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Genre: Concerts

Open Mic

Wednesday, January 21st // Door & Sign-up at 7 PM // Free & Open to the Public!   Come join us! All talents welcome.

Sunday Swing! w/ Ed Norton Big Band

Sunday, January 11 // Door & Lessons at 6:30 PM // Show at 7 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter **Dance lessons with Lindy Hop begin at 6:30** Get your dancing shoes on and spend a Sunday with hits from Ed Norton Big Band in The Show Room at the ZACC! The Ed Norton Big Band was founded around 1987 after trombonists Tom Wogsland and Scot Ray performed in the pit Orchestra for Missoula Children’s Theatre’s first production of The 1940’s Radio Hour – and didn’t want to stop. Since then the 18 piece band, made up of Missoula musicians from multiple generations, has been a staple of traditional and modern big band music throughout western Montana. Ed Norton Big Band has a long history of entertaining audiences of all ages from birthday parties, fundraisers, Out to Lunch, Second Sunday Jazz, and First Night. For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.

Dylan Bautista & Loren Stillman

Thursday, January 8 // Doors at 7:00 // Show at 7:30 // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter   Saxophonist Loren Stillman and pianist Dylan Bautista team up for an evening of inventive interplay and spirited improvisation, blending their original music with select jazz standards.

Doom Scroll w/ Big Mosquito & Minot

Sunday, March 22 // Door at 7:00 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $12 ADV // $15-$20 DOS     Doom Scroll describes its acoustic punk sound as “aggressive, melodic punk/crust wave” with complex instrumentation and layers of harmonies knitted from decades of music appreciation and performance. Coming soon to your sleepy, unsuspecting town.   The adolescent neanderthals themselves, Minot.  These overgrown-teenaged garage punk muffins bring their sonic take on the raw, the cheap and the lo-fidelity. The three-piece from Missoula, MT embodies the primitive, sloppy roots of everything that is, Budget Rock. A poorly contained train wreck influenced by punk, 60s garage pop and country blues.    Big Mosquito is a local Missoula ska outfit bringing a mix of authentic ska and high energy, with renditions and covers of such classics as The Skatalites, The Specials, laurel Aitkens, Phyllis Dillon/Freddy McKay, ect. Plus originals and more lively tunes like Murphy’s law’s 1%. Big Mosquito’s goal is to bring authentic ska and love for roots music to the forefront of our rising youth movement in Missoula and beyond. Big Mosquito is made up of Zane Lambert, Cameron Doucette, Evan Wright, Spencer Nelson, Nick Mogensen, Jacob Tirado, Rhett Matthew, and Danny Boatwright.

PONS w/ Dorris Doom & (latent)

Friday, January 2nd // 8:00 Doors // 8:30 Show // $15      IF YOU STOP YOU DIE -Rock n’ Roll will never be a lazy game. PONS is here to set the record straight. Channeling the wild, untamable spirit of the masters of the road that came before them, PONS brings a relentless, “NO MERCY” approach to DIY touring. Burning more calories in one night than most bands do in a year, PONS doesn’t play music—they detonate on stage.Named “NYC’s Hardest Working Band” in 2022 (and a blistering runner-up in 2023) by Oh My Rockness, PONS has earned their place as one of the most vital and chaotic forces in the NYC underground.In 2024, PONS evolved into a solo project of visionary frontman Jack Parker, and the transformation is nothing short of a sonic nuclear meltdown. A storm of sound, fury, and passion so fierce, a PONS show can only be described as sublime madness. It’s angular. It’s aggressive. It’s a relentless sonic assault that drags you into the future, kicking and screaming.Sharing the stage with heavyweights like Gogol Bordello, Lambrini Girls, Geese, Vundabar, and A Place To Bury Strangers, PONS take no prisoners. Leaving behind a trail of smashed gear, contorted bodies, blinding lights, and frenetic, throttling beats, it’s pure glam-rock bravado colliding with punk’s raw edge and electronica’s dystopian pulse.Taking cues from the anarchic swagger of Iggy Pop, the electronic chaos of Suicide, the slick groove of LCD Soundsystem, and the haunting, glitch-filled world of Crystal Castles, PONS spits the digital bile of our decaying, internet-saturated world straight in your face.BEAR WITNESS TO PONS.

Holiday Groove with the Missoula All-City Jazz Program

Monday, December 15 // Doors at 7:30 // Show at 8:00 // Free & Open to the Public!     Join the Missoula All-City Jazz Program for their first performance of the 2025-26 year with an evening of great jazz. The Middle School and High School musicians will be joined by members of the UM Jazz Program performing new and old standards from the history of jazz. 

Midnight EDM Party

Friday, January 30 // Show at 9 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter   Missoula, get ready. Sunset Events & Liquid Bass Productions are teaming up to bring you an unforgettable night of EDM at the ZACC. Expect house, euphoric trance, and progressive tunes all night long and a production that will be second to none. Headlined by Ardella, an underground DJ known for powerful sets in cities across the Country and out on the Playa, this will be an event not to be missed. Opening acts start at 9, headliner at 11. See you at the ZACC!

THE BRAD LEALI QUARTET with the Missoula Jazz Orchestra

Friday, January 16 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $30 // $20 for Students & Seniors     The UM Jazz ProgramAND UM JAZZ ARTIST SERIES Proudly PresentsTHE BRAD LEALI QUARTET With the Missoula Jazz OrchestraMissoula welcomes back saxophonist Brad Leali (Harry Connick & Lyle Lovett) and his roster of All-Stars for an evening of classic and original small group and big band music. Brad will be joined by pianist Ben Markley and Eric Tapper (dr)and Tommy Sciple (bass) along with the Missoula Jazz OrchestraJoin us for this incredible collaboration.Get your tickets early as this performance will be sure to sell out!

Sunday Swing! w/ Ed Norton Big Band

Sunday, December 7 // Door & Swing Lessons at 6:30 PM // Show at 7 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter   Get your dancing shoes on and spend a Sunday with hits from Ed Norton Big Band in The Show Room at the ZACC! The Ed Norton Big Band was founded around 1987 after trombonists Tom Wogsland and Scot Ray performed in the pit Orchestra for Missoula Children’s Theatre’s first production of The 1940’s Radio Hour – and didn’t want to stop. Since then the 18 piece band, made up of Missoula musicians from multiple generations, has been a staple of traditional and modern big band music throughout western Montana. Ed Norton Big Band has a long history of entertaining audiences of all ages from birthday parties, fundraisers, Out to Lunch, Second Sunday Jazz, and First Night.   *We will have swing dance lessons by the one and only Lindy Hop starting at 6:30!

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