westfest new works festival

aug 15-17 | 2025

about the festival

westFEST New Works Festival is back with an action-packed weekend of new, original performances by local Missoula artists and visiting artists from around the Mountain West. Ranging from short works-in-process to fully realized evening-length concerts, you won’t want to miss a single performance!

westFEST New Works Festival performances:

Contemporary Dance Wyoming (from Jackson Hole, WY) joins westFEST intensive participants & Bare Bait Dance in an collaborative concert of brand-new works

SHOW DATES|TIMES
Fri | Aug 15 | 7:30pm
Sat | Aug 16 | 2pm

The Grand Ball by Billings-based ARC: A Montana Dance Collective - join this eastern Montana dance company for an evening dance performance reliving our collective glory days of high school sports and heart-felt school dances!

SHOW DATE|TIME
Sat | Aug 16 | 7:30pm

Okay…Go! Back by popular demand! A showcase of new works… everything from dance to cirque to physical theater. In Okay…Go! you get to see Montana’s community strut their stuff on the Westside stage.

SHOW DATES|TIMES
Sun | Aug 17 | 6pm & 8pm