorymusichall.com This will be one of our most important galas yet as Gallatin Ice prepares to enter into major construction to improve the arena. This year’s theme is BAHA, so stay tuned and go find that vintage tournie tee! Keynote speaker: Kevin Lowe, 6-time Stanley Cup Champion, 3-time Olympian Champion, & 2020 Hockey Hall of Fame Inductee
ART W/ DR. IKE! 6pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • FREE • 18+ • (406) 219-3933 • lastbestcomedy.com Watch out LBC—Art! With Dr. Ike, Ph.D. returns for its THIRD SEASON with a new time slot: Saturdays at 6PM in April! That’s right, primetime baby!
SECOND STRING ORCHESTRA SPRING CONCERT 7-8pm • Hope Lutheran Church, 2152 Graf St., Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • 406-579-6825 • secondstringorchestra.weebly.com The Second String Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Matthew Makeever, presents their spring concert, featuring works by Beethoven and Franck, with violin soloist Chelsea Lind.
BALLROOM DANCE BOZEMAN’S SPRING FEVER DANCE 7-10pm • Bozeman Senior Center, 807 N. Tracy Ave, Bozeman • $20 per person (or Season Pass) • www.ballroomdancebozeman. org Put some spring in your step at our SPRING FEVER DANCE! Singles/couples welcome. You don’t have to be an expert dancer to join in. Attire is dressy-casual, plus clean (not outside) dance shoes to protect the floor. Bring all your friends!
MONTANA STATE SPRING RODEO 7pm • Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, 1 Bobcat Circle, Bozeman • (406) 994-CATS • www. brickbreeden.com Are you ready for the ride of a lifetime? It’s time to get ready for the greatest show on dirt, with the best collegiate rodeo stars.
THE MOORS 7pm • Verge Theater, 111 S Grand Ave, Suite 107, Bozeman • $39.19 • (406) 587-9797 • vergetheater.com A wickedly funny, gothic comedy that gleefully twists the conventions of the classic Victorian novel. A deliciously dark Brontë pastiche.
THE SEAGULL: A PLAY BY ANTON CHEKHOV TRANSLATED BY PAUL SCHMIDT 7pm • Rialto Theatre, 10 West Main St, Bozeman • $30 per ticket, special $15 rate for students • All Ages • www. bozemanactorstheatre.org The first of Anton Chekhov’s masterpieces, The Seagull is a four act play, taking place in the Russian countryside during a sultry summer, populated by friends, family, actors, and lovers.
NOTORIOUS BOZ W/ ARINA BILLIS 7pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $15 • 18+ • (406) 219-3933 • lastbestcomedy.com Notorious BOZ is a long-form improv show that celebrates the city of Bozeman, its history and its incredible citizens.
SUPAMAN 7:30pm • Shane Lalani Center for the Arts, 415 E. Lewis St., Livingston • $15-$30 • 406-222-1420 • www.theshanecenter. org You don’t want to miss out on this high-energy, one-of-a-kind evening with @supamanhiphop - the internationally acclaimed Apsáalooke hip-hop artist, fancy war dancer, and cultural ambassador from Crow Agency, Montana.
JOHN ROBERTS Y PAN BLANCO + SALSA LESSONS! 8-11pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • $10 • 21+ • 4062190400 • thejumpmt.com Jon Roberts y Pan Blanco is driven by a life that stretches from a piano on a remote Montana ranch to the world’s biggest stages, blending Afro Latin soul with deep musical roots and global fire. FREE Salsa Lessons before show!
GREATER YELLOWSTONE EVENTS CALENDAR
LINDSEY LAWLIS BAND
April 11 - Tune Up Bar
DJ NIGHT 9-10pm • Grey Dog Bar, 34 N Bozeman Ave, Bozeman • FREE • 21+ • (406) 404-1014 • www.thegreydogbar.com DJ music
LINDSAY LAWLIS BAND 9-11pm • Tune Up Bar, 24 W Mendenhall St, Bozeman • 4068393908 • www.instagram.com Her music blends a bluesy noir folk with gutsy alt-americana outlaw country
WHIZ BANG! 9pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $15 • 18+ • (406) 219-3933 • lastbestcomedy.com Whiz BANG! is an explosion of intoxicating comedy!
BRICE ASH BAND 9pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21+ • (406) 222-6433 • www.themurraybar.com Americana
SUNDAY, APR. 12
SUNDAY STUDENT STUDY DAY 11am-9pm • SHINE Beer
Sanctuary + Bottle Shop, 451 E Main St, Bozeman • (406) 585-8558 • shinebeer.com Study with SHINE during their Sunday Student Study Day! Enjoy 2 for $5 tacos all day until May.
MONTANA STATE SPRING RODEO 1pm • Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, 1 Bobcat Circle, Bozeman • (406) 994-CATS • www. brickbreeden.com Are you ready for the ride of a lifetime? It’s time to get ready for the greatest show on dirt, with the best collegiate rodeo stars.
THE SEAGULL: A PLAY BY ANTON CHEKHOV TRANSLATED BY PAUL SCHMIDT 2pm • Rialto Theatre, 10 West Main St, Bozeman • $30 per ticket, special $15 rate for students • All Ages • www.
bozemanactorstheatre.org The first of Anton Chekhov’s masterpieces, The Seagull is a four act play, taking place in the Russian countryside during a sultry summer, populated by friends, family, actors, and lovers.
BOARD GAME DAY 3-9pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman Bring in a game and every player gets a free 4oz pour!
THE MOORS 3pm • Verge Theater, 111 S Grand Ave, Suite 107, Bozeman • $39.19 • (406) 587-9797 • vergetheater.com A wickedly funny, gothic comedy that gleefully twists the conventions of the classic Victorian novel. A deliciously dark Brontë pastiche.
CELTIC MUSIC JAM 3:30-5:30pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman Come play, listen or dance to classic Celtic tunes! Happy hour food and drinks as well!
TRIVIA NIGHT 6-7pm • AC Benchmark, 110 N Tracy Ave, Bozeman • www.marriott.com Every Sunday join us for AC hosted Trivia. Come early for nightly happy HR 4-6pm.
SACRED SOUND & ENERGY 6:15-7:15pm • Wild Wisdom Restorative, 7 South Tracy Avenue, Bozeman • $30 • www.wildwisdommt. com This relaxing ceremony blends the healing vibration of a sound bath with gentle support of Reiki energy to help calm the mind, relax the body, and restore energetic balance.
THE CAT’S GLASSES & SHARK BUFFALO 7-10pm • Bozeman Hot Springs & Fitness, 81123 Gallatin Road, Four Corners • $21 general admission • All Ages • 406.898.3644 • bozemanhotsprings. co Denver-based band The Cat’s Glasses and Missoula-based Shark Buffalo will play a concert of high-energy original music. More information can be found at https://thecatsglasses.com and https://shark-buffalo.supertape.site.
DOC’S SALOON GHOST HUNT 7-10pm • Doc’s saloon • $20 • 21+ • 4065808855 • www.facebook.com Come, enjoy a spooky evening in this historical bar. This is a 21+ event with drinks, ghost investigations, learning about ghost, hunting equipment, and history.
MONDAY, APR. 13
GALLATIN-PARK CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL MEETING 5:30-7pm • Labor Temple, 422 E Mendenhall St, Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • 217-898-6686 The Gallatin-Park Central Labor Council is the regional body to coordinate collective action among different unions, fostering solidarity and advocating for workers’ rights. Any and all union members welcome to join for our monthly meeting.
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 6-8pm • Wildrye Distilling, 111 East Oak Street Suite 1E, Bozeman • FREE • 21+ • (406) 577-2288 • www.wildryedistilling.com With Picture Rounds, Sound Rounds, Word Jumbles and more.. There’s Something for Everyone.
TRANSFORMATION IMPROV EXPERIENCE 6-8pm • Wild Wisdom Restorative Studio • $397 (8 classes series) • 6179679002 • docs.google.com This class is where we stop living in our heads and start living in our bodies. An improv class that’s not just comedy… it’s about breaking out of survival mode, getting confident in your own skin, and learning how to think on your feet.
ROCK’N BINGO W/ ROCKSTAR TRIVIA 6-8pm • Sawdust and Steel Bingo and Trivia
BREATHTRANCE 6-9pm • Wild Wisdom Restorative, 7 South Tracy Avenue, Bozeman • $45 • www.wildwisdommt.com Breathe. Purify. Heal. An immersive breathwork experience for the community, guided by Stacey Tompkins.
SANGHA: JOINING RIVERS (PLUM VILLAGE TRADITION & THE VENERABLE THICH NHAT HANH) 7-8:30pm • Bozeman Dharma Center, P.O. Box 964, Bozeman • (406) 219-2140 • bozemandharmacenter.org We follow Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings for practicing mindfulness in order to manifest joy, peace, and compassion in our relationships and daily lives.
TRIVIA NIGHT 7-9pm • Bacchus Pub, 105 W Main St, Bozeman • 406 404-1996 • www.bacchuspub.com Join us for our weekly trivia night, Game Night Live is a leader in bar trivia and music bingo, putting on awesome games at local venues that everyone can enjoy.
SPORTS TRIVIA 7:30pm • Rockin’ R Bar, 211 E. Main St, Bozeman • no cover • 21+ • (406) 587-9355 • www.rockingrbar.com For those looking for more sporty trivia questions this is it.
OPEN MIC 9pm • The Haufbrau, 22 S 8th Ave, Bozeman • no cover • 21+ • (406) 587-4931 • www.facebook.com Bozeman’s Choice Open Mic Night - the original!
TUESDAY, APR. 14
BOZEMAN PARKS & REC OPEN GYM - YOUTH BASKETBALL
3:30-5:45pm • Story Mill Community Center, 600 Bridger Drive, Bozeman • $2 for City Residents $3 for Non-Residents • 5-18 • bozeman.net/recreation Open Gym for youth ages 5-18. This is intended to be an open gym time for the community, please do not try to have your basketball team practice during this time.
GRIEF, LOSS, AND BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP 4:305:30pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • no cost • Adults • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Find strength meeting others experiencing grief and loss in any form. Led by Kim Barrett, a Spiritual Care and Bereavement Counselor. Offered in partnership with Eden Health.
VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK - BRAD TAYLOR 5-6pm • Online through Bozeman Public Library • FREE • Adults On Writing Action-Packed and Suspenseful Spycraft with Brad Taylor. Former Special Forces and New York Times Bestselling Author of the Pike Logan Series.
