Tacos & Tequila 2024

Because the best times happen over endless tacos!

2024 will be bigger than ever with more tacos, more tequila and more fun including a NEW VIP Tequila Dome!

Margaritas and refreshments from Walkers Bar, the Rainbow, BarMT, and Pepsi of Billings.

Music from Mariachis del Corazon and DJ Tektonics

1 pm to 5pm general admission • 12:30pm VIP access for 1909 Society Members

Who will serve the best taco in Billings? You be the judge. Everyone who attends will receive a chip to vote for your favorite taco. Judge’s Choice will be announced at 2pm. People’s Choice will be announced at 4:30pm.

Taco Vendors for 2024 include:

More announced daily. Follow us on Facebook for regular updates.

PRICING

$40 GENERAL ADMISSION * $35 if purchased before April 15 ($45 at the Door)

Each general admission includes 7 taste tickets each good for 1 item(Taco or Marg). Additional tickets available for purchase for $4 each or 10 for $35

$85 VIP ACCESS & 1909 SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP * $80 if purchased before April 15 ($90 at the Door)

This VIP ticket gets you in early so you can get your first tastes before the crowd! It includes 7 sampling tickets and a membership to the Depot’s 1909 Society.

VIP benefits include:

  • Private admission beginning at 12:30pm
  • Receive a special 1909 Society event pack including a special event cup
  • VIP access to a private Tequila Dome with special tequila tastings
  • Ability to upgrade 1 general admission guest to VIP for this event. Your guest must arrive with you to access VIP benefits.
  • 1909 Society member perks at all 2024 Depot events

(1909 Society membership renews each year. Previous members need to purchase 2024 membership to access benefits. For more information, visit our 1909 Society membership page.)

$200 VIP SEASON PASS

This VIP ticket gets you in to ALL Depot & Magic City’s Best food competition for the entire year. This ticket is good for ONLY the purchaser and cannot be used to upgrade other guests.

VIP benefits include:

  • Private admission beginning at 12:30pm
  • Receive a special event cup
  • VIP access to a private Tequila Dome with special tequila tastings
  • VIP access for 1 at all other food competitions at the Depot in 2024

EXTRAS

$500 PARTY IN THE POST

For $500, you and up to 50 friends will have your own space for the event with indoor and outdoor seating and your own private bathroom. Guests will still need to purchase admission tickets to the event. $500 includes:

  • Tables, chairs and linens for up to 50 guests
  • Our event coordinator will work with you to design the floorplan for tables and chairs
  • Private use of The Post and courtyard from 1pm to 5pm
  • Ability to decorate the space
  • 4 VIP tickets to Tacos & Tequila 2024 * all other guests much purchase admission tickets for the event

SKIP THE LINE & GET MORE TASTES! 

Preorder your additional taste tickets online and they’ll be waiting for you at the door when you arrive. Purchase single tickets for $4 each or a bundle of 10 for $35.

T&T FAQS:

1. Guided or Free Flowing? This is a free flowing event with lots of restaurants and food trucks serving delicious tacos & drinks.

2. Do I have to go to all the stops? No! We’ll share the restaurants and drink specials in advance so you can pick which ones you want to try.

3. Is this event 21+? Yes.

4 . Weather: The event will be held rain or shine. Be prepared for extremes such as heat, wind or rain. Dress accordingly.

5. Smoking: NO smoking (cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, pipes, etc.) is allowed on the grounds with the exception of the Smoking Area.

6. No outside food or beverages will be allowed.

7 . Patrons feeling sick, having symptoms of COVID-19, having been in contact with person(s)who have COVID-19, tested positive for COVID-19, are in quarantine for anything in relation to COVID-19 should not attend.

Refunds are not available for this event.

Have fun, grab a drink, and let’s get Taco’d!

  • Posted on: March 21, 2024

Hot Club of Cowtown and Tyler Hilton: Celebrating Elvis Presley’s Records From Sun Studios

Award-winning Austin, Texas-based Hot Club of Cowtown may be the world’s most globe-trotting, effervescent string trio, who’s joyful sound blends the traditional Western swing of the 1940s American southwest with European hot jazz influences of the same era. The Hot Club of Cowtown, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2022, writes its own original songs and reinterprets everything from hoedowns to American songbook standards in its own, original style. The band is guitarist Whit Smith, fiddler Elana James, and upright bassist Zack Sapunor.

HCCT has toured with Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Roxy Music and others and proudly represents traditional American music throughout the world for the US State Department from Azerbaijan to the Sultanate of Oman. It has been named Ameripolitan Western Swing Group of the Year and is a member of the Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame. Fifteen albums, a global following, and the relentless passion of its live shows are the band’s enduring trademark.

Recently signed to UK roots label the Last Music Company, the Hot Club of Cowtown continues to amass a devoted following worldwide through its one-of-a-kind versatility and virtuosity. Career highlights include the Fuji Rock Festival (Japan), Lincoln Center, the Grand Ol’ Opry, the Glastonbury Festival (UK) and all points in between.

From portraying Elvis Presley in Walk the Line and garnering a cult following as musician Chris Keller on the CW hit TV show One Tree Hill, to writing and touring with the likes of Taylor Swift, Lady Antebellum and Joe Cocker, Tyler Hilton has enjoyed an award-winning career spanning music, film and television. Born and raised in California, Tyler grew up in a family of talented musicians who had played for acts like Fleetwood Mac, George Harrison and Donovan. Performing with his family from an early age, Hilton became serious about songwriting at 14. At 15, he called into L.A.’s KLOS radio station to win concert tickets and ended up wowing the hosts with an on-air performance. The station made him a regular guest and helped launch his debut record, which caught the ear of Warner Bros. Records, who signed him to record his second album The Tracks of Tyler Hilton, earning him two Top 40 singles.

