The Montana event of the year has arrived!
Summer festival season peaks this month with the return of the Red Ants Pants Music Festival, whose powerhouse 2024 lineup for the 13th annual event will have audiences swaying in the sunshine. Named the “Montana Event of the Year” by the Montana Office of Tourism, Red Ants Pants is widely known for its lasting impact of mission-based work to increase women’s leadership, promote rural communities, and support working family farms and ranches through the programming of the Red Ants Pants Foundation. The event will take place July 25th–28th on the Jackson Ranch just outside of White Sulphur Springs.
This year’s main stage lineup includes Grammy Award-winning Lukas Nelson, Billboard bluegrass chart-toppers The Devil Makes Three, as well as Grammy Award-winners Los Lobos and Sarah Jarosz.
Nelson is touring in continued support of his latest album, Sticks and Stones, released last year with his band Promise of the Real. Americana trio The Devil Makes Three have been churning out music for twenty years, including Chains Are Broken, considered their most sophisticated to date. Los Lobos, the group that contributed the bulk of the soundtrack to the 1987 film La Bamba, have been on the road ever since, releasing countless studio albums including Native Sons, their most recent. Multiple Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Sarah Jarosz continues to solidify her place among the Americana greats with brand new album, Polaroid Lovers, released early this year.
Also performing this summer are Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors, KT Tunstall, Big Richard, Bella White, Jeffrey Foucault with Erik Koskinen, Buffalo Nichols, Emily Nenni, Melissa Carper, Adeem the Artist, Summer Dean, Goldpine and Abby Webster & Her Imaginary Band. Wild Horses will headline the annual kickoff street dance with opening support by the Tanner Laws Band.
In addition, Red Ants Pants will include 14 side stage performances along with demo area activities designed to teach, showcase and celebrate traditional work skills.
“The depth and diversity of this year’s lineup is truly special, and we cannot wait to welcome so many incredible musicians to join us in the middle of Montana. The Americana legends and rising stars in our lineup are a big draw, but it’s also the mission behind the music that makes the experience so special,” said festival producer Sarah Calhoun. “Red Ants Pants Music Festival fans take so much pride in knowing that long after the final song rings out on the main stage, they are investing in the Red Ants Pants Foundation’s work to increase women’s leadership, support working family farms and ranches, and enrich rural communities.”
Visit www.redantspantsmusicfestival.com for ticketing details, camping and vendor information and more. Follow on social media for additional announcements.
Event proceeds continue to fund community grants for local nonprofits through the Red Ants Pants Foundation, which works to empower women in agricultural communities. Learn more at www.redantspantsfoundation.org. •
