We’re wrapping up May in a rather warm way – temps in the 80s and kissing 90 Saturday! And then it’ll cool into the low 70s to start June on Sunday…it’s so Montana. There’s so much live music, outdoor events, and cool stuff to do, and we’re here to help. All the fun happenings around Western Montana are here with The MUG’s Weekend PICKS!

Logjam Presents welcomes The Black Keys on their No Rain, No Flowers Tour with Hermanos Gutierrez at the KettleHouse Amphitheater in Bonner at 8:00 pm Thursday.

Missoula-bred house DJ/producer Party Robbins will play a free show with BK Love and special guest Jolene Greene at the Top Hat in Downtown Missoula at 10:30 pm Friday.

Merle Travis Peterson brings outlaw country back to Missoula on Saturday when his new band Cash & Country perform live at The Sunrise Saloon at 9:30 pm Friday.

The Missoula PaddleHeads continue their first home-game stretch of the season at Ogren Park Allegiance Field vs the Glacier Range Riders with a High School Takeover + post-game Fireworks Show on Friday; you’ll find all out super-nerd friend at the ballpark for Star Wars Night on Saturday; and then on Sunday afternoon, all kids under 12 get in to the game free.

If you’re fluent in Bow-wow-wow-yippee-yo-yippee-yay, you’ll want to spend a little time at the 2025 Five Valley Kennel Club AKC All Breed Dog Show and Trials taking over the Missoula Fairgrounds all weekend, running 8:00 am to 5:00 pm from Thursday, May 29 thru Sunday, June 1.

The farmers’ market season is well underway, including Columbia Falls and Ronan on Thursday, Polson and Saint Ignatius on Friday, and all the ones in Downtown Missoula, Hamilton, Kalispell, Stevensville, Arlee, and Hot Springs on Saturday morning. On Sunday, there are new farmers markets starting up in Columbia Falls and Ronan to check out.

Be sure to make it to the Epic Outdoor Summer Kickoff with Marshall Madness 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at Missoula’s Marshall Mountain Park. There’ll be live music, food trucks, raffles, free skills clinics and all sorts of trail hiking and mountain biking to do on the new & improved trails – and a perfect opportunity to explore all the great work that’s been put in up there recently by the Missoula Mountain Bike Coalition, Five Valleys Land Trust, and Run Wild Missoula.

The MUG’s Western Montana Summer Farmers Markets guide is ready to help – save the link and get around to all of ’em over the next several months.

We’ve seen the Glacier Park road crews have cleared Going to the Sun Road up to Logan Pass. It looks like the road is available for cycling most if not all the way to the top! Check the conditions before you go – but it looks good to go.

We have around 60 live music events listed for the weekend – take your pick! It’s officially patio season now. You can’t go wrong with seeking out any and all of the fantastic area rooftop bars and outdoor patios to soak in this fantastic spring Montana weather.

No matter what direction you wanna get outta town, you can’t go wrong. Lots of spring weekend activities and events are happening not only around Missoula, but all the way up the Flathead and the Bitterroot valleys, east to Phillipsburg and Anaconda, and out west past Alberton. If you’re headed up to Whitefish and Glacier, there are some outstanding pit stops to make along the way.

Get out & enjoy our locally-owned bars & restaurants with Montana grown / made food and beverages – they need your business! Try a new local brew! Support our local artists and vendors at the area markets. Take the family for a brisk outdoor hike – the wildflowers are blooming in prime time. Conditions everywhere are perfect just about everywhere for mountain bike riding. Spring fishing is rockin’. Catch a classic movie screening or a stand-up comedy night. Stretch that big brain at one of the local trivia nights. Sing your favorite karaoke song, or catch a live music show. Enjoy safely and responsibly.

Please confirm event details at the source before you go. Last minute changes are common, especially due to weather. With each event listing, we try to include a web page or event link with more information you can check for changes.

“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.”
– Johnny Cash

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Please confirm event details at the source before you go. Last minute changes are common, especially due to holidays and weather. With each event listing, we try to include a web page or event link with more information you can check for changes.

Do you have a Western Montana event you would like to have included on The MUG? Click HERE to submit your event!

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