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                                <title>Threshold Live!</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 hours ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/threshold-live/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Tuesday, October 27 // Doors at 6:30 PM // Show at 7:00 PM // $15 &#160; &#160; Threshold Live is an in-person, real-time incarnation of the Peabody Award-winning podcast, Threshold. The show will feature four performers on stage, and together they&#8217;ll weave together story, music, and sounds from the more-than-human world to create a unique, immersive sonic experience. &#160; https://www.thresholdpodcast.org/&#160;]]></description>
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                                <title>Public Acid and Invertebrates w/ Sick Joke and &#8216;NAM</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 day ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/public-acid-and-invertebrates-w-sick-joke-and-nam/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Wednesday, July 29 // Doors at 7:30 PM // Show at 8:00 PM // $10 ADV // $15 DOS &#160; &#160; 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. &#160; &#8216;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. &#8216;NAM plays short concise bursts of d-beat and metallic crust]]></description>
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                                <title>Ghorot w/ Perfect Blue and &#8216;NAM</title>
                                <eventupdate>3 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/ghorot-w-perfect-blue-and-nam/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 05:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Sunday, September 20 // Doors at 7:00 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 ADV // $15 DOS &#160; &#160; Ghorot is a blackened doom-metal trio formed in Boise, ID in Ghorot is a blackened doom-metal trio formed in Boise, ID in&#160;2019 by Carson Russel (Ealdor Bealu), Brandon Walker&#160;(ex-Ghost Tours), and Chad Remains (ex-Uzala). The band's&#160;first ful-length album Loss of Light was released in 2021 onTransylvanian Recordings (Oakland, CA) and Inverse Records&#160;(Jyv &#228; skyl &#228; , Finland), and received significant national and&#160;international attention. The band toured in support of the&#160;record throughout the Pacific Northwest in 2021 and the&#160;Southwest in 2022 including 2 performances each at Crucial Festin Salt Lake City and Treefort Music Fest in Boise.&#160;Wound, Ghorot&#8217; s sophomore ful-length album, was released on Wound, Ghorot&#8217; s sophomore ful-length album, was released on&#160;October 6th, 2023 on Lay Bare Recordings (Nijmegen,&#160;Netherlands), King of the Monsters Records (Phoenix, AZ), and&#160;Transylvanian Recordings (Oakland, CA), and immediately&#160;became an album of the year contender throughout the&#160;international underground metal scene. The band set out on an&#160;18- date Western US tour with Sacramento's doom/sludge trio&#160;Chrome Ghost in support of the record, their longest and most&#160;successful tour to date.&#160;Ghorot&#8217; s highly anticipated third ful-length record is slatedfor an April 2026 release on Lay Bare Recordings and King of&#160;the Monsters Records. Ghorot is prepared to bring their&#160;blasphemous atrocities to eager crowds across the globe.. YOU&#160;are not ready!WOUND &#160; 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.]]></description>
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                                <title>Daisy Chain Fest 2026</title>
                                <eventupdate>3 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/daisy-chain-fest-2026-2/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 02:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Saturday, August 15 // Doors at 5:30 // Show at 6:00 PM // $20 &#160; 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&#8217;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&#8217;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&#8217;s mission is to elevate and connect Missoula talent with other arts communities across the country &#38; world by curating and hosting traveling performing artists.]]></description>
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                                <title>Daisy Chain Fest 2026</title>
                                <eventupdate>3 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/daisy-chain-fest-2026/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 02:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Friday, August 14 // Doors at 5:30 // Show at 6:00 PM // $15 &#160; Tickets here &#160; Lineup: PillowcaseNonbinary GirlfriendFemme CellBrand New CompanionThe Love Darts &#160; 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&#8217;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&#8217;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&#8217;s mission is to elevate and connect Missoula talent with other arts communities across the country &#38; world by curating and hosting traveling performing artists.]]></description>
