MUSIC FESTIVAL & FOUNDATION

We're more than just pants.

RED ANTS PANTS MUSIC FESTIVAL

If you like music, local food, beer, sunsets, agriculture, and the rural Montana landscape, you should probably come to the Red Ants Pants Music Festival.

Held every July in a cow pasture just outside of White Sulphur Springs, this event may just become an annual tradition for you and your people.

Merle Haggard, Brandi Carlile, Emmylou Harris, Taj Mahal, Dwight Yoakam, Tanya Tucker, Lyle Lovett, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Lucinda Williams, Corb Lund, and Ben Bullington are just a handful of our favorite acts who have taken our stage.

It is a pretty fantastic community event that rises up much like Field of Dreams, or an old-fashioned barn raising.

We started this event to bring people together. Something about the landscape of the festival and the good will of the attendees results in a pretty unique and worthwhile experience. We use the proceeds to fund our non-profit, the Red Ants Pants Foundation.

Come connect with good folks and join us in celebrating rural Montana!

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RED ANTS PANTS FOUNDATION

To show support for the hard-working side of Montana and beyond, the Red Ants Pants Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3), was born in 2011. The Foundation supports women’s leadership, working family farms and ranches, and rural communities, the three things most important to Calhoun, the company, and the Red Ants Pants Community.

The Mission

  • To develop and expand leadership roles for women.
  • To preserve and support working family farms and ranches.
  • To enrich and promote rural communities.

The Values

  • To recognize and cultivate a strong work ethic.
  • To encourage and build self-reliance, especially for women.
  • To educate the public on the importance of maintaining traditional work skills.
  • To provide opportunities for people with different perspectives to connect, build bridges, and discover common ground.
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PROGRAMS

Girls Leadership Program

The Red Ants Pants Foundation Girls Leadership Program is designed to inspire hope for our youth, develop pride in our rural communities, and foster strength and courage in our leadership. The Girls Leadership Program builds highly competent and confident leaders, cultivated specifically to build upon the strength of girls from rural Montana. Topics include communication, team building, self-awareness, self-care, emotional intelligence, project planning, project management, conflict resolution, and resiliency.

To learn more and apply, please visit our website.

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Work Skills Courses

Here at the Red Ants Pants Foundation, we believe in teaching and sharing practical skills that can be used in our day-to-day lives, work places, and while we’re out exploring.

Each year, using proceeds from our Music Festival, we host a variety of Work Skills Courses including Carpentry 101, Chainsaw 101 & 201, Dovetail Joinery, and Trailer Backing. These courses are designed to empower and educate women of all skill levels on the basic understanding, maintenance and operation of tools. The courses are all women-led and focus on creating a supportive environment for our participants to gain confidence as they practice these skills together.

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Red Ants Pants Music Festival

Come connect with good folks and celebrate rural Montana. Join us for four days of fun each July up in White Sulphur Springs. Save the date for our next Festival – July 24-27, 2025! A portion of the proceeds goes to the Red Ants Pants Foundation.

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Community Grants

With proceeds from the past nine Red Ants Pants Music Festivals, over $190,000 in mission-based community grants have been awarded. Learn more about our Community Grant Program and grab some inspiration from the good work of our past grant recipients.

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