Bozeman has 15 permanent art galleries, the Bozeman Symphony, ballet and opera, and the groundbreaking Emerson Center for the Arts. Along Main Street you will find Willson Avenue Books, Country Bookshelf, Cactus Records, and Vargo’s Jazz City & Books, just a stone’s throw away from The Leaf and Bean, Homepage, and Rocky Mountain Roasting Company.

 

Traditional western dishes such as elk medallions and rainbow trout can be found in many Bozeman’s fine restaurants. Ferraro’s serves authentic Italian food, fresh pasta, the largest Italian wine list in Montana, liquor, and cigars, while Emerson Grill specializes in handcrafted American Creative cuisine using local, regional and organic ingredients. There are more than two dozen restaurants at Big Sky alone. Dine before a grand fireplace with views of Lone Peak at Moonlight Lodge, or journey by horse-drawn sleigh through the woods to North Fork Cabin at Lone Mountain.

 

Every Thursday evening in July and August, Main Street is closed off to traffic except for a large flatbed truck equipped with speakers, lights, and a line-up of talented musicians. The Sweet Pea Festival of the Arts, a Bozeman tradition for more than 25 years, is held every year the first weekend in August, with live music, dance, theatrical performances, children’s workshops, festival food, and several quality arts-and-crafts vendors set up within the contoured hills and shade trees of Lindley Park.