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Genre: Concerts

Salt and Shadow w/ Wes Urbaniak and the Mountain Folk

Saturday, July 11 // Doors at 7:00 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $12 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter     Fronted by two female vocalists whose voices weave and harmonize throughout each song, Salt & Shadow is anchored by atmospheric guitars, cinematic textures, and a cello that doesn’t sit in the background…it sings alongside them. The result is hypnotic, heavy, and deeply spiritual, echoing the moody expanse of Pink Floyd, the harmonic richness of Fleetwood Mac, and the emotional unease of Radiohead.      Wes Urbaniak is an amalgamation of songwriting, storytelling and unique craftsmanship. His music is real, honest, bold and a little odd in the best way possible. The experiences of his life have created stories through his songs. He pushes the limits within the human mind while opening up the possibilities for the human spirit to explore what’s dwelling within. There are so many special things about this band and its music, its artistic – through reclamation – endeavors, and its call to persist through the hard things is exceptional. For instance, even the instruments represent the story of the music. Each instrument contains original reclaimed Red Rocks Amphitheater bench redwood – *Wes is the Luthier behind the magical matter. You should watch the band try to explain it in its most simplest way. By listening to the music and thumbing through the story you’ll discover one of the most beautiful efforts whispered into song in these times while finding what’s good and holding care for the world we live in. It has been a bit of a destiny for Wes Urbaniak to bring his music through these instruments out into the world.

Shark Buffalo w/ The Absent Wilson Conspiracy

Tuesday, July 14 // Doors at 7:00 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $12 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter   Fast Get Away: an evening journey through contemporary jazz compositions and improvisation with Shark Buffalo and the Absent Wilson Conspiracy. (Painting by Paula Wittner)  https://paulawittner.com/   Two bands, a handful of original compositions, and boundless possibilities.  The Absent Wilson Conspiracy explores acoustic and electric jazz through spacious original compositions and contemporary standards. Drawn by a deep love of the collective improvisation at the heart of jazz,  the ‘conspirators share a belief that the essence of a song is the shape of the story- its journey through emotion and sound. While each tune is written in the notes on the page, each journey is entirely its own, moving through the spaces between the notes and beyond.   Who the hell is Shark Buffalo, that mysterious übergroup from a long-forgotten Missoula music scene of yore? More importantly, what the hell IS a shark buffalo? Do you picture a buffalo’s body with a shark’s head, like some kind of aquatic centaur? Or do you prefer to envision an elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton fused with the head and torso of a bearded bovinae? I digress. Shark Buffalo is comprised of a holy musical trinity: Keys, Drums, and Trumpet, with Cove Jasmin, Emmet Ore, and Nathan Crawford.

Deadharrie w/ Sophie Bell

Wednesday, July 8 // Doors at 7:00 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $12 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter     Like a train glued to the tracks by its sheer weight and inertia, Deadharrie chugs on relentlessly. In the age of quick fixes and short attention spans, Harrie counters with lyric heavy, chronicles of love and longing, addiction, and the reconciliation of death in its many forms. Wrapping up his ninth studio LP in 2026, solo singer songwriter William Harries has no plans of slowing down, or hastening his pace for that matter. He simply wishes to sink further into his rhythm, honing his craft the old fashioned way. Songwriting in its truest form, impervious to the pressures of the modern world and self promoting nature of the music industry.

Sunday Swing! w/ Ed Norton Big Band

Sunday, July 5 // Doors & Lessons at 6:30 PM // Show at 7 PM // $10 // $15 for 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/.

John Moreland w/ Georgia Maq

Wednesday, October 14 // Doors at 7:00 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $25 ADV // $30 DOS   Georgia Maq became something of a local hero as the leader of revered punk trio Camp Cope, calling out music industry sexism over fearsome indie rock salvos while garnering widespread international acclaim. In late 2019, Maq surprised everyone by releasing her solo debut, Pleaser, a refreshingly bright and catchy missive of electro-pop tunes about heartbreak and love. A suite of singles in ‘Someone Stranger’ with Alice Ivy, ‘Joe Rogan’, ‘tropical lush ice’ and live EP recorded at the Sydney Opera House showcase the breadth of her taste and range. Ever since, Georgia has chased a more genuine form of pop music in her solo career, a vision hat retains all of the glamour and universality but feels unburdened from capitalist underpinnings. Mining the evergreen themes of romantic, sexual and self-love, Georgia Maq’s solo venture was not so much a transformation as it was a revelation. Opening up on her vulnerabilities and heartbreaks, her continued evolution is far beyond the Greek girl from Naarm that first set fire to the rain.

Pride Revival Comedy Night

Thursday, June 19 // Door at 7:30 PM, Show at 8 PM // $15-$20 + $3 Pride Fee   Join the funniest queer stand-up comedians from around Missoula and across Montana for a night of LGBTQ+ jokes and laughter, all at our favorite non-profit community arts venue, the ZACC! Please note that This show contains R-rated material!    These shows will sell out, so get your tickets in advance!    This year features the following comedians:      Betty McPhee Nathan St Onge Nathan George Ian St Onge Gracie Pisano Ken Hamm Serena Palmer Freya Halland Aubrey Juden Kris Speroski Sarah Aswell    This show is wheelchair accessible — please contact the ZACC for more accessibility information.      *Please note that an additional $3 Pride Fee will be added to each ticket, and all funds collected from this particular fee will be donated to the Western Montana LGBTQ+ Center in support of all their efforts to organize Missoula Pride.

Willing Hands w/ Penis Envy, Elephant Graveyard, and Dirty Brother

Tuesday, July 21 // Doors at 7:00 PM // Show at 8:00 PM // $10 ADV // $15 DOS     Willing Hands is a 5 piece Metalcore band from Spokane, WA established in 2024. Lyrical themes revolve around surviving traumatic experiences and living as a queer person in the current political climate.   Penis Envy is SLAMMING FUNGAL DEATH FROM SPOKANE, WA.   Elephant Graveyard is a Slam Deathcore band from the United States.

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