A night at the Filler
On Saturday night I had the chance to go to the Filler for some live music, beer, friends and fun! It was my first time at the Filler and my first time at a type of bar like this!
I have to say I was a bit nervous going. The Filling Station isn’t known as being a posh bar. However I felt completely at home. It felt like a pub, where there are regulars.
On Saturday four local bands were playing live on stage. This included Tempest and Beneath the Kraken!
The bar itself was great. The front area consisted of the bar and pool, while the back had room for a band and a dance floor. I wish more people would have danced, I guess I was the only weird one!
The Filler is never boring. It is one of those bars that has tons of things hanging on the walls (mostly license plates).
They had some other cool things that I thought no longer existed. Like a cigarette machine!
And a pay phone! Remember those?
Its funny, I’m not as cool as I once was, by 11 I was tired and ready to go. So once again I missed Beneath the Kraken playing live!
Luckily my dear friend Ashley, who is an amazing Bozeman photographer, was there to take some amazing shots of this band!
The lead guitarist was also decked out is some weird Americana outfit. Now I really wish I was there!
All in all it was an amazing night, and an amazing place, especially if you like real bars. I know I will look forward to the next time I can go to the Filling Station in Bozeman, whether it is for live music or just some good company and beer!
Mardi Gras in Bozeman
So Tuesday was Mardi Gras in Bozeman, and they were doing a fun pub crawl! It was a great chance for me to see the downtown, get to know some friends, and a chance to win $1000 in downtown bucks!
There were nine pubs and bars in Bozeman participating. Get a stamp at all of them, and be entered in the drawing. There was also some beads along the way (no shirt lifting necessary).
The first stop on the tour, and one of my favorites, was the Bacchus Pub.
This Bacchus guy is the Greek God of wine. The stain glass use to be window pieces of the hotel that once stood here. Now he resides over the bar. They also had very cool heads on the wall.
This was a great start to a fun night. Next up was The Crystal. Another great Americana bar!
The bar was pretty empty, but still early (7pm) for a Tuesday night in Bozeman, Montana. This bar was really fun because of all of the decorations!
Even included some bras on the wall 
Unfortunately the beers were already catching up with me and the picture I took was blurry. No worries! On to the next bar, which was Santa Fe Red, a bar with a Mexican theme. I ran into some Bozemaniacs who were all decked out for Mardi Gras. So decked out I could barely take a picture!
Soon my wonderful friend and fellow Bozemaniac, Ashley Stevick joined the party.
A professional photographer in Bozeman, she kicked my crappy iPhone4s photo’s butt. And that also means there were more photos of me! This one is at American Legion.
Pub 317 (which is St Patrick’s Day) was our next stop. Ashley took some more amazing pictures!
This one had some live music, but we needed to move on. Only one hour left and two more stamps needed to complete the full bar crawl! We decided to run into one bar that was more like a club for a stamp, and headed to our last stop, The Eagle’s Club. Here was a great American bar, with a great American band.
And we ran into the dressed up Bozemaniacs who were having a blast on the dance floor!
I have to say I love the fact that these Americans dressed up for Mardi Gras. I forgot how we can just dress up for anything! Next year I will be wearing a much more festive outfit
All in all it was a great night, a great way to get to know Bozeman, Montana, and the hang over was not bad the next day! Yay water!