🤠 What's going on in Bozeman & a Bozeman Maze giveaway

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The Big Sky Food & Wine Festival is bringing Michelin-starred chefs, award-winning winemakers, acclaimed restaurants, live music, and incredible culinary experiences to Big Sky this weekend, September 24th-26th.

And they’re running a special offer for locals only:

🎟️ Use code BSFWLOCAL26 at checkout to get a General Admission Day Pass for 50% off.

Your GA pass gets you into the festival’s signature Grand Tasting, where acclaimed restaurants, wineries, breweries, distilleries, and artisan producers from across North America will be serving throughout the day.

You’ll also find:

📍 Big Sky Events Arena

You can attend one or both days, so if you’ve been wanting to experience the inaugural Big Sky Food & Wine Festival, this is a great opportunity to do it for half the regular GA price.

🎨 The Bozeman Art Museum is looking for local artists to contribute work to its 2026 Miniature Art Auction, happening Friday, November 6th from 5:30pm-8:30pm at the Baxter Hotel. Framed or unframed artwork can be donated through October 20th, with proceeds supporting BAM’s construction, endowment, and capacity-building campaign. Details.

💼 Featured Job: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is hiring a Lead Regional Admin Support in Bozeman to help oversee front-office operations, support and supervise work-study students, and assist the public with licenses, regulations, and other FWP services ($25.08/hour + benefits). Apply here.

🍻 Bozeman Nights is back from 5:00pm-7:00pm at Kiln’s co-working space, with a fireside chat featuring Todd Scott, founder of Bozone Brewing. Hear about the evolution of Bozeman’s brewery scene, then stick around to meet and connect with other locals. Free to attend, 21+. Details.

🌿 Learn about Bozeman’s urban forests and watershed health on a free Riparian Walk with the Gallatin Watershed Council from 5:30pm-7:00pm at Lindley Park. Details.

🎸 Global supergroup Drink The Sea perform at The ELM, with doors at 7:00pm and music at 8:00pm. Featuring members of R.E.M., Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age and more, the band blends atmospheric rock with instruments including oud, sitar, gamelan, and global percussion. Details.

🎤 Bone Dry Comedy hosts its weekly stand-up open mic at Last Best Comedy at 8:00pm. Local comics can test out new material with 20 open mic spots available, or just come by to watch the show. It’s free and 18+, with doors opening at 7:00pm. Details.

🤝 Greater Gallatin United Way kicks off its annual community giving campaign from 8:00am-10:00am at the Kimpton Armory Hotel. The morning includes breakfast, community impact stories, recognition of this year’s Impact Award recipients, and the official launch of another year of local giving. Details.

🧵 Studio Wheelhouse hosts a Sewing 101 class where you’ll making your own zippered pouch from 6:00pm-9:00pm. Details.

🎃 The Bozeman Maze opens for the season this Wednesday from 6:00pm-9:00pm at 1340 E. Valley Center Road. This annual fall tradition also includes a pumpkin patch, tractor rides, petting zoo, yard games, corn sensory bins, and more. Details.

📻 Dig into the surprising origins of everyday phrases with Chrysti the Wordsmith at MSU from 6:15pm-8:15pm. During this After Hours workshop, you’ll explore the history behind familiar clichés and idioms, then head inside the KGLT studios for a behind-the-scenes look at how Chrysti’s long-running radio series is made. Details.

🎨 Learn to make natural inks and dyes from Hopi sunflower seeds at a hands-on workshop with artist Mariah Palmer at Tinworks from 6:30pm-9:00pm. Details.

🏃 Big Sky Wind Drinkers hosts a group fun run starting at Outlaw Brewing from 6:30pm-8:00pm, for an evening run with the local running community. Details.

🎬 Portal Thermaculture hosts a free Movie Night at 7:00pm. Details.

🎶 Live music at the Tune Up Bar features American Aquarium from 9:00pm-11:00pm. The longtime North Carolina band brings its blend of gritty Americana, rock and roll, and pedal steel to the Tune Up’s stage. Details.

🍷 The Big Sky Food & Wine Festival kicks off Thursday with an Opening Night BBQ, featuring food from Chef John Bates and Chef Ming Tsai. The opening party launches a weekend of Michelin-starred chefs, wine tastings, cooking demos, live music, and more across Big Sky. Details.

🌭 Join Bozeman Spirits for their community BBQ with free hot dogs every Thursday downtown from 5:00pm-7:00pm, followed by their weekly trivia night from 7:00pm-9:00pm. Details.

🍖 Bodhi Farms hosts their second-to-last weekly Farm Party of the summer from 5:00pm-8:00pm at The Field Kitchen, for an evening of BBQ and drinks for purchase, and live music. Details.

🧶 Bring your current knitting, crochet, sewing, embroidery, mending, or other craft project to Makers Night at Stix Yarn from 5:30pm-7:00pm. Details.

🏈 The Bobcat Big Show takes over the Rocking R from 6:00pm-7:00pm. Hosted by Flint Rasmussen and Joe Borden, the free, all-ages live show previews the weekend’s matchup, with Champ, a burger and beer special, and a $100 gift card for the loudest fan. Details.

🧘 Pilates in the Park continues with Nesso Pilates from 6:15pm-7:05pm at Traditions Park, for a 50-minute outdoor Pilates class for all experience levels. Details.

🎶 Walcrik brings old-time music and modern Americana for a free show at Pine Creek Lodge outside on the Beer Garden Stage from 7:00pm-9:00pm, with food and drinks available starting at 5:00pm and free car camping for the night. Details.

🎭 See Montana’s beloved novel transform into an opera with A River Runs Through It at The Ellen Theatre. Catch performances Thursday-Saturday at 7:00pm or Sunday at 3:00pm. Details.

🎸 Acoustic rock artist Eric Leadbetter performs live at the Bozeman Hot Springs from 7:00pm-10:00pm. Details.

🎿 The Level 1 Freeski Film Tour brings some of the year’s best new ski films to The ELM, with doors at 7:00pm and films starting at 8:00pm. The all-ages night also includes pro skier poster signings, giveaways, and lots of ski gear and swag. Details.

This week, we’re giving away 2 tickets to the Bozeman Maze! (On Instagram @bozemanmaze). The giveaway runs from today until next Sunday, 9/27, 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 “MAZE”!

Today, we’re highlighting Rhino, a 4-year-old boy looking for his forever home. Visit him at Heart Of The Valley Animal Shelter, Tuesday-Sunday, from 12pm-5:30pm 🐶

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