Tyler then landed the dream gig of portraying Elvis in Golden Globe-winning Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line, opposite Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix. “I’d never done any kind of professional acting but got quite the education from those two. They were pros, and so patient.” Two of his recordings featured on the film’s Grammy-winning soundtrack and his portrayal of the late legend helped launch an acting career which has since seen him star alongside Robert Downey Jr. in the 2007 film Charlie Bartlett and opposite Halle Berry in CBS series Extant. However, it was Tyler’s musical role in One Tree Hill that helped build the devoted, global fan base he has today. The series heavily featured songs from his third album, 2012’s Forget the Storm, which reached #2 on Billboard’s Heatseekers Albums Chart. Tyler also featured on the show’s soundtracks with fan favorites like “When the Stars Go Blue” and “Missing You.” “I played the worst kind of person on the show, and still the fans totally took me in and connected with my music. It was an incredible fan base to be a part of!”

Following 2014’s Indian Summer, Tyler released his proudest body of work yet, 2019’s City on Fire, featuring a collaboration with Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley (an ex-roommate). The album, rooted in Hilton’s signature cinematic folk-rock stylings, was featured heavily in film and TV including Showtime’s Shameless. The star-studded video for the record’s gritty lead single, “City on Fire,” was directed by Tyler’s wife, Megan Park, an award-winning director, writer and actress. A video for the album’s second single, “When I See You, I See Home,” features footage of the couple’s 2015 nuptials and their baby daughter, Winnie, born in 2019. Alongside working on his retro-inspired 6th studio album (expected Spring 2021) which will include a dark take on Little Richard’s “Long Tall Sally” – released in early 2020, following the singer’s death – Tyler and longtime collaborator Jaco Caraco (Miley Cyrus, Kelly Clarkson) have been writing and producing new music for Billy Ray Cyrus’ soon-to-be released follow up to 2019’s record-shattering “Old Town Road.”

Hilton has been featured everywhere from Rolling Stone and People’s “50 Most Beautiful People,” to The Tonight Show and TRL. Additionally, he co-starred in a #1 MTV music video with Taylor Swift, a longtime fan, for her song, “Teardrops Drops on My Guitar,” which was nominated for an MTV Music Video Award. Tyler and Megan also starred in the #1 CMT music video for Gloriana’s “Kissed You Goodnight.”

Tyler currently lives in Los Angeles and Ontario, Canada.

  • Posted on: March 21, 2024

Billings Symphony ‘Titan’

BSYO Repertory Orchestra

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Marriage of Figaro Overture
Gustav Mahler | Symphony No. 1, “Titan”

The BSYO’s Repertory Orchestra performs Mozart alongside the Billings Symphony. We then bring the season to a monumental finish with Mahler’s Symphony No. 1. From military marches to folk songs, dance music to animal sounds: everything has its place in Mahler’s symphonic world.

  • Posted on: March 21, 2024

John Roberts y Pan Blanco

Get your dancing shoes on!  Show at 7pm, dancing lessons at 6pm. All ages.  $10

 

  • Posted on: March 19, 2024

ArtWalk at the Billings Symphony office

Please join us at the Billings Symphony office on April 5th from 5-9 pm for the Downtown Billings ArtWalk and First Friday event. We are thrilled to have the talented students from Lame Deer showcasing their art forms. Special guests, including Grammy winner and Silkroad Artist Kojiro Umezaki, violin prodigy Luke Minton, and the Morning Star Singers, will also be making appearances. Enjoy live musical performances, exquisite artwork, dancing, and drumming by these amazing students.

  • Posted on: March 18, 2024

April ArtWalk

Stroll downtown Billings for a fun filled evening of art, music, and good conversation during the April ArtWalk.

Check out artwalkbillings.com for the map, participating locations, and participating artists

30 ArtWalk locations!

A&E Design
Anderson Art Studio
Aspinwall Mountainwear
Asylum Distillery
Barjon’s Books
Billings First Church
Billings Symphony
Bishops Cut/Color
Ceilon Aspensen Fine Art

Confetti Heart Studio
Cushing Terrell
Downtown Billings Alliance
Electric Storm

Essence Medical Spa
Global Village
Harry Koyama Fine Art
Hedden Empire Gallery
Kirks’ Grocery
McCormick Cafe

Proof Donuts & Coffee
Sandstone Gallery
Stephen Haraden Gallery
The Grand Building (Jake’s Downtown)
Thirsty Street Brewery Co.
This House of Books
Tyler Murphy Studio
Yellowstone Art Museum
  • Posted on: March 18, 2024

Spiked Mind live at Thirsty Street Brewing Co.

Billings rock and alt rock band.  $5 adv/$10 door.  All ages

  • Posted on: March 11, 2024

Parts and Labor live at Thirsty Street Brewing Co.

Billings band playing classic rock covers.  No cover charge.  All ages.

  • Posted on: March 11, 2024

Brian Kassay live at Thirsty Street Brewing Co.

Join us for a show with Brian Kassay, former fiddle player from Laney Lou & The Bird Dogs. No cover charge, all ages!

Brian Kassay is a live looping multi-instrumentalist who seamlessly blends together guitar, drums, keys, harmonica, xylophone and violin to create a full and dynamic sound.

  • Posted on: March 7, 2024

St. Patrick’s Day with Slainte’

Come enjoy some traditional celtic pub tunes. Don’t forget to wear green! No cover charge. All ages

  • Posted on: February 26, 2024