Pearl Jam are set to celebrate Montana Nonprofits with a pre-show community festival, Our Village. It is a free and open-to-the-public community festival that will take place before August 22nd show in Missoula, Montana. It will take place from 2-5pm at Tailgate Area, North of Washington-Grizzly Stadium at the University of Montana.
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It has been announced that over thirty local nonprofits are participating in the festival, each bringing an interactive, family-friendly activity or sharing a visual display. Activities range from face painting, art projects, and lawn games, to instrument building, bicycle repair demonstrations, photo booths, and various amazing displays.
Local food trucks and beverage vendors will be present. (Check out KettleHouse’s signature beer, the MPS Pilsner, a collaboration with Montana Pool Service, founded by Pearl Jam’s own Jeff Ament.)
The Zootown Arts Community Center is also programming an entertainment stage at the festival, emceed by Montana Poet Laureate Chris La Tray, and featuring four local bands: American Falcon, (latent), Calamity Cowboy, and But I’m A Cheerleader.
It has also come to light that Pearl Jam is partnering with four progressive nonprofits, Forward Montana, Western Native Voice, Montana Conservation Voters, and Planned Parenthood Advocates of MT, who will help fans join the band in taking the Pledge to Vote.
Our Village will be a fun and engaging space for Montana-led nonprofit organizations to connect with one another, Pearl Jam fans, and the greater Missoula community to share their work.
Pearl Jam are currently touring in support of their twelfth album, Dark Matter, which reached number two on the UK albums chart. It has come to light that several South American music sites have been reporting that Pearl Jam will go on South American tour in March and April 2025. It is also somewhat evident that the band will perform at Lollapalooza Chile in April 2025 but it lacks confirmation.
