Music under a Montana sky with real folks.
More Than a Music Festival
Back in 2011, Sarah Calhoun threw the first Red Ants Pants Music Festival in a cow pasture outside her shop. She wanted a way to thank the people who built the brand with her: the ranchers, farmers, welders, and neighbors who showed up year after year.
Today it draws thousands of folks from across the country, but the spirit hasn't changed. It is still volunteer run, still anchored in White Sulphur Springs, and still about the women who get things done.
Every dollar of profit goes to the Red Ants Pants Foundation, funding grants for rural Montana, women's leadership programs, and the next generation of growers and makers.
Shop the Festival Look
The women and men at our festival don't just watch. They build, volunteer, and haul. Here's what they wear.
Join Us This July
- DatesJuly 23 to 26, 2026
- LocationMiddle of a cow pasture in White Sulphur Springs, MT
- Campground OpensWednesday, July 22 at 4 PM Mountain Time
Can't make it this year? Shop the festival look and rep the brand year round.
What People are Saying
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"One of the best small festivals in the country. It feels like the kind of weekend you wish would never end."
Outside Magazine -
"Red Ants Pants has built something rare. A festival that gives every dollar back to the community that made it possible."
Mountain Living -
"The Montana festival that punches way above its weight, year after year."
The Billings Gazette
- Outside
- NPR Music
- Montana Public Radio
- The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
- Garden & Gun
Proceeds Power Our Community
Festival profits go to the Red Ants Pants Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that funds rural Montana grants, women's leadership programs, and working ranch preservation.
Since 2011, the Foundation has put more than $210,000 back into the communities that built this festival.
- $210k+Granted to date
- 150Communities funded
- 14Years of giving back
