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Lone Mountain Land Company is proud to announce the grand reopening event of Buck’s Roadhouse at 46625 Gallatin Road in Big Sky on Friday, December 19, marking a new chapter for one of Montana’s most beloved and storied establishments. After months of thoughtful preparation and close collaboration with the operator Apres Cru, Buck’s is ready to welcome the community back to its iconic property.
The entire community is invited to join the celebration and take part in a festive holiday open house. Enjoy live Christmas music, photos with Santa, and sweet and savory snacks for all ages as we celebrate the return of this Montana classic.
For decades, Buck’s has been a gathering place for locals, visitors, and generations of Montanans—a landmark known for its warm spirit, adventurous character, and unmistakable sense of place. The upcoming grand opening honors that legacy while introducing a new era led by Apres Cru, a distinguished hospitality group committed to preserving the history that has made Buck’s a Montana staple.
“Buck’s has long been woven into the fabric of Big Sky,” said team members at Apres Cru. “It’s important to us that we celebrate its past while shaping an experience that feels exciting and memorable for seasons to come.”
After the Grand Opening Celebration tomorrow, Buck’s will have Soft Openings on Saturday and Sunday, December 20th – 21st for walk-ins to the public (no reservations at this time). The Bar Menu will be served these evenings. Buck’s will be closed on Monday and Tuesday, December 22-23 and then taking limited reservations on December 24 for Christmas Eve. From there, Buck’s will be open on Wednesday – Sunday services in a limited capacity through the New Year.
Visit BucksBigSky.com for updates and additional information.
Celebrate the magic of the season at the 28th Annual Big Sky Christmas Stroll, returning December 12–14. This beloved Big Sky, Montana holiday tradition brings three days of family-friendly events, festive entertainment, live music, Santa visits, fireworks, and winter activities across Meadow Village and Town Center. Kick off ski season and enjoy one of the community’s most iconic celebrations.
Meadow Village Stroll Celebration
🎁 Tree Lighting Ceremony at BSOA & Blue Ribbon Builders – Join Santa at the annual tree lighting ceremony (generously decorated by Waterbury Works). 5 PM sharp.
🎁 Photos with Santa at American Bank – Get your photos with Santa by the fireplace and enjoy holidays treats. 5:15-8 PM.
🎁 Wagon Rides – Presented by Lone Mountain Ranch. Loading at BSOA @ 5-8 PM.
🎁 Caroling by The Dickens Carolers & John Zirkle’s Caroling Troupe throughout Meadow Village @ 5-8 PM
OPEN HOUSES by Meadow Village businesses including:
🎁 The Big Sky Chapel – Christmas carol sing along from 6:45-7:30 PM. After lifting up your voice with them, have a cup of hot chocolate and a cookie before heading back out on your winter walk.
🎁 Blue Ribbon Builders – Enjoy food, drink and their signature holiday Mint Tingles.
🎁 Hero Snow Coffee – Coffee, cider , hot chocolate and treats.
🎁 Shelly Bermont Fine Jewelry – Enjoy bubbly beverages (NA and champagne) and lite bites/treats for strollers. A draw bag with special discounts to be used during 2025 holiday season for shoppers. Holly Jolly Raffle supporting Wellness In Action.
🎁 BSOA – Warm yourself by the fire pit, enjoy a chili bar, spanakopita, beer, wine, hot cocoa, and hot dogs for the kiddos to roast.
🎁 Michaelangelo’s – Complimentary snacks, prosecco and drink specials.
🎁 Big Sky Home Management – Join us in hosting the Ophir 9th grade class’s hot cocoa bar DC trip fundraiser. Help the kids, get some cocoa, enjoy a gingerbread-house inflatable archway, foam gingerbread ornaments making, and holiday-themed Polaroid photo booth.
🎁 ERA Landmark Real Estate – Enjoy food and beverages, a cardboard sleigh Photo Booth and a drawing for a sled (13 and under).
🎁 Big Sky Home Furnishings – Enjoy complimentary drinks, light apps and their in store holiday sale.
🎁 Country Market – Stop in to enter their annual holiday basket raffle, hot cider and delicious Christmas cookies.
Town Center Stroll Celebration
🎁 Stroll Pre-Party at Beehive Basin Brewery – Live music with Brian Stumpf, small bites and the best locally brewed beer in Big Sky. 3:30 – 5 PM.
🎁 Town Center Tree Lighting Ceremony & Fireworks at Fire Pit Park – Presented by Second Season & BSSEF. Join Santa at the annual tree lighting ceremony (generously decorated by Outlaw Partners and Waterbury Works) and fireworks display. 6 PM sharp.
