[calendar] gate High School, 7:30 PM. $5 suggested donation. (BTW, don’t confuse this with House on Haunted Hill, the awesome Vincent Price movie, like Calapatra did at first.) We’ll have both kinds, country and western, when the Country Boogie Boys play the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W. 8 PM. No cover. Warm on up with some friendly folks when the Missoula Folklore Society presents a contra dance, with Skippin A Groove providing tunes and Christa Torrens makin’ the calls. Union Hall, 209 Main St. 8-11 PM. Absolutely DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo are like Shabba-Doo and Boogaloo Shrimp, saving rec centers one beat at at time. Get hip to their jamz, hippies. Badlander. Doors at 9 PM. 2-for-1 Absolut drinks until midnight. $2. DJ Dubwise spins hot oldschool and new dance party traxxx at Feruqis, 318 N. Higgins Ave., starting at 10 PM. Free. Cure your Saturday night fever when Band In Motion plays tunes for dancin’ at the Union Club. 9 PM. No cover. Those lovable folk-rock-party rapscallions The Hasslers play Sean Kelly’s, starting at 9 PM. No cover. Grab your hunty and head on down to the Palace for an Imperial Sovereign Court of the State of Montana drag show, featuring fabulous people in fabulous get-ups. 9 PM. Cover TBA. No need to stand on ceremony at Rude Max’s CD release for Ill Mannered, an evening which includes live hip-hop, DJs and a metal band, natch. DJ Brand One, Traff the Wiz, Codependents, Wormwood and Arctodus all show up to party
down at Stage 112, at the Elk’s on 112 Pattee St. 9 PM. $3. 18-plus. Mark Duboise and Crossroads will plumb curl your hair at the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand. 9:30 PM. No cover. The Tomcats will sling shots of country, rock and blues your way at the Dark Horse, 1805 Regent. 9:30 PM to close. No cover. You never know what might sprout after Oregon reggaefunk outfit Sol Seed plays the Top Hat, along with Jameson and the Sordid Seeds. 10 PM. Free.
Gotta love the ebony and the ivory at Celebrate Piano Series III, featuring Barbara Blegan on the venerated pianoforte. UM Music Recital Hall. $20/$10 for students. Check out umt.edu/music to learn more.
nightlife Local singer and songmeister Aran Buzzas plays Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave., from 5-7 PM. No cover. Back it up, now let me hear your hips swing at the Western Union Band’s “real deal country swing” Sunday dance at the Top
SUNDAYNOV17 Celtic bard Patrick Ball plays some seriously old-school tunes on his brass-strung Irish harp at the Swan Valley School in Condon. 3 PM. $14/$12 for seniors/free for ages 18 and under with an accompanying adult. Check out alpineartisans.org to learn more. I choo-choo-choose you to jump All Aboard the Holiday Express, the annual holiday train exhibit at Fort Missoula. Check out neato sets and see how the Missoula Model Railroad Club builds models. Historian Gary Glynn signs his book, That Beautiful Little Post: The Story of Fort Missoula. Plus, Santa might stop by. 1-4 PM. Free with donation of canned goods. Your bedtime tales of collegeage debauchery fall a little short of the mark. Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like storytelling, finger plays, flannel-board pictograms and more at 11 AM on Sat. and 2 PM on Sun. at the Missoula Public Library. Free. Call 721BOOK.
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