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                                <title>Western Union</title>
                                <eventupdate>7 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/western-union-7/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 03:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Sunday, August 23 // Door at 6:30 PM // Show at 7 PM // $12 // $15 GA + Dance Lesson // $15-$20 Artist Supporter&#160; &#160; Dance lessons with Lindy Hop begin at 6:30 &#160; Louie and Kimberlee are founding members of Montana&#8217;s hottest Texas swing band Western Union, with bandmates David Horgan and Beth Lo from one of Montana&#8217;s most renowned jazz and R&#38;B bands-the Big Sky Mudflaps. They have the distinction of being the only Montana band to play at the Montana Folk Festival (July 2016) in addition to opening for Marty Stewart (Sept 2015) and Colorado&#8217;s renowned Hot Rize (July 2015). Where jazz meets country, Western Union is Montana&#8217;s favorite &#8220;countrypolitan&#8221; western swing band, specializing in classic Texas Swing &#38; Honky Tonk music. With electric and acoustic guitars, standup bass, pedal steel guitar, and drums &#8211; plus sharp-as-a-tack lead vocals and vocal harmonies &#8212; Western Union delivers the true-blue sound of grassroots America.&#160; &#160; All tickets are general admission. Artist Supporter Tickets are a way for patrons to provide more financial support to performers. &#160; For further information, accessibility, and inquiries please visit https://www.zootownarts.org/meet-the-zacc/about/.]]></description>
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                                <title>Armed for Apocalypse</title>
                                <eventupdate>7 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/armed-for-apocalypse/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 02:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Monday, September 21 // Doors at 7:30 // Show at 8:00 PM // $15 ADV // $20 DOS &#160; Armed for Apocalypse came from nowhere and nothing. The sludgy five-piece from the small Northern California college town of Chico have worked relentlessly to leave their imprint on metal. Through tours across Europe, around the states and up and down the West Coast, they've continued to spread their name in the best way possible: word of mouth. They don't play dress-up and they don't turn down. They just play crushing songs that go from slow to slower, from muck to mire, from mosh to circle-pit. And sometimes they'll make a left turn and end up at epic. Simply put, it's rock 'n' roll music tuned way down and pissed way off. The upcoming full-length, "The Road Will End," promises to be a complex study in heaviness. One finger chords and single string riffs, complicated by sophisticated voicings and even an occasional solo. No triggers, no wanky "shredding," no posturing, no cowardice, no frills. http://www.armedforapocalypse.com/&#160;&#160;]]></description>
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                                <title>Andrea Harsell Band</title>
                                <eventupdate>8 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/andrea-harsell-band/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 02:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Friday, August 7 // Doors at 7:00 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $12 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter &#160; Andrea Harsell is a Montana singer-songwriter with more than three decades of experience bringing her soulful voice, lived-in songwriting, and magnetic stage presence to audiences across the United States and abroad. Rooted in folk, blues, country, bluegrass, and jazz, Andrea&#8217;s songs are known for their emotional honesty, authenticity, and deeply human storytelling. For this special birthday concert, Andrea is joined by Laurie Banks on bass and vocals, Don Teschner on fiddle, mandolin, lap steel, harmonica, ukulele, and vocals, and Louie Bond on guitar. Together, the Andrea Harsell Band moves easily from intimate, heartfelt songs to rich harmonies and lively stomp-and-holler roots music. Andrea has opened for artists including The Avett Brothers, The Wailers, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and Old 97&#8217;s. Her music is featured in the documentary A Place (Sort Of): The Ultimate Missoula Movie.]]></description>
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                                <title>Brian Huntress w/ Mild Mannered Janitor &amp; Jules Jensen</title>