IDEALAB: CTRL+ALT+CREATE: DECIBEL DETECTIVES! 5-6:30pm • AMERICAN COMPUTER & ROBOTICS MUSEUM • $40 per participant. • For creative kids in grades 4 to 8. • 406-582-1288 • acrmuseum.org Join us in the IdeaLab for some hands-on hightech crafting using the principles of computing. This week, we’re creating a visual noise meter using a neopixel light strip. Electric guitar not included!
NONFICTION WRITERS GROUP 5:30-7:30pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • Adults • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Nonfiction Writers Group offers mutual support, and considerate, constructive feedback on works in progress.
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 6-8pm • Outlaw Brewing, 2876 N 27th, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 577-2403 • www.outlaw-brewing.com Our games are free to play and are for everyone who likes to play games and win prizes!
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 6-8pm • Colombo’s Pizza & Pasta, 1003 West College Street, Bozeman • (406) 587-5544 • www. colombospizzaandpasta.com/index.html Come play!
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 6-8pm • It Will Always Be That Way Cocktail Lounge Come play!
OPEN MIC 6-8pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman • FREE • 4065772383 • valhallabozeman.com Come share music, poetry or whatever you like with us every Tuesday!
TRIVIA TUESDAY 6-8pm • 406 Brewing, 308 East Main St Suite 406, Manhattan • FREE • All Ages • www.406brewingcompany. com Come for trivia every Tuesday
APRIL PERFECT PAIRING DINNER 6-9pm • Montana Ale Works • $65 + Processing Fees • (406) 587-7700 • www.montanaaleworks. com Join us for our April Perfect Pairing Dinner! This limited dinner series celebrates the art of food and drink through unique theme nights that highlight the best of Ale Works cuisine alongside local craft brews, ciders, and spirits.
SHINE CRIBBAGE TOURNAMENT 6-9pm • SHINE Beer Sanctuary + Bottle Shop, 451 E Main St, Bozeman • $10 Entry • 406551-2019 • www.shinebeer.com Fundraiser with KGLT * 4 games in Round by round style play. Winner splits pot 50/50 with KGLT. Signups 5-6pm, Play begins at 6pm.
KATABATIC MUSIC BINGO 6pm • Katabatic Brewing Company, 117 W Park St, Livingston • FREE to play • 21+ • (406) 333-2855 • katabaticbrewing.blogspot.com Hear a clip from a popular
song. If you have that song on your card, mark it off. Rounds at 6PM and 7PM, 3 games per round (single line, double line, and blackout).
DEMOCRACY AT RISK: A FREE COMMUNITY PANEL DISCUSSION 6pm • Montana State University, , Bozeman • FREE • (406) 994-0211 • www.montana.edu Join our FREE Community conversation about Tosca, Rome and the political crisis of 1800
RISKY QUIZNESS 6pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 219-3933 • lastbestcomedy.com It’s a show. It’s a quiz show. It’s a comedy, quiz show! Every week has it’s own theme and expert hosts. Come on down to the club to laugh, learn & love!
MINDSPACE: A MEDITATION GROUP FOR ADULTS IN THE MILLENNIAL+ GENERATION 6:30-7:45pm • Bozeman Dharma Center, P.O. Box 964, Bozeman • 18-40 • (406) 219-2140 • bozemandharmacenter.org MindSpace is an open community gathering of young adults 18-40 years of age. Through meditation we foster a clear mind, compassionate heart, and develop an intimacy with human experiences. We encourage and support each other in daily practice to embody mindfulness in everyday life.
NRWG WOODWORKING CLUB MEETING 6:30-8:30pm • Bozeman High Wood Shop • FREE • All Ages • NRWG.club Join the Northern Rockies Woodworking Guild, Bozeman’s Original Woodworking Club, for our monthly meeting and demonstration
TUESDAY LIVE MUSIC 7-9pm • Bacchus Pub, 105 W Main St, Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • 4064041996 • www.bacchuspub. com/menus Live music every Tuesday night from 7–9 PM with a rotating lineup of talented local artists!
THE WAILERS 7pm • The ELM • $47 - $71 • All Ages • (406) 830-4640 • logjampresents.com Logjam Presents is pleased to welcome The Wailers for a live in concert performance.
KATABATIC MUSIC BINGO 7pm • Katabatic Brewing Company, 117 W Park St, Livingston • FREE to play • 21+ • (406) 333-2855 • katabaticbrewing.blogspot.com Hear a clip from a popular song. If you have that song on your card, mark it off. Rounds at 6PM and 7PM, 3 games per round (single line, double line, and blackout).
MINDFUL TUESDAYS 7:30-7:50pm • Montana Mindfulness Project • Free/donation-based • All ages • www.mtmindfulness.org Join us for our weekly mindfulness practice - online! Whether you join to create a consistent mindfulness practice or to simply give yourself the rest and relaxation you’ve been looking for in community with others — Mindful Tuesdays is here for you. Our MMP teachers rotate facilitating the practice each week.
OPEN MIC NIGHT 8pm • Tips Up, 76 Town Center Ave Unit A1, Big Sky • (406) 995-2773 • www.tipsupbigsky.com Calling all artists, musicians, and lovers of local sound. Open Mic Night with Robby Hutto happens every Tuesday at 8 PM at Tips Up. Whether you’re ready to take the stage or just want to cheer on Big Sky’s up-and-coming talent, this is your chance to plug into the local music scene.
BONE DRY COMEDY 8pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • FREE • 18+ • 4062193933 • www. lastbestcomedy.com Bone Dry Comedy brings Open Mic night to Last Best Comedy. Our weekly open mic is a safe, friendly, supportive place to start your comedy journey, try new material, and connect to the Bozeman Stand up scene.
OPEN MIC 9pm • The Haufbrau, 22 S 8th Ave, Bozeman • no cover • 21+ • (406) 587-4931 • www.facebook.com Bozeman’s Choice Open Mic Night - the original!
WEDNESDAY, APR. 15
XTOOL TRAINING 5:15-6pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • 12+ • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Work Bench users who have already earned their laser badge can attend this class to learn to use the new xTool laser!
TERGAR BOZEMAN 5:30-7pm • Bozeman Dharma Center, P.O. Box 964, Bozeman • (406) 219-2140 • bozemandharmacenter.org Ter is a Tibetan word for treasure, Gar means gathering. So, Tergar can be understood as a place where people come together to find the sublime treasure … that helps us calm our minds, open our hearts and awaken wisdom.
BOZEMAN MUSIC NIGHT WITH EDIS AND THE GUYS 5:30-8pm • Bridger Brewing Co, 1609 S 11th Ave, Bozeman • (406) 587-2124 • www.bridgerbrewing.com Folky, bluesy tunes
PERENNIAL FOODS: A CONVERSATION WITH THE AUTHORS OF LIVING ROOTS 6-7:30pm • Country Bookshelf, 28 W. Main Street, Bozeman • FREE (RSVPs appreciated) • (406)587-0166 • www.countrybookshelf.com Join the authors of LIVING ROOTS for a discussion of perennial foods and their deep roots in western Montana.
TRIVIA NIGHT 6-8pm • SHINE Beer Sanctuary + Bottle Shop, 451 E Main St, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 585-8558 • shinebeer.com Trivia Night in the Back Lounge Grab a pint and some nachos... win some great prizes!
SHOW TIME ROCK’N BINGO W/ ROCKSTAR TRIVIA 6-8pm • It Will Always Be That Way Cocktail Lounge Come play!
DRINK AND DRAW 6-8pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman Come make art with us! Supplies provided.
FUZZY B 6-8pm • Tune Up Bar, 24 W Mendenhall St, Bozeman • 4068393908 • www.instagram.com Electro-funk
CASUAL SETS 6pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • FREE • 18+ • 4062193933 • www. lastbestcomedy.com Weekly Community Showcase Looking for more performance opportunities? Come play in this low-stake, experimental show. You can sign up as a team or an individual to get a 5-15 minute slot. First come, first served.
MEET THE CANDIDATES BOZEMAN SCHOOL BOARD 6:307:45pm • Bozeman Public Library Community Room • FREE • Adults • 4065822436 • www.bozemanlibrary.org On May 5, Bozeman residents will vote to fill two vacant seats on the Bozeman School Board. The seats are open for three-year terms. Learn about the candidates’ positions and backgrounds. Moderated by the Bozeman League of Women Voters.
INTRO TO MACHINE EMBROIDERY 6:30-7:45pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • 12+ • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Learn what machine embroidery is and how you can use the embroidery machine in the Work Bench. Registration is required. Registrants must complete a Work Bench waiver and obtain a Work Bench card prior to this class.
SHOW TIME ROCK’N BINGO W/ ROCKSTAR TRIVIA 6:30-8:30pm • College Street Taproom Come play!
GREATER YELLOWSTONE EVENTS CALENDAR
April 18 - Gute Laune
TRIVIA NIGHT 7-9pm • Pine Creek Lodge, 2496 E. River Road, Livingston • $5 • (406) 222-3628 • www.pinecreeklodgemontana.com
Current Events, Potpourri, Name That Tune, handouts and more. Nightly prize, plus a prize for the season long champions. Teams from 1-6 people. We are first come first serve. We do not accept reservations. Please get there early to ensure you get a table. Come on in, drink beer, eat dinner, have some fun and let’s Trivia!
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 7-9pm • The Waypoint, 50 Ousel Falls Rd, Big Sky Come play!
WESTERN SWING WEDNESDAYS 7-11pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • Lessons $10 • 21+ after 9pm • (406) 219-0400 • www.thejumpmt.com There will be a great dance floor every week, your favorite instructors, and all the country music you love from Bozeman’s Choice 2023 DJ, DJ Habes.
JOSH RITTER 7pm • The ELM • $51 - $77 • All Ages • (406) 830-4640 • logjampresents.com Logjam Presents is pleased to welcome Josh Ritter for a live in concert performance.
YELLOWSTONE FOREVER PRESENTS GUARDIANS OF YELLOWSTONE 7pm • The Ellen Theatre • $11 • 406.585.5885 • theellen. my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/ For over 35 years, a dedicated team of biologists has quietly shaped one of the most enduring and impactful wildlife research programs in America. Guardians of Yellowstone takes viewers deep into the wild heart of Yellowstone National Park to reveal the hidden lives of cougars— stealthy apex predators whose presence is vital to the health and balance of the ecosystem.
