2021 VENDOR LINEUP

HUGE THANKS to Big Sky Brewing, Cardinal Distributing, The OBC Wine Project by Odell Brewing Co., 2 Basset Brewery, and Western Cider for sponsoring the Red Ants Pants Music Festival!

* Vendor numbers roughly correspond to locations on our festival map *

FOOD VENDORS

1) Last Chance Community Pow Wow (Helena, MT):  At the festival on Saturday only! You won’t want to miss enjoying our fresh-made Indian tacos and frybread to support a great nonprofit cause. Join our “Honor The Children”-themed Pow Wow this October 1-3, 2021 in Helena.

2) Yellowstone Coffee Roasters (Bozeman, MT):  Local drip coffee to get the day rollin’ and refreshing cold brew to keep yourself goin’.

3) O’Houli’s Kettlecorn (Kellogg, ID):  We believe in providing the best product at the best price. That’s why a bag of any flavor kettlecorn is $5.00; Lemonade is $5.00. We don’t sell kettlecorn; we make friends. Kettlecorn will sell itself. We have alot of friends.

4) Meat in Montana (Lolo, MT):  Meat in Montana features locally grown meats, locally processed meats, and home-grown women. We feed the animals, we feed the family, and we want to feed you!

5) Taco Montes (Bozeman, MT):  Darn Tootin!  We make fresh and from scratch Mexican fusion. Hand-made and healthy. We offer gluten-free, vegan, and vegetarian options as well. We have been attending since 2017 and look forward to seeing y’all this summer. Boy howdy!

6) Flare Pops, LLC (Polson, MT):  Inspired by the paletas we enjoyed while in Mexico, our farm-to-paleta treats are created with berries and herbs grown by us at Fresh Roots Farm. We are dedicated to sustainability in growing our produce and in choosing ingredients and packaging.

7) Full Curl Smokers (Anaconda, MT):  Full Curl Smokers is Texas BBQ at its finest. Immense flavor in every bite! All sides and sauces are homemade. Nobody can create a bark (crust on the meat) like what you will experience with Full Curl Smokers.

8) Z’s Gyros (Bozeman, MT): The best gyro and falafel you’ve ever tasted, period! Can’t wait to see and feed all the friends we’ve made over the last nine years! Heck Ya!

9) Island Noodles (Bozeman, MT):  Island Noodles is a Polynesian dish featuring 21 vegetables, served with buckwheat yaki soba noodles in a ginger garlic Island Sauce. Island Noodles can be enjoyed vegan as-is, or topped with teriyaki chicken; our chicken is cooked and held separately.

10) Streatery (Havre, MT):  Streatery is a farm-to-table style food truck.  We believe in challenging the way society has taught us to eat by providing creative alternatives to typical street foods.  Our menu changes seasonally and always features local and organic ingredients.

11) Bill’s Place Diner & Catering (Melville, MT):  This is our sixth year being a part of the Colony.  We have spent many years perfecting our smoking processing – we hope you enjoy eating it as much as we enjoy cooking it.

12) Bitterroot Snowballs (Hamilton, MT):  An icy cold refreshing treat – home of the STUFFED SNOWBALL! Perfectly shaved ice, flavored with sweet or sour syrups, stuffed with creamy ice cream, and topped with fun toppings like cotton candy, pop rocks, gummy worms, marshmallow cream, & more!

13) Give a Fork Catering (White Sulphur Springs, MT): We give a fork about good food! We’ll be serving up delicious eats such as meat on a stick, pie shooters, and Bavarian pretzels with beer cheese.

14) Porteus BBQ (Columbia Falls, MT):  Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Brisket Sandwiches, Ribs, and much more. We have been doing concessions for 13 years at events like Country Jam, Montana Folk Festival, Logger Days, and many more.

15) The Rollin’ Donut (Billings, MT):  The Rollin’ Donut serves fresh mini donuts.  Served in a bag or a refillable donut bucket. It’s a great deal.  We also serve hot and iced coffee, Italian cream sodas, iced tea, and flavored Arnold Palmer tea.

16) WSS Rotary (White Sulphur Springs, MT):  Selling ice by the bag from our booth and also delivering throughout the festival and campgrounds! Rotary is an international club that works to support and improve our community and the world.