                                <eventupdate>8 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/brian-huntress-w-mild-mannered-janitor-jules-jensen/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Saturday, July 25 // Doors at 7:00 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $12 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter &#160; &#160; Brian Huntress is an internet-based creator, songwriter, producer, and performance artist working at the intersection of punk and indie rap. From online art tutorials and art history deep dives to speaker-bursting hip hop beats and chaotic acoustic guitar, he makes music and media unlike any other artist. &#160; &#160; https://www.brianhuntress.net/ &#160; &#160; Jules Jensen plays acoustic music inspired by Elliott Smith, Pigeon Pit, Flatsound, Plumtree, and most importantly, her friends.]]></description>
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                                <title>Red Cross Blood Drive</title>
                                <eventupdate>8 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/red-cross-blood-drive/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Monday, August 31 // 11am-4pm &#160; &#160; Schedule your appointment here! &#160; You must be in good health and feeling well You must be at least 16 years old in most states You must weigh at least 110 lbs Learn more about donating blood here.]]></description>
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                                <title>Sunday Swing! w/ Ed Norton Big Band</title>
                                <eventupdate>10 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/sunday-swing-w-ed-norton-big-band-8/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 01:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Sunday, August 2 // Doors &#38; 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 &#8211; 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/.]]></description>
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                                <title>Hudson Powder Company w/ Kyle Curtis and the Promised Lands</title>
                                <eventupdate>11 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/hudson-powder-company-w-kyle-curtis-and-the-promised-lands/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 20:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Monday, July 27 // Doors at 7:00 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $12 ADV // $15 DOS &#160; Hudson Powder Company&#8217;s music is about synesthesia - where a person perceives certain sounds as having distinct colors or tastes. I have a mild case of it - whenever I hear a univibe pedal I get the feeling that the sound it is making is somehow purple. In my view, every band that&#8217;s worth anything does a kind of painting with synesthetic associations. A single sound might have a color, but the great bands and artists are the ones who knew how to make the right colors play together in some way. I don&#8217;t know of anyone ever trying to &#8220;paint&#8221; Idaho and the Inland Northwest in this way - trying to uproot this kind of mood that&#8217;s implicit in our landscapes. That mood was already in nature, wanting out. Our group is trying to let it out, in one way. But I do believe that the Lexicon LXP-1 Digital Reverb &#8220;sounds&#8221; like a blue sagebrush, the bass guitar &#8220;sounds&#8221; like volcanic basalt somehow. The lyrics to the songs are what they are, they just say what they mean like any other lyric. But they&#8217;re supposed to be set against a kind of backdrop - the high desert that most people fly over or drive through and never pay much mind to. There&#8217;s something there though, some kind of a landscape of sounds that has been mostly ignored&#8230; like a fossil. Thanks for reading. Spotify &#160; Kyle Curtis &#38; the Promised Lands, considered by many to be Missoula's hottest 7-piece soul revival act (and not just because all the other acts in town are merely sextet and under), have but one goal in mind: let the people dance. After honing their skills at the UM School of Music and through the streets of Missoula, Kyle Curtis &#38; the Promised Lands are ready to serve Missoula&#8217;s ears (trained or untrained), fuel their passions, and move their feet. &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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                                <title>Diles que no me maten</title>
                                <eventupdate>11 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/diles-que-no-me-maten/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 19:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Wednesday, October 28 // Doors at 7:00 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $15]]></description>
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                                <title>Missoula MiniGolf</title>
                                <eventupdate>11 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/missoula-minigolf/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 19:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Saturday, August 8 // 10:00 AM- Midnight // $12 General Admission &#160; &#160; Beat the heat and join us in the Show Room for Missoula MiniGolf!&#160; All ages, all are welcome!]]></description>
