June 16 – Counting Coup & Calvin and the Cole Cars @ The Pub Station

June 23 – Bucky Beaver Ground Grippers @ Hooligan’s Sports Bar

June 30 – Wes Urbaniak and the Mountain Folk @ Uberbrew

July 7 – Gilda House & Joyce from the Future @ N. 29th St. and the DBA

July 14 – Repeat Offenders @ Montana Brewing Co.

July 21 – Favorite Sons @Walkers Grill

July 28 – Cole & the Thrones @ Tiny’s Tavern

August 4 – W.C. Huntley & Marcedes Carroll @ McCormick Cafe

View the full downtown event calendar HERE

This event is made possible by the host locations and our event sponsors.
Series Producer:Valley Credit Union
Composer:TDS Fiber
Orchestra:Desert Mountain Broadcasting
Chorus:First Interstate Bank 

Interested in sponsoring this event or other events: email LRichardson@staging.downtownbillings.flywheelsites.com

We’re always looking for good volunteers to help with setup, wrist banding, and IDing from 4:45-8pm. All volunteers get a free wristband, food/beverage voucher, and bottled water.

Click to volunteer for Thurs., July 28.

Click to volunteer for Thursday, August 4.

Or contact, info@staging.downtownbillings.flywheelsites.com for a list of volunteer opportunities.

We know!!! We’re bummed too but BUT dogs, cats, and other small animals are not allowed at Alive After 5 or any other large downtown public event. The city ordinance is for the safety of all including your dogs! AND while we don’t make the rules, we totally understand the city’s ordinance. Events like AA5 are loud and crowded and can be stressful  for a dog. Not to mention the heat of the hot pavement being harmful.

The Downtown Billings Alliance (DBA) coordinates each of the Alive After 5 concerts from set-up to tear-down and beyond. Each concert date takes place at a “Host” location within the Business Improvement District (BID). The concert series brings over 10,000 people to downtown Billings each summer.

The Alive After 5 downtown concert series was started in 2003 by a group of downtown restaurant & property owners led by the Publisher of the Gazette. The anchoring hosts included Walkers, McCormick’s, Pug Mahons, The Rex, and Montana Brewing Co and began with just 5 summer concerts around downtown. Tiny’s Tavern added in as an anchoring host in 2004. Over the years, the idea grew from the initial 5 concerts a summer to, at its biggest 14 concerts, to its current state.

Most of the DBA signature events such as St. Patrick’s Day festivities, Strawberry Festival, Harvest Fest, Holiday parade, Christmas Stroll, First Friday efforts, and more, are not revenue generators for the DBA, but are coordinated in efforts to bring people to downtown boosting the vitality of the downtown businesses. AA5 not only brings people downtown it is also one of the few revenue generating events thrown by the DBA. The revenue generated by the AA5 series helps sustain the coordination and facilitation of the other DBA community-centric events throughout the year.

If you would be interested in more information on hosting an Alive After 5 in the future please, contact our Event Director.