April plays host to a bouquet of great events that will have you tidying up, diving into educational presentations, and taking advantage of our robust cultural opportunities.

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Saturday, April 25th at the O'Shaughnessy Cultural Arts Center in Whitefish is a once-in-a-lifetime event you will not want to miss. Local trumpet phenom, Zak Fawcett has stretched his creative skills to offer up Cazador del Oso, a multi-sensory gala featuring a live performance of the original soundtrack and visual art exhibition. Here's the story: A Jamaican Buffalo Soldier set to Essex, Montana to fight the Big Burn of 1910, becomes entangled with a local opium cartel and infamous whiskey bootlegger. Said Buffalo Soldier deserts into the Great Bear Wilderness where he is later smuggled to Bynum by a rural mail carrier. He's eventually caught by cartel leader Oso and well ... 

Cazador del Oso weaves art, music, and forgotten Montana history into a magnum opus, blurring the line between hunter and hunted, id and ego, real and imagined. A truly unique experience you will not want to miss. Reserve your ticket at FlatheadTickets.com 

Weirdly, June will be here before we know it. Stop by FlatheadTickets.com and claim your ticket for two great June events. 

The second annual Stumptown Get Down takes over Whitefish's Depot Park on Saturday, June 6th with performances by electronic music project Balkan Bump, DJ Trayze, and local legend Dan Dubuque. 

Amazing Place Music returns with their On the Stage concert series with two performances on Saturday, June 13 featuring Broadway's Star Capathia Jenkins for an intimate evening of singing and storytelling. 

Find tickets for both events at FlatheadTickets.com. 

The stages are set for several great film and stage performances this month.

The Whitefish Theatre Company presents The Cottage: A Comedy Behind Closed Doors for several performances April 9th through 18th at the O'Shaughnessy Cultural Arts Center. This is a side-splitting romp of endless laughs, hilarious plot twists, daring physical comedy, and a happy ending for lovers everywhere. 

Wachholz College Center staff have their work cut out for them this month! 

On Wednesday, April 8th the Branford Marsalis Quartet returns to the stage. Saxophonist Branford Marsalis is one of the most revered figures in contemporary music and this celebrated ensemble presents a kaleidoscopic range of both original compositions and jazz and popular classics. 

Dance down the rabbit hole on Saturday, April 11th as the Wachholz presents MOMIX: Alice. Alice is a live performance by the MOMIX dance company known for its illusion and acrobatics. Audiences will be taken on a journey that is both magical, mysterious, fun, eccentric, and much more. As Alice falls down the rabbit hole and experiences every kind of transformation, so will you. 

Sunday, April 12th sit in for a high-energy blend of bold acrobatics, daring circus arts and live Afro-Jazz music with Cirque Kalabante. Bask in the beauty, youth and artistry of African culture right here at the Wachholz College Center. 

Kalispell PechaKucha is back again for their 12th installment on Thursday, April 30th at 6:30 pm at the Wachholz. The PK team presents you with a broad view of Creative Placemaking where you'll hear from community members about their whys of creating imaginative spaces for our community to gather, dance, celebrate, reflect and be inspired. In rapid-fire, each presenter will share 20 slides for 20 seconds each giving you a unique look into their lives and passions. PechaKucha at the Wachholz is a free community event aimed to inspire and connect. 

Flathead Valley Community College's Theatre and Music Department present Into the Woods for various showtimes April 16th to 25th at the Joe Legate Black Box Theatre on campus. Into the Woods is a spellbinding musical that intertwines beloved fairytales into a fresh, thought-provoking adventure. 

The Teakettle Quilt Guild showcases the community's fiber art at their 2026 Quilt Show on Saturday, April 18th at Columbia Falls' Glacier Gateway Elementary School from 9:00 am to 3:45 pm. Linda Crandall is this year's featured quilter. Proceeds support the Columbia Falls Food Bank. 

Outriders Presents, host of the infamous Under The Big Sky music festival, has taken ownership of Kalispell's Majestic Valley arena. On Saturday, April 18th they host Paul Cauthen for their inaugural performance at the new venue. Cauthen will be supported by New Orleans folk duo Crowe Boys and local talents Radio Ranch. 

If you've ever wanted to dance through the stacks at the library, you'll have your chance on Thursday, April 23rd as the Flathead Library Foundation hosts their Loud at the Library at the Kalispell branch of the Flathead County Library. Live music by Hotdayum, delicious snacks, beer, wine and a silent auction will help you celebrate and fundraise for our worthy library. 

Local nonprofit Cast Hope takes over the Bigfork Center for Performing Arts on Friday, April 24th to share the International Fly-Fishing Film Festival. Fish around the globe at this family-friendly event as you take in some of the most beautiful and insane fly-fishing locations on the planet. 

Stretch your mind and imagination with several educational presentations this month. 

The Wachholz College Center kicks off the month on Tuesday, April 7th with their popular Changemaker Speaker Series. Groundbreaking photographer, Jodi Cobb was the first, and for a time the only, female staff photographer at National Geographic. While blazing a trail for future female photojournalists, her powerful imagery gave the world unprecedented access to hidden societies across the globe. Students of all grade levels receive free admission. 

The Whitefish Lake Institute presents their April Science Quencher at the Lodge at Whitefish Lake on Friday, April 10th at 5:00 pm. Dive in for quality information on westslope cuthroat-rainbow trout hybridization, white bark pine restoration and a river documentary short film by our own Hungry Horse News editor Chris Peterson. 

Well friends, if you can't find something here to grab your interest, you can always stop by the online calendar at dailyinterlake.com/events for a long list of local music, game nights and community events.  

Thanks for tuning in to the Daily Inter Lake's Local Events podcast. I'm your host Melissa Wells reminding you that the more you do, the more you do. 

Cheers 

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