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                                <title>Malcolm Contreras &amp; Soup D&#8217;Jour w/ Orange Vanilla &amp; Golem Pink</title>
                                <eventupdate>13 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/malcolm-contreras-soup-djour-w-orange-vanilla-golem-pink/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 02:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Thursday, August 6 // Doors at 7:30 PM // Show at 8:00 PM // $10 ADV // $15 DOS &#160; &#160; Malcolm and his band are a 4 piece consisting of Lane Ulberg, Delaney Wirtala, and Evan Right. These folks put on a spectacular spectacle, only seen about once every two months that ranges from indie rock to shoegaze to ambient music, folk, and bedroom pop.&#160; &#160; &#160; Have you ever seen that video of Bob Dylan asking a bunch of kids on the street if they listen to Ratt? This is kind of like that, except Orange Vanilla&#160;(members of Cheap City, Bochek, Mutter, Shaylee,&#160;Golem Pink, etc) are mostly trans and don't look or sound like Bob Dylan OR Ratt. Cute music for ugly times and vice versa. Piano led kinda cabaret punk stuff for people whose gender expression is at least a little wrapped up in their feelings about the teacher from Matilda. &#160; Here's where you can listen to them:&#160;https://orangevanilla.bandcamp.com/track/everybodys-talkin-bout-the-weather-demo &#160; &#160; GOLEM PINK makes collage music. Furious music for gentle people.Wholehearted music for the easily overwhelmed.GOLEM PINK&#160;is the soft part of hard things.We're so glad you're here.Website/ EPK:&#160;https://golempink.com/]]></description>
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                                <title>The Lowest Pair</title>
                                <eventupdate>16 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/the-lowest-pair/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Thursday, October 8 // Doors at 7:00 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $15 ADV // $18 DOS &#160; The Lowest Pair has questions. The duo, made up of Kendl Winter and Palmer T. Lee, know that we tend to see duality as a problem. We want life to be linear, working through the dark to finally get to the light. Grief to joy, despair to hope, confusion to clarity&#8211;&#8211;not a jangly cycle we can&#8217;t escape. But through their incandescent folk songs, the Lowest Pair often ask: What if we sit with the mess? What if that&#8217;s not just more peaceful, but more magical, too?&#160; On their 8th album Always As Young As We&#8217;ll Ever Be, the Lowest Pair prove that over the last dozen years together, they&#8217;ve become some of modern roots music&#8217;s most mesmerizing, thoughtful purveyors. Produced by Tucker Martine (The Decemberists), the 10-track album puts the duo&#8217;s stark lyricism, string-driven arrangements, and raw compatibility on brilliant display and as a result, Always As Young As We&#8217;ll Ever Be pulses with life. The Lowest Pair&#8217;s musicianship is another beautiful testament not just to playing that breathes, but playing that listens. Winter, who grew up in Arkansas but has lived in Washington State for the last two decades, and Lee, a Minnesota native, first gained attention as poetic singer-songwriters on banjos. While their family of strings has expanded, their fundamental approach hasn&#8217;t: Respond to sounds and stories the other is making.]]></description>
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                                <title>Skadget&#8217;s Album Release Show w/ FLASK &amp; Panic Boner</title>
                                <eventupdate>18 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/skadgets-album-release-show-w-flask-panic-boner/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 19:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Friday, July 24 // Doors at 7:00 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter &#160; &#160; Skadget is a psychedelic dive into the subconscious waters of this hallucination called life. Born in the monster mindscape of Dead Ed, Skadget sat in a stew of bubbling muck for years, unable to find life. But when that seed of a thought finally made contact with Dead's friends D.L. Johnson and Carson Smith (and Juxtabunny in the psyrealms) it was jolted to life as the hydra you see before you! &#160; &#160; FLASK is a new project by Andrew Hunt, Mathew Bainton, Oscar Hunt and Cannon Pearson. Absolutely guaranteed to be a show that has guitars, amps, drums and people singing words and things. Oh and bass too. And keyboards.&#160; &#160; &#160; Panic Boner is an experimental music trio based out of Missoula, Montana. As they don't rely on categorization&#160;or genre for their band, they have been described by audiences as heavy jazz psychedelic or now wave resembling bands like Wolf Eyes, Black Dice, and a more freeform Hella.&#160;P.B. has recently released an album on the chocolate monk label based out the U.K.&#160;]]></description>
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                                <title>Nick Shoulders w/ Riddy Arman</title>
