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Summer Concert Guide: Your Ultimate Soundtrack for a Montana Summer

Updated: 7 days ago

Audience at a concert, arms raised, enjoying music. Stage lights create a vibrant, energetic atmosphere. Glamorous and festive scene.

This summer Montana delivers incredible shows at both outdoor and indoor venues across the state. June through August 2026 is packed with must-see performances. We've rounded up the biggest concerts, festivals, and venue series happening across Montana, plus Spotify playlists to help you get to know the artists before showtime.


Major Stadium Shows


Mumford & Sons with Sierra Ferrell

June 4 | Bobcat Stadium, Bozeman


Post Malone & Jelly Roll with Carter Faith

July 21 | Washington-Grizzly Stadium, Missoula


Goo Goo Dolls

July 30 | First Interstate Arena, Billings


Luke Bryan

July 31 | First Interstate Arena, Billings


Luke Bryan & Jason Aldean

August 1 | Washington-Grizzly Stadium, Missoula


Rock Triple Bill

August 12 | First Interstate Arena, Billings


Packed stadium concert with blond singer on giant screens, colorful Summer Carnival stage, and cheering crowd at night.

Music Festivals


June 19-20 | Missoula


Friday 

Headliner: The Lumineers 


Rainbow Kitten Surprise | The Head and the Heart | Built to Spill | Joy Oladokun | Hazlett| Hey, Nothing | Bebe Stockwell | Witch Post | North Fork Crossing | Jack Gladstone | Samantha Mckaige


Saturday 

Headliner: The Chicks


Tedeshchi Trucks Band | Trampled by Turtles | Michael Marcagi | Balthvs | Robert Randolph | Vincent Lima | High Fade | Neighbor | Alec Shaw | Off in the Woods


Crowd watches outdoor concert at TRAILHEAD stage in front of grassy hills, with giant screens and bright lights.
Photo By: Zootown Festival

June 26-27 | Kalispell


BOOGIE T | VALENTINO KHAN | DIRT MONKEY | BRONDO | DUBLOADZ | CRUNCHi


Animal Treats | Anti-Cosmo | BTSU | Cosmic Shell | Covffin | de.fault | DeddShot | Dirty Vacation | Hannah Kopen | Ivanoff | JAAK | JJ Kind | Lanturn | M3TL B3NDR | MoiKai | Mr. Matthew | MT Souls | Nick Ferrington | Novacas | Reidardie | Schon Long | Seda | SPLIT MINDZ | Stoney J | Suka | TaterThot | Undedd Warlokk | Chaddabox | L!NK | Richard Fraioli | Twan


Crowded nightclub with a DJ on stage, green alien and skeleton decorations, and dancers under neon lights.
Photo By: Area 406 Music & Arts Festival

July 10-12 | Butte


Gene Tagaban | Alash | Sterling Drake | Wolfbear Singers | Nour Harkati | Pedro Luis Ferrer | Jimmy "Duck" Holmes | Vasilis Kostas Ensemble | La Santa Cecilia | Prezident Brown | Be'la Dona | Saraswathi Ranganathan | Dale Watson | Parangal Dance Company | Nest od Singing Birds | Pine Leaf Boys | The Amanda Cook Band | Keith Johnson | Afro Dominicano | Tamburitza Sastav Ponoc | The Legendary Ingramettes | Cecilia


Dusk crowd at Montana Folk Festival under glowing mining headframes, teepees, and mountain backdrop.
Photo By: Montana Folk Festival

July 17-19 | Whitefish


Friday

Headliner: Cody Jinks


Benjamin Tod | Chance Pena | Kaitlin Butts | Lily Meola | Madeline Hawthorne | Marcus King Band | Of Monsters and Men | Old Crow Medicine Show | Rattlesnake Milk | Miller Campbell | Tanner Laws | Tobacco River Ramblers