🎁 Pray For Snow Party at Fire Pit Park – Presented by Second Season. Music by DJ Swampmoose, giveaways, demonstrations, and snow prayer station to Uler, 6:15 – 8 PM.
🎁 Santa’s Holiday Lounge at BASE – Presented by First Security Bank & BASE/BSCO. Photos with Santa and holiday crafts, 6:15-8:30 PM.
🎁 Big Sky Winter Market at The Wilson – Presented by Bozeman Health/Big Sky Medical Center. Come warm up by the fire, relax after a long day of play in the mountains and enjoy local artisans, crafters, cottage good makers, and other mountain made businesses. Live music by The Dickens Carolers. 3 – 7 PM.
🎁 Wagon Rides – Presented by Lone Mountain Ranch. Loading at Town Center Plaza and Beehive Basin Brewery. 6:20 – 8 PM.
🎁 John Zirkle’s Caroling Troupe throughout Town Center @ 5-8 PM
OPEN HOUSES by Town Center businesses including:
🎁 Big Sky Real Estate Company – Buck’s is joining BSRE and LMLC for the Christmas Stroll! Swing by 25 Town Center Avenue from 5-8pm for festive bites and live music —all leading up to the official Buck’s Roadhouse Grand Opening Event on December 19. Come meet the team and get a sneak peek at the newest chapter of Buck’s in Big Sky.
🎁 Center For The Arts – Live music, seasonal food and drinks, and a special pottery pop-up featuring work by talented instructors.
🎁 The Waypoint – Live music with Scratchn’ Gravel, an acoustic group from Southwest Montana, blending rich vocal harmonies, driving rhythms, and a mix of stringed instruments to create their signature take on bluegrass music. 9 – 10 PM.
🎁 Visitor’s Center – Stop in for Santa’s ornament making workshop, gingerbread house display and pastries from Wild Caddis.
🎁 Pure West Christies – Light up balloons and beverages.
🎁 Courtney Collins Fine Art – Open from 11 AM-7 PM offering Christmas chocolates and cookies.
🎁 Belle Shops – Enjoy mulled wine, small bites and in store deals.
🎁 Big Sky Resort Store – Hot cocoa and cookies.
🎁 Berkshire Hathaway Home Services – Free energy home audit raffle with SNO, ACE gift card and will have fun holiday snacks/drinks.
🎁 Hungry Moose Market – S’mores on the patio by the fire and holiday cheer.
🎁 Big Sky Sotheby’s International Realty – Enjoy light bites, festive snacks, and good company as we celebrate the season together. Come mingle with friends, neighbors, and local agents and get into the Christmas spirit!
🎁 Paparazzi Fur – Champagne toast and snacks.
🎁 LMNT – Hot cocoa bar and LMNT samples.
🎁 Outlaw Partners/Outlaw Realty – Join Outlaw Partners at the Big Sky Christmas Stroll! Shop Hey Bear’s best-selling items and bundles at discounted prices, at the Winter Market in the Wilson Hotel. Then warm up at the hot chocolate station and get creative at their gourmet s’mores station—we’re going way beyond just chocolate—on the patio of the Waypoint. There you can also spin the wheel of prizes for your chance to win 2026 Big Sky PBR or Wildlands Music tickets. Shop, sip and celebrate the season!
🎁 Yeti Dogs – Santa Paws (pet photos with Santa), Holly Jolly raffle with WIA and RUFF and hot dog specials/prizes
🎁 The Rocks – Stop by for fee tastings with Dy Hill Distillery on The Rocks patio and sign up for the Holly Jolly Raffle to support the good work of WIA.
🎁 Montana Supply – Montana Supply’s Annual Great Gift Giveaway returns with $28,000 worth of gifts tucked into 100 surprise bags (yep, that’s an average value of about $280). The line begins forming at 4pm, and once 100 tickets are handed out, the gifting begins. Kids aren’t left out either; there will be separate children’s gift bags just for them. We can’t wait to see all of your smiling faces and spread a little holiday cheer!
🎁 The Cave Sprits & Gifts – Stop in for soup, treats and delicious hot toddy drinks.
🎁 Ryan Turner Photography – Open until 7pm offering holiday treats.
Big Sky, MT
🎁 Get out and enjoy Big Sky’s amazing winter trail system at Big Sky Resort & Nordic Center, Lone Mountain Ranch and BSCO trails.
