How Strange It Is w/ Babytooth & Les Duck
Sunday, July 30 // Doors at 7:30 PM // Show at 8 PM // $10 // $15 Artist Supporter Ticket How Strange It Is organizes collaborative chaos into tight, structured songs indebted to early-aughts classic synth-heavy indie rock along with 2010s bedroom pop and contemporary slowcore. The Portland band released their self-titled EP (bud030) in early 2022. While born from the songs of Jordan Krinsky, each track is embellished and morphed by a variety of collaborators. With a new 4-piece line up, their debut full length album In the Light of the Blistering Moon is out July 14 as a co-release between Bud Tapes and Candlepin Records. The record is highly collaborative and finds Krinsky’s precise, introspective writing intersecting with improvisations and experiments. Babytooth is the full band project of Portland-based singer/songwriter Isabel Zacharias. Annie Fifer (Yellow Room) lends guitar leads by turns distorted and crystal-clear, with Hugh Jepson (Soft Cheese, Moon Shy) behind the drums and Benson Chong (Honeydiu, How Strange It Is) splitting time between bass & keyboards. Fitting into and elaborating on the lineage of Pacific Northwest indie, the songs move between noisy melodic rock & twinkly folk experiments, recalling the scrappy ’90s/early-aughts rock of the region as much as the incisive lyrical focus of acts like Smog and Silver Jews. Les Duck, fka Dint 2, is all about fast cars, slow guitars, Avatar 2 the Way of Water, family, and friendship. Lukas Phelan and Sanders Smith trade songs exploring those very themes, while Nate Biehl rips the pedal steel, and James Rogers tickles the drums. For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
Jessie Thoreson & The Crown Fire w/ Cory Fay
Thursday, July 27 // Door at 7:30 PM // Show at 8 PM // $10 // $15 Artist Supporter Ticket Jessie Thoreson & The Crown Fire is an upbeat folk-rock band based in Seattle that is driven by compelling lyrics and harmonies, soaring fiddle, and engaging percussion. Cory Fay is dirt pop/evil western/glam folk. For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
Kathryn Claire (US) & Margot Merah (Netherlands) w/ Sierra Cistone
Friday, July 28 // Doors at 7:30 PM // Show at 8 PM // $10 // $15 Artist Supporter Ticket Music can bring people together in unexpected ways. That’s certainly the case for Kathryn Claire and Margot Merah. Growing up on opposite sides of the world, you can expect them to never have met. And yet they did, in the fall of 2013, in a small Irish pub in Amsterdam. The musical connection was instant. Their love of songwriting, traditional music, folk and harmony singing not only brought them together: it took them all over the world. After 2 and a half years apart, the two reunited last summer in the Pacific Northwest for a tour featuring original and traditional songs and instrumentals along with their favorite covers. They began writing together on the road, and when they toured again in Europe this past spring, they decided the time had come to create an album of music together. In their live shows and on their upcoming album, Come Close, Come In, these two multi-instrumentalists feature guitar, fiddle, ukulele, bodhran, harmonica, and breathtaking vocal harmonies. Kathryn Claire is based in Portland, OR. She plays violin, guitar and ukulele, has a crystal clear voice and writes songs that are honest, poetic and profound. She weaves together stories and melodies rooted in her classical and traditional musical background. Each song is imbued with an energy and electricity that you can feel, and she has the ability to move seamlessly between genres. Margot Merah is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She is a real ‘storyteller’, exactly what the folk tradition is all about. Margot’s music is comforting, hopeful and melancholic. Her songs tell about life, simple and small, with an eye for detail and the bigger picture. She regularly performs as a solo artist, but prefers to collaborate with other musicians in various projects. Her musicality and sense of harmony and rhythm are perfect for this. Kathryn and Margot are thrilled to be playing the The Show Room at the ZACC for their first time and for Margot to see Montana and the big sky and mountains for her first time! For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
Jazz Night w/ Patti Nolan & The Undeniables
Wednesday, July 26 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $12 // $15 Artist Supporter Ticket Join us at the Show Room at the ZACC for a spirited night of jazz classics and standards performed by Patti Nolan & Friends, with Patti on vocals, Ben Schuberg on piano, Pete Hand on bass, Graeme Pletscher on saxophone, and Ed Stalling on drums. For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
Redbush w/ Mido Skip & DeLorean Deluxe
Tuesday, July 25 // Door at 7:30 PM // Show at 8 PM // $10 // $15 Artist Supporter Ticket Redbush is a New Mexico-based rock band whose performances have been hailed as energetic, exciting, and (most importantly) fun! The band plays a compelling mix of 90s influenced alternative flavors, sarcastically described by founding member and principal songwriter JD Korpitz as “a shameless Toadies rip-off band”. A closer look under the hood of this 20 year-old entity reveals far more depth beyond such a label. Redbush features big snarling guitar riffs atop winding well-composed rhythms juxtaposed with catchy melodies and carefully crafted lyrics that venture into the dark characteristic minds of all stripes: funny, caustic, and sardonic. These forlorn ne’er do wells greet most problems with a wink and an invitation to a smoke and PBR (or in this case, Montucky). From the great city of Missoula, Mido Skip started out as a simple idea, formulating into one of the biggest conspiracies to date. It is said that on a full moon you can hear the mad ravings of the nü-emo band from abandoned alleyways. Have you captured a glimpse of this enigmatic event? If you’re lucky enough, it could change how you look at yourself, and the world as you know it. DeLorean Deluxe is a brand new project bringing well crafted compositions and melodies – their upbeat progressive pop-punk sound is not to miss. For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
