Howdy, Bozeman!
Congrats to our Bozeman Hot Springs giveaway winner - Gisèle Smith! 🎉 Just sent you an email with the details.
In today’s newsletter:
🤠 Top local events this week
🐶 Willis is looking for a forever home
🐟 A $100 gift card giveaway to Kvichak Fish Co. for their Wild Alaskan Sockeye (on Instagram @kvichakfish - you can shop their salmon here).
— Sam Howdy
P.S. For free entry into this week’s giveaway, reply to this email with the word “SALMON”.
And for a BONUS entry, reply with a shoutout to someone who made your week better 🤩 Include their name and what you appreciate about them, and we’ll share some of the top answers in next Monday’s newsletter (your answers will be anonymous!)
Here are some of last week’s replies:
Shoutout to Mary Beth for always being so positive and continually graciously sharing her wise shopping tips.
Shoutout to Finn, and Maggie and the volunteers at Eagle Mount for all they do to enhance the lives of people with disabilities and their families. We love you all.
My mom, Lynae, made my week better by coming up and spending the whole week with my family and I! So grateful for the time spent together.
Shoutout to Cole Schram at Lone Peak Performance for being an amazingly kind, talented and patient physical therapist. I am always grateful for his dedication and determination to get me back enjoying the mountain trails.
Shoutout to HRDC for being such an amazing organization that truly makes a difference in our community!
Shoutout to Sean for hosting Bozeman Bike Gang every Tuesday and creating an inclusive weekly event for our community!
Peggy made my week better by opening her home to me and inviting me to pick spinach in the community garden!
Shoutout to my new husband for the best wedding day ever!
🎡 Five Days of Summer Fun at the Big Sky Country State Fair
The Big Sky Country State Fair returns to the Gallatin County Fairgrounds from July 15th-19th!
There’ll be carnival rides, Food Row, the Bozeman Roundup Rodeo, 4-H exhibits, FFA Mutton Bustin’, dock diving, livestock barns, and lots of family-friendly activities.
Additionally, there will be performances from Chase Rice, Morgan Wade, American Authors, Stone Temple Pilots, Local H, Preston Cooper, and Deerock.
Whether you're going for the rides, the concerts, the fair food, or a day with the family, the Big Sky Country State Fair is one of the biggest and best events of summer in Bozeman.
🎡 Tap below to view the full schedule and grab your tickets!
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🛋️ Habitat for Humanity just opened a new secondhand store in Belgrade - ReStore ReServe, located across the street from the original ReStore, specializes in higher-end donated furniture, home décor, artwork, and other unique finds, with every purchase helping Habitat build more affordable homes for local families in Gallatin Valley. Details.
💼 Featured Job: HRDC is hiring an Early Childhood Education Site Supervisor to lead operations at its Belgrade Head Start Center ($59.5k salary). Apply here.
👩🎨 This week, we’re highlighting ceramic sculptor Chris Stoddard as our local artist of the week! Chris creates expressive figurative works that blend geology, ceramics, and generations of craft knowledge. Her work has been exhibited across the country, and her newest solo exhibition, Gravity of Place, opens July 10th at the Emerson’s Jessie Wilber Gallery. Check out more of Chris’s work on Instagram @chris.stoddard.art or her website here.
Monday 7/6
🍕 Red Tractor Pizza hosts their All You Can Eat Music Buffet from 6:00pm-8:00pm, with live music from West Dakota Stutter and unlimited pizza. Details.
⚽ Cheer on the USA against Belgium in the World Cup for a watch party at 6:00pm during Ponderosa Social. They’ll have happy hour food, drink specials, and free Jell-O shots every time Team USA scores. Details.
📺 The Bacchus Pub hosts a Team USA World Cup Watch Party at 6:00pm, with extra seating in the Baxter Hotel lobby and plenty of food and drinks. Details.
🎶 Enjoy an intimate farm concert with Cruz Contreras & The Black Lillies at Harvest House Farms at 7:00pm. Details.
