2022 VENDOR LINEUP

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

FOOD VENDORS

1) Porteus BBQ (Columbia Falls, MT): Serving your favorite BBQ, Pulled Pork, Smoked Brisket & Smoked Ribs. Look for us when you are hungry.

2) Missoula Waffles (Missoula, MT): For over 10 years, Missoula Waffles has been selling gourmet waffles made with fresh, local ingredients! We have both savory and sweet options to satisfy your every craving and keep you coming back for more!

3) Meta Sate (Bozeman, MT): We are the only food truck in Montana serving Indonesian food. Try our signature, all scratch-made, chicken satay with peanut sauce! Come experience the flavors of Indonesia this summer.

4) 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 a lot of friends.

5) Jawbone Group (White Sulphur Springs, MT): Bar 47 and The Jawbone are popular restaurants in White Sulphur Springs owned by a family of ambitious ladies since 2014 and 2018, respectively. Their food is raved about around the state – especially the Bar 47 Nachos! Must try.

6) Flare Pops (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) 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 ten years! Heck Ya!

8) Saucy Mamas Tacos (Anaconda, MT): Savory Mexican-style dishes that will make you want to come back time and time again.

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 based in Havre, MT.  We believe in providing local, healthful alternatives for typical ‘street foods.’  Our menu changes seasonally and will always feature a plethora of fresh, local and organic ingredients.

11) Full Curl Smokers (Hobson, MT): Texas BBQ at its finest.  Full Curl Smokers prides itself in creating a bark that is unmatched.  Slow smoked meats that have cooked for 8-10 hours, homemade sauces, southern sides, all with that Full Curl flair.

12) The Cod Father (Helena, MT): Try our amazing seafood! Serving fish & chips, shrimp baskets, fish sandwiches, rocky mountain oysters, burgers, and smothered fries.

13) Tropical Paradise (Helena, MT): Tropical Sno is a locally owned & operated shave ice company. We have the most incredibly soft, Hawaiian-style shave ice snocone topped with first-class, mouth-watering flavors. Choose from hundreds of possible concoctions.

14) CC Gourmet (Bozeman, MT): CC Gourmet is a family-owned food truck business. We serve authentic Asian food and Boba tea. Our mission is to provide great-tasting nutritious specialty food to our customers to enhance the diversity of food choices in our community.

15) Taco Montes (Bozeman, MT): From-scratch Mexican fusion, made with fresh and locally sourced ingredients. Delicious and nutritious food at an affordable price.

16) Wild Horse Espresso (Red Lodge, MT): Wild Horse Espresso is here to proudly serve all your coffee and caffeine needs. We put some buck in your cup to keep you runnin’ wild all day!

17) 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

Meagher County Cattle Women (Meagher County, MT): Located in the CAMPGROUND by the orange flag. The mission of the Montana Cattlewomen is to support the livestock industry and its environment through communication, education, and legislative activities. At the festival, the Meagher County Cattlewomen will be offering a hearty breakfast to all those in the campground!

Wild Productions (Anywhere, USA): Enjoy your time at the festival under luxurious canvas tents furnished with real beds, natural linens, and everything you need to be comfortable all four nights of your stay. Furnishings include designer mattresses adorned with cotton and goose down linens, two leather butterfly chairs, vanity table, two side tables, LED lanterns, a cowhide rug, and an outdoor solar light. Choose from a king bed or two twins. Advance reservations required, learn more: https://wild.productions/red-ants-pants

 

CRAFT & NONPROFIT VENDORS

1) Red Ants Pants (White Sulphur Springs, MT):  Finally…workwear for women! Come on by for pants, shorts, belts, hoodies, aprons, and new tees, flannel work shirts, and vests! 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 fabricates all of her finely crafted jewelry from a minimum of 50% reclaimed materials.

3) Pacific Northwest Carry (Longview, WA): I have been making unique bags for the past seven years.  The creative process along with the concern for sustainability of materials drives my work.  Using vintage textiles, leather horsetack, leather belts in innovative ways results in wearable art.

4) Kochel Guitars (Potomac, MT): Montana native, Sean Kochel, presents his guitars made from reclaimed materials from Montana. Sean builds guitars out of old barns and antique buildings to create his one-of-a-kind instruments.

5) Copia Cove (Butte, MT): Handmade & Homegrown, Copia Cove features wool and wears from their Montana Icelandic sheep. Come meet their head shepherd Amika Ryan, a Viking Folk-Artist, and explore wool, sheepskins and sheep milk soap and bath products from Montana Icelandic sheep.

6) Shooting Star Saddlery (Niarada, MT): Shooting Star Saddlery features custom work by Jeff Morrow using the finest leathers available. Making chaps, saddles, gun leather, and personal items since 1993 has kept Jeff mostly out of trouble. Come by the tipi and share some stories.

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

8) Montana Lathe and Chisel (Bearcreek, MT): Handmade, one-of-a-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 gift shop showcasing handmade wares by Tribal, Made in Montana, and international artisans. Festival items will include Native-made jewelry, baby moccasins, sage bundles, and other handmade goodies.

10) EiC Jewelry (Missoula, MT): My mother, an artist and innovator, taught me to make ‘something from nothing,’ and the value of filling void with beauty. Creating is my mind dancing with my soul. I expand. My world expands. My mind is color.

11) Echos (Manhattan, MT): Echos specializes in re-created adult and kids clothing using 100% 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 custom crop tops, tube tops, and halter tops.

12) Sterling Jule’s – Back Road Studio (Manhattan, MT): Jewelry hand made by a family formerly from White Sulphur. Julie, her sister, Chris, and her daughter, Charity, created a line of hand crafted sterling silver jewelry embellished with stone, pearl, beads, and the “annual Ant charm!”  Come check us out!