BINDLE WIRELESS PLAYHOUSE - NICKEL ROAD ANNIE 7pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $15 • 18+ • (406) 219-3933 • lastbestcomedy.com The last of Independent Space Truckers takes on the challenge to bootleg Coorvian Ale across the Galaxy and Back in Three Days. Out running the crooked sheriffs, dodging weigh stations, and doing her best not to wind up in jail!
OPEN JAM 8pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21+ • (406) 222-6433 • www.themurraybar.com Open Jam
EMMA & THE LEDGE 9-11pm • Tune Up Bar, 24 W Mendenhall St, Bozeman • 4068393908 • www.instagram.com Guitar-slinging, blues-singing, sister duo from the Gallatin Valley.
OPEN MIC 9pm • The Haufbrau, 22 S 8th Ave, Bozeman • no cover • 21+ • (406) 587-4931 • www.facebook.com Bozeman’s Choice Open Mic Night - the original!
THURSDAY,
APR. 16
LIFE-SAVING SKILLS 4:30-6:30pm • Belgrade Community Library, 106 N Broadway, Belgrade • FREE • 12+ • (406) 388-4346 • www. belgradelibrary.org Practice or learn life-saving skills in our FREE class, where simplified yet effective techniques empower you to confidently respond to emergencies, making a difference when every second counts.
GALLATIN COUNTY COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH FORUM 5:30-7:30pm • MSU SUB (Strand Union Building), 280 Strand Union, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 994-4636 • www.montana.edu/ sub/ The Gallatin County Community Mental Health Forum is a free quarterly event which unites mental health professionals with community.
UNEARTHING BOZEMAN’S HIDDEN PAST: ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE RED- LIGHT DISTRICT 5:30pm • Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman • $0/member;$5/non-member • All Ages • 4069942251 • mor.ticketapp.org Discover the fascinating secrets recently uncovered beneath our city streets during an archaeological look at Bozeman’s vibrant, hidden history with Crystal Alegria.
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 6-8pm • Bozeman Spirits Distillery Come play!
BLUEGRASS JAM 6-8pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman Come play, sing or just enjoy.
THREE FORKS MUSIC NIGHT WITH CLINT REIMANN 6-8pm • Bridger Brewing Pub + Grill, 10751 Hwy 287, Three Forks • No cover • 406-200-9354 • www.bridgerbrewing.com Country, folk, pop, rock
MEET THE NEW PRESIDENT OF MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY 6-8pm • Warren Miller Performing Arts Center, 45465 Gallatin Road, Big Sky • FREE • 406-995-6345 • www.warrenmillerpac.org The Gallatin Canyon Women’s Club invites you to a free community Meet and Greet with Dr. Brock Tessman.
LENKA SWENSON 6-8pm • Tune Up Bar, 24 W Mendenhall St, Bozeman • 4068393908 • www.instagram.com Lenka Swenson of The Dirt Famers @thedirtfarmersband, Bitter Roots Revival and other top local bands, plays Montana bluegrass! A native of Bozeman, Lenka is classically trained, but with a style that reflects her broad musical interests. Lenka brings sweet & hot strings and heart-filling vocals to the stage!
KEGELS & COCKTAILS 6-8pm • FITFIX Personal Training • $23.18 Expert pelvic health talk: Learn the science of your floor, build lasting habits, and stay active. Honest conversation. Drinks included!
GATHER & GROW: LEARN HOW TO COMPOST WITH RYAN GREEN OF HAPPY TRASH CAN 6:30-7:30pm • Community Food Co-Op Main & 9th, 908 W. Main St., Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • 4065871919 • bozo.coop Join Ryan Green, co-owner of Happy Trash Can Curbside Composting to learn the importance of composting and its beneficial effects on the health of our community and local soils.
THIRD THURSDAY BOOK CLUB 6:30-8pm • Belgrade Community Library, 106 N Broadway, Belgrade • FREE • Young adults and adults • (406) 388-4346 • www.belgradelibrary.org Book discussion, opinion-sharing, refreshments, and lots of fun! The 3rd Thursday Book Club meets each month at 6:30 PM. It is open
BRIDGER CREEK BOYS
to young adult and up in age, and new members are always welcome. To pick up a copy of this month’s selection, just ask at the Information Desk.
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 7-9pm • Gravel Bar Come play!
ROD MORRISON 7-10pm • Bozeman Hot Springs & Fitness, 81123 Gallatin Road, Four Corners • With Admission • All Ages • 4065866492 • bozemanhotsprings.co Live music while you soak! Featuring the Helena-based acoustic rock artist Rod Morrison.
LUCAS ZELNICK 7pm • The ELM • $41 - $59 • All Ages • (406) 830-4640 • logjampresents.com Logjam Presents is pleased to welcome Lucas Zelnick for a live in concert performance.
THE MOORS 7pm • Verge Theater, 111 S Grand Ave, Suite 107, Bozeman • $39.19 • (406) 587-9797 • vergetheater.com A wickedly funny, gothic comedy that gleefully twists the conventions of the classic Victorian novel. A deliciously dark Brontë pastiche.
CLUB FLAMENCO 9-11pm • Tune Up Bar, 24 W Mendenhall St, Bozeman • 4068393908 • www.instagram.com Flamenco is a complex Spanish art form encompassing singing, dancing, and guitar-playing
FRIDAY,
APR. 17
BOZEMAN PARKS & REC OPEN GYM - YOUTH BASKETBALL
3:30-5:45pm • Story Mill Community Center, 600 Bridger Drive, Bozeman • $2 for City Residents $3 for Non-Residents • 5-18 • bozeman.net/recreation Open Gym for youth ages 5-18. This is intended to be an open gym time for the community, please do not try to have your basketball team practice during this time.
BOWL FOR KIDS’ SAKE 4pm • Treasure Lanes • All Ages • bbbs-bigskycountry.org A fun, family-friendly fundraiser that brings together teams, local businesses, and community members for bowling, friendly competition, and giving back—all in support of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Big Sky Country and local youth in Park County.
LIVE MUSIC BY BLAKE BRIGHTMAN 5-7pm • Field & Stream Lodge Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • 4064269400 • www. fieldandstreamlodgeco.com Enjoy Happy Hour with live music by Blake Brightman at Field & Stream Bozeman.
NEW TO YOU ART AND ANTIQUES SALE 5-8pm • Shane Lalani Center for the Arts, 415 E. Lewis St., Livingston • 406-222-1420 • www.theshanecenter.org The Park County Affiliate of the American Association of University Women will hold its New to You Art and Antiques Sale fundraising event.
CELTIC MUSIC LIVE 6-8pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman Join us for Celtic music! A full 6 piece ensemble plays Celtic classics. Enjoy some delicious mead as well as Scandinavian-inspired cuisine!
PAINT & SIP 6-8pm • American Legion Bar, 225 E. Main St., Bozeman • $60 • 21+ • 2182341437 • aintabetterwaytopaint.com Paint your own “Shadows of the Forest”! Two glasses of wine (or NA beverages) are included with your purchase. All materials will be provided - including a traceable elk stencil.
CHERRY FOX 6-8pm • Tune Up Bar, 24 W Mendenhall St, Bozeman • 4068393908 • www.instagram.com Originally from the Austin music scene, Cherry Fox relocated to Bozeman to add to our rocker community. Her performance is not to be missed!
FRIDAY NIGHT JAZZ 7-9pm • gute Laune, 10 West Main St, Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • (406) 404-7911 • gutelaunewurstbar. com Live Jazz Every Friday! Featuring a rotating line up of some of the best musicians SW Montana has to offer! Hosted by Alex Robilotta.
SPONGEBOB THE MUSICAL! 7pm • Emerson’s Crawford Theatre, 111 S. Grand Ave., Bozeman • $12 main floor, $10 balcony • (406) 587-9797 • www.theemerson.org Anderson School, and its Tony-nominated theatre program, proudly present the live-action, high-energy, under-the-sea adventure of SpongeBob the Musical!
THE MOORS 7pm • Verge Theater, 111 S Grand Ave, Suite 107, Bozeman • $39.19 • (406) 587-9797 • vergetheater.com A wickedly funny, gothic comedy that gleefully twists the conventions of the classic Victorian novel. A deliciously dark Brontë pastiche.
THE SEAGULL: A PLAY BY ANTON CHEKHOV TRANSLATED BY PAUL SCHMIDT 7pm • Rialto Theatre, 10 West Main St, Bozeman • $30 per ticket, special $15 rate for students • All Ages • www. bozemanactorstheatre.org The first of Anton Chekhov’s masterpieces, The Seagull is a four act play, taking place in the Russian countryside during a sultry summer, populated by friends, family, actors, and lovers.
FRIDAY NIGHT STAND-UP W/ STUART LAWS 7pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $24 ($30 at the door) • 18+ • (406) 219-3933 • lastbestcomedy.com Originally from London, Stuart Laws is a UK comedy favorite who is renowned for his hilarious and freewheeling shows.
SOLAS - 30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR 7:30pm • The Ellen Theatre • $40 • All Ages • 406.585.5885 • theellen.my.salesforce-sites.com/ ticket/ Irish-American band Solas returns to Bozeman. This tour marks their 30th anniversary as a band, they invite longtime fans and new listeners alike to join the celebration!
MATT AXTON AND BADMOON 8-11pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • $10 • 21+ • 4062190400 • thejumpmt. com Born the heir to legendary songwriting bloodline as the son of Hoyt Axton, Matt Axton and his band Badmoon deliver gritty, soul-soaked country with deep Texas roots
THE BEAGLES 9-11pm • Grey Dog Bar, 34 N Bozeman Ave, Bozeman • FREE • 21+ • (406) 404-1014 • www.thegreydogbar.com Psychedelic country music from North and South America.
FRIDAY NIGHT STAND-UP W/ STUART LAWS 9pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $24 ($30 at the door) • 18+ • (406) 219-3933 • lastbestcomedy.com Originally from London, Stuart Laws is a UK comedy favorite who is renowned for his hilarious and freewheeling shows.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN PEARLS 9pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21+ • (406) 222-6433 • www.themurraybar. com Country
SATURDAY, APR. 18
NEW TO YOU ART AND ANTIQUES SALE 9am-noon • Shane Lalani Center for the Arts, 415 E. Lewis St., Livingston • 406-2221420 • www.theshanecenter.org The Park County Affiliate of the American Association of University Women will hold its New to You Art and Antiques Sale fundraising event.