                                <eventupdate>21 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/nick-shoulders-w-riddy-arman/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Friday, July 31 // Doors 7:00 PM // Show 8:00 PM // $20 ADV // $25 DOS &#160; Refugia Blues, the fifth album from songwriter Nick Shoulders, is a record of big ideas and small, intimate moments. Rooted in the acoustic stylings of Southern traditional music, it findsthe Arkansas native turning off his amp and stepping up to a ribbon microphone as a solo performer, singing in a voice that's equal parts country croon, Appalachian yodel, and high-lonesome field holler. Shoulders' interpretation of American roots music has always been more progressive and punky than the trucks-and-beers conservatism that passes for modern-day country, and Refugia Blues offers songs about climate collapse, radical anthropology, and generative disruption. It balances the macro with the micro, too, making room for love songs and personal topics, packaging humor alongside heavy insights. At once academic and accessible, Refugia Blues isn't just a deep dive into southernness, but also into Shoulders himself. This is a raw, resolute version of American country music, stacked high with songs that go down easy but linger in the minds of those willing to invest the time. &#160; Riddy&#160;Arman&#160;is a Montana-based singer-songwriter whose music is shaped by stark storytelling, solitude, and the emotional weight of life lived on the move. Carried by a voice that feels both weathered and deeply intimate, her songs balance grit with vulnerability, blending stripped down country and folk traditions with unflinching emotional honesty. After gaining widespread attention through her viral Western AF performance,&#160;Arman&#160;released her debut album through La Honda Records and quickly established herself as one of the most compelling emerging voices in independent country music. Currently touring new material and bringing her deeply intimate live show across the country,&#160;Riddy&#160;Arman&#160;delivers the kind of performance that leaves a room silent in all the right ways]]></description>
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                                <title>Bound</title>
                                <eventupdate>24 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/bound/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 20:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Sunday, September 27 // 9:30 AM&#160; &#160; BOUND is a two-day immersive bookish experience in the heart of Missoula, Montana. Designed for readers who crave atmosphere, connection, storytelling, and a touch of the extraordinary, BOUND brings together authors, artists, and readers for a weekend unlike any other. From elegant evening indulgence to intimate literary conversations, every detail has been curated to transport you beyond the ordinary.&#160; &#160; Guests will enjoy breakfast, an intimate author panel, opportunities for audience-submitted questions, author signings, and private access to the curated bookish marketplace before it opens to the public. Seating is limited to the capacity of the theater to ensure a comfortable and engaging experience.&#160; Author Signings To ensure every guest has the opportunity to meet participating authors, signings will be limited to five pre-owned books per attendee.&#160; Audience Questions Attendees will receive a submission form before the event and may submit questions for participating authors in advance.&#160; Age Requirement Day Two is open to all ages.&#160; Day Two Agenda 9:30 AM &#8211; Breakfast 10:00 AM &#8211; Author Panel 11:30 AM &#8211; Private Market Access 1:00 PM &#8211; Public Market Opens&#160; &#160; Purchase tickets here!]]></description>
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                                <title>Silkworm</title>
                                <eventupdate>28 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/silkworm/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Tuesday August 25 // Doors at 7:00 PM // Show at 8:00 PM // $25 &#160; SILKWORM is a storied and beloved rock band, revered among many of those in the know. From western Montana by way of Seattle and Chicago, &#8220;the Worm&#8221; is the subject of an upcoming book (Lay It Down in Full View), a feature-length documentary (Couldn't You Wait: The Story of Silkworm), and gratifyingly detailed essays across a variety of publications both print and online.&#160; Most importantly, the band released nine richly distinctive, influential albums and "a bunch" of singles, EPs, and compilations over an eighteen-year period, as well as touring worldwide in North America, Europe, and Asia, notably playing every state in the continental USA except Delaware. Joel R.L. Phelps founded Silkworm in 1987 and left the band in 1994. Andy Cohen, Tim Midyett, and Michael Dahlquist continued on as a trio for many prolific, creatively fertile years thereafter. The group disbanded immediately&#8211;and apparently permanently&#8211;upon Michael&#8217;s horrific murder in July 2005.