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Genre: Concerts

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.

Icarus & Witch Bitch w/ Serpentina, & Look Busy

Tuesday, June 30 // Doors at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $12 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter   Icarus is a Rock band based in Bozeman, MT. The band shares a deep passion for jamming and creating unique art. Their influences include Kyuss, Primus, and a hint of Bob Marley. Icarus has a knack for conjuring diverse soundscapes, described by some as a thrashy Black Sabbath. Their first album Elysian Sun was released in April of 2025. Spotify     Witch Bitch is Doom Surf from Bozeman, MT. Their brand of Cadaver Rock induces immediate Corpse Effluvium.     Serpentina is a new Missoula rawk band. Big drums, big fuzz, big guitars, big vocals. No big deal. Punk-metal-other-stuff influenced if you need to split hairs.     Shuffled and reshuffled from an endless stack of blank paper, scribbled with a thousand thoughtless notes, and emerging from a dramatic cloud of chalk dust, Missoula’s LOOK BUSY (Ken Grinde, Matt Riley, Johannah Kohorst, Drew Fetherolf) meld driving pop and lofty ballads to achieve new dimensions of appearing businesslike and occupied.  

Kaleena Zanders w/ Mic Mercury (18+)

Friday, June 19 // 9:00 Doors // 9:30 Show // $15 ADV // $25 DOS // 18+   A Black, queer powerhouse shaping the future of dance music, Kaleena brings gospel-rooted vocals, house energy, and fearless storytelling to the stage. Her shows feel like revival, high energy, emotional, and built for connection on the dance floor.   https://www.missoulapride.com/event-details/missoula-pride-and-spark1-present-kaleena-zanders-with-mic-mercury      For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.  

Sunday Swing! w/ Ed Norton Big Band

Sunday, June 7 // Doors & Lessons at 6:30 PM // Show at 7 PM // $12 // $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/.

Bill Mize ft. Beth Youngblood & Beth Bramhall w/ Big Sky Light

Wednesday, July 1 // Doors at 7:00 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $12 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter   BigSkyLight creates immersive, improvised acoustic environments rooted in listening, spaciousness, and emotional resonance. Combining the shimmering resonance of handpans with bowed strings and upright bass, the ensemble develops evolving compositions that drift between ambient chamber music, meditative minimalism, and cinematic improvisation. Their performances invite audiences into states of reflection, stillness, wonder, and collective presence — music that feels at once grounded in Montana landscapes and suspended somewhere beyond them.  Links BIGSKYLIGHT Official Website https://www.bigskylightmusic.com BIGSKYLIGHT Bandcamp https://bigskylight.bandcamp.com     Acclaimed Tennessee finger style guitarist Bill Mize will be joined by acoustic instrumentalists Beth Bramhall and Beth Youngblood collaborate to bring audiences transformative musical experiences.    Grammy-winning guitarist Bill Mize is a fitting representative of his Tennessee’s rich musical heritage, floating stylistically between Memphis soul and Appalachian highland melodies. His fingerstyle compositions are lauded as fluid and intricate, and their delivery masterful. “I received most of my musical education from a cheap Zenith radio,” says Mize, who as a child drifted off to sleep to the decidedly non-sleepy lullabyes emanating from Nashville’s WLAC and WSM and Knoxville’s WNOX. Maybe that’s why critics speak of  his ability to “transport” the listener; the music itself has been transported. The links to his Tennessee roots are unmistakable, but so are the elements of the far wider musical realm he inhabits. Mize has performed nationwide at acoustic music festivals, listening rooms, guitar shows, and concert series since the 1980s. With his recent CD release, The Southwind, he continues to selectively share his innovative heartfelt, zen-tinged, soul arrangements. Bill Mize emerged in the late 80s with an innovative and influential wave of acoustic guitarists as part of the Windham Hill Guitar Sampler. Bill established himself with a signature sound reflective of his influences of Appalachian highland melodies and Memphis soul. As an independent musician, he has gone on take the top prize of the Winfield National Fingerstyle Guitar Competition, receive a GRAMMY Award for his collaboration with renowned musician and storyteller David Holt, and appear at venues and festivals around the country. In 2009 and 2013, Bill’s music appeared in the  Ken Burns documentaries “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea” and “Country Music.” BILLMIZE.com

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