RAPTOR MEET AND GREET 10am • Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman • Included with membership/ admission • All Ages • 4069942251 • mor.ticketapp.org Meet the incredible birds of prey that serve as ambassadors from the Montana Raptor Conservation Center.
BOZEMAN WEDDING EXPO noon-4pm • The Commons at Baxter and Love, 1794 Baxter Lane, Bozeman • $25 • All Ages • 6105139197 • events.sellout.io We are back again for the Bozeman Wedding Expo—the ultimate celebration of love, creativity, and wedding planning! Join us on April 18, 2025 for a fun-filled day of inspiration, connections, and excitement—we can’t wait to celebrate with you!
SPONGEBOB THE MUSICAL! noon • Emerson’s Crawford Theatre, 111 S. Grand Ave., Bozeman • $12 main floor, $10 balcony • (406) 587-9797 • www.theemerson.org Anderson School, and its Tony-nominated theatre program, proudly present the live-action, high-energy, under-the-sea adventure of SpongeBob the Musical!
PAINT & SIP + FUNDRAISER 5-7pm • Eagle Mount, 6901 Goldenstein Lane, Bozman • $50 • 2182341437 • aintabetterwaytopaint.com Paint your own Mountain Wildflowers and support a member of your local community at the same time! 70% of your purchase will be donated to the Dowdle family to cover medical expenses for Bryan Dowdle’s kidney transplant. Free NA beverages provided.
REFLECT 2026- ART SHOW 5-9pm • Baxter Hotel, 105 W Main St, Bozeman • (406) 582-1000 • www.thebaxterhotel.com One night event showcasing local Montana artist as well as artist in other states. An evening to get dressed up, enjoy a fine art and a chance to speak with the artists behind their works.
BRIDGER CREEK BOYS BLUEGRASS 6-9pm • gute Laune Wurstbar • FREE • All Ages • 406.404.7911 • gutelaunewurstbar.com Bridger Creek Boys/bluegrass every Saturday, 6-9pm. Great food, beer, and high mountain hard driving bluegrass.
PAUL CAUTHEN SHOW 6pm • Majestic Valley Arena, 3630 U.S. 93 N, Kalispell, MT • $42-$177 Kalispell’s Majestic Valley Arena is proud to announce a headlining concert with East Texas baritone Paul Cauthen aka Black Velvet. The concert will serve as a celebration of his hotly anticipated new album, The Book Of Paul, dropping April 3.
ART W/ DR. IKE! 6pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • FREE • 18+ • (406) 219-3933 • lastbestcomedy.com Watch out LBC—Art! With Dr. Ike, Ph.D. returns for its THIRD SEASON with a new time slot: Saturdays at 6PM in April! That’s right, primetime baby!
PRAIRIE PROPHECY: THE WES JACKSON DOCUMENTARY 7pm • The Ellen Theatre • $13.50 • 13+ • 406.585.5885 • theellen. my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/ Prairie Prophecy explores the extraordinary life and work of Wes Jackson—visionary scientist, farmer, and co-founder of The Land Institute.
SPONGEBOB THE MUSICAL! 7pm • Emerson’s Crawford Theatre, 111 S. Grand Ave., Bozeman • $12 main floor, $10 balcony • (406) 587-9797 • www.theemerson.org Anderson School, and its Tony-nominated theatre program, proudly present the live-action, high-energy, under-the-sea adventure of SpongeBob the Musical!
THE MOORS 7pm • Verge Theater, 111 S Grand Ave, Suite 107, Bozeman • $39.19 • (406) 587-9797 • vergetheater.com A wickedly funny, gothic comedy that gleefully twists the conventions of the classic Victorian novel. A deliciously dark Brontë pastiche.
THE SEAGULL: A PLAY BY ANTON CHEKHOV TRANSLATED BY PAUL SCHMIDT 7pm • Rialto Theatre, 10 West Main St, Bozeman • $30 per ticket, special $15 rate for students • All Ages • www. bozemanactorstheatre.org The first of Anton Chekhov’s masterpieces, The Seagull is a four act play, taking place in the Russian countryside during a sultry summer, populated by friends, family, actors, and lovers.
SPEED DATING 7pm • The Baxter Hotel, 105 W. Main St, Bozeman • (406) 582-1000 • www.thebaxterhotel.com/ Join us downtown for the hottest place to be for unattached folks on a Saturday night. For this event we’ll be trying something new by featuring not one, but TWO age ranges for this event. Drink specials and cash bar by @thebacchuspub .
NOTORIOUS BOZ W/ JULIE CUNNINGHAM 7pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $15 • 18+ • (406) 219-3933 • lastbestcomedy.com Notorious BOZ is a long-form improv show that celebrates the city of Bozeman, its history and its incredible citizens.
GREATER YELLOWSTONE EVENTS CALENDAR
KARAOKE NIGHT 8-11pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • FREE • 21+ • 4062190400 • thejumpmt.com Montana’s newest and favorite Karaoke Night takes the mic this Saturday from 7 to 10, where big voices, bold songs, and zero stage fright rules apply ���� From outlaw country to pop anthems, it’s your turn to steal the spotlight!
DJ NIGHT 9-10pm • Grey Dog Bar, 34 N Bozeman Ave, Bozeman • FREE • 21+ • (406) 404-1014 • www.thegreydogbar.com DJ music
BETWEEN HOWLS 9pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21+ • (406) 222-6433 • www.themurraybar.com Acoustic Duo
SUNDAY, APR. 19
SUNDAY STUDENT STUDY DAY 11am-9pm • SHINE Beer Sanctuary + Bottle Shop, 451 E Main St, Bozeman • (406) 585-8558 • shinebeer.com Study with SHINE during their Sunday Student Study Day! Enjoy 2 for $5 tacos all day until May.
THE SEAGULL: A PLAY BY ANTON CHEKHOV TRANSLATED BY PAUL SCHMIDT 2pm • Rialto Theatre, 10 West Main St, Bozeman • $30 per ticket, special $15 rate for students • All Ages • www. bozemanactorstheatre.org The first of Anton Chekhov’s masterpieces, The Seagull is a four act play, taking place in the Russian countryside during a sultry summer, populated by friends, family, actors, and lovers.
BOARD GAME DAY 3-9pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman Bring in a game and every player gets a free 4oz pour!
THE MOORS 3pm • Verge Theater, 111 S Grand Ave, Suite 107, Bozeman • $39.19 • (406) 587-9797 • vergetheater.com A wickedly funny, gothic comedy that gleefully twists the conventions of the classic Victorian novel. A deliciously dark Brontë pastiche.
CELTIC MUSIC JAM 3:30-5:30pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman Come play, listen or dance to classic Celtic tunes! Happy hour food and drinks as well!
TRIVIA NIGHT 6-7pm • AC Benchmark, 110 N Tracy Ave, Bozeman • www.marriott.com Every Sunday join us for AC hosted Trivia. Come early for nightly happy HR 4-6pm.
SACRED SOUND & ENERGY 6:15-7:15pm • Wild Wisdom Restorative, 7 South Tracy Avenue, Bozeman • $30 • www.wildwisdommt. com This relaxing ceremony blends the healing vibration of a sound bath with gentle support of Reiki energy to help calm the mind, relax the body, and restore energetic balance.
MATT AXTON & BAD MOON 7-10pm • Bozeman Hot Springs & Fitness, 81123 Gallatin Road, Four Corners • With Admission • All Ages • 4065866492 • bozemanhotsprings.co Live music while you soak! Featuring the California-based folk group “Matt Axton & Bad Moon”.
SOBER SUNDAY : I-90 ORGAN TRIO 7-10pm • Labor Temple, 422 E Mendenhall St, Bozeman • $10 Sober Sunday is a place where we can enjoy live music with a hangover!
MONDAY,
APR. 20
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 6-8pm • Wildrye Distilling, 111 East Oak Street Suite 1E, Bozeman • FREE • 21+ • (406) 577-2288 • www.wildryedistilling.com With Picture Rounds, Sound Rounds,
TRANSFORMATION IMPROV EXPERIENCE 6-8pm • Wild Wisdom Restorative Studio • $397 (8 classes series) • 6179679002 • docs.google.com This class is where we stop living in our heads and start living in our bodies. An improv class that’s not just comedy… it’s about breaking out of survival mode, getting confident in your own skin, and learning how to think on your feet.
SPONGE BOB THE MUSICAL April 17 + 18 - Emerson’s Crawford Theatre
ROCK’N BINGO W/ ROCKSTAR TRIVIA 6-8pm • Sawdust and Steel Bingo and Trivia
MUSIC MONDAYS 6pm • Red Tractor Pizza, 1007 W Main St, Bozeman • $20 adults, $10 kids 10 and under • (406) 359-1999 • www. redtractorpizza.com All you can eat Pizza and Live Music.
HEADWATERS AMATEUR RADIO CLUB OF MONTANA 7-8pm • Belgrade Chamber of Commerce • FREE • All Ages • (406) 2192208 • www.HARCMT.com All licensed amateur radio operators are welcome. Montanans who are interested in amateur radio, but unlicensed, are welcome. There is no age restriction on licensure.
SANGHA: JOINING RIVERS (PLUM VILLAGE TRADITION & THE VENERABLE THICH NHAT HANH) 7-8:30pm • Bozeman Dharma Center, P.O. Box 964, Bozeman • (406) 219-2140 • bozemandharmacenter.org We follow Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings for practicing mindfulness in order to manifest joy, peace, and compassion in our relationships and daily lives.
BINGO 7-9pm • The Honey Hole • $10 • 18+ • 406.505.5558 • www.honeyholebozeman.com Bingo at The Honey Hole, 7-9pm $10 Buy in and Industry Night Food Specials + Prizes
TRIVIA NIGHT 7-9pm • Bacchus Pub, 105 W Main St, Bozeman • 406 404-1996 • www.bacchuspub.com Join us for our weekly trivia night, Game Night Live is a leader in bar trivia and music bingo, putting on awesome games at local venues that everyone can enjoy.
MEAD PAIRING DINNER WITH CHEF BRYAN CROSS 7-9pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman • $125 Enjoy an evening of delicious food and drink paired and prepared perfectly by Chef de Cuisine Bryan Cross.
SPORTS TRIVIA 7:30pm • Rockin’ R Bar, 211 E. Main St, Bozeman • no cover • 21+ • (406) 587-9355 • www.rockingrbar.com For those looking for more sporty trivia questions this is it.
