Missoula, MT

Music connected to Missoula

About Missoula

• David Lynch, the acclaimed filmmaker, spent part of his childhood in Missoula.
• The iconic Caras Park Carousel, built in 1995, was constructed entirely by local volunteers.
• Hellgate Treaty negotiations in 1855 established Missoula as a regional hub.
• A quirky tradition involves river surfing on Brennan's Wave in the Clark Fork River.
• The Great Fire of 1908 devastated the surrounding forests, shaping conservation efforts.
• Named 'ice water place' in Salish, it was incorporated in 1883.
• With roughly 75,000 residents, it's Montana's second-largest city, after Billings.
• Sitting at 3,209 feet, the air is crisp and the mountain views are expansive.
• Healthcare, education, and tourism drive Missoula's economy.
• A blend of outdoor adventure, artistic expression, and relaxed community creates a welcoming feel.
• Though Missoula has no pro team, the Seattle Mariners are a popular regional favorite.
• The University of Montana Grizzlies football team won the NCAA Division I-AA Championship in 2001.
• The Missoula area was profoundly shaped by the repeated Missoula Floods during the Pleistocene epoch.
• Rattlesnake National Recreation Area features rugged, glaciated peaks and alpine lakes.
• The Clark Fork River, Montana's largest river by volume, flows through Missoula.
• Grizzly bears are occasionally sighted in the mountains surrounding Missoula.
• Ponderosa pine forests are common in the lower elevations around Missoula.
• The Salish and Kootenai tribes inhabited the Missoula area for thousands of years before European contact.
• In 1908, a fire destroyed much of downtown Missoula.
• The Missoula County Courthouse, built in 1910, features a Beaux-Arts architectural style.
• Interstate 90 passes through Missoula, connecting it to major cities east and west.

Artists From Missoula

.repented Aimee Allen Allen Vizzutti BOYS Brian Holwerda Calamity Cowboy Chloe Gendrow Cosmic Sans Dana Carvey David Lynch Deathcare Industries Desperate Electric Dr. Fly Ed Norton Big Band Elephant Gerald Eneferens Fireballs of Freedom Fuuls Gary Herbig Go get 'em Florabelle! Isabel Beyoso Jake Renick Simpson Jessta James John Floridis Josh Farmer Kyle Hunter Love Love Is a Dog From Nebraska Maria Lambros Mermaid Book Club Mesozoic Mafia Milk Made Mission Mountain Wood Band Motorhome Mountain Con Oblio Joes Operative P.E.S.T Pale People Peter Nothnagle Red Dress Release the Squirrels

Scott Michael Campbell

Serpentina Silkworm Skalski Brothers Slim Moon Spencer! Steve Albini Swamp Ritual Tanner Laws Band Tarkio Ted Nichols The Dead & Down The Foilies The Initial Shock The International Playboys The Lil Smokies The Naked Limbs The Pack Strings The Strangelys The Western States Tom Catmull Tom Catmull's Radio Static TopHouse Walking Corpse Syndrome Wartime Blues Wrinkles

Overtime

Fish Bwoi

Wilma Laverne Miner

Spruce Alley Sally

Poverty Porn

Acousticals

Annalisa Rose

Arrowleaf

Baby Tyger

Basment Boyz

Basses Covered

Blessiddoom

Blue Moon

Bradley Warren Jr.

Britchy

Britt Arnesen

Captain Wilson Conspiracy

Ceres

Charlie Apple

Chutzpah

Cork & Spark

County Line

Cowboy Andy and The Salamanders

Crypticollider

Double Dirty Ocelot

Eddwords

Emzee

Fates Fortune

Foreshadow x Elair

Good Old Fashioned

Hardwood Heart

Headcase Harmony

high on you.