13) Howard Zehntner Horseshoe Nail Art (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 horseshoe 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, participate in our guitar and 50/50 raffles, and hear about our Girls Leadership Program (GLP) from our alumnae!

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) White Oak Chair Company (Bozeman, MT): Where unique, playful style meets portable outdoor quality seating. Designed and tested in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem our chairs provide high level craftsmanship for years of outdoor adventures. Created by Courtney and Joe in Bozeman, Montana.

17) Elk River Clay (Ballantine, MT): Elk River Clay is a small batch pottery studio handcrafting functional stoneware for your home and table. The wares and glazes are inspired by the complex Montana prairie ecosystems and living a subsistence lifestyle.

18) Windy Raven (Three Forks, MT): I inherited some basic leather carving tools and I started to learn how to carve. I started with traditional western floral designs, and I knew that I had found a way to combine my love of art and functional goods.

19) Mayd2fly (Cody, WY): Mayd2fly is jewelry with the same rugged elegance of our motherland & the strong folk she formed. I live among rough characters & wild beauty. I aim to inspire adorning which helps you discover you, too, are made to fly.

20) Haley Piatte Art & Design (Livingston, MT): My artwork reflects Montana life. Many of my paintings depict mountainous scenes and the wildlife that live there. I experiment with mediums such as acrylic paint, watercolors, and pen drawings. I also create leather jewelry/accessories that embrace Montana features.

21) Down Home on the Yellowstone (Reed Point, MT): I create visual poetry pieces. My love of words, prose, rhyme, rhythm, art, history, wood, man/woman, nature, & God is hammered, burned, painted, printed, pressed, or drawn into each unique creation. I also write (pretty good!) stories. Just for you.

22) Crazy Woman Trading & Seven Bear Studio (Big Timber, MT): Unique and one-of-a-kind jewelry creations made in Montana at the foot of the Crazy Mountains. Upcycled vintage tin, beverage cans, river rocks, metals, and enamels comprise my jewelry line.  Each piece is hand crafted by owner Lisa Wagner.

23) Juju Gear (Bozeman, MT): Juju Gear are handmade, one-of-a-kind pieces of upcycled fashion.  We utilize unused and remnant clothing to create comfortable fashion and accessories while helping cut down on clothing in landfills.

24) StoneWares (Havre, MT): StoneWares specializes in making finely crafted ceramic wares and wearables.

25) Needle and Axe (North Fork, MT): Needle and Axe is slinging stitches on a treadle sewing machine, a perfect tool for intentional slow sewing. Her commitment to the natural world and low impact living influence her creative process and the growing assortment of pieces she makes.

26) Grace Brogan Brooms (Missoula, MT): Handmade brooms and brushes marry everyday function with beautiful design. Using wood, broomcorn, ceramics, and a dozen years of craft study & practice, interdisciplinary artist Grace Brogan strives to make items that help us care for the places we love.

27) JRock Jewelry (Townsend, MT): I’m Jess, a born in Montana girl who created JRock Jewelry. From western brand jewelry to gold and diamonds I love creating special mementos for everyone, leaving a hint of me behind. With metal and stones, I cater to your inspiration.

28) Girlwood (Billings, MT): Melissa Burns is a Billings-based wood burning artist whose range of work stretches from small to large framed work, functional pieces for the household and a full line of Girlwood Merch!

29) Western Territory Company (Polson, MT): WTC, a family business started in Townsend, has offered hand-crafted jewelry and leather products at events since the first Red Ants Festival. Our unique line continues to be very popular, and we now specialize in one-of-a-kind western hats.

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

31) Red Basin Prints (Missoula, MT): I’m blessed to grow up in Great Falls, Montana. Wide-open spaces fostered a love for giant clouds, quiet streets, and rolling prairies, where the skies meet with endless horizons. Now residing in Western Montana with my husband and three dogs.

32) Moondance Artwork (Missoula, MT): Moondance Artwork uses recycled copper, zinc, wire, & beads to create one-of-a-kind pieces of jewelry. All of the patina copper is stained by hand in my workshop. I make earrings, necklaces & cuffs.

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 and charcuterie boards; candle holders; jewelry boxes; cribbage, chess and checker boards; turned bowls; blanket ladders and much more.  Our website:  https://www.naturessecondchancecreations.com/

34) Good Deed Glass (Bozeman, MT): Hi! I’m Abbi. I am a one-woman stained-glass operation that donates to different nonprofits each month. I make jewelry, suncatchers, garden art, nightlights, kinetic mobiles, bike part art, and much more. Come visit and see the magic of glass!

35) Meagher County Rodeo Club (White Sulphur Springs, MT): Do you love White Sulphur Springs and are you looking for an excuse to come visit us again? Come back Labor Day weekend for a rocking rodeo, street dance and parade when we party again and celebrate rural Montana.

36) Tree of Life Doula Family Care Tent (Bozeman, MT): Are you a new mom? Come settle into this clean, cozy, and accessible area to nurse and change your baby, right next to our Kids Tent. Kelli and her team are Certified Lactation Counselors as well as doulas, so don’t hesitate to bring your feeding or newborn questions!

37) The Montana Project (Statewide, MT): The ancient spruce wood that’ll be used for The Montana Project’s guitar, under construction, first began its journey toward the light over 300 years ago, in a world much different from the one in which it will soon be played.

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 second Yellowstone Songwriter Festival in Cody – September 8 – 10 and Whitefish Songwriter Festival – September 15 – 17, 2022 and the 6th Red Lodge Songwriter Festival this past June 23 – 25, 2022.  These three-day festivals focus on the songwriter experience and are held in the infrastructure of their respective cities.