Billings, MT
Music connected to Billings
About Billings
- • Patrick Duffy, known for "Dallas", was born in Townsend, but grew up in Billings.
- • The Magic City Blues Fest, celebrating blues music, was founded in Billings.
- • The Yellowstone River and railroad expansion made it a regional trade hub.
- • Underneath downtown lies tunnels rumored to have been used for Prohibition-era activity.
- • The 1937 flood caused widespread damage, prompting major infrastructure changes.
- • Named after Frederick Billings, a Northern Pacific Railroad president, it was established in 1882.
- • Population is around 117,000, making it Montana's largest city.
- • At 3,123 feet, the elevation offers views of the surrounding plains and mountains.
- • Healthcare and retail trade are major employment sectors in the city.
- • Billings feels like a resilient, hardworking, and friendly Western city.
- • Though not in Billings, the Billings Mustangs are a minor league baseball team.
- • Billings Senior High Broncs football team has a record 24 state championships.
- • The area's geological formations include the prominent sandstone cliffs of the Rimrocks.
- • Pictograph Cave State Park preserves three caves containing prehistoric pictographs.
- • The Yellowstone River flows near Billings, providing irrigation and recreation.
- • Mule deer are commonly found in the hills and open spaces surrounding the city.
- • Ponderosa pine forests are a dominant feature of the surrounding landscape.
- • The Crow (Apsáalooke) tribe has ancestral ties to the land around present-day Billings.
- • In 1877, Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce tribe passed near Billings during their attempted escape to Canada.
- • The Moss Mansion, a red sandstone mansion, was completed in 1903.
- • I-90 passes through Billings, connecting it to major cities in the region.
Artists From Billings
1090 Club
Amy Ross
Andrea Fraser
Basement Jazz
Ben Schmidt
Big Sky Drive
Billie Jean Howard
Bob Enevoldsen
Bob Nell
Bossman Blind
Bud Luckey
Bull Market
Carson Allen
Cary Morin
Chan Romero
Chick Bullock
Counting Coup
Danielle Egnew
David Hewitt
Flickn
Floyd E. Werle
Frantic
George Flynn
Giant Wave
Grudge
Harold Hersey
Hunter
Ian Fleming
Ira Wolf
Jim Haas
John Bohlinger
Jonny Fritz
Joseph Fire Crow
Joyce From the Future
Kati O’Toole
Killa C
Leon Rausch
Midst of War
Mike Ward
No Cigar
Onward
Oriska
Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers
Rotations
Sean Feucht
Simpleton
Spiked Mind
Stephanie Davis
Stranded by Choice
The Hellroaring
The Old Ones
Tim Chantarangsu
Timothy DeLaGhetto
Traphik
Uamh
Wally Kurth
Wink 183
Zak James
Chez
Anonimus Eidentity
DaNe RiCo
Prince Lockett
Arterial Drive
Grant Jones
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Nearby Places
1090 Club
Amy Ross
Andrea Fraser
Anonimus Eidentity
Arterial Drive
Basement Jazz
Ben Schmidt
Big Sky Drive
Billie Jean Howard
Bob Enevoldsen
Bob Nell
Bossman Blind
Bud Luckey
Bull Market
Carson Allen
Cary Morin
Chan Romero
Chez
Chick Bullock
Counting Coup
DaNe RiCo
Danielle Egnew
David Hewitt
Flickn
Floyd E. Werle
Frantic
George Flynn
Giant Wave
Grant Jones
Grudge
Harold Hersey
Hunter
Ian Fleming
Ira Wolf
Jim Haas
John Bohlinger
Jonny Fritz
Joseph Fire Crow
Joyce From the Future
Kati O’Toole
Killa C
Leon Rausch
Midst of War
Mike Ward
No Cigar
Onward
Oriska
Prince Lockett
Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers
Rotations
Sean Feucht
Simpleton
Spiked Mind
Stephanie Davis
Stranded by Choice
The Hellroaring
The Old Ones
Tim Chantarangsu
Timothy DeLaGhetto
Traphik
Uamh
Wally Kurth
Wink 183
Zak James
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