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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
BW Buzz Band
Kickstands • Sturgis
7:00 PM
Steak: CAKE Tribute w/ Johnny Hastings
Spearfish Public House • Spearfish
7:00 PM
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Alex Massa
Currently based in He Sapa (Black Hills) of South Dakota, trumpeter, composer, educator, and activist Alex Massa’s career has spanned…
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The Little Prince
The Little Prince Comes to Life with Flutter Productions One weekend of theatre, dance, music, and imagination opens July 9-12 at the Performing Arts Center of Rapid City. Flutter Productions opens its…
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TYNAN Time Tour Hits Box Elder
TYNAN Time Tour Hits Box Elder On Saturday, July 11, TYNAN brings the TYNAN TIME Tour to the Box Elder Event Center for an all-ages night of heavy bass music, immersive production,…
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Deadwood Blues Festival
Returns With a Bigger Footprint and a Growing Town Behind It Long before the lights come up at Outlaw Square, downtown Deadwood turns into a walking music festival. Beginning at 11 a.m.,…
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Punk Rock Reunion
A reunion at 707 Nightlife and a new documentary at the Dahl Arts Center celebrate the scene that transformed Rapid City’s DIY music culture. This weekend, more than a dozen bands will…
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Black Hills All-Stars Explore America’s Musical Roots
When the group takes the stage at The Custer Beacon before Custer’s Fourth of July fireworks, it won’t be a touring band or even a permanent one. It’s a one-night gathering of…
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