Montana Festival

I saw my friend and fellow Veteran Todd Connor deliver this talk live at the Montana Festival. I am so energized to learn this week that it was recorded for sharing! It is a must watch - Todd presents an argument that Montana, and what Montanans do in November at the ballot box, just might be the key to saving and restoring our fragile experiment in self-government.  And it has nothing to do with elected officials - it has everything to do with election reform. Such an incredible talk and delivery by a great leader who is committed to #innovatingdemocracy #veteransforallvoters https://lnkd.in/gzFdxz6q

Save the Date! Montana Festival 2025 is Wednesday May 14th to 17th in Bozeman, Montana! If you want to sponsor, host a workshop, dinner, or party get in touch!

Save the date: Montana Festival 2025 is May 14-17 in Bozeman, MT. 3 days, 10 events, 50 speakers, 4 musical acts, and across 5 venues, the inaugural Montana Festival brought together the top 500+ entrepreneurs, business leaders, innovators, investors, culture creators, designers, community builders, movers, shakers and policymakers to connect, dream together, and accelerate Made in Montana ideas, projects, startups, and policy solutions that create good jobs, great towns, and can serve as model across America. Montana Festival is a community collaboration of Last Best Future in partnership with organizing partners HATCH and Scaling Montana and 20+ community partners and our incredible partners at The Brand Guild. Thank you to our incredible team of co-founders Lumay Wang Murphy Katie Sherwood Yarrow Kraner Jenni Graff Erica Mackey Latham Turner Jennifer Madgic Julia Bryant Cassandra Sunell Amanda Eva Jungles Sarah Fenn Brittany Jane Foster Patty Kicker Kicker Charlie Murphy Jason O'Neil Julia DiBenedetto Annie Perezchica Natalie Jaffe Parker. And thank you to our 50+ incredible sponsors Toby O'Rourke at KOA, Margaret Madrigal Mary Jane (MJ) Rogers at JP Morgan Chase, Alison Harmon at Montana State University, Suzanne Tilleman, Ph.D. at University of Montana, Michael Goguen Liz Marchi at Two Bear Capital, Tricia Hansen Paul Pahul at Stockman Bank of Montana, Brit Fontenot at the City of Bozeman, Mandy Patriarche Loren Bough at Yellowstone Club Foundation Jerry Pape, Chris Shaida at Real Foundations, Troy Scherer at Design 5, Will Price Les Craig at Next Frontier Capital, Jimmy Talarico at Cushing Terrell, Doug Minarik at Minarik Architecture, Lance Neirby at Montana Silversmiths, Renee Reijo Pera at Mclaughlin Research Institute, Allison Bryan at Open Studio Collective, Kalli Ryti at First Security Bank, Rockin R Bar, 2 Fat Guys Spirts, Intrepid Credit Union, and many more!

On behalf of Montana Festival & Last Best Future thank you to our sponsors for believing in this vision and helping us bring it to life! - Padden Guy Murphy Kampgrounds of America, Inc. HATCH Scaling Montana Two Bear Capital JPMorganChase Montana State University-Bozeman Stockman of Montana Yellowstone Club Community Foundation City of Bozeman Cushing Terrell Next Frontier Capital Montana Silversmiths Kenyon Noble Lumber Company RealFoundations University of Montana Bozeman Area Chamber of Commerce AC Hotel by Marriott Bozeman Downtown First Security Bank Montana - Div. of Glacier Bank Accelerate Montana Last Best Comedy Soapboxx Two Fat Guys Spirits Intrepid Credit Union SIME Rocking R Bar Split Mountain Metals Minarik Architecture Design.5 Landscape & Architecture EARTHWELL Open Studio Collective Wild Productions and our individual sponsors Danielle D'Arcy, Hongxia Liu, Alex Miller, Connor Murphy, Kady Murphy Tim & Debbie Murphy, Jerry Pape, Chris Shaida

The Welcome Party at the Rialto was one for the books! New connections made + live music by Supaman and Buffalo Burrows. 🙌 Thank you to our sponsor, The Yellowstone Club Community Foundation. #Recap #MontanaFesival ❌

What an incredible VIP Reception at the Armory! 🎉 A huge thank you to our host and sponsor, JPMorgan Chase & Co., for making this event a success and to Governor Greg Gianforte for joining us to kick-off the Montana Festival. #Recap #MontanaFestival ❌

The most recent #Trailblazers Speaker Series event in Bozeman was one for the books. The event featured Andrew Barge, Chief Content Officer of MeatEater, Inc. in their retail store in downtown Bozeman. Thank you to everyone who joined us a few weeks ago. We are very honored to host this event in conjunction with the inaugural #MontanaFestival. Photo Credit: Nicolas Tapia With Suzi Berget White Les Craig Danielle D'Arcy Alistair Stewart and many more....

What a fun inaugural Montana Festival weekend! Padden Guy Murphy Lumay Wang Murphy Julia Bryant Cassandra Sunell Sarah Fenn Yarrow Kraner, way to max out the Rialto, Ellen, and Emerson theaters! So great to have Kai-Uwe Bergmann, FAIA visit Bozeman (straight from India) and provide design inspiration from a biosphere treehouse to a woven city at the base of Mount Fuji. We missed you, Bjarke Ingels! Our very own Jimmy Talarico joined a panel discussion on designing the future of Montana cities and towns. Billings mayor, William Cole, joined other Montana mayors to discuss growing pains and opportunities in their cities (and why their city is the best!) Now, on to eat some yummy Montana wild huckleberry twist licorice! #madeinmontana

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Is proud to be a founding partner in Montana Festival! Wonderful event bringing together leadership across industries and cities with a passion to continue to make Montana a special place. #community #partnership #montana #lastbestplace

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Is proud to be a founding partner in Montana Festival! Wonderful event bringing together leadership across industries and cities with a passion to continue to make Montana a special place. #community #partnership #montana #lastbestplace