Swamp Ritual, w/ The Gray Goo & Runecaller
Sunday, July 23 // Door at 7:30 PM // Show at 8 PM // $10 // $15 Artist Supporter Ticket Swamp Ritual’s drum and bass combo listens like a herd of mammoths: crushing, heavy, and definitely something you don’t get every day. The Gray Goo is a musical trio that hails from The Flathead Valley in Northwestern Montana. The Goo takes a unique and proggy take on the psychedelic genres, creating a fantastical journey through realms of Doom Metal, Funk, Psyche Rock, Punk, and even Bluegrass and Disco. From Fuzzed out guitar riffs to atmospheric synthy breaks, and shready bass. The Gray Goo Consumes You. Runecaller is gnarly, riff packed, blackened stoner/sludge from Great Falls. For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
**CANCELLED** Crimson Skye w/ Maria Zepeda & Gabrielle Tusberg
**THIS PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN CANCELLED**Saturday, July 22 // Door at 7:30 PM // Show at 8 PM // $10 // $15 Artist Supporter Ticket Crimson Skye is a California based singer-songwriter that has been writing and producing her own albums since 2014. She loves to take her music on the road and is currently in the midst of a PNW tour. Skye was named Bakersfield’s Artist of the Year at the Bakersfield Music Awards in 2020 as well as Band of the Year in 2021. Skye’s performances over the years have garnered her a multi-generational following, leading to thousands of albums sold. Years ago, Skye coined the term “Raw Music for the People” to encompass the intention behind her music. “I use my music to heal myself and to heal my fellow people.” Maria Zepeda lives to express through creation. Whether that is through song, advocacy, community, or connection, she expresses with a loving passion that encourages others to find their loving passion too. Her larger than life presence invites you to take a closer look at the ways we can live in love for ourselves, each other, and our planet. Gabrielle Tusberg is a singer-songwriter from Portland, OR. She has been writing her own music since high school and enjoys conveying deep emotion with her raw and honest lyrics. She is inspired by female artists like Jewel and Fiona Apple and hopes to come out with a complete album by fall of 2023. For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
Calamity Cowboy w/ Jules Jensen & Jolene Green
Thursday, July 20 // Door at 7:30 PM // Show at 8 PM // $10 // $15 Artist Supporter Ticket Calamity Cowboy was created in a petri dish by a mad scientist in 1943. Some might describe their sound as “bootgaze”. Calamity Cowboy forever. Jolene Green, and her neo soul/fusion band Order of the Sunshine Deity, are based out of Missoula MT. The band has Connor Racicot on keys, Llwyn Clark-Gaynor on drums, Evan Nesbitt on bass, Cameron Kinney on guitar, Cade Chastain on alto sax, Sean Stineford on trombone and Jolene Green on vocals/tenor sax. The band was started by its frontwoman, Jolene, and plays her original music which is a blend of jazz, low-fi, soul, hip hop, and metal. The band members are all former or current top music students at the University of Montana and use their formal training to create a sound that is new, unique, and informed. Jules Jensen plays acoustic music inspired by Elliott Smith, Pigeon Pit, Flatsound, Plumtree, and most importantly, her friends. For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
Reddenhollow w/ koby. & Dylan Running Crane
Wednesday, July 19 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15 Artist Supporter Ticket “Reddenhollow songs have a way of wrapping around one’s life. Truly listening to them feels like stepping into a river. The separation between Taylor Moses’s melody, story, and my own heart disappears and before I can articulate or understand it, the songs speak my own story – a witness to my secret grief and to my rising dreams. I would like to turn my body into smoke, mist, rain, light and let these songs take me somewhere sacred. The unique timbre, grit and depth to Taylor’s voice sounds something ancient. Taylor takes us on one journey. The soft moments are so beautifully fragile that they allow me to walk through them while wounded, and suddenly throughout, Taylor’s voice takes us and the loving resolve and almost righteous anger become enough to pull us out of our suffering and onto ever present ground.” – Mimi Gilbert 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. Check out her work with Cry Baby – https://crybabymissoula.bandcamp.com/track/missoula koby. is a local heart-song sorcerer, delivering symbol and story through the tender simplicity of guitar and voice. His music ferries listeners down a slow river where each song is a dream materialized through melody, magic made manifest for the enjoyment of forever. For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
Summer Soirée with the Ed Norton Big Band
Sunday, July 16 // Door at 7 PM // Music at 7:30 PM // $15 General Admission Get your dancing shoes on and spend a summer 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/.
