**CANCELED** Boot Juice (Northern CA) w/ Bing Crosberry
This performance has been canceled due to unexpected flooding and lack of running water at the ZACC. Wednesday, January 18 // Door at 7:30 PM // Show at 8 PM // $10 // $15 Tour Supporter Boot Juice is quickly becoming a household name in Northern CA, the PNW and beyond with their legendary high-energy, dancefloor instigating festival and club shows. This high alpine roots rock outfit from the Sierra Nevada foothills (by way of Boise) features strong female and male presence at the front of the stage. The band consists of electric and acoustic guitars, three vocalists, bass, drums, trumpet and alto saxophone. With its heart in Americana songwriting, and an enthralling horn-laden rock’n’roll delivery, Boot Juice is sure to get crowds moving. Inspired by the likes of Railroad Earth and soulful harmonies of Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Band, Boot Juice curates a sound that is uniquely their own, resulting in a layered and dynamic live performance. They are currently in the studio working on their next Q2 2023 full album release and are steamrolling into a huge 2023 festival season. https://www.bootjuicejams.com/ Bing Crosberry is the collaboration of Ryan Belski (guitar), Trevor Riddle (bass) and Cove Jasmin (drums). As a group they explore a variety of genres including jazz, neo soul, hip hop, and more. For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
**CANCELED** Winter Swing Dance w/ Night Blooming Jasmine
This performance has been canceled due to unexpected flooding and lack of running water at the ZACC. Saturday, January 14 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $15 // $12 Students & Seniors Dress your best for the Swing Dance! Join Missoula’s own hot club swing sextet Night Blooming Jasmine for a night of live music and footloose dancing. Night Blooming Jasmine is a swing jazz collective based in Missoula, Montana since 2016. Drawing inspiration from the sound of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli’s Hot Club quintet, NBJ features the angelic voice of Whitni Kent, Geoffrey Taylor’s violin, John Rosett’s mandolin, Angie Janzen’s hypnotic accordion and Jon Schick’s slick six-string guitar. Jeff Turman and Jasper lay down la pomp with guitar and double bass. NBJ has been featured at the Big Sky Django Jazz Festival, the Northwest Folklife Festival, and Jazzoula. Listen:https://geoffreypaultaylor1.bandcamp.com/album/night-blooming-jasmine-live-at-longstaff-house For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.Event image artwork by Courtney Blazon.
**CANCELED** ESP + Motorhome + Norwell – Benefit for Blue Mountain Clinic
This performance has been canceled due to unexpected flooding and lack of running water at the ZACC. Friday, January 13 // Doors at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // Choose Your Ticket Price ($10-$30) // Proceeds Benefit Blue Mountain Clinic Locals ESP, Motorhome, and Norwell play a showcase benefit for Missoula’s Blue Mountain Clinic. Proceeds will support Blue Mountain Clinic’s mission of service to the community and access to abortion care. They describe their aims as providing “…patient-centered, family practice and primary care services to the local community through a choice based perspective…” “Blue Mountain Clinic strives to provide feminist based approaches to health care, education, and advocacy in the region… [and] on the local level to improve policies that have a negative impact on patients’ economic and political access to health care” (https://www.bluemountainclinic.org/, accessed 12/5/2022). For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
**CANCELED** Rob Travolta + Panic Boner + Scuba Steve & the Sharks
This performance has been canceled due to unexpected flooding and lack of running water at the ZACC. Thursday, January 12 // Doors at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15 Artist Supporter Ticket Rob Travolta is the ideal soundtrack for road trips through space and time. Drummer / beat producer Cole Bronson creates dynamic shifts within bassist Rob Cave’s bass lines. Fresh from releasing their new record “Landscapes and Soundscapes” Rob Travolta’s aim is to create thought provoking / heart-felt compositions that keep you on your toes. Panic Boner is Missoula’s premier kamikaze cowboy noise project founded by Dusty Shriver. Influences include racketcore and hard glamgaze. Past collaborators who perform live with Panic Boner include members of PowerPlant, Thee Noise Complaints, and Supersport. Panic Boner’s current line-up is a self-induced improvisational duo – with local painter and main SQUISH head honcho Tricia Opstad who currently performs with stompgrind and yelps – and Dusty, who explores drums, percussion under the influence of psycho magic. They have virtually no entertainment value and are here for anyone who loves the vibe in vibe out experience. Scuba Steve & the Sharks rode a tidal sound wave over the prairie all the way from Billings just to fill your ears with joy. For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
CALIS, Lil Jane, YOUNG POS, A-MAR, Vinny Calibre, 40 Vi$ta, Teoflamezz
Wednesday, January 11 // Doors at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // Free Admission Lil’ Jane Records & the ZACC present an under 20 y/o aspiring group of rap performers based our of Missoula, Montana – makin’ modern style trap and tryin’ to make a name for themselves. Featuring – Caleb Liszak aka CALIS, Keegan Cowan aka Lil Jane, Axel Smetanka aka YOUNG POS, Aidan Margolis aka A-MAR, Calvin Mason aka Vinny Calibre, Seth Pro aka 40 Vi$ta, and Mateo aka Teoflamezz. For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
Holiday Ball with Ed Norton Big Band
Sunday, December 18 // Door at 7 PM // Music & Dancing begins at 7:30 PM // $15 Get into the holiday spirit with an Ed Norton Big Band Holiday Ball! 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/.