&#160; In late July 2024, the surviving band members realized they would be in the same place at the same time&#8211;at a weekend-long memorial for their longtime engineer Steve Albini. They decided to reunite officially for a short set there to pay tribute to their dear friend. Jeff Panall (Songs: Ohia and Tim's band Mint Mile) joined them on drums. The experience of playing together as a quartet for the first time in thirty years was highly emotional and rewarding. The four of them discussed trying to regroup for some additional events...which led them to poking at the best possible options for doing so. After a quite successful summer and fall of shows in the central US in 2025, they are setting out on tour in May (central/eastern US) and August (western US) of 2026.JOEL R.L. PHELPS - Telecaster, vocals ANDREW COHEN - lead guitar, vocals TIMOTHY MIDYETT - bass, vocals JEFF PANALL - drums &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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                                <title>John Moreland w/ Georgia Maq</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/john-moreland-w-georgia-maq/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Wednesday, October 14 // Doors at 7:00 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $25 ADV // $30 DOS &#160; 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&#8217;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.]]></description>
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                                <title>Jason Salmon</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/jason-salmon/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 01:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[October 1 // Doors at 7:00 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $20 ADV // $25 DOS &#160; Jason is a Texas born, NYC based standup whose comedy has been described as &#8220;&#8230;like getting the best advice you&#8217;ve ever gotten&#8230;from the dumbest guy you know.&#8221; Jason&#8217;s performed all over the world including for the troops in Europe, South America, &#38; Afghanistan. His standup special: BISCUITS and GRAVITY can be watched right now on YouTube. He&#8217;s been featured in Red Dead Redemption 2, Orange is the New Black, HBO, Comedy Central, At Home with Amy Sedaris, Hulu&#8217;s Wu Tang Clan Series, and 30 Rock. Hour Special Instagram Facebook&#160; TikTok]]></description>
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                                <title>Jeffrey Foucault</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/jeffrey-foucault/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Thursday, September 17 // Doors at 7:00 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $25 ADV // $30 DOS &#160; &#160; In two decades on the road Jeffrey Foucault has become one of the most distinctive voices in American music, refining a sound instantly recognizable for its simplicity and emotional power. With a string of critically acclaimed studio albums &#8211;&#160;&#8220;Stark, literate songs that are as wide open as the landscape of his native Midwest&#8221;&#160;(The New Yorker),&#160;&#8220;Beat-up troubadour folk whittled to dolorous perfection&#8221;&#160;(Uncut), &#8220;Songwriting Brilliance,&#8221; (Irish Times) &#8211; he&#8217;s built a brick-and-mortar international touring career and a devoted following, one that includes luminaries like Van Dyke Parks, Greil Marcus, and Don Henley. &#160; In September of 2024 Jeffrey Foucault released THE UNIVERSAL FIRE (Fluff &#38; Gravy, 9/6/24), his first album of entirely new material since 2018. A series of high-voltage performances cut live in one room, the album is both a working wake &#8211; Foucault lost his best friend and drummer Billy Conway, to cancer in 2021 &#8211; and a meditation on the nature of beauty, artifact, and loss. Augmenting Foucault&#8217;s all-star band with members of Calexico and Bon Iver (drummer John Convertino and producer/saxophonist Mike Lewis) THE UNIVERSAL FIRE sets Conway&#8217;s death against the massive 2008 fire at the Universal Studios lot in California that destroyed the master recordings of some of our bedrock American music, to interrogate ideas about mortality, legacy, meaning, and calling.]]></description>