Triangle Communications (Statewide, MT):  Triangle Communication is proud to sponsor the festival and provide Wi-Fi to certain areas of the festival grounds.  Stay connected all weekend long for $15 or buy a day pass for $7 (fees are per device).

CAMPGROUND VENDORS

Close-Up 2022 (White Sulphur Springs, MT):  Located in the CAMPGROUND by the orange flag. Offering a hearty breakfast to all those in the campground to support the junior class of White Sulphur Springs! Close-Up 2022 participants will visit Washington D.C. and get a “close-up” view of government and what makes this federal city so unique.

CatchARyde:  NEW THIS YEAR! In order to better serve growing demand, this year we’re partnering with CatchARyde – a golf cart taxi service that can give you a lift from both the day parking area and throughout the campground to the festival entry gates. Online advance sales are now closed, but you can always pay as you go ($3/ride), or buy unlimited rides for a day ($15/day) or the whole weekend ($40/three days) at their dispatch tent near the Middle Gate between the campground and festival grounds. Once on site, if you can’t find a cart quickly or to schedule a ride, call the CatchARyde dispatch number: 608-472-9016. Don’t hesitate to flag down a driver and they’ll pick you up if they have room. The dispatch phone number ends when the final main stage band goes on each evening, but drivers will be driving until ~2AM.

CRAFT VENDORS

1) Red Ants Pants (White Sulphur Springs, MT):  Finally…workwear for women! Come on by for pants, shorts, belts, hoodies, aprons, and new tote bags, hats, and tees! Plenty of room to try everything on.  And all our products are Made in the USA!

2) April Hale Jewelry (Stevensville, MT):  April Hale makes sustainable, handcrafted jewelry by combining enameling, blacksmithing, and fine silversmithing into a contemporary, nature-inspired aesthetic. In business since 2005, she makes all of her finely crafted jewelry from a minimum of 50% reclaimed materials.

3) Pacific Northwest Carry (Manzanita, OR):  A life-long crafter, I’ve been making bags for the past five years. Creating with unique textiles and leathers is great fun. These one-of-a-kind bags are western in their flair and made to last.

4) Montana Turtle (Stevensville, MT):  Dressed in 1800s fashion, Turtle offers an old-world hand-engraving and jewelry feel and performs live demonstrations with hammer and chisel.  All products are engraved metal and jewelry items; all handmade and fabricated from sheets of metal & sticks of wire.

5) Big Sky Antler (Big Sky, MT):  Creating unique antler art on the banks of the Gallatin River. Using found antler, rock, wood, and metal – I’m on an endless search to better combine and fabricate these unique materials into art.

6) Shooting Star Saddlery (Niarada, MT):  Shooting Star Saddlery was started by Jeff Morrow to provide horse, gun, and personal gear to the discerning customer. Only the finest leathers are used to create saddles, chaps, holsters, and personal gear such as belts and rucksacks.

7) O. Sophronia (Olympia, WA):  O. Sophronia creates urban and reclaimed wood jewelry and home décor that celebrate women and their lives.  Blending wood with smart technology, we create beautiful pieces that amplify everyday life – allowing users to scan their pieces and access unique content (and music!) using their smartphones.

8) Montana Lathe and Chisel (Bearcreek, MT):  Handmade, one-of-kind culinary wood items including bowls, spoons, spatulas, and vases, using everything from weathered juniper fence posts to exotic hardwoods.

9) Sage & Oats Trading Post (Helena, MT):  Sage & Oats Trading Post, is a Native owned, family operated, multicultural shopping experience in downtown Helena, Montana. Recognized as the 2019 Made in Montana Retailer of the Year, we offer Intercultural quality products and represent more than 100 artisans.

10) Echos (Manhattan, MT):  At Echos we specialize in re-creating unique clothing using repurposed materials.   Our specialty is a one-of-a kind handcrafted custom skirt made from old western snap-down shirts and jeans.  Additionally, we make skirts made from old t-shirts and jeans.  Sizes range from 2-26 and come in long and short versions. There is a style for every age. Each skirt is uniquely different and becomes its own piece of wearable art!

11) Sterling Jule’s &Co. (Manhattan, MT):  Sterling Jule’s is made up of a family of three Montana women working together to create handmade jewelry from sterling, leather, and stone.  Raised in White Sulphur Springs, based in Manhattan, Helena, and Belgrade, “we’re passionate about creating wearable art!”