OPEN MIC 9pm • The Haufbrau, 22 S 8th Ave, Bozeman • no cover • 21+ • (406) 587-4931 • www.facebook.com Bozeman’s Choice Open Mic Night - the original!
TUESDAY,
APR. 21
BOZEMAN PARKS & REC OPEN GYM - YOUTH BASKETBALL
3:30-5:45pm • Story Mill Community Center, 600 Bridger Drive, Bozeman • $2 for City Residents $3 for Non-Residents • 5-18 • bozeman.net/recreation Open Gym for youth ages 5-18. This is intended to be an open gym time for the community, please do not try to have your basketball team practice during this time.
NONFICTION WRITERS GROUP 5:30-7:30pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • Adults • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Nonfiction Writers Group offers mutual support, and considerate, constructive feedback on works in progress.
EXTREME HISTORY - MARCUS DALY’S MONTANA EMPIRES
6-7pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman• Adults • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Discover Marcus Daly who rose from poor Irish immigrant to Gilded Age magnate. Historian Brenda Wahler’s meticulous research peels back the layers of a complex figure.
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 6-8pm • Outlaw Brewing, 2876 N 27th, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 577-2403 • www.outlaw-brewing.com Our games are free to play and are for everyone who likes to play games and win prizes!
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 6-8pm • Colombo’s Pizza & Pasta, 1003 West College Street, Bozeman • (406) 587-5544 • www. colombospizzaandpasta.com/index.html Come play!
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 6-8pm • It Will Always Be That Way Cocktail Lounge Come play!
OPEN MIC 6-8pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman • FREE • 4065772383 • valhallabozeman.com Come share music, poetry or whatever you like with us every Tuesday!
TRIVIA TUESDAY 6-8pm • 406 Brewing, 308 East Main St Suite 406, Manhattan • FREE • All Ages • www.406brewingcompany. com Come for trivia every Tuesday
KATABATIC MUSIC BINGO 6pm • Katabatic Brewing Company, 117 W Park St, Livingston • FREE to play • 21+ • (406) 333-2855 • katabaticbrewing.blogspot.com Hear a clip from a popular song. If you have that song on your card, mark it off. Rounds at 6PM and 7PM, 3 games per round (single line, double line, and blackout).
RISKY QUIZNESS 6pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 219-3933 • lastbestcomedy.com It’s a show. It’s a quiz show. It’s a comedy, quiz show! Every week has it’s own theme and expert hosts. Come on down to the club to laugh, learn & love!
MSU AFTER HOURS: IMPROV FOR INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP 6:15-8pm • Montana State University, , Bozeman • $25 • 18+ • 406.994.3062 • eu.courses.montana.edu In this low-pressure MSU After Hours workshop, you’ll learn how basic improv skills can help you be better prepared for whatever work and life has to throw at you. No improv experience necessary.
MINDSPACE: A MEDITATION GROUP FOR ADULTS IN THE MILLENNIAL+ GENERATION 6:30-7:45pm • Bozeman Dharma Center, P.O. Box 964, Bozeman • 18-40 • (406) 219-2140 • bozemandharmacenter.org MindSpace is an open community gathering of young adults 18-40 years of age. Through meditation we foster a clear mind, compassionate heart, and develop an intimacy with human experiences. We encourage and support each other in daily practice to embody mindfulness in everyday life.
PECHA KUCHA 50 6:40pm • The Ellen Theatre, 17 W. Main St., Bozeman • $9 • (406) 585-5885 • www.theellentheatre.com Sharing ideas with the community... Designers, inventors, adventurers, entrepreneurs, and more!
TUESDAY LIVE MUSIC 7-9pm • Bacchus Pub, 105 W Main St, Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • 4064041996 • www.bacchuspub. com/menus Live music every Tuesday night from 7–9 PM with a rotating lineup of talented local artists!
13TH ANNUAL PROVOST’S DISTINGUISHED LECTURER SERIES: JULIA HAGGERTY, DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES 7pm • Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 994-2251 • www.museumoftherockies.org This series, which is free and open to the public, recognizes outstanding MSU faculty for their creative scholarship and leadership. Presenters will speak on inspirations for their work in talks suitable for professionals and the public. Lectures will be followed by a reception.
KATABATIC MUSIC BINGO 7pm • Katabatic Brewing Company, 117 W Park St, Livingston • FREE to play • 21+ • (406) 333-2855 • katabaticbrewing.blogspot.com Hear a clip from a popular song. If you have that song on your card, mark it off. Rounds at 6PM and 7PM, 3 games per round (single line, double line, and blackout).
MINDFUL TUESDAYS 7:30-7:50pm • Montana Mindfulness Project • Free/donation-based • All ages • www.mtmindfulness.org Join us for our weekly mindfulness practice - online! Whether you join to create a consistent mindfulness practice or to simply give yourself the rest and relaxation you’ve been looking for in community with others — Mindful Tuesdays is here for you. Our MMP teachers rotate facilitating the practice each week.
OPEN MIC NIGHT 8pm • Tips Up, 76 Town Center Ave Unit A1, Big Sky • (406) 995-2773 • www.tipsupbigsky.com Calling all artists, musicians, and lovers of local sound. Open Mic Night with Robby Hutto happens every Tuesday at 8 PM at Tips Up. Whether you’re ready to take the stage or just want to cheer on Big Sky’s up-and-coming talent
WILL HOGE 8pm • Live From the Divide, 106 N 2nd St, Livingston • $40 Advance • (406) 624-3321 • livefromthedivide.com Years before Americana music received its own category at the Grammy Awards, Hoge was on the frontlines, helping to pilot and popularize the genre’s blend of American roots music.
BONE DRY COMEDY 8pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • FREE • 18+ • 4062193933 • www. lastbestcomedy.com Bone Dry Comedy brings Open Mic night to Last Best Comedy. Our weekly open mic is a safe, friendly, supportive place to start your comedy journey, try new material, and connect to the Bozeman Stand up scene.
OPEN MIC 9pm • The Haufbrau, 22 S 8th Ave, Bozeman • no cover • 21+ • (406) 587-4931 • www.facebook.com Bozeman’s Choice Open Mic Night - the original!
WEDNESDAY, APR. 22
XTOOL TRAINING 5:15-6pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • 12+ • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Work Bench users who have already earned their laser badge can attend this class to learn to use the new xTool laser!
TERGAR BOZEMAN 5:30-7pm • Bozeman Dharma Center, P.O. Box 964, Bozeman • (406) 219-2140 • bozemandharmacenter.org Ter is a Tibetan word for treasure, Gar means gathering. So, Tergar can be understood as a place where people come together to find the sublime treasure … that helps us calm our minds, open our hearts and awaken wisdom.
BOZEMAN MUSIC NIGHT WITH JODY AND THE WOODFLOWERS 5:30-8pm • Bridger Brewing Co, 1609 S 11th Ave, Bozeman • (406) 587-2124 • www.bridgerbrewing.com We are a soulful Americana and bluegrass band, blending heartfelt vocals with rich instrumentation to create a timeless sound. Our repertoire spans sweet, haunting ballads, early American country harmonies, love songs, and lively fiddle tunes and instrumentals.
SHOW TIME ROCK’N BINGO W/ ROCKSTAR TRIVIA 6-8pm • It Will Always Be That Way Cocktail Lounge Come play!
TRIVIA NIGHT 6-8pm • SHINE Beer Sanctuary + Bottle Shop, 451 E Main St, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 585-8558 • shinebeer.com Trivia Night in the Back Lounge Grab a pint and some nachos... win some great prizes!
DRINK AND DRAW 6-8pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman Come make art with us! Supplies provided.
LIVE MUSIC | KAILEY MARIE 6-8pm • AC Benchmark, 110 N Tracy Ave, Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • 4066021072 • www.marriott. com Join us EVERY Wednesday for live music.
TOSCA SIP AND PAINT 6pm • LeeAnn Ramey Art, 27 N Tracy Ave, Bozeman • $125 • (406) 404-0813 • leeannrameyart.com Sip, paint, and immerse yourself in an evening where art and opera come together.
CASUAL SETS 6pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • FREE • 18+ • 4062193933 • www. lastbestcomedy.com Weekly Community Showcase Looking for more performance opportunities? Come play in this low-stake, experimental show. You can sign up as a team or an individual to get a 5-15 minute slot. First come, first served.
REACH INC PINT NIGHTS 6pm • Field & Stream Lodge Join us during our birthday month! A portion of the proceeds from each pint will benefit Reach clients.
EXTENDING THE CHATBOT: GETTING STARTED WITH AI AGENTS 6:15-7:15pm • Montana State University, , Bozeman • $100 (discount available for nonprofit and public employees) • 16+ • 406.994.3062 • eu.courses.montana.edu Curious how to put AI to work as a collaborative partner? This two-part workshop introduces you to the world of AI agents in a practical, hands-on way.
XTOOL TRAINING 6:30-7:15pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • 12+ • (406) 582-2400 • www. bozemanlibrary.org Work Bench users who have already earned their laser badge can attend this class to learn to use the new xTool laser!
SHOW TIME ROCK’N BINGO W/ ROCKSTAR TRIVIA 6:30-8:30pm • College Street Taproom Come play!
PECHA KUCHA 50 6:40pm • The Ellen Theatre, 17 W. Main St., Bozeman • $9 • (406) 585-5885 • www.theellentheatre.com Sharing ideas with the community... Designers, inventors, adventurers, entrepreneurs, and more!
TRIVIA NIGHT 7-9pm • Pine Creek Lodge, 2496 E. River Road, Livingston • $5 • (406) 222-3628 • www.pinecreeklodgemontana.com Current Events, Potpourri, Name That Tune, handouts and more. Nightly prize, plus a prize for the season long champions. Teams from 1-6 people. We are first come first serve. We do not accept reservations. Please get there early to ensure you get a table. Come on in, drink beer, eat dinner, have some fun and let’s Trivia!
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 7-9pm • The Waypoint, 50 Ousel Falls Rd, Big Sky Come play!
GREATER YELLOWSTONE EVENTS CALENDAR
WESTERN SWING WEDNESDAYS 7-11pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • Lessons $10 • 21+ after 9pm • (406) 219-0400 • www.thejumpmt.com There will be a great dance floor every week, your favorite instructors, and all the country music you love from Bozeman’s Choice 2023 DJ, DJ Habes.
