20th Annual River City Roots Festival in Downtown Missoula

Welcome to the 20th Annual River City Roots Festival!

This free admission event is Missoula’s Signature Celebration and highlights all of the amazing things that make Missoula, Missoula: music, art, culture, local food and drinks, active lifestyles, and community.

As the Heartbeat of Missoula, Downtown is the perfect setting for Roots Fest. Downtown is where you’ll find local businesses, local flavors, local art, and local people all coming together. We invited you to not only experience Roots Fest, but be sure to take some time to take a walk around the historic epicenter of the city we love.

On behalf of our Downtown businesses, the Downtown Missoula Partnership welcomes you to Roots Fest – we hope you enjoy everything our event, and Downtown, has to offer!

River City Roots Festival – Live Music Schedule:

Friday, August 21, 2026 lineup

12:30 pm – Z.A.C.C. Rock Camp Bands and Tangled Tones
2:30 pm – The Joan Zen Sextet
4:30 pm – Reverend Slanky
6:30 pm – Amanda Shaw
8:30 pm – Honey Island Swamp Band

Saturday, August 22, 2026 lineup

12:30 pm – Cowboy Andy & the Salamanders
2:30 pm – The Unfaithful Servants
4:30 pm – Andy Dunnigan & Friends
6:30 pm – Silas Herman and the Tone Unit
8:30 pm – The Infamous Stringdusters

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