Saturday 

Headliner: Zach Top


Caitlyn Smith | Fabrizio | Goldie Boutilier | Leftover Salmon | Mountain Grass Unit | Ocie Elliot | Ryan Bingham and the Texas Gentlemen | Stephen Wilson Jr | Waylon Wyatt | Blue Point | Kyle Hunter Band | Michelle Rivers | Tomara 


Outdoor concert on a grassy field, crowd seated in folding chairs facing a large stage with singer images on screens.
Photo By: Under the Big Sky

July 23-25 | Three Forks


Thursday 

Headliner: Wyatt Flores 


Cameron Whitcomb | Jackson Dean | Noeline Hofmann | Tyce Delk


Friday

Headliner: Clint Black 


Midland | Billy Dean & Colin Raye | The Kentucky Headhunters | The Band Loula


Saturday

Headliner: Gavin Adcock


Avery Anna | Drake Milligan | Willow Avalon | The Wilder Blue


Crowd with raised hands at Headwaters Country Jam concert stage at dusk, bright lights glowing, mountain backdrop and sponsor banners.
Photo By: Headwaters Country Jam

July 23-26 | White Sulphur Springs


Main Stage Lineup

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder | Molly Tuttle | Sara Evans | Old 97s | Shinyribs | Brandy Clark | Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country | S.G. Goodman | Ken Pomeroy | Yeison Landero | Rose Betts | Grayson Capps | Thunderstorm Artis | Chris Pierce | Humbird | Olivia Wolf | North Fork Crossing 


Side Stage Lineup

Eliza Thorn | Greg in Good Company | Grover Anderson | Lost Canyons | Maple | Mike Thomas Band | Rachel Laven | Seth Beamer | Sweet Megg | The Heists | The Last Wild Buffalo | Trailand Eltzroth | Two Crows for Comfort | Wiley Gaby | Cowboy Larry 


Crowd watches a band on a bright stage at a Music Festival, with red ants pants banner glowing above.
Photo By: Red Ants Pants

July 23-26 | Blackfeet Nation


Baroness | The Ruins of Beverast | Sumerlands | Raven Chacon | Dreadnought | Phobophilic | 16 Horsepower | Enslaved | Borknagar | YOB | Gallowbraid | Sigh | Wayfarer | Midwife | Tarantella | Galvanist | Nocturne


Crowd watches an outdoor rock concert on a large stage with blue banners, tents, and mountains under a bright cloudy sky.
Photo By: Fire in the Mountains

July 31-August 1 | Big Sky


Friday

Riley Green & Leann Rimes 


Saturday

Carrie Underwood & Kaitlyn Butts


Crowd cheers at an outdoor concert as a band performs under bright white and orange stage lights and haze.
Photo By: Wildlands

August 15 | Philipsburg


Headliner: Give It To 'Em Florabelle!


Madeline Hawthorne Band | Logan Liebert & The Light Blue


Crowd at an outdoor summer concert in a small town, with a band on a wooden stage, brewery tents, and American and Texas flags.
Photo By: Philipsburg Concert

Venue Concerts



Lord Huron | The Dead South | Dierks Bentley | Turnpike Troubadours | Ziggy Marley | Widespread Panic | Table B x Levity | Avett Brothers | Jordan Davis | Marren Morris | Wynonna Judd & Melissa Etheridge | Young the Giant | Josiah Queen | Andy Grammer | Simple Plan | Jesse Wells | STS9 | CAAMP | O.A.R. | Alison Krauss & Union Station | NeedToBreathe | Goose | Mt. Joy | Symphony on the River with Lettuce | Bonnie Raitt | Big Thief 


Large crowd at an outdoor amphitheater watches a concert beside a rocky hillside and KettleHouse Brewing Co.
Photo by: KettleHouse Amphitheater


