Wed. Oct. 21

Bozeman's Choice 2027

Voting for all-things Bozeman will happen Oct 1-Nov 1, 2026, for the 2027 Bozeman's Choice Readers' Poll. You only need to vote once in this popular favorites competition. Put your stamp of approval on Bozeman!

Cost: FREE

11am-5pm Wed. Oct. 21

Foundations of Vision: Architecture & Imagination in Bozeman at the Bozeman Art Museum

Featuring the work of Bozeman Architect Fred Willson, Visions for the future Bozeman Art Museum by MSU Architecture Students, & after hours artwork by local architects.

Bozeman Art Museum BAM 2612 W Main St Suite B, Bozeman

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

5:30-6:30pm Wed. Oct. 21

Country Bookshelf Book Club: The Immortal Irishman

Join us for our monthly book club led by bookseller extraordinaire Kat! Our monthly book club meetings are held from 5:30 to 6:30pm on the day of the event in the first-floor seating section at Country Bookshelf. Free and no RSVP required!

Country Bookshelf 28 W. Main Street, Bozeman

Thu. Oct. 22

Bozeman's Choice 2027

Voting for all-things Bozeman will happen Oct 1-Nov 1, 2026, for the 2027 Bozeman's Choice Readers' Poll. You only need to vote once in this popular favorites competition. Put your stamp of approval on Bozeman!

Cost: FREE

11am-5pm Thu. Oct. 22

Foundations of Vision: Architecture & Imagination in Bozeman at the Bozeman Art Museum

Featuring the work of Bozeman Architect Fred Willson, Visions for the future Bozeman Art Museum by MSU Architecture Students, & after hours artwork by local architects.

Bozeman Art Museum BAM 2612 W Main St Suite B, Bozeman

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

6pm Thu. Oct. 22

Author Talk with Cara Chamberlain

Country Bookshelf is excited to welcome Montana author Cara Chamberlain, author of the new book From Peaks to Prairie: The Gifts of Walking in an Anxious Life.

Country Bookshelf 28 W. Main Street, Bozeman

7-9pm Thu. Oct. 22

Kikuyu Land presented by the Bozeman Doc Series

On Thursday, October 22nd, at 7pm at the Emerson Center, the Doc Series continues with the Montana Premiere of the award-winning new film, Kikuyu Land.

The Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture 111 South Grand Ave, Bozeman

Cost: $12 general admission, $10 for students

Age: 18+

Fri. Oct. 23

Bozeman's Choice 2027

Voting for all-things Bozeman will happen Oct 1-Nov 1, 2026, for the 2027 Bozeman's Choice Readers' Poll. You only need to vote once in this popular favorites competition. Put your stamp of approval on Bozeman!

Cost: FREE

9-10am Fri. Oct. 23

Virtual Fossil Fridays

Step into the world of paleontology with Museum Education Specialist MaggieJo Widdicombe! From live Q&As with global dinosaur experts to step-by-step dino drawing tutorials, Virtual Fossil Friday is your front-row seat to ancient discovery.

Museum of the Rockies 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

9am-5pm Fri. Oct. 23

Academic Symposium: “On the Edge of American: Art, Exodusters, and Expatriates, 1850–1900”

This symposium examines creativity and migration among Black and Afro-Indigenous artists, designers, and performers from 1850–1900, exploring how they sought freedom and opportunity beyond U.S. boundaries.

Museum of the Rockies 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

11am-5pm Fri. Oct. 23

Foundations of Vision: Architecture & Imagination in Bozeman at the Bozeman Art Museum

Featuring the work of Bozeman Architect Fred Willson, Visions for the future Bozeman Art Museum by MSU Architecture Students, & after hours artwork by local architects.

Bozeman Art Museum BAM 2612 W Main St Suite B, Bozeman

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

5:30-10pm Fri. Oct. 23

Anderson School Presents: Haunted Camp Cottonwood

Join Anderson School eighth graders for a frightening night at the Haunted Camp Cottonwood - prepare for chills, thrills, and to scream at the top of your lungs! 5:30-6:30 lights on, 6:30-10:00 lights off.

Anderson Red Schoolhouse 10030 Cottonwood Rd, Bozeman

Cost: General Admission: $10/personFast Pass (skip the regular line): $25/personSkip the Line Entirely: $40/person

7-9pm Fri. Oct. 23

The Bannack Association Presents:THE GHOST WALK

Bannack Ghost Walk is hosted on October 23rd and 24th at Bannack State Park with shows starting at 7pm and 9pm each night. Guests are asked to be at the park Visitor Center 10 minutes before your ticketed time.

