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Open Mic Night and Karaoke
West River Comedy Club • Rapid City
7:00 PM
Johnny Hastings Trio
The Tinder Box • Rapid City
8:00 PM
Stratobowl Hot Air Balloon Launch
Stratobowl • Rapid City
6:30 AM
21st Annual Chile Pepper Festival
Jolly Lane Greenhouse • Rapid City
8:00 AM
Fair in the Square 2026
Outlaw Square -Deadwood • Deadwood
2:00 PM
Tyler Bills Trio
Crow Peak Brewing Co. • Spearfish
6:00 PM
Soft Target
Catalyst Theater Company • Rapid City
7:00 PM
Jack Yoder & The Doublewide Disaster
Custer Beacon • Custer
7:00 PM
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Flannel
Flannel is a Black Hills-based cover band built around 90s pop, rock, and R&B, pulling from everything from Weezer and…
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BHCT Opens Discovery Series with Rhinoceros
BHCT Opens Discovery Series with Rhinoceros The one-night reading brings Eugene Ionesco’s absurdist classic to Rapid City Saturday. The Saturday night in Black Hills Community Theatre’s Studio Theater, a dozen local actors…
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The Best-Smelling Weekend in the Black Hills
Three days of roasting chiles, live music and gathering in the gardens. Come for the food and music. Stay for the smells. At Jolly Lane’s Chile Pepper Festival, the smell of roasting…
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Open Mic & Open Jam Nights in the Black Hills
Looking for a place to perform in Rapid City, Spearfish, Deadwood, or elsewhere in the Black Hills? Here's where musicians, comedians, poets, storytellers, and jam-session regulars can find a stage.
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Synesthesia: Three Nights of Music and Art
Synesthesia Brings Three Nights of Electronic Music and Art to Bulldog Creek The camping festival fills two stages near Sturgis with electronic music, interactive art, workshops, flow activities and a late-night silent…
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Midland Brings Modern Honky-Tonk to Outlaw Square
Midland Brings Modern Honky-Tonk to Outlaw Square The Grammy-nominated trio closes Deadwood’s inaugural Double Shot Concert Series with its biggest songs and a newly released album. Deadwood’s first Double Shot Concert Series…
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