Set against the backdrop of Big Sky, Music in the Mountains is a free, family friendly summer concert series that brings the community together through live music.
Hosted at Len Hill Park in the heart of Big Sky Town Center, this weekly event creates a central gathering space where locals and visitors can enjoy performances from a diverse lineup of regional and touring artists.
Bring a blanket or lawn chair, grab a bite from local food vendors, and settle in for an evening of music.
We are seeking food trucks for Music in the Mountains for the summer of 2026.
If you are interested or know anyone please follow the directions below.
Application submission deadline.
(Please note, you may sign up for Music in the Mountains
AND/OR Artisan Festival on the same application.)
For any questions email tamara@bigskyarts.org
2005 ▸ Reggae Cowboys, Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart, Jeni Fleming Acoustic Trio, The Waybacks 2006 ▸ Eightrack Mind, Uncle Earl, Illsauce, Storyhill, Tom Freund, Too Slim and the Taildraggers 2007 ▸ Asylum Street Spankers, Eightrack Mind, Reggae Cowboys, Martha Scanlan, Billy Pilgrims, Ryan Shupe and the Rubberband, Left Ear Trio, Toubab Krewe, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Steam Powered Airplane 2008 *start of free Music in the Mountains Series ▸ Rob Quist and Great Northern, On the One, Flowmotion, Wailin’ Jennys, Jeni Fleming, Spring Creek Bluegrass Band, Feast, Delta Nove, Young Dubliners, Clumsy Lovers, Jawbone Railroad 2009 ▸ Seven Nations, Sam and Ruby, Corb Lund, Micky and the Motorcars, Patrick Sweany, John Reischman and the Jaybirds, Mingo Fishtrap 2010 ▸ Freddy Pink, Infamous Stringdusters, Ian McFeron Band, Young Dubliners, Dusty Rhodes, Lisa Haley and the Zydekats, Brothers of the Baladi, Orgone, Cold Hard Cash Show 2011 ▸ Freddy Pink, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Chuck Mead, Head for the Hills, The Mother Hips, The Black Lillies, Cold Hard Cash Show, Dave Walker Band, Keegan Smith and the Fam 2012 ▸ Freddy Pink, B-Side Players, The Black Lillies, Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers, Morgan Frazier, Clumsy Lovers, The Elders, John Reischman and the Jaybirds, Mike Beck and the Bohemian Saints, Cold Hard Cash Show, Pinky and the Floyd 2013 ▸ Freddy Pink, California Honeydrops, Eilen Jewell, The Deadly Gentlemen, Jeanne Jolly, Mountain Standard Time, Chuck Prophet, Lake Street Dive, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Dead Winter Carpenters 2014 ▸ The Slide Brothers, The Main Squeeze, Red Elvises, Dead Winter Carpenters, Della Mae, Fox Street, Black Lillies, Sweetback Sisters 2015 ▸ The Tiny Band, Sons of Bill, Incendio, The Suffers, The Whiskey Gentry, Corb Lund, Royal Southern Brotherhood, The Brothers Comatose, Euforquestra 2016 ▸ Black Lillies, Blitzen Trapper, Band of Heathens, Jamie McLean Band, Todo Mundo, Lukas Nelson, The Iguanas, Amy Helm, DeadPhish Orchestra, Fruition, Cure for the Common, The Tiny Band 2017 ▸ The Lil Smokies, New Orleans Suspects, The Quebe Sisters, Assembly of Dust, Dirty Revival, Turnpike Troubadours, The Last Revel, Deadphish Orchestra, Andy Frasco and the U.N., The Ghost of Paul Revere, Con Brio 2018 ▸ Kitchen Dwellers, Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal, Mandolin Orange, Joe Pug, Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, Polyrhythmics, Shovels and Rope, Cordovas, The Elders, Jeff Austin Band, Dustbowl Revival, Pinky and the Floyd 2019 ▸ Futurebirds, Halden Wofford and the Hi-Beams, The Commonheart, Orgone, Hayes Carll, Marcia Ball, Town Mountain, Mt. Joy, Honey Island Swamp Band, Ron Artis and the Truth, Pinky and the Floyd 2021 ▸ Steep Canyon Rangers, The Dusty Pockets, Sneaky Pete and the Secret Weapons, Magnolia Boulevard, Toubab Krewe, John Roberts y Pan Blanco, Dammit Lauren!, Laney Lou & the Bird Dogs, Erica Falls, The Waiting, Pinky and the Floyd 2022 ▸ Satsang, Fireside Collective, Jeffrey Foucault, The Tiny Band, New Orleans Suspects, Chancey Williams, Will Hoge, Southern Avenue, Tommy Castro and the Painkillers, Caitlin Krisko and the Broadcast, The Nth Power, The Last Revel, Pinky and the Floyd 2023 ▸ Midnight North, Joslyn and the Sweet Compression, The Tiny Band, Paco Versailles, Jennifer Hartswick Band, Madeline Hawthorne, Funk You, TK and the Holy Know-Nothings, Matt Nathanson, Freddy Jones Band, AJ Lee and Blue Summit, Futurebirds, Jesse Daniel, Pinky and the Floyd 2024 ▸ Jeff Crosby Band, Cool Cool Cool, The Tiny Band, El Laberinto del Coco, The Wood Brothers, Mikaela Davis, Carolyn Wonderland, Doom Flamingo, Erika Falls and Vintage Soul, Fruition, The Lil Smokies, Pinky and the Floyd, Blistered Earth 2025 ▸ John 'Papa' Gros, Yarn, the Tiny Band, moe., The Brothers Comatose, Cracker, Jamie McLean Band, the Nude Party, Zach Person, Big Richard, Hot Buttered Rum, Hell's Belles
The Arts Council has also presented the following artists over the years (1988-2010)
Willie Nelson • Bonnie Raitt • Keb Mo • Merle Haggard • The Band • The Doobie Brothers • The Robert Cray Band • Galactic • Ralph Stanley • Ricky Skaggs • Randy Travis • Brubeck Brothers Quartet • John Hartford • Tanya Tucker • Poco • Ramsey Lewis • McCoy Tyner • David Grisman Quintet • C.J. Chenier
New World Symphony • Utah Symphony • Missoula Symphony • Bozeman Symphony