🎁 The Nutcracker by The MT Ballet Co. at Warren Miller Performing Arts Center @ 5 PM
🎟️ https://warrenmillerpac.org/event/the-nutcracker-25/
The Wilson Hotel
Call 406-995-9000 and ask for their “Local’s Rate” for the best deal on rooms downtown for the Stroll weekend.
Stay tuned for more information on this year’s event. For all Stroll inquiries please contact erik@lovestreetmedia.com
We’re excited to celebrate a major milestone for the Big Sky Community Food Bank!
Thanks to the generosity of Revitalized Restoration and their incredible partners, our facility has received a full renovation—bringing new life, improved functionality, and a renewed sense of welcome to all who walk through our doors.
This celebration also aligns with HRDC’s 50th Anniversary, marking five decades of dedicated service to Southwest Montana.
Join us for an open house and ribbon cutting hosted in partnership with HRDC, Revitalized Restoration, and the Big Sky Chamber of Commerce:
Wednesday, November 19
4:00–6:00 PM
47995 Gallatin Rd, Unit #201 (beneath Café 191, facing the river)
We look forward to welcoming you into our refreshed space and celebrating this new chapter together!
A three-day Halloween celebration in Big Sky Town Center. This all ages event is filled with traditional holiday activities like the Skull & Roses Ball, Dia De Los Muertos celebration, a costume pub crawl, Mini Monster Mash kids party (featuring dance party, costume contest and Pumpkin King & Queen carving competition), featured horror films, Yappy Hour pet and person costume contest, a 5K haunted run, and other great Fall fun.
Come and stay with us downtown and enjoy the whole weekend of Haunted Peaks festivities. Just mention the “Local Neighbors” rate when booking at The Wilson Hotel and get a room starting at $199. Call (406) 995-9000.
Friday, Oct. 24th
Skull & Roses Ball featuring 710 Ashbury – Kick off Big Sky’s Haunted Peaks Halloween Festival weekend with the 4th Annual Skull & Roses Ball. 710 Ashbury is back to help us “raise the dead” with two full sets of Grateful Dead covers! Costumes are highly encouraged and prizes will be awarded in the following categories: Skull & Roses King, Skull & Roses Queen, People’s Choice, and best Dead (Grateful Dead referenced) costumes. 8pm at The Waypoint. Get your tickets here.
Saturday, Oct. 25th
Haunted Run 5K & Block Party -Haunted Run 5K & Block Party – The 6th Annual Haunted Run 5K & Kids’ Costume Parade/Fun Run presented by Moving Mountains Fitness is back. Rock your favorite costume and brave 5k of fun Halloween themed challenges. Enjoy a block party by Town Center East end businesses with live music and lots of Halloween fun! Prizes: Top Finisher, Best Group Costume and Best Individual Costume (adults). Kids prizes include Most Creative and Best Homemade Costume. New This Year: Best Pet Costume! Thank you to our sponsors Lone Mountain Land Co. and Kissell Construction. All proceeds benefiting Morningstar Learning Center. Adults start at 12pm. Awards and after party at 1pm.
Kids’ Costume Parade/Fun Run start at 1:45pm and end back at Moving Mountains for awards. All racers gain FREE entry into the Mini Monster Mash Kids Halloween Party presented by Morningstar Leaning Center PTO & Rocky Mountain Toy Co.
Registration, course into and more here.
Haunted House – Spooky adventures await those brave enough to enter with dark corridors, monsters and more. Join us and our neighbors at Visit Big Sky for the annual Haunted House presented by Big Sky Ski Patrol. The event will run from 2-6PM in the Visitors Center, located at 88 Ousel Falls Rd., Unit B1. Accepting cash, check or card. All proceeds go towards the good work of the Big Sky Discovery Academy and Erika Pankow Foundation.
Haunted Peaks Costume Pub Crawl – Join costumed party goers for an evening of progressive pub crawling, intimate concerts and special performances/film screenings throughout Town Center.
Live Music: Brian Stumpf
Beehive Basin Brewery | 1-3PM
Start your costume pub crawl proper with a frosty pint and performing artist Brian Stumpf. A mainstay of Big Sky’s live music for nearly 15 years, Brian Stumpf performs his favorite covers spanning all decades of rock music in his one-man acoustic show. While he has a vocational degree in music theory, his performance provides revelry and humor with an appreciation for mountain and ski culture.