JARROD MORRIS 8pm • Live From the Divide, 106 N 2nd St, Livingston • $40 Advance • (406) 624-3321 • livefromthedivide. com Country/Americana songwriter
OPEN JAM 8pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21+ • (406) 222-6433 • www.themurraybar.com Open Jam
OPEN MIC 9pm • The Haufbrau, 22 S 8th Ave, Bozeman • no cover • 21+ • (406) 587-4931 • www.facebook.com Bozeman’s Choice Open Mic Night - the original!
THURSDAY,
APR. 23
VEGETABLE GARDENING IN MONTANA 6-7:30pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • Adults • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Grow your horticultural skills, with this class on vegetable gardening. Presented in partnership with MSU Extension Gallatin County. We will cover planning, maintaining, conserving water, and managing pests in a short growing season.
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 6-8pm • Bozeman Spirits Distillery Come play!
BLUEGRASS JAM 6-8pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman Come play, sing or just enjoy.
BOZEMAN DOC SERIES: NUISANCE BEAR – EARTH DAY SPECIAL EVENT 6-9pm • The Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture, 111 South Grand Ave, Bozeman • $12 general admission, $10 for students • All Ages • (406) 587-9797 • www.bozemandocseries. org The Bozeman Doc Series, in association with Gallatin Valley Earth Day, will present the Bozeman premiere of the brand new, award-winning documentary, Nuisance Bear.
KIKI AND CRAFT! 6:30-7:30pm • OH Hi, 115 W Kagy Blvd #Ste I, Bozeman • FREE Take a break from the busy and join us for an evening of creativity, connection, and community.
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 7-9pm • Gravel Bar Come play!
BOZEMAN FILM SOCIETY: “SHE DANCES” 7-9pm • The Ellen Theatre, 17 W. Main St., Bozeman • $11.50 - $13.50 (plus fees) • PG13 • 4065819704 • www.bozemanflmsociety.org A struggling single father tries to reconnect with his distant teenage daughter while chaperoning her at a regional dance competition in the Southeast. PG13. 1h 33 m.
DOS MAYOS 7-10pm • Bozeman Hot Springs & Fitness, 81123 Gallatin Road, Four Corners • With Admission • All Ages • 4065866492 • bozemanhotsprings.co Live music while you soak! Featuring the local acoustic rock duo “Dos Mayos”.
FRIDAY, APR. 24
BOZEMAN PARKS & REC OPEN GYM - YOUTH BASKETBALL 3:30-5:45pm • Story Mill Community Center, 600 Bridger Drive, Bozeman • $2 for City Residents $3 for Non-Residents • 5-18 • bozeman.net/recreation Open Gym for youth ages 5-18. This is intended to be an open gym time for the community, please do not try to have your basketball team practice during this time.
SWITCH-IT-UP FRIDAYS (TEENS) 4-6pm • Belgrade Community Library, 106 N Broadway, Belgrade • Teens • (406) 388-4346 • www. belgradelibrary.org Relax with some video games and snacks at the Library! Bring your own Nintendo Switch or play on our system. For grades 6 - 12. No sign-up necessary.
LIVE MUSIC BY RYAN ACKER 5-7pm • Field & Stream Lodge Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • 4064269400 • www.fieldandstreamlodgeco.com Enjoy Happy Hour with live music by Ryan Acker at Field & Stream Bozeman.
CELTIC MUSIC LIVE 6-8pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman Join us for Celtic music! A full 6 piece ensemble plays Celtic classics. Enjoy some delicious mead as well as Scandinavian-inspired cuisine!
April
FRIDAY NIGHT JAZZ 7-9pm • gute Laune, 10 West Main St, Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • (406) 404-7911 • gutelaunewurstbar. com Live Jazz Every Friday! Featuring a rotating line up of some of the best musicians SW Montana has to offer! Hosted by Alex Robilotta.
THE HAWKS THEATRE CO. PRESENTS MAMMA MIA! 7-9pm • Bozeman High School Auditorium • $20 General, $15 Student, $10 for 12 and under. • All Ages • 406.522.4855 • bsd7.revtrak.net Set on a sun-drenched Greek island, Mamma Mia tells the story of a young woman on the eve of her wedding who searches for the identity of her birth father and comes up with three possible suspects. This is a walk down the aisle you’ll never forget!
DIRTWIRE 7pm • The ELM • $37 - $65 • All Ages • (406) 830-4640 • logjampresents.com Logjam Presents is pleased to welcome Dirtwire for a live in concert performance.
FRIDAY NIGHT STAND-UP W/ BO JOHNSON 7pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $24 ($30 at the door) • 18+ • (406) 219-3933 • lastbestcomedy.com Bo Johnson is a comedian from Seattle, Washington. He can be found headlining clubs, breweries, and appropriately sized theaters across the United States and Canada.
WESTERN ROOTS BIG SKY COUNTRY DANCE SERIES 8-11pm • Gallatin County Fairgrounds, 901 N. Black, Bozeman • (406) 582-3270 • www.gallatin.mt.gov Grab your boots and join us for a night filled with fun, friends, and plenty of dancing—line dancing AND swing dancing.
DADWEED WITH PETER KING 8-11pm • Labor Temple, 422 E Mendenhall St, Bozeman • $10 in advance, $15 at the door
• All Ages dadweed is an acoustic trio based out of Portland, OR. Reimagining pickin’ and thumpin’ by blending elements of jazz/folk/pop/R&B within a traditional bluegrass lens, their sets explore a wide variety of styles and dynamics – with a focus on improvisation – showcasing both covers and originals.
BLAKE BRIGHTMAN BAND 8-11pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • $10 • 21+ • 4062190400 • thejumpmt.com
Blake Brightman Band rides in hot with a fearless outlaw country spirit, blending grit-heavy country rock, sharp songwriting, and a take-no-prisoners stage presence ����. A longtime staple of the Montana music scene, Blake and her full band deliver!
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STILGONE 8pm • Tips Up, 76 Town Center Ave Unit A1, Big Sky • (406) 995-2773 • www.tipsupbigsky.com Live music
DIRT - ALICE IN CHAINS TRIBUTE 9-11pm • Grey Dog Bar, 34 N Bozeman Ave, Bozeman • FREE • 21+ • (406) 404-1014 • www. thegreydogbar.com A Tribute to Alice in Chains
TRENT BROOKS BAND - SPRING CONCERT SERIES 9pm • Bridger Brewing Three Forks • $10 • 18+ We’re kicking things off right with the Trent Brooks Band, they hold a reputation as an “in demand” national touring act with stunning three octave vocal harmony, and an illuminated stage presence, proving that high energy honky tonk music is a full power right now!
FRIDAY NIGHT STAND-UP W/ BO JOHNSON 9pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $24 ($30 at the door) • 18+ • (406) 219-3933 • lastbestcomedy.com Bo Johnson is a comedian from Seattle, Washington. He can be found headlining clubs, breweries, and appropriately sized theaters across the United States and Canada.
MATT AXTON BAND 9pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21+ • (406) 222-6433 • www.themurraybar. com Rock n Roll
SATURDAY, APR. 25
GALLATIN VALLEY EARTH DAY FESTIVAL 10am-2pm • Gallatin County Fairgrounds • FREE • 406-595-5976 • www.gallatinvalleyearthday.org Celebrate Earth Day with us at the Gallatin County Fairgrounds! Talks - Exhibits - Live Music - Pop-up Local Food Court - Bozeman Winters’ Farmer Market - Bozeman Clean UpChildren’s Activities. More info at gallatinvalleyearthday.org
PINE CREEK LODGE BREW FEST 2-7pm • Pine Creek Lodge, 2496 E. River Road, Livingston • $35 ADVANCE - $40 DAY OF EVENT • (406) 222-3628 • www.pinecreeklodgemontana.com
Sample craft beer from your favorite Montana and Wyoming breweries. Get a free glass and unlimited samples. Live music from The Cullen Brothers Band, food and lots of fun.
ONCE UPON A BALLET 2pm • The Ellen Theatre, 17 W. Main St., Bozeman • $50 premium, $22.50 standard adult, $15 standard child • (406) 585-5885 • www.theellentheatre.com Experience the magic of storytime brought to life! Join Core Ballet School for Once Upon A Ballet, an enchanting afternoon of dance specifically designed for young families and first time theatergoers.
BRIDGER CREEK BOYS BLUEGRASS 6-9pm • gute Laune Wurstbar • FREE • All Ages • 406.404.7911 • gutelaunewurstbar.com Bridger Creek Boys/bluegrass every Saturday, 6-9pm. Great food, beer, and high mountain hard driving bluegrass.
BOZEMAN HEALTH FOUNDATION HOSPITALITY GALA | EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT EXPANSION 6-10pm • MSU SUB Ballroom, 280 strand Union, Bozeman • $200 • (406) 994-3081 • www.montana.edu Saddle up! The annual Bozeman Health Foundation Hospitality Gala is stepping into the Spirit of the Wild West to celebrate our community’s roots and bold vision for the road ahead!
ROAD AGENTS ROOST’S INVESTIGATION 6-11:30pm • The Road Agents’ Roost, 118 West Wallace Street, Virginia City • $23.18 • (406) 843-5200 • www.roadagentsroost.com Join us at Road Agents Roost’s German Restaurant for a thrilling ghost investigation!
ART W/ DR. IKE! 6pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • FREE • 18+ • (406) 219-3933 • lastbestcomedy.com Watch out LBC—Art! With Dr. Ike, Ph.D. returns for its THIRD SEASON with a new time slot: Saturdays at 6PM in April! That’s right, primetime baby!
THE HAWKS THEATRE CO. PRESENTS MAMMA MIA! 7-9pm • Bozeman High School Auditorium • $20 General, $15 Student, $10 for 12 and under. • All Ages • 406.522.4855 • bsd7.revtrak.net Set on a sun-drenched Greek island, Mamma Mia tells the story of a young woman on the eve of her wedding who searches for the identity of her birth father and comes up with three possible suspects. This is a walk down the aisle you’ll never forget!
NOT.GREENDAY 7pm • The ELM • $29 - $53 • All Ages • (406) 830-4640 • logjampresents.com Logjam Presents is pleased to welcome Not.Greenday for a live concert performance.
NOTORIOUS BOZ W/ ANDY WEAS 7pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $15 • 18+ • (406) 219-3933 • lastbestcomedy.com Notorious BOZ is a long-form improv show that celebrates the city of Bozeman, its history and its incredible citizens.
