Red Ants Pants Music Festival
The Red Ants Pants Music Festival was founded in 2011. It is designed to bring people together and is a program of our 501(c)(3) Red Ants Pants Foundation. Our non-profit works to expand women’s leadership, preserve working family farms and ranches, and enrich rural communities. We use proceeds from the festival to run our timber skills workshops, Girls Leadership Program, and community grant cycle.
In 2011, 6,000 fans came to celebrate rural Montana in a cow pasture. Over the years, attendees have enjoyed headliners including Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Charley Pride, Lucinda Williams, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Keb' Mo', Wynonna, Taj Mahal, Dwight Yoakam, and many more. The festival continues its success into its fifteenth year - save the date for July 23-26, 2026.
Online tickets and more info are available on the website: https://redantspantsmusicfestival.com/
St. Paul & The Broken Bones // "Sushi and Coca-Cola" // Live from the Back Pasture at Red Ants
Save the Date for the 15th Red Ants Pants Music Festival
Lukas Nelson // "If I Started Over" // Live from the Back Pasture at Red Ants Pants Music Festival
Sarah Jarosz // "The Way It Is Now" // Live from the Back Pasture at Red Ants
Bella White // “Now She Knows What It Feels Like” // Live from the Back Pasture at Red Ants
Behind the Scenes at Red Ants: A Homegrown Montana Event
Melissa Carper // “Your Furniture’s Too Nice” // Live from the Back Pasture at Red Ants
Big Richard // "It's Gonna Fall / Old Dangerfield" // Live from the Back Pasture at Red Ants
Sarah Jarosz // "Mezcal and Lime" // Live from the Back Pasture at Red Ants
Lukas Nelson // "Can You Hear Me Love You"? // Live from the Back Pasture at Red Ants
The Wood Brothers // "Pilgrim" // Live from the Back Pasture at Red Ants
Goodnight Moonshine // “Willow Tree” - Live from the Back Pasture at Red Ants Pants Music Festival
The Wood Brothers // “Between The Beats” // Live from the Back Pasture at Red Ants Pants
Kaitlin Butts // "What Else Can She Do" // Red Ants Pants Music Festival Live from the Back Pasture
Madeline Edwards // "The Wolves" // Live from the Back Pasture at the Red Ants Pants Music Festival
Ned LeDoux // “Some People Do” // Live from the Back Pasture at the Red Ants Pants Music Festival
One of Our Mission Pillars: Increasing Women's Leadership
Margo Cilker // "Lowland Trail" // Live from the Back Pasture at Red Ants Pants Music Festival
Kris Delmhorst (feat. Jeffrey Foucault) // “Wind’s Gonna Find a Way” // Live from the Back Pasture
Counting Coup // Mary and Me // Red Ants Pants Music Festival Back Pasture
The Local Honeys // The Redheaded Yodel #1 (Mainliner) // Red Ants Pants Music Festival Back Pasture
Jack Ingram // "Anchor" // Live from the Back Pasture at the Red Ants Pants Music Festival
Martin Sexton // "Calling on America" - Live from the Back Pasture at Red Ants
Live from the Back Pasture // Jeffrey Foucault // "Little Warble"
Parsonsfield // "Til I Die" - Live from the Back Pasture
Smith River Young // "I’ll Hang Around" Live from the Back Pasture at Red Ants Pants Music Festival
Laney Lou and the Birddogs // "Alive" - Live from the Back Pasture at Red Ants Pants
The Lone Bellow // "Dried Up River" - Live from the Back Pasture at Red Ants Pants
Watchhouse // "New Star" - Live from the Back Pasture