Live Performance: Annual Big Sky Witches Dance
The Rocks & Fire Pit Park | 3PM
Come experience one of Big Sky’s longest standing Halloween traditions. Each year the Witches coven of Big Sky gathers in full ceremonial dress and performs their sacred seasonal dance in preparation for All Hallows’ Eve.
Live Music: Aaron Young
Blindside Burger | 5-7PM
Aaron Young is a guitarist, composer, & producer from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Imagine Jim Croce & Mark Knopfler were sipping vodka at Joni Mitchell’s California beach house while they spun Chet Atkins on the record player. A conglomerate of style and skill, Aaron Young is one incredible musician.
Special Screening: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Waypoint | 9PM
Part of the Horror Film Festival count down to Halloween Oct. 25-27th & 29-30th. This iconic film event invites you to don your best costumes, bring your favorite props, and immerse yourself in the interactive fun that only Rocky Horror can deliver. From rice and toast to water pistols, get ready to sing along, dance, and celebrate this cult classic with fellow fans. All attendees will receive a Rocky Horror Survival Kit prop bag so you can engage with each other, the host and film. Costume Contest: Show off your best Rocky Horror-inspired outfits for a chance to win exciting prizes! Get your tickets.
Mini Monster Mash Kids Halloween Party – There will be plenty of Halloween fun at this year’s Mini Monster Mash presented by Morningstar Leaning Center PTO & Rocky Mountain Toy Co. Enjoy our kids costume contest and dance party to get everyone in the spooky spirit. Plus, don’t miss the chance to showcase your carving skills in the Pumpkin King & Queen Carving Competition. Bring your pre-carved pumpkins (complete with battery-operated votives) to The Waypoint and enter them for a chance to win the 2025 Pumpkin King & Queen title. 3-5PM at The Waypoint lounge theater. Donations suggested with all proceeds benefiting Morningstar Learning Center.
Yappy Hour – Join us for our annual pet and people costume contest, judged by some of our local pet-friendly celebs. There will be prizes, drink specials, treats, and fun activities to enjoy, all while raising awareness and funds for RUFF, a local nonprofit supporting veterinary care for underserved pets in the community. Bring your furry friends, dress to impress, and enjoy a Saturday afternoon filled with good company and even better causes. 3-5pm at The Rocks & Fire Pit Park.
Sunday, Oct. 26th
Dia De Los Muertos Celebration – Dia de los Muertos presented by Arts Council of Big Sky: Join us for Big Sky’s annual Dia de los Muertos celebration. Come build ofrendas, place votives, celebrate the memories of our departed loved ones together, enjoy live music featuring Mariachi Zavala, parades, traditional cuisine, and much more. Check back for details on the expanded offerings of this great tradition. Noon – 7 PM at 77 Lone Peak Dr. and Fire Pit Park. More info here.
Noon – 7 PM | Community altar open
Noon – 2 PM | Ofrenda making (bring photos, flowers, or favorite foods of your loved ones)
2 – 3:30 PM | Calaveras Literarias Story & Poetry Circle
4 PM | Presentation of Las Catrinas
4 – 7 PM | Street Fiesta with Mariachi Zavala, traditional foods, and children’s activities
Families are invited from 12–4 p.m. for kids’ activities and cultural storytelling. The celebration continues into the evening with live music, food, and community gathering. Lesser Known Collective will be performing and providing a quiet space. All are welcome to contribute photos, flowers, and favorite foods of their loved ones to the altar. This event is supported in part by a grant from the Montana Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional support from community volunteers and partners.
Horror Film Festival – This October The Waypoint is counting down to Halloween with 5 days of frightfully fun horror films, Oct. 25-27th & 29-30th. This evening’s select film is Dracula Untold. As his kingdom is being threatened by the Turks, young prince Vlad Tepes must become a monster feared by his own people in order to obtain the power needed to protect his own family, and the families of his kingdom.
The Addams Family – Don’t miss the Halloween event of the season—The Addams Family at Warren Miller Performing Arts Center. Big Sky’s best young actors bring Morticia, Gomez, Wednesday, and the whole kooky crew to life in this comical feast of love and family. Costumes welcome for kids, plus trick-or-treating and photos with the cast. Two showings @ 3PM & 6:30PM. Get your tickets here.
Stay tuned for more information on this year’s event!
Brought to you by the Big Sky Chamber of Commerce and Big Sky Resort Area District, Community Week is a week-long celebration where we come together as a community to connect with neighbors, collaborate with partners and create solutions for all of Big Sky. While the week may be over, the spirit of community continues year-round. Stay engaged and keep making a difference!
View the Calendar of Events HERE for this years upcoming schedule.