Insomnia Plague

Jackson Holte & The Highway Patrol

JCKSN

Jetstar

Letter B

Lochwood

Locksaw Cartel

Magpies

Mark Myriad

Milltown Damn

Mudslide Charley

New Old Future

Partygoers

Pedacter Project

PNUT BUTR

Ptesseract

Red Onion Purple

Rooster Sauce

Rotgut Whines

Shark Buffalo

Squirrel Butter

Straw Hat Riots

Sweatshop Sneakers

The Benevolents

The Cleaning Crew

The Dusty Pockets

The Skurfs

Timber Rattlers

Time To Kill

Tiny Plastic Stars

Tomb Toad

Turkeyfoot

Two Foot Titan

Uncommon Evolution

Voodoo Horseshoes

Alder Lights

All Pine

Ancient Forest

Caroline Keys

Jaden Decker

Perfect Blue

Reverend Slanky

Russ Nasset and the Revelators

Saint of Soldiers

Salamanders

Salsa Loca

Sasha Bell Band

Semi-Precious Stones

Semper Sursum

The Cold Hard Cash Show

Andre Floyd with Mood Iguana

American Falcon

Shane Clouse

Sho-down

Cigarette Girls Burlesque

The New Old Fashioned

Who Killed Society?

Larry Myer

Songs About Missoula

Miss You So Badly by

Just Seventeen by

Underneath Montana Skies by

montana rodeo by

Tacoma by

Nearby Places

.repented Acousticals Aimee Allen Alder Lights All Pine Allen Vizzutti American Falcon Ancient Forest Andre Floyd with Mood Iguana Annalisa Rose Arrowleaf BOYS Baby Tyger Basment Boyz Basses Covered Blessiddoom Blue Moon Bradley Warren Jr. Brian Holwerda Britchy Britt Arnesen Calamity Cowboy Captain Wilson Conspiracy Caroline Keys Ceres Charlie Apple Chloe Gendrow Chutzpah Cigarette Girls Burlesque Cork & Spark Cosmic Sans County Line Cowboy Andy and The Salamanders Crypticollider Dana Carvey David Lynch Deathcare Industries Desperate Electric Double Dirty Ocelot Dr. Fly Ed Norton Big Band Eddwords Elephant Gerald Emzee Eneferens Fates Fortune Fireballs of Freedom Fish Bwoi Foreshadow x Elair Fuuls Gary Herbig Go get 'em Florabelle! Good Old Fashioned Hardwood Heart Headcase Harmony Insomnia Plague Isabel Beyoso JCKSN Jackson Holte & The Highway Patrol Jaden Decker Jake Renick Simpson Jessta James Jetstar John Floridis Josh Farmer Kyle Hunter Larry Myer Letter B Lochwood Locksaw Cartel Love Love Is a Dog From Nebraska Magpies Maria Lambros Mark Myriad Mermaid Book Club Mesozoic Mafia Milk Made Milltown Damn Mission Mountain Wood Band Motorhome Mountain Con Mudslide Charley New Old Future Oblio Joes Operative Overtime P.E.S.T PNUT BUTR Pale People Partygoers Pedacter Project Perfect Blue Peter Nothnagle Poverty Porn Ptesseract Red Dress Red Onion Purple Release the Squirrels Reverend Slanky Rooster Sauce Rotgut Whines Russ Nasset and the Revelators Saint of Soldiers Salamanders Salsa Loca Sasha Bell Band Scott Michael Campbell Semi-Precious Stones Semper Sursum Serpentina Shane Clouse Shark Buffalo Sho-down Silkworm Skalski Brothers Slim Moon Spencer! Spruce Alley Sally Squirrel Butter Steve Albini Straw Hat Riots Swamp Ritual Sweatshop Sneakers Tanner Laws Band Tarkio Ted Nichols The Benevolents The Cleaning Crew The Cold Hard Cash Show The Dead & Down The Dusty Pockets The Foilies The Initial Shock The International Playboys The Lil Smokies The Naked Limbs The New Old Fashioned The Pack Strings The Skurfs The Strangelys The Western States Timber Rattlers Time To Kill Tiny Plastic Stars Tom Catmull Tom Catmull's Radio Static Tomb Toad TopHouse Tophouse Turkeyfoot Two Foot Titan Uncommon Evolution Voodoo Horseshoes Walking Corpse Syndrome Wartime Blues Who Killed Society? Wilma Laverne Miner Wrinkles high on you. Aberdeen, ID Anaconda, MT Belgrade, MT Bern, ID Big Sky, MT Bigfork, MT Billings, MT Bozeman, MT Buffalo, WY Butte, MT