Benefit Concert for The Poverello Center w/ John Floridis, Jennifer Slayden, & Ed Stalling
Thursday, December 15 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // Pick Your Ticket Price $10-$50 // Box Office Proceeds Benefit the Poverello Center Missoula guitarist and singer-songwriter John Floridis, along with percussionist Ed Stalling and cellist Jennifer Slayden, will be performing at the ZACC to benefit the Poverello Center in Missoula. The trio will play material from Floridis’ two seasonal releases ‘December’s Quiet Joy’ and ‘The Peaceful Season’ both of which feature his fingerstyle acoustic guitar arrangements of traditional Christmas/winter melodies, as well as original compositions. The trio also includes seasonal vocal tunes, both original and by other artists such as Bruce Cockburn, Patty Larkin, Ben Harper, and John Gorka in the performance. The songs feature lyrics speaking to the journey from darkness to light, seasonally, emotionally, and spiritually. This concert is one of four benefit concerts scheduled by Floridis throughout the week in Missoula, each focusing on a different nonprofit and highlighting different musicians. The concerts welcome the audience to escape the frantic stress that too often pervades the holiday season and relax in an intimate listening environment with music to warm the heart and soul. Floridis is a 25 year Missoula resident and has been recognized as one of the state’s most popular and respected musicians, having performed in a variety of venues, festivals, and concert halls in support of his eight independently released albums. He will be releasing a ninth recording, ‘Thankful’ in early 2023. Floridis has been featured in an Emmy Award winning episode on ‘11th and Grant’ on Montana PBS and is also the host and producer of ‘Musician’s Spotlight’ on Montana Public Radio and ‘Live From Home’ as well, on Montana PBS. This performance is sponsored by Main Street Realty. https://www.mainstreetmissoula.com/ For more information about the concerts and John Floridis visit www.johnfloridis.com. For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
All is Bright: A Night of New Music – w/ Dylan Running Crane, Austin Britton, & Miss A & the Caravan Band
Sunday, December 11 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15 Artist Supporter Ticket Austin Britton cut his teeth musically in the Omaha, NE music scene that produced the likes of Bright Eyes and Simon Joyner. Austin now calls Missoula home and has been playing around town for a couple of years. He has a sound based in robust lyricism and melody. His debut album ‘A Light for the Next Hour’ is on all streaming platforms. Miss A & the Caravan Band is a Missoula based American Folk group led by singer-songwriter Alana D. Damron, aka Miss A & Miss Alaneous on Spotify and iTunes. Miss A was born in Havre, MT but raised in the deep south as a vagabond preacher’s daughter, has traveled the world, and finally found home in the western mountains of Montana. Like a caravan of sojourners who travel together to help each other survive the journey, Miss A has gathered a group of her musical friends to help make her spirited road-tripping tunes for anyone who wants to come along for the ride. The sound of Miss A and the Caravan Band is inspired by Needtobreathe, The Civil Wars, and John Mayer’s 2 Montana Projects. You can find Miss A’s original songs wherever you stream music and join the Caravan Crew at a music venue near you soon! 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. For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
New Old Future – ‘Birds’ Album Release Party! w/ Selling for Free & ESP
Sunday, March 12 (rescheduled from Saturday, December 10) // Doors at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15 Artist Supporter Ticket New Old Future is a four piece garage pop, alt rock, grunge band that has been playing in Missoula for ten years. The members are Logan Heindl on lead guitar, Kyle Campbell on bass, Zach Froehlich on drums, and Bry Froehlich on vox and rhythm guitar. ‘Birds’ is their third studio album. Follow New Old Future @newoldfuture on Instagram or visit newoldfuture.com. Selling for Free is a two piece independent band based in Missoula. Fronted by guitarist and singer Robert Hylbom, and backed up by Caleb Tutty on drums. The band combines elements of post-punk, folk, and pop, into songs that are carefree and danceable, with witty observational lyrics and cultural commentary. ESP is an indie-rock band from Missoula, comprised of Erin Szalda-Petree, Noelle Huser, Duncan Szalda-Petree, Christopher Baumann, and Joe Kirk. ESP released their debut album ‘Backyard’ in December 2020. Erin Szalda-Petree’s songs are a collection of personal moments from her life, exploring themes of embarrassment, everyday life, and familial relationships. For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
Lee Rizzo featuring Jordan Demander, & Gabrielle Tusberg
Friday, December 9 // Doors at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15 Artist Supporter Ticket Lee Rizzo is a humanist folk artist whose music shares raw reflections of the inner and outer world. She serves love. Lee is accompanied by longtime musical companion Jordan Demander. 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. For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.
