![]() ![]() ZACC HOSTING PUNK SHOWS, CRIMINAL CODE PLAYS THIS.They’re not the authorities, but they are charged with ensuring the show follows the rules, and the alcohol rule is there for a really good reason. Shows like this are typically run by volunteers, and folks who care about DIY music happening. The ZACC got help from veteran Missoula sound expert Mike Jones and board member Paulie Donaldson of Rocky Mountain Rigging on the design and installation for the sound system. Watching some rad bands is more important than having a drink in my hand, and I think I'll get by! These events are alcohol free, and that’s the rule that's there to ensure that the environment’s safe for all-ages, and that takes a lot of trust. However, I’ll be fine bringing along a water bottle to quench my thirst on Sunday. Respect it: I’m an of-age guy, and somewhat unoriginally, a beer fan. They put the money to good use, keeping costs low, providing scholarships to students, and doing things like offering their basement for all-ages music. Nearly everybody should have a record, shirt or CDR or something. Support it: Come prepared to support the show, it’s $5. Bring earplugs if you don’t do much loud music listening. They’re truly structured to be safe, affordable and for all-ages, 8-80. Come see the show, and other shows! These are great, informal times with awesome music. Here’s how you can do all three:Ĭelebrate it: I know that sounds like a bullshit new ageism, and I cringe a little that I've used that language, but man, it's sincere. That the ZACC is getting into this business is worth celebrating, supporting and respecting. etc.) but among the most fertile ground for supporting a community of musicians and bands. ![]() Low-overhead show spaces are hard to sustain (see closures to shows of Zoo City Apparel, the Lab, Eating Cake, Spruce St. It is a huge, huge deal (correct, two huges) that the ZACC has chosen to widen its scope of support to original, local and traveling musicians. Missoula’s a fortunate place to have an organization that provides arts education as increasingly the K-12 system falls short of the mark for arts. It provides arts education to pretty big crop of young Missoulians and it’s important work they do. Cultivating community through accessible art experiences for all. 6,990 likes 91 talking about this 2,838 were here. The thing I want to talk about is this: The ZACC is a registered 501C3, or nonprofit organization. Zootown Arts Community Center / ZACC, Missoula, Montana. The Funs from Chicago and two great locals, Needlecraft and King Elephant round it all out. They played Total Fest last summer and are a great, fast and kind of chorusy (the guitar effect) ala Hüsker Dü new wave punk group from the unassuming, sleeper hit-maker city of Tacoma, WA. Oh, and I’m stoked to see Criminal Code again. ![]() It’s pretty awesome news if you’re like me and you consistently long for a more or less "informal," more of a hang-out-watch-bands, talk-about-stuff situation compared to the average show. The Zootown Arts Community Center (or “ZACC”), a nonprofit arts organization just took a huge step and secured the basement space under their main-floor digs on Missoula’s North 1st street. ![]()
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