Name: Uberbrew Happy Hour
Start: 2024-05-03T20:00:00-06:00
End: 2024-05-03T22:00:00-06:00
Location: Uberbrew

Yee-Haw Hee-Haw, Western Days 2024

Two nights of Honky Tonkin’ music and comedy, “live” in Downtown Billings. Gates open at 6pm both nights. This is a 21+ party.

For the Love of the Arts

NOVA Center for the Performing Arts invites you to our celebration For the Love of the Arts! Doors will open at 6:30 P.M. and entertainment will commence at 7:00 P.M. Guests will be treated to an evening of appetizers, desserts, and music from local performer(s). Ticket prices for the event are $50/couple and $30/individuals. Wine and beer are included in the price. Tickets are available for purchase through NOVA at 406.591.9535 or at our box office located at 2317 Montana Ave.

Alive After 5’s 20th Anniversary Summer Concert Series Line-up Announcement.

Our most anticipated summer concert series, Alive After 5, turns twenty this year. The 20th Anniversary Alive After 5 series runs Thursday evenings, 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm, June 8 to August 3, 2023 presented by our team at the Downtown Billings Alliance (DBA) and Valley Credit Union. The concerts occur weekly, outdoors, and at different downtown locations.

2023 Alive After 5 Concert Line-up

June 8, Desperate Electric & Gilda House at The Pub Station

June 15, Counting Coup at Uberbrew

June 22, Wes Urbaniak & the Mountain Folk at The Monte

June 29, El Wencho at Montana Brewing Co. (at Skypoint)

July 6, The Soul Funk Collective at Thirsty Street Brewing Co.

July 13, Repeat Offenders at Hooligan’s Sports Bar (at Skypoint)

July 20, Honyocker featuring Josie Dunne Guthrie Brown, and Luke Enyeart at Walkers

July 27, Ryan Chrys & the Rough Cuts at Tiny’s Tavern

Aug 3, Lost Canyons at McCormick Cafe / Craft Local

Admission is free to the public, however, those 21 and older, wishing to consume alcohol will need to purchase a wristband for $2.

The revenue generated through the wristband sales at each Alive After 5 helps sustain the coordination and facilitation of downtown beautification projects, public art projects, and other free community-centric events we host throughout the year.

The V.I.P. Option: Twenty $10 V.I.P wristbands are available each week, and can be purchased before 12:00 pm each Thursday, either in person at our office (located at 116 N. 29th Street) or by calling our office at (406) 294-5060. The V.I.P. area offers a shaded space for you to cool off, hang out, and enjoy the show. The V.I.P. The area includes tables, chairs, free ice-cold water, and a great view of the stage.

Alive After 5 started in Billings in 2003, by a group of downtown restaurant & property owners led at the time by the publisher of the Gazette. The original five Alive After 5 locations in 2003 included Walkers, McCormick Cafe, Montana Brewing Company, the former Pug Mahon’s, and the former Rex location on Montana Avenue. Tiny’s Tavern joined the group as a host location in 2004. The community’s response to the concept of Alive After 5 was such a positive one that after a couple years of grass-roots coordinating, the group of host locations asked the DBA organization to facilitate it as one of their annual signature events. Over the twenty years, the idea grew. What started with an initial five concerts at five locations a summer became, at its largest, fourteen concerts at fourteen different locations to its current state. We coordinate the series from set-up to tear-down and beyond. Alive After 5 brings over 10,500 people to downtown Billings each summer.

The 2023 season sponsors include; Valley Credit Union, TDS Fiber, B-Town Vapes & Glass, Stella’s Kitchen & Bakery, The ClockTower Inn, Hensel Law, Mari Mint, Alpha Overhead Door, Earth First Aid, and Desert Mountain Broadcasting Radio group (Planet 106.7, Classic Hits, My 105.9, 98.1 KBEAR, 94.1 KSKY, 910 ESPN, The Zone 96.3). Thank you for supporting the businesses that support us.

40 Years of St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations in Downtown Billings

Parade, Celtic Fair & Street Party Activities & Entertainment

Don’t miss an ounce of fun at the Annual Downtown Billings St. Patrick’s Day Celebration on Saturday, March 18th presented by our team and Hooligan’s Sports Bar. The day’s festivities are free and open to the public from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. The celebration includes the Celtic Fair, Street Party, and the 40th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

The Celtic Fair begins at 10:00 am and includes craft vendors, face painting, balloon art, food trucks, live entertainment, and more. The parade and Street Party kick off at 11:00 am. Each parade entry is created by individual local businesses, organizations, and community groups wanting to be part of the joyful Celebration.

THE PARADE

This year’s parade line-up has over forty-five parade entries with the Eugene Sara Detachment, United States Marine Corp League setting the pace at the very front of the parade as honor guard. The team from Tiny’s Tavern are celebrating their 40th anniversary this year so our team invited them to celebrate in style as the parade’s Grand Marshal entry. “I think everyone will be quite impressed with our float.” Shared Curt Grimm, owner of Tiny’s Tavern.

Judging the parade floats from Skypoint this year will be team members from our St. Patrick’s Day Event sponsors: The Zone 96.3, Planet 106.7, & Classic Hits, My 105.9 (Desert Media Broadcasting), TDS Fiber, Valley Credit Union, and B-Town Vapes & Glass. The judging categories include: Best Entry Overall, Best Float, Best Musical Entry, Best Costume, Best Representation of the Holiday, Best Performers, and Most Original Entry. The 2022 Best Entry Overall award went to the Optimist Clubs of Lockwood & Billings heights pictured below.

Optimist Clubs of Lockwood & Billings heights 2022 St. Patrick’s Day parade entry

PARADE SAFETY MESSAGE

As a non-profit organization who advocates for a vibrant and thriving downtown through community events like this parade, clean and safe programs, and economic development projects we would like to remind you that this is a free community event and public safety is our number one priority.

Any and all handouts (candy or otherwise) will take place from the sidewalks behind the crowd and not from the parade route itself. Parade entries will not be passing out candy from the parade route in compliance with the DBA’s parade safety policy. Please visit the event webpage and read the full Parade Safety message for details and clarification of this policy.

POST PARADE ACTIVITIES

The day’s festivities continue at Skypoint after the conclusion of the parade; Live entertainment at the Celtic Fair stage begins at noon with the Irish dancers from the Claddagh Irish Dance Academy followed by Celtic musicians from the Slainte Traditional Irish Music Session at 1:00 pm. Additionally, at noon N. Broadway will come alive with a concert at the Hooligan’s Street Party stage from local rock band Repeat Offenders. At the Street Party the Hooligan’s team pours their Hooligan’s Irish Red brew along with green beer while also serving Corn beef and Cabbage on special inside both Hooligans Sports Bar and Montana Brewing Company.

To add to the fun, there are a number of post-parade vendors and activities for all ages that will pop-up into the Celtic Fair once the 11:00 am parade concludes. Each of the post-parade activities are free for all ages to enjoy and take place from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm:

4 Square hosted by The Phoenix Montana
Cornhole hosted by Billings Sportsball
Wild Rose Mini Golf sponsored by Valley Credit Union.