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Genre: Concerts

Flowers From The Pool’s Album Debut w/ Jules Jensen & Chloe Tschetter

Friday, August 28 // Doors at 7:00 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $12 GA // $15-$20 Artist Supporter     flowers from the pool makes music for friends, with Jules Jensen and Kate Widmer on guitar/vocals, Sid Boyer on bass, and Larry Leonard on drums. They are arguably Missoula’s most niche supergroup.     Jules Jensen plays acoustic music inspired by Elliott Smith, Pigeon Pit, Flatsound, Plumtree, and most importantly, her friends.     Chloe Tschetter is an 18-year-old singer songwriter hailing from Billings, Montana. Her new EP titled ‘Growing Pains’ is out on September 6th.

At Nadir w/ Minot and Evening Redness Out West

Friday, September 4 // Doors at 7:00 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $12 GA // $15-$20 Artist Supporter   At Nadir plays hooky, literate, guitar-driven indie. We write about lost dogs, losing track of time, and the monotony of long winters.We are working to make a scene in Helena, MTPete Brown – Vocals, GuitarKristy Fortman – Bass, VocalsJohnny Lowell – GuitarEvin Mitchell – Drums   Bandcamp     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.  Bandcamp      Evening Redness Out West is a band of brothers hailing from Garnet Montana – Wess, Red, and Sweet Keaton Evening.   Bandcamp

Cat Positive w/ Perfect Blue and Dylan Running Crane

Saturday, September 26 // Doors at 7:30 PM // Show at 8:00 PM // $12 GA // $15-$20 Artist Supporter     Dylan Running Crane is a singer-songwriter from Browning, Montana, a place that remains the subject of most of her work. Her vibe is country meets rez-folk meets tender and silly.    https://dylanrunningcranemusic.bandcamp.com/    Check out her work with Cry Baby – https://crybabymissoula.bandcamp.com/track/missoula     Perfect Blue is a genre-bending, instrumental post-rock quartet from Missoula, Montana. Their music blends elements of post-punk, psych, shoegaze, folk and black metal for an eclectic spectrum of sounds moving between somber, intricate passages to dark, heavy soundscapes. The band’s debut album, “Empress,” is now available everywhere.     Cat Positive is a band featuring singer songwriter Tyson Ballew. Since 2002 Ballew has performed and written pop punk inspired music as a solo artist or in several short lived bands.   https://tysonballew.bandcamp.com/ 

Sunday Swing! w/ Ed Norton Big Band

Sunday, September 6 // Doors & Lessons at 6:30 PM // Show at 7 PM // $12 // $15 GA + Dance Lesson // $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/.

Public Acid and Invertebrates w/ Poise & Sick Joke

Wednesday, July 29 // Doors at 7:30 PM // Show at 8:00 PM // $10 ADV // $15 DOS     Public Acid is a hardcore punk band that originally formed in Greensboro, NC. After several lineup changes with guitarist/bassists, the band is currently based out of Richmond, VA with a couple members living in Raleigh, NC and NYC.   ‘NAM was formed on Christmas Eve of 2025 by four friends. The band consists of musicians John C, Sigrid S, Chris M and conceptual artist John K. ‘NAM plays short concise bursts of d-beat and metallic crust

James McMurtry w/ BettySoo

Saturday, August 1 // 7:00 PM Doors // 8:00 PM Show // $25 ADV // $30 DOS   **ADA seating will be limited**   James McMurtry released The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy on June 20th via New West Records.  The 10-song collection was co-produced by McMurtry & Don Dixon (R.E.M., The Smithereens) and is his first album in four years.  It follows his 2021 acclaimed new West debut, The Horses and the Hounds, which UnCut Magazine said “lifts storytelling-in-song to meticulous new levels” and Pitchfork awarded an 8.0, saying “James McMurtry stands out even among the Lone Star State’s finest songwriters…” The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy features appearances by Sarah Jarosz, Charlie Sexton, Bonnie Whitmore, Bukka Allen and more, alongside his trusted backing band, THE MARTIAL LAW REVIEW, Tim Holt on guitar and accordion, Cornbread on bass and Daren Hess on drums. As varied as they are, McMurtry’s new story-songs find inspiration in scraps from his family’s past: a rough pencil sketch by Ken Kesey that serves as the album cover, the hallucinations experienced by his father, the legendary writer Larry McMurtry, an old poem by a family friend.  A supremely insightful and inventive storyteller, McMurtry teases vivid worlds out of small details, setting them to arrangements that have elements of Americana but sound too sly and smart for such a general category. Funny and sad often in the same breath, The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy adds a new chapter to a long career that has young songwriters like Sarah Jarosz and Jason Isbell cite him as a formative influence.