Bannack State Park, Bannack

Cost: $15 adults ,12 & Under $10

Age: All Ages

7-8pm Fri. Oct. 23

Haunted History Tours

Take a deeper look into tales of murder, betrayal, local crime, and the darker sides of what made the West “wild” while exploring the historic county jail.

Gallatin History Museum 317 W Main, Bozeman

Cost: $20

Age: 16+, no exceptions.

8:15-9:15pm Fri. Oct. 23

Haunted History Tours

Take a deeper look into tales of murder, betrayal, local crime, and the darker sides of what made the West “wild” while exploring the historic county jail.

Gallatin History Museum 317 W Main, Bozeman

Cost: $20

Age: 16+, no exceptions.

Sat. Oct. 24

Bozeman's Choice 2027

Voting for all-things Bozeman will happen Oct 1-Nov 1, 2026, for the 2027 Bozeman's Choice Readers' Poll. You only need to vote once in this popular favorites competition. Put your stamp of approval on Bozeman!

Cost: FREE

9am-5pm Sat. Oct. 24

Academic Symposium: “On the Edge of American: Art, Exodusters, and Expatriates, 1850–1900”

This symposium examines creativity and migration among Black and Afro-Indigenous artists, designers, and performers from 1850–1900, exploring how they sought freedom and opportunity beyond U.S. boundaries.

Museum of the Rockies 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

11am-5pm Sat. Oct. 24

Foundations of Vision: Architecture & Imagination in Bozeman at the Bozeman Art Museum

Featuring the work of Bozeman Architect Fred Willson, Visions for the future Bozeman Art Museum by MSU Architecture Students, & after hours artwork by local architects.

Bozeman Art Museum BAM 2612 W Main St Suite B, Bozeman

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

5:30-10pm Sat. Oct. 24

Anderson School Presents: Haunted Camp Cottonwood

Join Anderson School eighth graders for a frightening night at the Haunted Camp Cottonwood - prepare for chills, thrills, and to scream at the top of your lungs! 5:30-6:30 lights on, 6:30-10:00 lights off.

Anderson Red Schoolhouse 10030 Cottonwood Rd, Bozeman

Cost: General Admission: $10/personFast Pass (skip the regular line): $25/personSkip the Line Entirely: $40/person

7-9pm Sat. Oct. 24

The Bannack Association Presents:THE GHOST WALK

Bannack Ghost Walk is hosted on October 23rd and 24th at Bannack State Park with shows starting at 7pm and 9pm each night. Guests are asked to be at the park Visitor Center 10 minutes before your ticketed time.

Bannack State Park, Bannack

Cost: $15 adults ,12 & Under $10

Age: All Ages

7-8pm Sat. Oct. 24

Haunted History Tours

Take a deeper look into tales of murder, betrayal, local crime, and the darker sides of what made the West “wild” while exploring the historic county jail.

Gallatin History Museum 317 W Main, Bozeman

Cost: $20

Age: 16+, no exceptions.

8:15-9:15pm Sat. Oct. 24

Haunted History Tours

Take a deeper look into tales of murder, betrayal, local crime, and the darker sides of what made the West “wild” while exploring the historic county jail.

Gallatin History Museum 317 W Main, Bozeman

Cost: $20

Age: 16+, no exceptions.

Sun. Oct. 25

Bozeman's Choice 2027

Voting for all-things Bozeman will happen Oct 1-Nov 1, 2026, for the 2027 Bozeman's Choice Readers' Poll. You only need to vote once in this popular favorites competition. Put your stamp of approval on Bozeman!

Cost: FREE

11am-2pm Sun. Oct. 25

(October) Gabriel Chaile Adobe Oven Fire featuring Historic Recipes

Once a month, Tinworks will activate Gabriel Chaile’s commissioned oven sculpture, No puedo evitar la forma en que siento (I can’t help the way I feel), 2025, with a community baking event, led by Tinworks’ Bri Mango.

Tinworks Art 719 N. Ida Ave, Bozeman

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

Mon. Oct. 26

Bozeman's Choice 2027

Voting for all-things Bozeman will happen Oct 1-Nov 1, 2026, for the 2027 Bozeman's Choice Readers' Poll. You only need to vote once in this popular favorites competition. Put your stamp of approval on Bozeman!

