The Downtown Bozeman Association is proud to present the 25th Annual Music on Main summer concert series this summer in Historic Downtown Bozeman. Music on Main will be located on Main Street from Rouse to Black Ave. The fun begins at 6:30 PM until 8:30 PM on Thursday evenings from July 3rd to August 7th. This event is hosted by the Downtown Bozeman Association and is free and open to the public.
Live bands, both local and touring, will be featured in this 6-week series. Music starts at 7 PM and lasts until 8:30 PM. Check out 2025's lineup is below:
Bring the kids from 6:30-8 PM to the Coca Cola “Kids’ Zone” on South Bozeman Avenue with inflatables other interactive activities provided by the Gallatin Area’s best Non-Profits. Grab a bite to eat from one of our many rotating food vendors, step into a few of the downtown stores that stay open late, and of course enjoy outstanding live music from popular local and nationally recognized bands!
Indie Rock
A lot of musical acts build on the success of their early music. However, for indie rock band Yam Haus, each time they release new music is an exploratory step in their musical evolution — particularly this time around with their most recent single, “One Bullet Left.” The track marks an introduction to a new era for the Minneapolis group. “One Bullet Left” is a sincere blend of heartland indie-rock that still serves the songcraft quality Yam Haus first became known for. It also brings a new level of songwriting maturity and honest self-expression to their mostly single-driven discography. Yam Haus is quickly shedding its pop image and establishing itself as a genuine guitar-driven act. The band is hoping to deliver a body of work that feels honest and elevated to earn an expanded audience with the new output. Yam Haus feels like they are just getting started on this paradigm shift.
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Country/Americana
Kalyn Beasley is an acclaimed songwriter, storyteller, singer and musician. He has performed at the Yellowstone, Red Lodge and Whitefish Songwriter festivals, Red Ants Pants (White Sulphur Springs, MT), Treefort Music Fest (Boise, ID), Forget Me Knot Festival (Cooke City, MT), Headwaters Country Jam (Three Forks, MT), Dripping Springs (TX) Grand Mesa (CO) and Ozone (LA) Songwriter Festivals. His 2022 album, ‘A Matter of Time’, was nominated for All Genre Album of the Year at the 2023 Josie Music Awards. The Wyoming Arts Council selected Kalyn as a recipient of the 2023 Performing Arts Fellowship, given annually to two Wyoming-based musicians. Kalyn’s songs are meticulously crafted narratives, with clever and infectious melodies and hooks. An authentic Westerner, his life as a cowboy, rodeo-hand, pilot, bookseller, and outdoorsman has furnished him with a novel palette from which he paints his songs and stories. Kalyn makes his home in the high, dry mountains of Northern Wyoming, land of geysers and grizzlies.
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Salsa/Funk/World
John Roberts began playing the piano at the age of 5 while living on an isolated ranch in Southeastern Montana. There was no TV, but there was a piano. From age 11-18, in Malta, MT, he was in band (trombone) and choir in the Malta, MT schools. After graduating in 1996 from Montana State University-Billings with a BA in Music Performance, John moved to Los Angeles to earn his Master of Fine Arts in Western Orchestral Performance from California Institute of the Arts.
Feeling equally comfortable in orchestral and commercial music realms, he has performed in all 50 of the United States and around the world, including; Mexico, South America, Israel, Cuba, India, Asia, Europe, the Caribbean, Australia and Africa. Notable venues include the Lincoln Center in New York, Pantages Theatre, Kodak Theatre, Roskilde, House of Blues, Blue Note, Apollo and Apollo London. Tours include his own band, John Roberts y Pan Blanco (Afro-Latin Soul), Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca (Congolese/Cuban), Bobby Womack (Soul), Los Pinguos (Argentina), The Temptations, Chaka Khan, The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, and more. Other performances and recordings include multiple Grammy and Emmy Award Shows, Chris Botti, LA Philharmonic, Feist, Sting, Dr. Dre, Mariah Carey, Lady Gaga, Fallout Boy, Burt Bacharach, Bill Holman, The Ojays, Jill Scott, Christina Aguilera, The Today Show, NPR, PBS, Disney, and more.
Roberts is a Professor of Low Brass at MSU Billings, teaching Music Theory, Aural Perception, Jazz Ensemble, Commercial Ensemble, World Music courses and more. He is active in the Montana and Los Angeles performing and studio scenes as a bandleader, studio musician and composer/arranger. John is currently recording and composing for his next album, part of which was recorded in Santiago de Cuba and Los Angeles. This record will be a collaboration between Cuban, Congolese, Los Angeles and Montana artists.
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Exploratory Roots-Rock
The Dead & Down are an exploratory roots-rock band inspired as much by the vast landscapes and dramatic mountain ranges of their Montana home as they are by the myriad musical influences that weave through their sound. Based around the introspective songwriting and dusty vocals of frontman Taylor Burlage, the band navigates sonic trails between rust-flecked alt country and swampy rock ‘n’ roll, with detours through psychedelia and genre-bending experimentation. They have opened for the likes of Paul Cauthen, Futurebirds, and the Last Revel and have hit the stage at Under the Big Sky Music Festival, Red Ants Pants Music Festival and more. Their recently released sophomore album, No Broken Bones, displays the sound of a band hungry to find out what lies beyond the next ridge and only just beginning their journey.
“The Dead & Down have a sound that doesn't fit into one bin. They combine elements of Country, Americana, and Rock for a sonic experience that stays interesting. Their new song, “Switchbacks” has a solid country-rock feel, but the break in the middle is a lot more akin to prog rock. It's a combo that works!” - Bob Wall, KGVM Bozeman
“Alt-country, but on the moon––– and still so down to earth.” - The Pulp, Missoula
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Country
Keeping the spirit of '90's country alive Neon Rainbow is Montana’s premiere country music performance. It’s time to live those honky tonk dreams!
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Pop/Punk
Founded January of 2022 in Spokane WA, by four friends who all share a love for Green Day. We appreciate this opportunity to celebrate the music of our favorite band with like minded fans all over the country.
Join in on celebrating Pop Punk legends, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees, and 20 time Grammy Nominees, GREEN DAY, with the nation's premiere tribute act, NOT.GREENDAY. Performing hits and deep cuts from every era of Green Day's catalog spanning over four decades, including songs from; 39/Smooth, Kerplunk, Dookie, Insomniac, Nimrod, Warning, American Idiot, 21st Century Breakdown, ¡UNO!/¡DOS!/¡TRÉ!, and Revolution Radio!. As 4 die-hard, lifelong Green Day fans, NOT.GREENDAY brings a high energy, non-stop performance that is guaranteed to have you dancing and singing along in a sea of nostalgia.
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Our Presenting Sponsors: 94.7 "The Moose", Bloom Montana, Element Bozeman, Kenyon Noble, Lehrkinds Coca Cola & Coors Light, Montana Kush, Pendleton Whiskey, Toyota
Our Gold Sponsors: Groundworks, Kimpton Armory Hotel, Little Stinkers, NBC Montana, Rocking R Bar
Our Silver Sponsors: Open Range, Pure Dispensary
Our Bronze Sponsors: Bridgercare, First Security Bank, Pub 317, Sign Solutions, Sweet Pea Festival
And, our Friends of Music on Main: Outside Bozeman, Double Dogs Cannabis