This Week In Concerts: June 27th thru July 3rd

Longtime Missoula favorite Tom Catmull will play a free show for Top Hat’s Acoustic Avenue series. Tom Catmull has been featured on Montana PBS ‘s “11^th and Grant” in a stripped down acoustic showcasing of his release WORDS AND MALADY.  With an extremely loyal following, he has been voted “Best Musician” in the Missoula Independent’s  annual “Best Of” issue for over a dozen years in a row.

After 18 years together, up to 175 shows per year, nearly 1,000 different setlists, six studio albums, and a litany of live releases, Greensky Bluegrass embodies more than just music for members Anders Beck [dobro], Michael Arlen Bont [banjo], Dave Bruzza [guitar], Mike Devol [upright bass], and Paul Hoffman [Mandolin]. Truthfully, it embodies an ironclad creative bond, familial brotherhood, and a lifelong commitment to fans.

Missoula’s hometown heroes, The Lil Smokies, won the 2015 Telluride Bluegrass Band competition and took home the 2016 IBMA Momentum Band of the Year award. They’ve also wowed fans at High Sierra, Telluride Bluegrass, DelFest & FloydFest, to name a few.

If you need more music on Friday night, check out the after party below!

Continuing the Friday night festivities after Greensky and the Smokies, Bozeman’s The Dusty Pockets, will bring their powerful groove tunes to the Top Hat for a free show that’s guaranteed to be party.

Energetic splashes of funk, alternative, rock, R&B, and psychedelia color the music of Turkuaz. Balancing male-female harmonies, strutting guitars, wild horn arrangements, and interminable grooves, this spirit takes shape in the color donned by each respective member on stage nightly via larger-than-life performances.

The Brooklyn-based nonet ignite an explosion of energy punctuated by neon hues, deft musicality, and show-stopping singalongs on their fifth full-length album, Life In The City.

Rebelution is returning to the KettleHouse Amphitheater for the second year in a row — this time bringing their Good Vibes Summer Tour. The Santa Barbara-based reggae rockers have been headlining festivals and playing to sold out crowds for nearly 15 years. Their 2016 release, Falling Into Place, received a Grammy nomination for “Best Reggae Album” and was their fourth release to top the Billboard reggae chart — remaining on the chart for over a year.

Opening for Rebelution is Burmudan reggae legend, Collie Buddz, who’s hot off his chart topping album, Hybrid. Also opening is soulful, Motown-inspired band Durand Jones & The Indications.

8:00 PM | All Ages |  Tickets & MORE INFO

Fronted by BJ Barham, American Aquarium brings a special mixture of folk-infused Southern rock-and-roll. Their 2012 album Burn. Flicker. Die. was produced by Jason Isbell and received considerable praise from music critics and fans. It was nominated for “Best Americana/Roots Album” and “Best Album Artwork” in the 2013 Lone Star Music Awards.

8:00 PM | All Ages |  Tickets & MORE INFO