12) Little Creek Ranch Goods (Townsend, MT):  Inspired by the historic Western mercantile, Little Creek offers premium quality, sustainably sourced, handmade ranch goods such as candles, sheep milk lotion + soap, raw honey, apparel, wool products and sheepskins, and more. Owned by Caroline Nelson in Townsend, Montana.

13) Howard Zehntner Horseshoe Nail Crafts (White Sulphur Springs, MT):  Howard was born and raised within sight of the festival grounds on his family ranch. He has been welding most of his life, making needed items for the ranch and then worked his way into art objects specializing in horse shoe nails and at the festival RED ANTS.

14) Red Ants Pants Foundation (White Sulphur Springs, MT):  Our mission is to develop and expand leadership roles for women, preserve and support working family farms and ranches, and enrich and promote rural communities. Come learn more about our work, check out our HUGE SILENT AUCTION, and hear presentations from our 2021 Girls Leadership Program participants!

15) Beard Mountain (Billings, MT):  Saturday only! Offering handmade products to men who want to take care of their beards and smell great. Oils, balms, waxes, shampoos, conditioners, and even unisex deodorants. Montanans know even the burliest of men can use product while still retaining their masculinity!

16) Kellem Custom Works (Pray, MT):  I am a second-generation Montana saddle maker/leather worker. I have a small home business in Paradise Valley making original and custom leather goods year-round. My emphasis is on original, one-of-a-kind pieces.

17) Vivis Leather Company (Bozeman, MT):  Handcrafted one-of-a-kind vintage jean jackets with Pendleton wool inlaid in the back panel and on the collar. Woman-owned and designed in Bozeman, MT.

18) Kathy Chapman Pottery (Choteau, MT):  I enjoy creating stoneware pottery reflecting the visual complexity of my home on the Rocky Mountain Front. The textures and color found in leaves, bark, and stones translates beautifully onto my work.  I also use leather carving techniques on pottery.

19) Mayd2fly (Cody, WY):  Mayd2fly is silver and copper jewelry with the rugged, natural elegance of the Rocky Mountain West. I am inspired by our motherland and the strong tribes she formed. I live among, and create to emulate, rough characters and wild beauty.

20) Bottoms Up – Upcycled Glass Bottles (Roberts, MT):  The Wipplingers from Roberts, Montana enjoy transforming glass bottles into unique glasses, goblets, and solar lights. It’s been fun to come up with different ways to upcycle bottles we have collected from memorable events into functional keepsakes.

21) Red Sky Designs, Inc. (Billings, MT):  Bringing Leather to LIFE since 2007! Raised in Montana, Lori and Tim handcraft & custom laser engrave leather/cowhide & waxed canvas beverage holders, totes, crossbody, wallets, jewelry & accessories. Keep beverages COLD & enjoy RAP “In Style” with our designs.

22) True South Wood Designs (Florence, MT):  Jenna Forest is a pyrography artist from Florence, Montana. Inspired by The West and its wild inhabitants, she uses the symbiotic relationship between wood and flame to create her designs. Art that is naturally raw, yet refined by purposeful design.

23) Juju Gear (Bozeman, MT):  Mamma Juju started this business 11 years ago and then was joined by her son Niko to help with the marketing, sales, and design. We support local families, honeybee habitat restoration, and keeping textiles out of landfills.

24) Field Guide Designs (Kalispell, MT): Field Guide Designs is an adventure inspired art and accessories shop. Montana artist Mandy Mohler creates and curates art prints, stickers, bandanas, T-shirts, jewelry, hats, backpacks and more. If you are equally fond of adventure and design, this shop is for you.

25) rag and stone (Whitefish, MT):  Founded in 2009, Rag and Stone is a Metalsmithing studio located in Whitefish, MT where artist Erin Hawley creates one-of-a-kind jewelry and limited small-batch collections. She’s a big fan of zesty souls and aspires to adorn them accordingly.

26) Ivan Idland (Circle, MT):  Super fun eye-catching party shorts, tees, and other accessories.  Handmade in the USA and artisan designed by Montana native Ivan Idland. Unique fabrics and signature design not found anywhere else. Dressing room available on premises to find your perfect fit.

