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Event: Jazzoula Spring Festival April 29th – May 2nd, 2026Location: Zootown Arts Community Center / ZACC – 216 W Main St., Missoula, MT 59802
Time: Doors open 6pm / Show 6:30pm
Presenting: 16 Acts/4 nights and The First Annual Missoula Guitar Show & Gallery
Ticket Info: Artist Supporter $30 / General $28 / Seniors $26 / Students $15 / 4-night packages $90 go to jazzoula.com for details
Montana’s premiere jazz festival since 1984, presents the 2026 spring concert series April 29th-May 2nd at the ZACC. Four nights of Montana’s finest jazz artists celebrating 22 years of jazz in the Missoula community. The festival presents 20+ jazz combos, septets, big bands, vocalists, and student groups giving the audience a chance to experience Montana’s eclectic and diverse jazz performers including musicians and vocalists of all ages and backgrounds from around the state. Anchored in Missoula, Montana, Jazzoula is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization sharing extraordinary live jazz performances to inspire discovery and build community. Check out this year’s amazing line-up:
4/29
Missoula Youth Orchestra
Missoula All-City Jazz Program
Basement Boyz
Strange Meeting/Eriksson/Ross Quartet
Canta Brasil
4/30
Night Blooming Jasmine
Nightcrawlers
Florabelle Sextet
Owen Thayer Quartet
5/1
River City/Sweet Adelines
Bautista/Mendell Quartet
Siegel/Stalling-The Colors of Brasil-(Loren Stillman/Flute; John Wicks/Drums; Tommy Sciple/Bass; David Horgan/Guitar)
Daijha Vu Quartet
5/2
Boyd Combo (University of Montana)
Patti Nolan and the Undeniables
Skylar Mendell Sextet
Bob Nell Presents Original works by Tim Martin
(Loren Stillman/Jeff Stickney/Naomi Seigel/Tommy Sciple/Alex Nauman/Owen Ross/Simon Hickey)
FIRST ANNUAL GUITAR SHOW & GALLERY
This year Jazzoula is excited to announce the First Annual Missoula Guitar Show displaying a gallery of handcrafted guitars from Montana’s finest luthiers. When Gibson Guitars moved their acoustic instrument division to Bozeman in 1980, many new and skilled instruments makers were lured to Montana creating a remarkably high concentration of Master Luthiers within one state. Luthiers from Bozeman, Livingston, Belgrade, Manhattan, Boulder, Missoula, Potomac, Alberton and Libby have all been invited to the 2026 Missoula Guitar Show to exhibit their acoustic, electric, steel and resonator guitars.
The Show gallery will be open at the ZACC from 12pm-5:30pm each day leading up to the Jazzoula evening performances. On closing night of the festival, a raffle will be held to give away a Custom Telecaster hand painted by renowned Scottish artist Jennifer Armstrong valued at $2,200. Proceeds to benefit Jazzoula 501(c)(3).
Sponsored by Rocking Rudy’s and Montana Public Radio (MTPR)
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216 West Main St, Missoula, MT, United States, Montana 59801
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