🤠 Things to do in Bozeman this weekend

Howdy, Bozeman!

I can already tell this will be one of my favorite weekends of the year. There’s a vintage walk, the Run for Your Life fun run, a fresh hop festival, an ice cream special, disco dance party, and 20 other things I can’t wait for.

Come say hello if you see me out and about, I’d love to say hi!

In today’s newsletter:

— Sam Howdy

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The Montana Fresh Hop Festival is back this Saturday, October 17th, bringing together 10+ local breweries for an afternoon of seasonal beers, live music, food trucks, and fun!

Fresh-hop beers are brewed using freshly harvested hops rather than dried ones, creating vibrant flavors and aromas that you can only experience around harvest season.

And at the Fresh Hop Fest, your ticket gets you a commemorative tasting glass for the festival, with unlimited pours of fresh-hop beers from participating breweries!

Proceeds from the event will benefit Gallatin Valley Land Trust (GVLT), supporting local trails and conservation throughout the Gallatin Valley.

📅 Saturday, October 17th | 3:00pm-8:00pm

📍 Gallatin County Fairgrounds | Exhibit Buildings 1 and 2

Come celebrate the hop harvest, enjoy some great local beer, and support a wonderful local organization!

Run for Your Life is this Saturday!

The Help Center’s annual Halloween 5K and Kids’ Run/Walk returns to Bobcat Stadium on Saturday, October 17th, bringing the community together to support suicide prevention and awareness.

Costumes and dogs are welcome, with a post-race gathering at Portal from 5:00pm-7:00pm to honor, remember, and celebrate together.

You still have time to sign up, and I’d love to see you there.

📚 Heyday hosts its Reading Corner at 10:00am, with stories for little ones, snacks, and a special giveaway. It’s one of the final two Reading Corner gatherings of the season. Details.

🦇 Studio Wheelhouse hosts two Stained Glass 101: Bats workshops on Friday from 5:30pm-9:00pm and Saturday from 10:00am-1:30pm. Learn the copper foil method of stained glassmaking while creating your own bat-shaped suncatcher to take home. Details.

🛍️ The Bozeman Vintage Walk brings a weekend-long treasure hunt to 10 local vintage and thrift shops from Friday through Sunday. Pick up a free passport at any participating shop, collect stamps at all 10 locations, and turn it in by Sunday for a chance to win one of ten $100 gift certificates. Details.

⛷️ The ELM hosts Powder Blast at 6:00pm - the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center’s annual fundraiser. The evening includes live music from DJ Mittens and Jazz Cabbage, BBQ from Bar 3, a silent auction, gift card roulette, and a raffle for a Cooke City getaway. Details.

🎶 Live music at the Tune Up Bar features roots rock/Americana band The Hooligans from 6:00pm-8:00pm, followed by new age Americana group Arcco from 9:00pm-11:00pm. Details.

🥊 Fusion Fight League brings professional MMA fighting to the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse at 7:00pm. Details.

⛷️ The Quality Ski Time Film Tour comes to the Emerson at 7:00pm with four ski films celebrating freeskiing, mountain landscapes, and ski culture. Details.

🎬 The Ellen Theatre screens The Airwaves Belonged to the People: WBCN and the American Revolution at 7:00pm. The award-winning documentary explores how a Boston radio station helped shape rock music, journalism, and 1960s counterculture, featuring rare footage of Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, and more. Details.

🏒 The Bozeman Icedogs take on the Butte Irish at 7:30pm at Haynes Pavilion. Details.

🎸 Lost Canyons headlines Filler Friday at The Filling Station at 8:00pm, joined by Sternfall and Hollyridge. Details.

📸 The Bozeman Photo Expo brings two days of photography workshops, presentations, and camera gear to the Hilton Garden Inn on Saturday and Sunday from 9:00am-6:00pm. Learn from renowned photographers, meet representatives from major camera brands, check out new equipment, and bring old gear for trade-ins. Free to attend. Details.

🧑‍🌾 The Bozeman Winter Farmers’ Market happens at the Fairgrounds in Exhibit Building 4 from 9:00am-12:00pm. Details.