Pine Creek Lodge - Paradise Valley


Colorado College Bluegrass Ensemble | Umphrey’s McGee | Tom Catmull | Band Of Drifters & The Beagles | Noise Pollution - THE AC/DC Experience | Dead Sky | The Young Dubliners with Doublewide Dreams | The Marshall Tucker Band with Jacob Rountree | Kruse Brothers | Pinky & The Floyd | Melvin Seals & JGB | Corb Lund with Branson Anderson | Mountain Grass Unit | Johnny Dango | Moe. | Terrapin Flyer | The Wallflowers with Early James | Cruz Contreras & The Black Lillies with The Two Tracks | The Fossils | The Red Elvises with Emma & The Ledge | Houndmouth with Timmy Skelly | 710 Ashbury | Neal Francis with Lost Canyons | Andy Frasco & The U.N. | The Last Revel with Western WALLflower | Of Monsters & Men | Holland Dotson & Kohl Johnathon | Clay Street Unit | Steve Earle | Blue Öyster Cult with Danny Bee | The Travelin’ McCourys | Nick Shoulders | Futurebirds | James McMurtry | Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country | Larry Keel Experience with Buffalo Galaxy | The Mother Hips with Bart Budwig | Satsang | Gov’t Mule | Joe Robinson | Honey Island Swamp Band | The Infamous Stringdusters | Abby Webster with Driftwood | Zoso with Dan Dubuque | Creekside Revival | Kitchen Dwellers


Nighttime outdoor concert crowd under trees, with bright white and yellow stage lights and a lively festival mood.
Photo By: Pine Creek Lodge

Thirty Eight - Whitefish


Todd Cowart | Kevin Van Dort | Ben Darce | Borderline Lucid | Dave Voncleist | Jody Miller | Don Caverly | Landry Band | Nick Spear | Andrew Sweeney | Chris Crecelius | Artist Robinson


Singer performs on an outdoor stage at sunset in Whitefish, Montana, under a Thirty Eight sign, with a colorful sky.
Photo By: Thirty Eight

Old Saloon - Emigrant


Eli Young Band | Blackberry Smoke | St. Paul & the Broken Bones | Josh Meloy | Max McNown | Rattlesnake Milk + Cole Chaney | Benjamin Tod + Leon Majcen | Charles Wesley Godwin | Old Crow Medicine Show | Sawyer Brown | Lettuce


Crowd gathers at an outdoor mountain concert stage under a dramatic cloudy sky at sunset, with a festive, lively mood.
Photo By: Old Saloon

Pub Station - Billings


156/Silence | Reverend Horton Heat | Eli Young Band | Micky and the Motorcars | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Brit Taylor | Christopher Cross | Corb Lund | Charley Crockett | Brothers Osborne | Igor & The Red Elvises | Josh Meloy | Old Crow Medicine Show | Chris Botti | Max Mcnown | Sara Evans | James Mcmurtry | Amble | Static-X | Pulse 4


Packed crowd cheers at a country-rock concert as band plays under blue-purple stage lights and haze.
Photo By: Pub Station

The Wilma - Missoula


Reverend Horton Heat | Christopher Cross | Watchhouse | The Crane Wives | Terrapin Flyer | Steve Earle | Uncle Lucius | Osees


Ornate theater with a band onstage under pink and blue lights, audience silhouetted below, LOGJAM logo at bottom right.
Photo By: Logjam Presents

The ELM - Bozeman


Reverend Horton Heat | Iration | Watchhouse | Terrapin Flyer | Paper Flowers | Fitz & the Tantrums | Cat Power | Uncle Lucius | STS9 | Beach Bunny | Soul Asylum


Rock band performs on a smoky purple-lit stage while crowd raises hands; logos read Groove Solventless and Loc Jam Presents.
Photo By: The ELM

The Newberry - Great Falls


Corb Lund | Dylan Scott at Voyager Stadium | The Fray | Uncle Lucius | Aaron Watson


Male singer in a cap plays acoustic guitar and sings on a dim stage to an attentive crowd below.
Photo By: The Newberry

Looking for even more live music options? Check out our complete guide to Montana's Best Live Music Venues featuring historic theaters, outdoor amphitheaters, intimate clubs, and everything in between.

For monthly updates on shows across the state, plus curated Spotify playlists, visit our Montana Concert Calendar.

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