AN EVENING WITH HAIR TRAIN AWESOME 8-11pm • The Filling Station, 2005 N. Rouse Ave, Bozeman • $20 • 21+ • (406) 587-0585 Great hits from the 80s
WHIZ BANG! 9pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $15 • 18+ • (406) 219-3933 • lastbestcomedy.com Whiz BANG! is an explosion of intoxicating comedy!
STRETCH 9pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21+ • (406) 222-6433 • www.themurraybar.com Pop Latin Funk Jazz
SUNDAY, APR. 26
SUNDAY STUDENT STUDY DAY 11am-9pm • SHINE Beer Sanctuary + Bottle Shop, 451 E Main St, Bozeman • (406) 585-8558 • shinebeer.com Study with SHINE during their Sunday Student Study Day! Enjoy 2 for $5 tacos all day until May.
THE HAWKS THEATRE CO. PRESENTS MAMMA MIA! 2-4pm • Bozeman High School Auditorium • $20 General, $15 Student, $10 for 12 and under. • All Ages • 406.522.4855 • bsd7.revtrak.net Set on a sun-drenched Greek island, Mamma Mia tells the story of a young woman on the eve of her wedding who searches for the identity of her birth father and comes up with three possible suspects. This is a walk down the aisle you’ll never forget!
BOARD GAME DAY 3-9pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman Bring in a game get a free 4oz pour!
CELTIC MUSIC JAM 3:30-5:30pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman Come play, listen or dance to classic Celtic tunes! Happy hour food and drinks as well!
PAINT YOUR PARTNER 4-6pm • Bar 3 Bar-B-Q, 119 E Main Street, Belgrade • $50 Per Couple • 8+ • 2182341437 • aintabetterwaytopaint.com WARNING: Participants have literally cried laughing in this class! Grab your friend, spouse, or coworker & get ready for a good time. You’ll learn the basics of color mixing and how to paint a person’s features as they sit right across from you!
TRIVIA NIGHT 6-7pm • AC Benchmark, 110 N Tracy Ave, Bozeman • www.marriott.com Every Sunday join us for AC hosted Trivia. Come early for nightly happy HR 4-6pm.
SACRED SOUND & ENERGY 6:15-7:15pm • Wild Wisdom Restorative, 7 South Tracy Avenue, Bozeman • $30 • www.wildwisdommt. com This relaxing ceremony blends the healing vibration of a sound bath with gentle support of Reiki energy to help calm the mind, relax the body, and restore energetic balance.
DOC’S SALOON GHOST HUNT 7-10pm • Doc’s saloon • $20 • 21+ • 4065808855 • www.facebook.com Come, enjoy a spooky evening in this historical bar. This is a 21+ event with drinks, ghost investigations, learning about ghost, hunting equipment, and history.
LOST CANYONS 7-10pm • Bozeman Hot Springs & Fitness, 81123 Gallatin Road, Four Corners • With Admission • All Ages • 4065866492 • bozemanhotsprings.co Live music while you soak! Featuring the Bozeman-based alt rock group “Lost Canyons”.
MONDAY, APR. 27
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 6-8pm • Wildrye Distilling, 111 East Oak Street Suite 1E, Bozeman • FREE • 21+ • (406) 577-2288 • www.wildryedistilling.com With Picture Rounds, Sound Rounds, Word Jumbles and more.. There’s Something for Everyone.
TRANSFORMATION IMPROV EXPERIENCE 6-8pm • Wild Wisdom Restorative Studio • $397 (8 classes series) • 6179679002 • docs.google.com This class is where we stop living in our heads and start living in our bodies. An improv class that’s not just comedy… it’s about breaking out of survival mode, getting confident in your own skin, and learning how to think on your feet.
ROCK’N BINGO W/ ROCKSTAR TRIVIA 6-8pm • Sawdust and Steel Bingo and Trivia
SANGHA: JOINING RIVERS (PLUM VILLAGE TRADITION & THE VENERABLE THICH NHAT HANH) 7-8:30pm • Bozeman Dharma Center, P.O. Box 964, Bozeman • (406) 219-2140 • bozemandharmacenter.org We follow Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings for practicing mindfulness in order to manifest joy, peace, and compassion in our relationships and daily lives.
TRIVIA NIGHT 7-9pm • Bacchus Pub, 105 W Main St, Bozeman • 406 404-1996 • www.bacchuspub.com Join us for our weekly trivia night, Game Night Live is a leader in bar trivia and music bingo, putting on awesome games at local venues that everyone can enjoy.
ROBIN HOOD IN CONCERT 7-9pm • Verge Theater, 111 S Grand Ave, Suite 107, Bozeman • $39.19 • (406) 587-9797 • vergetheater. com Sherwood Forest as you’ve never heard it before! Join us as the legend of Robin Hood springs to life in vivid musical color.
MEAD PAIRING DINNER WITH CHEF BRYAN CROSS 7-9pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman • $125 Enjoy an evening of delicious food and drink paired and prepared perfectly by Chef de Cuisine Bryan Cross.
SPORTS TRIVIA 7:30pm • Rockin’ R Bar, 211 E. Main St, Bozeman • no cover • 21+ • (406) 587-9355 • www.rockingrbar.com For those looking for more sporty trivia questions this is it.
OPEN MIC 9pm • The Haufbrau, 22 S 8th Ave, Bozeman • no cover • 21+ • (406) 587-4931 • www.facebook.com Bozeman’s Choice Open Mic Night - the original!
GREATER YELLOWSTONE EVENTS CALENDAR
TUESDAY, APR. 28
GRIEF, LOSS, AND BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP 4:305:30pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • no cost • Adults • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Find strength meeting others experiencing grief and loss in any form. Led by Kim Barrett, a Spiritual Care and Bereavement Counselor. Offered in partnership with Eden Health.
IDEALAB: CTRL+ALT+CREATE: DIGITAL ORIENTEERING! 56:30pm • AMERICAN COMPUTER & ROBOTICS MUSEUM • $25 per participant. • For creative kids in grades 4 to 8. • 406-582-1288 • acrmuseum.org Join us in the IdeaLab for some hands-on hightech crafting using the principles of computing. This week, we’re finding true north using the amazing properties of the Micro:Bit. Next stop: Alaska!
NONFICTION WRITERS GROUP 5:30-7:30pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • Adults • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Nonfiction Writers Group offers mutual support, and considerate, constructive feedback on works in progress.
THE STORY OF BIRDS WITH DR. STEVE BRUSATTE 5:30pm • Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman • $0/member;$5/non=member • All Ages • 4069942251 • mor. ticketapp.org Join Dr. Steve Brusatte for a fast-paced journey through 150 million years of evolution, from raptor dinosaurs to modern birds, featuring a lecture and book signing.
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 6-8pm • Outlaw Brewing, 2876 N 27th, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 577-2403 • www.outlaw-brewing.com Our games are free to play and are for everyone who likes to play games and win prizes!
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 6-8pm • Colombo’s Pizza & Pasta, 1003 West College Street, Bozeman • (406) 587-5544 • www. colombospizzaandpasta.com/index.html Come play!
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 6-8pm • It Will Always Be That Way Cocktail Lounge Come play!
OPEN MIC 6-8pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman • FREE • 4065772383 • valhallabozeman.com Come share music, poetry or whatever you like with us every Tuesday!
TRIVIA TUESDAY 6-8pm • 406 Brewing, 308 East Main St Suite 406, Manhattan • FREE • All Ages • www.406brewingcompany. com Come for trivia every Tuesday
FORWARD MONTANA CANDIDATE FORUM: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 1 PRIMARY 6-8pm • The Baxter Hotel Ballroom • FREE • All Ages • 720-402-4755 • secure.ngpvan.com Come hear from the candidates running for Montana’s Congressional District 1 primary seat- with a trivia twist! Hosted by Forward Montana and Indivisible Bozeman.
KATABATIC MUSIC BINGO 6pm • Katabatic Brewing Company, 117 W Park St, Livingston • FREE to play • 21+ • (406) 333-2855 • katabaticbrewing.blogspot.com Hear a clip from a popular song. If you have that song on your card, mark it off. Rounds at 6PM and 7PM, 3 games per round (single line, double line, and blackout).
RISKY QUIZNESS 6pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 219-3933 • lastbestcomedy.com It’s a show. It’s a quiz show. It’s a comedy, quiz show! Every week has it’s own theme and expert hosts. Come on down to the club to laugh, learn & love!
MINDSPACE: A MEDITATION GROUP FOR ADULTS IN THE MILLENNIAL+ GENERATION 6:30-7:45pm • Bozeman Dharma Center, P.O. Box 964, Bozeman • 18-40 • (406) 219-2140 • bozemandharmacenter.org MindSpace is an open community gathering of young adults 18-40 years of age. Through meditation we foster a clear mind, compassionate heart, and develop an intimacy with human experiences. We encourage and support each other in daily practice to embody mindfulness in everyday life.
TUESDAY LIVE MUSIC 7-9pm • Bacchus Pub, 105 W Main St, Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • 4064041996 • www.bacchuspub. com/menus Live music every Tuesday night from 7–9 PM with a rotating lineup of talented local artists!
NICK LYONS TO PRESENT “EVOLUTION OF A FLY FISHERMAN” 7-9pm • Inspiration Hall in MSU’s Norm Asbjornson Hall • FREE • All Ages • 4069943119 • www.montana.edu Nick Lyons, renowned angler and writer, will speak at Montana State University Library’s 2026 Trout Lecture. The free event is titled “Evolution of a Fly Fisherman”. A reception will follow.
ROBIN HOOD IN CONCERT 7-9pm • Verge Theater, 111 S Grand Ave, Suite 107, Bozeman • $39.19 • (406) 587-9797 • vergetheater. com Sherwood Forest as you’ve never heard it before! Join us as the legend of Robin Hood springs to life in vivid musical color.
KATABATIC MUSIC BINGO 7pm • Katabatic Brewing Company, 117 W Park St, Livingston • FREE to play • 21+ • (406) 333-2855 • katabaticbrewing.blogspot.com Hear a clip from a popular song. If you have that song on your card, mark it off. Rounds at 6PM and 7PM, 3 games per round (single line, double line, and blackout).
MINDFUL TUESDAYS 7:30-7:50pm • Montana Mindfulness Project • Free/donation-based • All ages • www.mtmindfulness.org Join us for our weekly mindfulness practice - online! Whether you join to create a consistent mindfulness practice or to simply give yourself the rest and relaxation you’ve been looking for in community with others — Mindful Tuesdays is here for you. Our MMP teachers rotate facilitating the practice each week.