27) RevivALL Clothing (Bozeman, MT): We are a slow-living clothing brand encouraging the revival of a simpler way of life. From overalls to dresses, aprons, & pinafores, we design and make everything with an emphasis on durability and practicality. Plus, everything has pockets! All clothing is made from reclaimed materials in Montana and Oregon.

28) Girlwood (Billings, MT):  Girlwood is unique wood burned art made in Billings, Montana by Melissa Burns.  The art of pyrography comes to life with realistic portraits, decorative art pieces and functional art, as well.

29) Western Territory Company (Polson, MT):  Originating in Townsend, MT and we offer a wide variety of unique, handmade items, including leather purses, belts, cuffs and hatbands, as well as stone jewelry, and now specializing in one-of-a-kind customized cowboy hats.

30) In Your Element Designs (previously Natural Elements Jewelry): (Kalispell, MT):  Inspire the spirit of your adventure. Representing a unique presentation of raw stones (sapphires, rubies, diamonds) and refined cabs, set in sterling and 14K gold. My designs are intended to reflect the joyful conjunction of adventure & wearable art.

31) Sturdy Girl (Helena, MT):  Sturdy Girl is a mother/daughter company that makes all-natural products for Montana skin. If your hands, feet, and cheeks are chapped, sunburnt, or just dried out, use our beeswax and safflower based All-Purpose Cream to soften your rough parts.

32) Moondance Artwork & Jewelry (Missoula, MT):  I use recycled copper, zinc, & wire to create unique artwork and jewelry. I grew up on a farm and learned how to weld as a way of life. I love to scavenge recycle bins looking for that perfect piece.

33) Nature’s Second Chance Creations (Livingston, MT):  Nature’s Second Chance Creations creates custom, one-of-a-kind pieces featuring reclaimed and exotic woods. We offer tables, lamps, cutting boards, candle holders, jewelry boxes, cribbage, chess and checker boards, turned bowls, blanket ladders, and much more.

34) Good Deed Glass (Dillon, MT):  Good Deed Glass is a one-woman stained-glass studio based out of Dillon, Montana, making jewelry, suncatchers, garden decor, and upcycled bike part art. Custom work is available. Good Deed Glass is dedicated to doing good by donating a portion of profits to various nonprofits.

35) Montana Wildfire Designs (White Sulphur Springs, MT):  We are a mother and daughter team that utilizes our love of crafting, and time together, to make beautiful resin products using items we personally grow or harvest right here in Montana.

36) Meagher County Rodeo Club (White Sulphur Springs, MT):  Do you love our small town and want a great excuse to come visit us again? Join us September 5-6 for PRCA rodeo action. There’ll be live music and a parade to boot!

37) Steel Dust Designs (Winston, MT):  Howdy! I’m Dani. I make candles inspired by Outlaw Music. I live in Winston with my husband, two children, dog, and 10 chickens. I wake at the crack of dawn each morning and craft candles while jamming to Merle.

38) Rocky Mountain Songwriter Festivals, Inc. (Whitefish & Red Lodge, MT and Cody, WY):  The Rocky Mountain Songwriter Festivals, Inc. produces three festivals in Wyoming and Montana. The inaugural Yellowstone Songwriter Festival in Cody – September 9 – 11 and Whitefish Songwriter Festival – September 16 – 18, 2021 and the 6th Red Lodge Songwriter Festival – June 23 – 25, 2022.  These three-day festivals focus on the songwriter experience and are held in the infrastructure of their respective cities.

39) Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Portal (Blackfeet Community College, Browning, MT):  MMIPMT.com is a reporting portal and database that helps families from Tribal Nations report missing persons cases in Montana. Drew Landry from Blackfeet Community College will host Tribal members from across the state at our Information booth.

40) Montana Chapter of the International Dark Sky Association (Statewide, MT):  The Montana Chapter of the International Dark Sky Association works to protect Montana’s heritage of star-filled night skies. We work with businesses, municipalities, groups, and individuals to keep our rural night skies dark and tackle light pollution in our towns.

41) Casting for Recovery (Bozeman, MT):  Based in Bozeman, Casting for Recovery provides free nationwide outdoor retreats for women with breast cancer, of any age and any stage of treatment or recovery. This unique program combines breast cancer education and peer support with fly fishing.