Cost: FREE

Tue. Oct. 27

Bozeman's Choice 2027

Voting for all-things Bozeman will happen Oct 1-Nov 1, 2026, for the 2027 Bozeman's Choice Readers' Poll. You only need to vote once in this popular favorites competition. Put your stamp of approval on Bozeman!

Cost: FREE

11am-5pm Tue. Oct. 27

Foundations of Vision: Architecture & Imagination in Bozeman at the Bozeman Art Museum

Featuring the work of Bozeman Architect Fred Willson, Visions for the future Bozeman Art Museum by MSU Architecture Students, & after hours artwork by local architects.

Bozeman Art Museum BAM 2612 W Main St Suite B, Bozeman

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

5:30-7:30pm Tue. Oct. 27

On Storied Ground: Voices of the Native West Speaker Series at Montana State University with David Treuer

The Department of Native American Studies and the Ivan Doig Center are honored to host acclaimed author David Treuer as this year's "On Storied Ground: Voices of the Native West" speaker.

Great Hall, American Indian Hall

Cost: FREE

Wed. Oct. 28

Bozeman's Choice 2027

Voting for all-things Bozeman will happen Oct 1-Nov 1, 2026, for the 2027 Bozeman's Choice Readers' Poll. You only need to vote once in this popular favorites competition. Put your stamp of approval on Bozeman!

Cost: FREE

11am-5pm Wed. Oct. 28

Foundations of Vision: Architecture & Imagination in Bozeman at the Bozeman Art Museum

Featuring the work of Bozeman Architect Fred Willson, Visions for the future Bozeman Art Museum by MSU Architecture Students, & after hours artwork by local architects.

Bozeman Art Museum BAM 2612 W Main St Suite B, Bozeman

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

Thu. Oct. 29

Bozeman's Choice 2027

Voting for all-things Bozeman will happen Oct 1-Nov 1, 2026, for the 2027 Bozeman's Choice Readers' Poll. You only need to vote once in this popular favorites competition. Put your stamp of approval on Bozeman!

Cost: FREE

11am-5pm Thu. Oct. 29

Foundations of Vision: Architecture & Imagination in Bozeman at the Bozeman Art Museum

Featuring the work of Bozeman Architect Fred Willson, Visions for the future Bozeman Art Museum by MSU Architecture Students, & after hours artwork by local architects.

Bozeman Art Museum BAM 2612 W Main St Suite B, Bozeman

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

5:30-7:30pm Thu. Oct. 29

Crime and Punishment in America, Special Advanced Screening and Panel Discussion

Join MSU Library, the Department of Sociology & Anthropology, and Montana PBS for a special advanced screening of the forthcoming docuseries Crime and Punishment in America, directed by Lynn Novick and executive produced by Ken Burns and Sam Pollard.

Museum of the Rockies 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman

Cost: FREE

Age: 13+

6pm Thu. Oct. 29

Will Wright in Conversation with Liz Fairbank and Joseph O'Connor

Country Bookshelf is excited to welcome environmental historian Will Wright, author of the new book Borders of Biodiversity: How Gray Wolves, Monarch Butterflies, and Giant Sequoias Transformed Large Landscape Conservation.

Country Bookshelf 28 W. Main Street, Bozeman

7-8pm Thu. Oct. 29

Haunted History Tours

Take a deeper look into tales of murder, betrayal, local crime, and the darker sides of what made the West “wild” while exploring the historic county jail.

Gallatin History Museum 317 W Main, Bozeman

Cost: $20

Age: 16+, no exceptions.

8:15-9:15pm Thu. Oct. 29

Haunted History Tours

Take a deeper look into tales of murder, betrayal, local crime, and the darker sides of what made the West “wild” while exploring the historic county jail.

Gallatin History Museum 317 W Main, Bozeman

Cost: $20

Age: 16+, no exceptions.

Fri. Oct. 30

Bozeman's Choice 2027

Voting for all-things Bozeman will happen Oct 1-Nov 1, 2026, for the 2027 Bozeman's Choice Readers' Poll. You only need to vote once in this popular favorites competition. Put your stamp of approval on Bozeman!

Cost: FREE

9-10am Fri. Oct. 30

Virtual Fossil Fridays

Step into the world of paleontology with Museum Education Specialist MaggieJo Widdicombe! From live Q&As with global dinosaur experts to step-by-step dino drawing tutorials, Virtual Fossil Friday is your front-row seat to ancient discovery.

