8 Best Performing Arts Venues in Helena, Bozeman, and Southwest Montana, Montana

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We've compiled the best of the best in Helena, Bozeman, and Southwest Montana - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.

Blue Slipper Theatre

The historic district's Blue Slipper Theatre presents various full-length productions, including one-act plays, popular melodramas, and an annual Christmas variety show.

Bozeman Symphony Society

This group runs a year-round concert series, often featuring talented university students and traveling artists. Performances take place at the Willson Auditorium.

Music in the Mountains

The Music in the Mountains summer concert series showcases such headliners as Taj Mahal, Willie Nelson, and the Bozeman Symphony Orchestra in outdoor venues.

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RiverStone Gallery

The RiverStone Gallery displays original paintings, sculptures, pottery, and contemporary jewelry by Western artists.

319 E. Main St., Ennis, MT, 59729, USA
406-682--5768

Shakespeare in the Parks

During the summer months, this university-based touring theater troupe performs Shakespeare plays in some 61 rural communities throughout Montana and nearby states.

The Myrna Loy

In a remodeled historic stone jail, The Myrna Loy—named after the Montana-born actress—hosts live performances by nationally and internationally recognized musicians and dance troupes. Foreign and independent films are shown in the auditorium and screening room

Virginia City Opera House

The historic Opera House is the oldest continuously operating summer theater in the West, in operation since 1949. Early June through early September, the theater hosts an amusing vaudeville show by the Virginia City Players. Shows are Tuesday through Thursday at 4, Friday and Saturday at 7. Weekend matinees are at 2.

338 W. Wallace St., Virginia City, MT, 59755, USA
800-829–2969
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Washoe Theatre

The classic art deco Washoe Theatre, built in 1931, was ranked by the Smithsonian as the fifth-most-beautiful theater in the nation. Murals and ornamentation in silver, copper, and gold leaf are some of the highlights of this theater, which is open nightly for movies and other events. In 2013, the theater updated its 35-mm film projector to a digital projector enabling it to play 3D movies.

305 Main St., Anaconda, MT, 59711, USA
406-563–6161