Jazzoula 2026 at Zootown Arts Community Center

Doors @ 6:00 pm

Jazzoula 2026 Spring Festival from Wednesday, April 29 thru Saturday, May 2

Presenting: 16 acts over 4 nights + The First Annual Missoula Guitar Show & Gallery

Montana’s premiere annual jazz festival since 1984 presents the 2026 spring concert series April 29 – May 2 at The ZACC.

Four nights of Montana’s finest jazz artists celebrating 22 years of jazz in the Missoula community.

The festival presents 20+ jazz combos, septets, big bands, vocalists, and student groups giving the audience a chance to experience Montana’s eclectic and diverse jazz performers including musicians and vocalists of all ages and backgrounds from around the state.

Anchored in Missoula, Montana, Jazzoula is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization sharing extraordinary live jazz performances to inspire discovery and build community.

Check out this year’s amazing line-up:

Wednesday, April 29
Missoula Youth Orchestra
All City Jazz Band
Basement Boyz
Eriksson/Ross Quartet
Canta Brasil

Thursday, April 30
Night Blooming Jasmine
Nightcrawlers
The Florabelle Sextet
Owen Thayer Trio

First Friday, May 1
Sweet Adelines
Ally Fradkin Quintet
Naomi Siegel Project
Daijha Vu Quartet

Saturday, May 2
Boyd Combo (University of Montana)
Skyler Mendell Sextet
Bob Packwood
Bob Nell Presents Original works by Tim Martin
(Loren Stillman/Jeff Stickney/Naomi Seigel/Tommy Sciple/Alex Nauman/Owen Ross/Simon Hickey)

FIRST ANNUAL GUITAR SHOW & GALLERY
This year Jazzoula is excited to announce the First Annual Missoula Guitar Show displaying a gallery of handcrafted guitars from Montana’s finest luthiers. When Gibson Guitars moved their acoustic instrument division to Bozeman in 1980, many new and skilled instruments makers were lured to Montana creating a remarkably high concentration of Master Luthiers within one state. Luthiers from Bozeman, Livingston, Belgrade, Manhattan, Boulder, Missoula, Potomac, Alberton and Libby have all been invited to the 2026 Missoula Guitar Show to exhibit their acoustic, electric, steel and resonator guitars.

The Show gallery will be open at the ZACC from 12:00 pm Noon to 5:30 pm each day leading up to the Jazzoula evening performances.


On the closing night of the festival, a raffle will be held to give away a Custom Telecaster hand-painted by renowned Scottish artist Jennifer Armstrong valued at $2,200.


Proceeds to benefit Jazzoula 501(c)(3).

Sponsored by Rockin’ Rudy’s and Montana Public Radio (MTPR).

Four-Night Packages for $90

PURCHASE TICKETS LINK

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