🏃 Run For Your Life returns to Bobcat Stadium at 9:30am, for the Help Center’s annual Halloween 5K and Kids’ Run/Walk, with a new community gathering at Portal that evening from 5:00pm-7:00pm. Details.

🎃 Kenyon Noble hosts its annual Junior Carpenter Pumpkin Carving Contest from 12:00pm-2:00pm at their Oak Street store. Kids ages 0-12 can pick a free pumpkin to carve and compete for prizes in three age groups. There will also be complimentary snacks, Halloween goodie bags, and a staff costume contest. Details.

🧪 Museum of the Rockies hosts Grossology Discovery Day from 12:00pm-4:00pm. Kids can explore the gross side of science through hands-on chemistry experiments, creepy crawly critters, and interactive stations led by MSU scientists and local experts. Details.

⛷️ Bridger Bowl kicks off winter with its annual Bridger Bowl Bash from 12:00pm-6:00pm at the Jim Bridger and Saddle Peak Lodges, with a ski clothing swap, gear repair, season pass raffle, food and drinks, and live music from Jazz Cabbage from 3:00pm-6:00pm. Details.

🍦 Genuine Ice Cream is offering five scoops of ice cream for $11 from 12:00pm-10:00pm during their special event Fill Yer Cup. Bring any clean, wide-mouth metal tumbler to their shop and they’ll fill it with five scoops of your choice. Details.

🌱 Phoenix Garden Center hosts a Kokedama plant workshop from 1:00pm-2:00pm. Learn the Japanese art of growing plants in moss-covered balls of soil, and make your own Kokedama to take home. Details.

🥕 Chance Farm is looking for harvest volunteers to help harvest beets, leeks, and carrots, from 1:00pm-5:00pm. (Volunteers will take home an assortment of fresh vegetables in exchange for their time.) Advance signup required. Details.

🐻 Wildlife adventurer and Brave Wilderness YouTube star Coyote Peterson comes to the Ellen Theatre at 2:30pm for a live talk and audience Q&A, sharing stories from his wildlife encounters and conservation work, with proceeds supporting a playground renovation at Livingston’s historic Pine Creek School. Details.

🛍️ 406 Flea brings its vintage pop-up to the Fairgrounds from 4:00pm-7:00pm for local vintage finds in Exhibit Building 3. Details.

💃 Live music at the Tune Up Bar features Club Flamenco performing Andalusian music and dance from 6:00pm-8:00pm, followed by blues/Americana group BluesLine The Band from 9:00pm-11:00pm. Details.

❄️ Outlaw Sauna hosts its Pray For Snow party at 6:00pm at 1404 Gold Ave. The blue-collar-themed gathering celebrates the launch of its new horse trailer sauna rental, with live music, a bonfire, food, drinks, local vendors, interactive art, and an old Ford F-250 up for auction. Details.

🪩 Mountain Air Dance brings Boogie Fever - a disco-themed dance night - to the Emerson from 7:00pm-10:00pm, including a dance lesson, aerial performances, zombie cheerleaders, a costume contest, and lots of dancing. Details.

🏡 The Northeast Neighborhood Association’s annual Parade of Sheds returns, starting at Tinworks Art with a wildlife-themed neighborhood parade from 11:00am-12:00pm. A potluck cookout follows from 12:00pm-1:30pm, then neighbors will open their unique sheds and spaces for self-guided tours from 2:00pm-4:00pm. The event is free and open to all ages. Details.

📚 Learn how to make your own handmade book at Bozeman ArtLab from 2:00pm-4:00pm during a Coptic bookbinding class. Artist Cecily Rhae will teach you how to turn drawings, paintings, or printed artwork into a personalized book cover. Details.

🍝 Learn to make traditional Southern Italian stuffed pasta from Pasta Bottega at the Kenyon House downtown at 3:00pm. This hands-on class covers making dough, shaping pasta, and pairing fillings with sauces using locally sourced ingredients. Details.

🎸 Bozeman-based country group Kailey Marie Band performs at the Bozeman Hot Springs from 7:00pm-10:00pm. Details.

As a reminder: This week, we’re giving away a $25 gift card to Aurore French Bakery! (On Instagram @aurorefrenchbakery). The giveaway runs from today until Sunday, 10/18, at 11:59pm, and we’ll announce the winner in next Monday’s newsletter.

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