BONE DRY COMEDY 8pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • FREE • 18+ • 4062193933 • www. lastbestcomedy.com Bone Dry Comedy brings Open Mic night to Last Best Comedy. Our weekly open mic is a safe, friendly, supportive place to start your comedy journey, try new material, and connect to the Bozeman Stand up scene.
SPRING CONCERT SERIES WITH LEVI BLOM
May 1 - Bridger Brewing, Three Forks
OPEN MIC 9pm • The Haufbrau, 22 S 8th Ave, Bozeman • no cover • 21+ • (406) 587-4931 • www.facebook.com Bozeman’s Choice Open Mic Night - the original!
WEDNESDAY, APR. 29
XTOOL TRAINING 5:15-6pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • 12+ • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Work Bench users who have already earned their laser badge can attend this class to learn to use the new xTool laser!
Ter is a Tibetan word for treasure, Gar means gathering. So, Tergar can be understood as a place where people come together to find the sublime treasure … that helps us calm our minds, open our hearts and awaken wisdom.
TRIVIA NIGHT 6-8pm • SHINE Beer Sanctuary + Bottle Shop, 451 E Main St, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 585-8558 • shinebeer.com Trivia Night in the Back Lounge Grab a pint and some nachos... win some great prizes!
SHOW TIME ROCK’N BINGO W/ ROCKSTAR TRIVIA 6-8pm • It Will Always Be That Way Cocktail Lounge Come play!
DRINK AND DRAW 6-8pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman Come make art with us! Supplies provided.
CASUAL SETS 6pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • FREE • 18+ • 4062193933 • www. lastbestcomedy.com Weekly Community Showcase
Looking for more performance opportunities? Come play in this low-stake, experimental show. You can sign up as a team or an individual to get a 5-15 minute slot. First come, first served.
INTRO TO CRICUT VENTURE 6:30-7:45pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • 12+ • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Learn how to create designs and use the Cricut Venture to cut, score, and more.
SHOW TIME ROCK’N BINGO W/ ROCKSTAR TRIVIA 6:30-8:30pm • College Street Taproom Come play!
TRIVIA NIGHT 7-9pm • Pine Creek Lodge, 2496 E. River Road, Livingston • $5 • (406) 222-3628 • www.pinecreeklodgemontana.com Current Events, Potpourri, Name That Tune, handouts and more. Nightly prize, plus a prize for the season long champions. Teams from 1-6 people. We are first come first serve. We do not accept reservations. Please get there early to ensure you get a table.
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 7-9pm • The Waypoint, 50 Ousel Falls Rd, Big Sky Come play!
WESTERN SWING WEDNESDAYS 7-11pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • Lessons $10 • 21+ after 9pm • (406) 219-0400 • www.thejumpmt.com There will be a great dance floor every week, your favorite instructors, and all the country music you love from Bozeman’s Choice 2023 DJ, DJ Habes.
LANGHORNE SLIM 7pm • The ELM • $33 - $41 • All Ages • (406) 830-4640 • logjampresents.com Logjam Presents is pleased to welcome Langhorne Slim for a live concert performance.
OPEN JAM 8pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21+ • (406) 222-6433 • www.themurraybar.com Open Jam
OPEN MIC 9pm • The Haufbrau, 22 S 8th Ave, Bozeman • no cover • 21+ • (406) 587-4931 • www.facebook.com Bozeman’s Choice Open Mic Night - the original!
THURSDAY, APR. 30
VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK - JASON REYNOLDS 5-6pm • Online through Bozeman Public Library • FREE • Adults On Writing Beloved Characters and Powerful Portrayals of Resilience with Jason Reynolds, Award-Winning and New York Times Bestselling Author.
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 6-8pm • Bozeman Spirits Distillery Come play!
BLUEGRASS JAM 6-8pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman Come play, sing or just enjoy.
WALLEYES UNLIMITED GALLATIN CHAPTER SPRING SOCIAL 6-8pm • Best Western Plus GranTree Inn • FREE Join us for good eats, great company, and all things walleye at the Gallatin Chapter Spring Social!
GIVE BIG GALLATIN VALLEY 2026 6pm • One Valley Community Foundation • 4065876262 • www.givebiggv.org One Valley Community Foundation’s Give Big Gallatin Valley returns from 6 pm April 30 to 6 pm May 1. Explore hundreds of local nonprofits and support the causes you care about completely fee-free. Learn more and donate at GiveBigGV.org.
EMBODY YOUR SPACE WORKSHOP 6:15-8:15pm • Montana State University, , Bozeman • $25 • 18+ • 406.994.3062 • eu.courses.montana.edu This playful, interactive workshop explores how shifting your inner experience can transform the way you relate to the spaces you inhabit.
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 7-9pm • Gravel Bar Come play!
MIKE KILLEEN 7-10pm • Bozeman Hot Springs & Fitness, 81123 Gallatin Road, Four Corners • With Admission • All Ages • 4065866492 • bozemanhotsprings.co Live music while you soak! Featuring the Helena-based acoustic rock artist Mike Killeen.
THE TAKES 8-11:30pm • The Filling Station, 2005 N. Rouse Ave, Bozeman • $15 • 21+ • (406) 587-0585 A new folk rock group hailing from Portland, Oregon
FRIDAY, MAY. 1
GIVE BIG GALLATIN VALLEY 2026 midnight-6pm • One Valley Community Foundation • 4065876262 • www.givebiggv.org One Valley Community Foundation’s Give Big Gallatin Valley returns from 6 pm April 30 to 6 pm May 1. Explore hundreds of local nonprofits and support the causes you care about completely fee-free. Learn more and donate at GiveBigGV.org.
LENA RICH 5-7pm • Field & Stream Lodge Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • 4064269400 • www.fieldandstreamlodgeco.com Enjoy an evening of live music by Lena Rich!
CELTIC MUSIC LIVE 6-8pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman Join us for Celtic music! A full 6 piece ensemble plays Celtic classics. Enjoy some delicious mead as well as Scandinavian-inspired cuisine!
FRIDAY NIGHT JAZZ 7-9pm • gute Laune, 10 West Main St, Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • (406) 404-7911 • gutelaunewurstbar. com Live Jazz Every Friday! Featuring a rotating line up of some of the best musicians SW Montana has to offer! Hosted by Alex Robilotta.
THE HAWKS THEATRE CO. PRESENTS MAMMA MIA! 7-9pm • Bozeman High School Auditorium • $20 General, $15 Student, $10 for 12 and under. • All Ages • 406.522.4855 • bsd7.revtrak.net Set on a sun-drenched Greek island, Mamma Mia tells the story of a young woman on the eve of her wedding who searches for the identity of her birth father and comes up with three possible suspects. This is a walk down the aisle you’ll never forget!
FRIDAY NIGHT STAND-UP W/ HAYDEN KRISTAL & LIAM NELSON 7pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $24 ($30 at the door) • 18+ • (406) 219-3933 • lastbestcomedy.com Hayden’s quick wit and cheerful self-deprecation has earned them a spot as an America’s Got Talent semifinalist. Liam Nelson is a New York City-based comedian who has performed nationwide with top comics.
MAGIC HUNKS AUSTRALIA 8-10:30pm • Covellite Theatre, 215 W Broadway St, Butte • 21+ • covellitepresents.org Australia’s Biggest ladies night is taking over the stage! Catch the HUNKS for a breath-taking performance like none other!
THE FOG 9-11pm • Grey Dog Bar, 34 N Bozeman Ave, Bozeman • FREE • 21+ • (406) 404-1014 • www.thegreydogbar.com A 5 piece Rock & Roll band from Bozeman
LEVI BLOM - SPRING CONCERT SERIES 9pm • Bridger Brewing Three Forks • $10 • 18+ Levi Blom is an emerging Country singer-songwriter from Butte, Montana, whose story is as authentic as the music he writes. His heartfelt songwriting and commanding stage presence have already landed him opening spots for major acts, including Joe Nichols, Reckless Kelly, and Blackhawk. His music speaks to life’s highs and lows, love and loss, and the resilience it takes to keep moving forward.
FRIDAY NIGHT STAND-UP W/ HAYDEN KRISTAL & LIAM NELSON 9pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $24 ($30 at the door) • 18+ • (406) 219-3933 • lastbestcomedy.com Hayden’s quick wit and cheerful self-deprecation has earned them a spot as an America’s Got Talent semifinalist. Liam Nelson is a New York City-based comedian who has performed nationwide with top comics.
THE SHUFFLE BUMS 9pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21 • (406) 222-6433 • themurraybar.com Blues, R&B
SATURDAY, MAY. 2
BRIDGER CREEK BOYS BLUEGRASS 6-9pm • gute Laune Wurstbar • FREE • All Ages • 406.404.7911 • gutelaunewurstbar.com Bridger Creek Boys/bluegrass every Saturday, 6-9pm. Great food, beer, and high mountain hard driving bluegrass.
KINGS FEAST BELTAIN SPRING CELEBRATION 6-10:30pm • The Chateau Event Center • $120 • 21+ Legendary Kings Feast Beltain Spring Celebration!! Fantastic local food & drink, live music, interactive games, amazing camaraderie!
ART W/ DR. IKE! 6pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • FREE • 18+ • (406) 219-3933 • lastbestcomedy.com Watch out LBC—Art! With Dr. Ike, Ph.D. returns for its THIRD SEASON with a new time slot: Saturdays at 6PM in April! That’s right, primetime baby!
THE HAWKS THEATRE CO. PRESENTS MAMMA MIA! 7-9pm • Bozeman High School Auditorium • $20 General, $15 Student, $10 for 12 and under. • All Ages • 406.522.4855 • bsd7.revtrak.net Set on a sun-drenched Greek island, Mamma Mia tells the story of a young woman on the eve of her wedding who searches for the identity of her birth father and comes up with three possible suspects. This is a walk down the aisle you’ll never forget!
A NIGHT OF HOPE FEATURING STEPHANIE QUAYLE 7pm • Armory Music Hall, 24 W Mendenhall St, Bozeman • $35-$175 • All Ages • www.armorymusichall.com Together, let’s make a difference in Suicide Prevention for Montanans!All proceeds benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Montana.
JODY & THE WOODFLOWERS 9pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21+ • (406) 222-6433 • www.themurraybar. com Americana
