ABOUT THE SHOW ROOM
The ZACC Show Room is located in the heart of downtown Missoula in the beautiful, historic Studebaker Building, and can house a maximum of 150 seated and 350 standing. Adjacent to the Show Room is the Blackfoot Gallery & Lounge, which can be booked in addition to the theatre for events requiring extra, separate space.
The name of our event center harkens back to the building's original use as an automobile garage and showroom. The Studebaker Building is listed on the National Historic Registry, and served a growing automobile industry from the 1920s through the 1950s, when its owner Louis Nybo sold and repaired Studebakers here — the then vehicle of choice for Missoula's police force.
SHOW ROOM AMENITIES
Our event center boasts 150 chairs, 20 rectangular 72" banquet tables, twelve 30" round wooden-top cocktail tables (which adjust in height), an adjustable theatre lighting system, a state-of-the-art sound system, backdrop and blackout curtains, a 5,000-lumen projector and 9' by 16' mechanical screen, a removable stage, a backstage area with access to the kitchen and upstairs bathrooms, with public access bathrooms and an interactive play space just outside the entrance. The Show Room holds a beer, wine, and cider non-profit service license, and events in the Show Room serving alcohol are catered to by trained and certified ZACC bartenders.
The Show Room is available to rent for private events, for use by non-profits, and for festival events requiring passes.
Performances in the Show Room are exclusively booked by the ZACC. To inquire about booking a show in the ZACC Show Room, please go to Book a Show.
The ZACC does not stock linens. If your event requires tablecloths or other linens we recommend renting from Missoula Textile Services.
The ZACC's kitchen is not commercial, and foods served to the public must be prepared offsite (though our kitchen is perfect for discreet food service prep/set-up and for keeping foods hot or cold). For great local catering, we recommend Biga Pizza, Masala, Bravo! Catering, and Burns St. Bistro.
If you have questions, please email Gallery and Venue Director Mikyla Veis, at mikyla@zootownarts.org.
Below are some examples of room layout, but they are by no means exhaustive. We work with you to arrange the space in the way best suited to your event.
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THRUST
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THEATER IN THE ROUND
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CENTER DANCE FLOOR
Live Music: MASS FM, Sarah Frazier, + Norwell
Saturday, January 11 / Doors at 7:30 / Music at 8 / All Ages / Beer and wine for those 21+ / $7
MASS FM formed in the fall of 2013, features former-members of the Volumen, Victory Smokes and Flying Rickshaw, and is (arguably) Missoula’s best dad band. MASS FM plays groove-heavy, dance-friendly post-punk and counts Fugazi, INXS, Queens of the Stone Age and Steely Dan among their many collective influences (but please don’t bring it up, Steely Dan is highly contentious). MASS FM is Chris, Christopher, Doug and Ryan. MASS FM released their latest EP, What Will Divide Us Is Love, in May 2019 (which has a Mu chord or two, but
please don’t tell Doug it sounds like Steely Dan).
Sarah Frazier is an Electronic/Pop artist from Montana. She dabbles in the realms of synthesizers and vocal processing, with 26 years outstanding of creating musical scores across a vast board of poetic, melodious, and instrumental genres.
There Is Nothing That Cannot Happen to Someone, Norwell's formal introduction in 2018, brought to life a multi-year writing and recording labor of front man Brady Schwertfeger. Teaming up with friends Max Dutcher (No Fancy) and Jon Filkins (Arrowleaf, Mendelssohn) among others, and with the help of standout features from pop maven Chloe Gendrow and folk artist Ira Wolf, Norwell took years of house shows and empty bar gigs and churned out an album described by Peter Friesen of the Missoulian as "airy, expansive, melancholic electronica."
