In addition to gathering folk fans, the night marked the beginning of the arena’s busy summer season. Taylor Meier and Evan Westfall frontmen and founders of Camp, perform on July 11 at the Big Sky Events Arena. The event was produced by Lone Mountain Land Company and Outlaw Partners, publisher of Explore Big Sky. Local openers The Last Revel and Abby Webster warmed the crowd. Punctuated by energetic banjo riffs, their songs are possibly most recognizable by Meier’s gravelly vocals as he belts out ballads about life, love and escaping to the mountains. PHOTO BY MEGAN PAULSONĬaamp is comprised of frontmen Taylor Meier, Evan Westfall, Matt Vinson and Joseph Kavalec and have released four albums their latest, Lavender Days, came out in June 2022.

The Big Sky Events Arena provides a mountainous backdrop. Fantastic,” mused a group of four young men when approached by EBS before hollering for an encore. By 2 p.m., folk fans were lined up outside of the arena’s entrance, eager to claim the best vantage point of the evening, three hours before the gates opened. On July 11 fans from across the region welcomed the band to the Big Sky Events Arena in Town Center for a show graced-as many are in this location-by a vibrant orange Lone Mountain sunset. Popular folk band’s tunes kick off local arena’s summer events lineupīIG SKY – The scene of 4,150 people waving their hands in unison to “26,” an energetic song about young love performed by Caamp, may just mark Big Sky’s very own American folk revival-the show fittingly even ended with a marriage proposal in the crowd.

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