Tuesday 7/7
🌻 The Bozeman Farmers’ Market is back at Lindley Park from 5:00pm-8:00pm. Details.
Wednesday 7/8
🎶 Stop by Field & Stream Lodge from 5:00pm-7:00pm for live music from singer-songwriter Lena Marie Schiffer. Details.
🧵 Studio Wheelhouse hosts a Mend Your Clothes workshop from 5:30pm-7:00pm, where you’ll bring 1-2 clothing items you’d like to repair, and learn simple sewing skills to help you repair them. Details.
🎵 Bridger Brewing has live music with Kali Armstrong from 5:30pm-8:00pm. Details.
🎶 Head to MAP Brewing for live music with acoustic duo Dos Mayos from 6:00pm-8:00pm. Details.
🎨 Enjoy a sip and paint where you’ll use sponges to paint the Milky Way at Last Best Place Brewing from 6:00pm-8:00pm with Grace from Ain’t a Better Way to Paint. Details.
🎶 Belgrade Summer Nights is back in downtown Belgrade from 6:00pm-8:30pm with live music from Emma & The Ledge, plus food trucks, local vendors, drinks, and family-friendly activities. Details.
🎶 Live music at the Tune Up Bar features cinematic Western ballads from Collin Morlock from 6:00pm-8:00pm, followed by live-looping folk, rock, and electronic music from Brian Kassay from 9:00pm-11:00pm. Details.
🍣 Join Chef Joe for a hands-on sushi class at Bridger Kitchens from 6:30pm-8:30pm. Details.
🎤 There’s a Roast of the 80’s at Last Best Comedy at 8:00pm, with a themed comedy roast taking aim at one of pop culture’s most iconic decades. Details.
Thursday 7/9
🤠 Big Sky’s Biggest Week kicks off with day one of Montana’s Premier Horse Sale, bringing top horses, ranchers, and western enthusiasts together for one of the region’s signature equestrian events, from 9:00am-12:00pm. Details.
🏕️ Spend a weekend exploring, learning, and camping at The Big Thing 2026, returning to XOVERLAND Ranch in Three Forks from July 9th-12th. Details.
🧶 Bring your latest knitting, crochet, embroidery, quilting, or other handcraft project to Stix Yarn for Crafternoon from 1:30pm-3:00pm. Details.
🥕 Stock up on fresh, locally grown produce at the Towne’s Harvest Garden Farmstand from 4:00pm-6:00pm at MSU’s student-run Horticulture Farm. Details.
🎶 Thursday night at the Tune Up Bar features Americana, folk, country, and blues from Curtis Roy Moore from 6:00pm-8:00pm, followed by country and Americana from Remington Rose from 9:00pm–11:00pm. Details.
🧘♀️ Try Pilates in the Park from 6:15pm-7:05pm at Traditions Park, for an all-levels mat Pilates class. Details.
🎸 Music on Main returns to downtown Bozeman from 6:30-8:30pm with live music from pop punk group Emo Kids. Details.
🤠 It’s another night of live rodeo at the Fairgrounds for the Valley View Rodeo at 7:00pm. Details.
🎶 Roots rock band Houndmouth play night one at Pine Creek Lodge from 7:00pm-10:00pm (night two is sold out). Details.
🎶 The Whiskey Charmers, an Americana, folk, and acoustic rock duo perform at Bozeman Hot Springs 7:00pm-10:00pm. Details.
Today, we’re highlighting Willis, an 8-year-old boy looking for his forever home. Visit him at Heart Of The Valley Animal Shelter, Tuesday-Sunday, from 12pm-5:30pm 🐶
This week, we’re giving away a $100 gift card to Kvichak Fish Co. for their Wild Alaskan Sockeye! (On Instagram @kvichakfish - you can shop their salmon here). The giveaway runs until Sunday, 7/12, at 11:59pm, and we’ll announce the winner in next Monday’s newsletter.
To enter, make sure you’re subscribed to this newsletter and reply to this email with the word “SALMON”!
Thanks for reading! See you on Thursday to find out what’s going on in Bozeman this weekend 👋
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