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                                <title>Sturtz Duo w/ Heavy Diamond Ring</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/sturtz-duo-w-heavy-diamond-ring/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 20:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Wednesday, July 22 // Doors at 7:00 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $12 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter &#160; NPR&#8217;s All Songs Considered described Sturtz as &#8220;a reassuring breath of fresh air that pulls me back to simpler times."The group is serene and folksy, with melodic vocals soaring over the lower string instrumentals. Sturtz released their second studio album Hyacinth in September 2024, and they're hard at work writing songs for their next album now. When they&#8217;re not playing music, you&#8217;ll probably find them&#160; gardening, honing in on their photography skills, or parading their giant dog around town. &#160; Some things are just meant to last. When Sarah Anderson and Paul DeHaven met and began playing together in 2004, they had no idea just how deep the well of their musical partnership would prove to be. After the disbanding of indie-folk sweethearts Paper Bird, the duo founded Heavy Diamond Ring and never looked back. HDR is the culmination (thus far) of their signature sound, a fountain of open-hearted, folk-rock, steeped in vocal harmony and group synergy. Led by Anderson's smooth-as-honey vocals and DeHaven's rugged guitar chops, the band has been described as "open-road, long drive music", having "a little bit of twang, and a whole lot of beef&#8221;, and their live show as "infectious and contagious". The band is rounded out by veteran knockouts Blake Stepan (bass), Mike Lang (keys), and Orion Tate Ignelzi (drums). Their second full-length LP, "All Out of Angels", out this fall, was produced by Ben Wysocki (the Fray) and Mark Anderson and features a duet with Nathaniel Rateliff. Out now on Cowboy Cowabunga Recordings.&#160; "Heavy Diamond Ring creates a sound that feels as classic as rolling down the windows in the summer - a super highway to a new frontier." -303 Magazine "...a helping of contemporary indie-folk that goes down easy, augmented by some subtle, snaky guitar work, walls of harmony vocals and Anderson's attention-grabbing vocals." -CS Indy&#160;]]></description>
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                                <title>Joe Kaplow&#8217;s Homestead Gold w/ Izaak Opatz</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/joe-kaplows-homestead-gold-w-izaak-opatz/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 17:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Wednesday, September 2 // Doors at 7 PM // Show at 8 PM // $15 ADV // $18 DOS &#160; Before I started my career I had a choice: to take over my parent's thoroughbred farm in New Jersey or pursue music full time in California and relinquish the farm to sale.&#160; I still wonder what life would have looked like had I stayed, but who can resist the gold rush?&#160; Besides, I plan to get back there one day on another farm with some other red barn.&#160; My music comes from life&#8217;s moments -- smelling 4 acres of freshly cut grass, watching the steam from a horse's breath in the early morning, finally holding the neck of my guitar after holding bridles and worn wooden handles all day.&#160; 4000 acres of freshly burnt wildfire, watching the steam from the Pacific Ocean's breath in the early morning, finally holding the neck of my guitar after clutching the worn steering wheel of the tour van all day.&#160;&#160; Now my reality is in Bonny Doon, CA, where mountains meet the sea. I am in my recording studio, aptly named Hippie Cowboy, every day.&#160; Slow and steady; keep it fun, stay engaged.&#160; All for the moment when the song finally sounds right.&#160; My dad passed away a couple years ago -- his bullwhip is on the wall, his Harley is in the driveway. He visits me in dreams, and oh, the moment I wake up!&#160; Sometimes I write for him. Sometimes for my mom, who I hope will move out to California soon. &#160; Maybe she could volunteer at an equestrian center...&#160; A person is made from their moments, like their music is made.&#160; I know this is a bio but I shouldn't have to say much.&#160; Listen to the record.&#160; If I've done my job well, you will know me by the end. &#160; Spotify // Bandcamp // Instagram // Facebook&#160;]]></description>
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                                <title>Bart Budwig w/ Junior</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/bart-budwig-w-junior/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 19:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Sunday, August 9 // 7:30 PM Show // 7:00 PM Doors // $15 &#160; Bart Budwig is a son of Idaho, a cosmic country crooner, a rousing trumpet player, and cryin&#8217;-style soul singer. His music is made up of seemingly incongruous parts; thrum &#38; strum country rhythms, jazz guitar melodies, R&#38;B vocals. When Bart sings he draws out words into meditative mantras, whole note neologisms that keep you hanging on until his raspy voice trails off in a ragged edge. His forthcoming album, Another Burn On The AstroTurf (January 24, 2020, Fluff and Gravy Records) was recorded over five days by a seven-piece band inside the OK Theater. It&#8217;s a melancholy rhapsody that recalls the uncorked rock n&#8217; roll spirituality of king mystic Van Morrison, the gloomy nostalgia of dark prince Nick Drake and the songcraft sans self-seriousness of 70s Muscle Shoals. Like those psycho-spiritual song crafters, his power comes from vocal idiosyncrasies &#8211; intonations of love, impermanence, hope, humor. The album opens with Budwig originals &#8220;Time For