Missoula’s TOTFest 2025 Combines Metal, Food, and Prizes

Missoula’s wildest heavy metal mashup returns. TOTFest 2025 is coming to the Dark Horse Bar on Saturday, Aug. 16, with twenty bands, two stages, and enough fried potatoes to make you second-guess your life choices by Sunday morning.

But this year, the music and the tots aren’t the only things worth your time. The raffle prizes are flat‑out insane. We’re talking an Ibanez electric guitar signed by Cradle of Filth, the kind of thing that makes your teenage self want to kick‑flip off a sofa. And if that’s not enough, there’s also an AUTOGRAPHED Papa Roach Poster from their 2025 Rise of the Roach Tour.

Raffle tickets are just $5, and every penny raised goes directly to Camp Mak‑A‑Dream, a Montana‑based organization that gives kids and families struggling with cancer a break from the hospital life. This provides on-site oncologists to assist with families that are battling cancer. While also providing a memory-filled adventure at summer camp.

You can grab tickets early at TOTFest.org or purchase them at the event. VIP packages are also available, loaded with limited‑edition shirts, posters, and merch that will most likely sell out before any band takes the stage.

(NOTE: I have been wearing my TOTFEST shirts for years. They are must-have merch.)

Only catch? You’ve got to be there to win. So don’t ghost early, or you might find yourself halfway to another round of cheesy tots when you hear your name announced.

Bring earplugs, an appetite, and maybe a little extra cash, because you could walk away from TOTFest with more than a bellyache.