Impulse Noise w/ Dirty Brother & No Policy

Sunday, August 30 // Doors at 7:30 PM // Show at 8:00 PM // $10      Seattle grindcore unit Impulse Noise commenced with their debut EP Stress in 2018, showcasing a spastic audio barrage reflecting a modern world drowning in sensory overload, anxiety, and addiction, rooted in the sound of Assück and early Napalm Death while demonstrating their affinity for old school death metal and hardcore punk. Following Stress, Impulse Noise released split records with Oakland powerviolence outfit Choke and fellow Seattle grinders Disease. The bands second EP …Such is Life arrived in 2025 pushing their chaotic, and abrasive style into even harsher territory. In 2026, Impulse Noise is set to embark on the Midwest Decimation tour joining forces with San Diego deathgrind band Genestealer.

Ghorot w/ Perfect Blue and ‘NAM

Sunday, September 20 // Doors at 7:00 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 ADV // $15 DOS     Ghorot is a blackened doom-metal trio formed in Boise, ID in Ghorot is a blackened doom-metal trio formed in Boise, ID in 2019 by Carson Russel (Ealdor Bealu), Brandon Walker (ex-Ghost Tours), and Chad Remains (ex-Uzala). The band’s first ful-length album Loss of Light was released in 2021 onTransylvanian Recordings (Oakland, CA) and Inverse Records (Jyv ä skyl ä , Finland), and received significant national and international attention. The band toured in support of the record throughout the Pacific Northwest in 2021 and the Southwest in 2022 including 2 performances each at Crucial Festin Salt Lake City and Treefort Music Fest in Boise. Wound, Ghorot’ s sophomore ful-length album, was released on Wound, Ghorot’ s sophomore ful-length album, was released on October 6th, 2023 on Lay Bare Recordings (Nijmegen, Netherlands), King of the Monsters Records (Phoenix, AZ), and Transylvanian Recordings (Oakland, CA), and immediately became an album of the year contender throughout the international underground metal scene. The band set out on an 18- date Western US tour with Sacramento’s doom/sludge trio Chrome Ghost in support of the record, their longest and most successful tour to date. Ghorot’ s highly anticipated third ful-length record is slatedfor an April 2026 release on Lay Bare Recordings and King of the Monsters Records. Ghorot is prepared to bring their blasphemous atrocities to eager crowds across the globe.. YOU are not ready!WOUND   Perfect Blue is a genre-bending, instrumental post-rock quartet from Missoula, Montana. Their music blends elements of post-punk, psych, shoegaze, folk and black metal for an eclectic spectrum of sounds moving between somber, intricate passages to dark, heavy soundscapes. The band’s debut album, “Empress,” is now available everywhere.

Daisy Chain Fest 2026

Saturday, August 15 // Doors at 5:30 // Show at 6:00 PM // $20   Tickets here Lineup: Hayes NobleHow Strange It IsProxiCalamity CowboyThe Macks The FOURTH annual Daisy Chain Fest (DCF) is a grassroots music festival uplifting local musicians and artists. Over four days, August 13th – 16th, we host more than 30 artists from across the state, region, and country in downtown Missoula, Montana. Daisy Chain Arts Collective is a non-profit organization focused on supporting and expanding Missoula’s local music and performing arts culture through events and collaboration with other local organizations. DCAC seeks to create safe, accessible, all-ages events. DCAC prioritizes sustainable business practices and fair compensation to artists and staff as well as radical transparency and community involvement. The heart of our work is community resilience with the goal of elevating Missoula’s rich culture through reinvestment in local artists, venues, and community partners. DCAC primarily operates at small-scale and alternative venues to provide opportunities to both local and touring performing arts. Focusing primarily on the development of Daisy Chain Fest, DCAC’s mission is to elevate and connect Missoula talent with other arts communities across the country & world by curating and hosting traveling performing artists.

Daisy Chain Fest 2026

Friday, August 14 // Doors at 5:30 // Show at 6:00 PM // $15   Tickets here   Lineup: PillowcaseNonbinary GirlfriendFemme CellBrand New CompanionThe Love Darts   The FOURTH annual Daisy Chain Fest (DCF) is a grassroots music festival uplifting local musicians and artists. Over four days, August 13th – 16th, we host more than 30 artists from across the state, region, and country in downtown Missoula, Montana. Daisy Chain Arts Collective is a non-profit organization focused on supporting and expanding Missoula’s local music and performing arts culture through events and collaboration with other local organizations. DCAC seeks to create safe, accessible, all-ages events. DCAC prioritizes sustainable business practices and fair compensation to artists and staff as well as radical transparency and community involvement. The heart of our work is community resilience with the goal of elevating Missoula’s rich culture through reinvestment in local artists, venues, and community partners. DCAC primarily operates at small-scale and alternative venues to provide opportunities to both local and touring performing arts. Focusing primarily on the development of Daisy Chain Fest, DCAC’s mission is to elevate and connect Missoula talent with other arts communities across the country & world by curating and hosting traveling performing artists.

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