Two&#8221;, &#8220;First To Go&#8221;, and &#8220;Strong Coffee&#8221;&#8211; originally presented with just solo guitar (and crackling wood stove) on the album Sabai. The songs are recorded here live, full band, in medley, with hot electric guitar, woody double bass, and drums. The band electrifies and scourges the flesh of the songs into fully formed folk rock stunners. There is what the Romans called a &#8220;divine lustre&#8221; about Bart Budwig. His blonde hair and beard wrap around his collar,and frame his smile in a nimbus of gold. His radiance belies the loyalty he commands of an army of talent. He&#8217;d sooner tell you a joke than reveal to you he&#8217;s recorded dozens of albums and hundreds of songs in the last few years. Bart&#8217;s mastery of dramatic irony turns his work with complex emotional states of being into comforting, uplifting, relatable music. It&#8217;s this ability to combine tragedy and comedy in his humanist hallelujahs that makes Budwig a gravitational force and industry chimera. The studio general, the clown prince, the sensitive songwriter with a rugged voice. The soul singer with a cosmic country band. The creator of a folk universe drawing musicians from everywhere to the middle of nowhere. It&#8217;s this juxtaposition that makes Another Burn On The AstroTurfanother success for Bart Budwig, and a must listen for you. - Sean Jewell]]></description>
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                                <title>The Dose: Psychedelic Comedy Show (21+)</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/the-dose-psychedelic-comedy-show-21/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Sunday October 4 // Doors/Pre-Show DJ Set 6:30 PM // Comedy Show 7:30 PM&#160; // $20 ADV // $25 DOS // $30 VIP &#160; DOORS/PRE-SHOW DJ SET 6:30 pm &#124; Comedy Show 7:30 pm &#124; 21+ A mind-bending journey of experimentation, laughter, and healing. Set in a vibrant and surreal venue,&#160;THE DOSE&#160;is a fully immersive psychedelic experience featuring a carefully curated line-up of some of the best comedians in the country (seen on HBO, Comedy Central, Late Night, Netflix, Don&#8217;t Tell, and more!). At THE DOSE&#160;we facilitate the perfect set and setting for both the comedians and the audience to find the funny within their expanding minds. Our Master of Ceremonies and creator of&#160;THE DOSE&#160;is Steven Gillespie (CONAN, AMAZON PRIME), a nationally touring stand-up comedian and a psychedelic connoisseur. THE DOSE&#160;is more than a comedy show, it&#8217;s a multi-media event featuring our very own DJ and he will play before, during, and sometimes even after the show! Don't miss the pre-show DJ set (starts at 6:30 pm doors), its becoming more and more popular. It features live music, visuals, vendors, and flow performers. We encourage all types of festival performers and artists to come show off their work during the pre-show DJ set (Jugglers, Dancers, Hula Hoopers, &#160;Poi, psychedelic artists etc.). If you are interested in performing or vending your art during the pre-show please email us here... thedosecomedyshow@gmail.com Come take a trip with us as we transcend the ordinary, dance on the edges of perception, and explore the healing properties of our boundless imaginations. And also to just laugh and be silly And also to just laugh and be silly :) VIP SEATING&#160; The VIP Seating ticket gives you a guaranteed seat at the event in a prime location of the venue. If you want to sit with a group, make sure you buy all of the tickets in one order to guarantee that. &#160; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=run3EdmqzfQ]]></description>
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                                <title>James McMurtry w/ BettySoo</title>
                                <eventupdate>3 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://showroom.zootownarts.org/event/james-mcmurtry-w-bettysoo/zootown-arts-community-center/missoula-montana/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Saturday, August 1 // 7:00 PM Doors // 8:00 PM Show // $25 ADV // $30 DOS Seating will be limited to only those that need it &#160; James McMurtry released&#160;The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy&#160;on June 20th via New West Records. &#160;The 10-song collection was co-produced by McMurtry &#38; Don Dixon (R.E.M., The Smithereens) and is his first album in four years. &#160;It follows his 2021 acclaimed new West debut,&#160;The Horses and the Hounds, which UnCut Magazine said &#8220;lifts storytelling-in-song to meticulous new levels" and Pitchfork awarded an 8.0, saying &#8220;James McMurtry stands out even among the Lone Star State&#8217;s finest songwriters&#8230;&#8221; The&#160;Black Dog and the Wandering Boy&#160;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&#8217;s new story-songs find inspiration in scraps from his family&#8217;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. &#160;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.]]></description>
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