Museum of the Rockies 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

11am-5pm Fri. Oct. 30

Foundations of Vision: Architecture & Imagination in Bozeman at the Bozeman Art Museum

Featuring the work of Bozeman Architect Fred Willson, Visions for the future Bozeman Art Museum by MSU Architecture Students, & after hours artwork by local architects.

Bozeman Art Museum BAM 2612 W Main St Suite B, Bozeman

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

6-9pm Fri. Oct. 30

Pour & Gore: A Haunted Masquerade

Step into a world of mystery and intrigue with an immersive evening of haunting experiences, tarot and palm readings, masquerade mask-making, eerie gallery tours, spooky planetarium shows, festive drinks, and Halloween-inspired fun for those age 21+.

Museum of the Rockies 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman

Cost: $30/member, $35/non-member

Age: Age 21+

7-8pm Fri. Oct. 30

Haunted History Tours

Take a deeper look into tales of murder, betrayal, local crime, and the darker sides of what made the West “wild” while exploring the historic county jail.

Gallatin History Museum 317 W Main, Bozeman

Cost: $20

Age: 16+, no exceptions.

8:15-9:15pm Fri. Oct. 30

Haunted History Tours

Take a deeper look into tales of murder, betrayal, local crime, and the darker sides of what made the West “wild” while exploring the historic county jail.

Gallatin History Museum 317 W Main, Bozeman

Cost: $20

Age: 16+, no exceptions.

Sat. Oct. 31

Bozeman's Choice 2027

Voting for all-things Bozeman will happen Oct 1-Nov 1, 2026, for the 2027 Bozeman's Choice Readers' Poll. You only need to vote once in this popular favorites competition. Put your stamp of approval on Bozeman!

Cost: FREE

11am-5pm Sat. Oct. 31

Foundations of Vision: Architecture & Imagination in Bozeman at the Bozeman Art Museum

Featuring the work of Bozeman Architect Fred Willson, Visions for the future Bozeman Art Museum by MSU Architecture Students, & after hours artwork by local architects.

Bozeman Art Museum BAM 2612 W Main St Suite B, Bozeman

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

4pm Sat. Oct. 31

Nightmares on the Boardwalk

No admission fee, no lines, no reservations, JUST TERROR!!! We're adding some terrors to our already haunted town. Come be a part of it. 2-5pm Kids Carnival at the Elks Lodge, 4pm Trunk or Treat. Kid-friendly frights until sunset. TERROR after dark.

Virginia City Montana 210 Wallace Street, Virginia City

Cost: FREE

Age: Kid friendly until sunset. After dark, we turn the terrors loose

7-8pm Sat. Oct. 31

Haunted History Tours

Take a deeper look into tales of murder, betrayal, local crime, and the darker sides of what made the West “wild” while exploring the historic county jail.

Gallatin History Museum 317 W Main, Bozeman

Cost: $20

Age: 16+, no exceptions.

Sun. Nov. 1

Bozeman's Choice 2027

Voting for all-things Bozeman will happen Oct 1-Nov 1, 2026, for the 2027 Bozeman's Choice Readers' Poll. You only need to vote once in this popular favorites competition. Put your stamp of approval on Bozeman!

Cost: FREE

4-5pm Sun. Nov. 1

All Souls Remembered: A Walk Through Sunset Hills Cemetery

On November 1, a day long associated across cultures and traditions with remembering and honoring the dead, join us for All Souls Remembered: A Walk Through Sunset Hills Cemetery

Sunset Hills Cemetery, Bozeman

3-4pm Mon. Nov. 2

Native American Heritage Month Book Club with the Bozeman Public Library

Discover Native American contemporary literature with this special book club series with Museum of the Rockies’ Curator of Cultural History Dr. Siriana Lundgeren and Ned Blackhawk’s "The Rediscovery of America.”

Bozeman Public Library 626 East Main Street, Bozeman

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages

11am-5pm Tue. Nov. 3

Foundations of Vision: Architecture & Imagination in Bozeman at the Bozeman Art Museum

Featuring the work of Bozeman Architect Fred Willson, Visions for the future Bozeman Art Museum by MSU Architecture Students, & after hours artwork by local architects.

Bozeman Art Museum BAM 2612 W Main St Suite B, Bozeman

Cost: FREE

Age: All Ages