
What's movingWhitefish and Missoulayesterday
Montana's two summer festivals named their bills in the same week, eight months out
Under the Big Sky showed its hand on Thursday 29 October: Zach Bryan, Kacey Musgraves and Nathaniel Rateliff lead 16 to 18 July 2027 at Big Mountain Ranch in Whitefish, with Sam Barber, Brandon Flowers, Midland, Dawes, The Wallflowers, The Devil Makes Three and Paul Cauthen on the bill and a rodeo that runs all weekend. Two days earlier, Zootown in Missoula had put Brandi Carlile, Alabama Shakes, Whiskey Myers and Courtney Barnett on its Friday and Jack Johnson, Caamp, Sierra Ferrell and Kitchen Dwellers on its Saturday, 18 and 19 June at the Missoula County Fairgrounds, Jack Johnson's first Montana show. Zootown's tickets went on sale on Friday with layaway from ten percent down. Under the Big Sky's presale opens on Friday 6 November at ten in the morning Mountain time, with the public sale at two.
Two festivals about 130 miles apart, a month apart in June and July, both selling before Thanksgiving. Zootown is in its third year and sold a first batch of 2027 tickets before it had a single name; Saving Country Music calls Under the Big Sky the biggest independent country and roots festival in the country, and this bill sits further from the Nashville mainstream than last year's. If you were planning a Montana summer, the dates are fixed now and the cheaper tiers go first.
Verified Under the Big Sky's dates, venue, lineup and presale from the festival's own site and Saving Country Music, 29 October; Zootown's dates, venue, day by day lineup and sale times from the festival's own site and NBC Montana, 27 October.
Go deeper Under the Big Sky on Froligo · Zootown on Froligo · Under the Big Sky (official)


















