Upcoming Events
Wretched Mess Fest
Catch me at the Wretched Mess Fest 🎣📖 Saturday, Sept 12 in West Yellowstone — come say hi at the Artist Market and check out handmade journals, rebinds, and bookbinding kits!
Bozeman Renaissance Festival 2026
The Bozeman Renaissance Festival returns for its third year on August 22-23, 2026 at the Gallatin County Fairgrounds! JesterCat Binding Co. will be vending — stop by between the jousting and the mead for some beautifully bound books.
Pop-Up Market
Join us for our Pop-Up shopping at Dry Hills Distillery! Shop unique gifts from local artists + businesses, sip seasonal cocktails, and play some pool or shuffleboard!
Bozeman Book Con
Montana's first ever book convention is coming to MSU on August 8, 2026, co-hosted by author Christina Hill and the team from Exes & Ohs, Bozeman's first romance-only bookstore. JesterCat Binding Co. will be vending — stop by for custom bookbinding, rebinding services, and all things bookish.
Book Rebinding Workshop: Lonesome Dove
Rebind Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove into a custom hardcover — tan suede, real cowhide, hot iron brand — and drink a beer while you do it.
Book Rebinding: Meet Felicity: An American Girl
Join a hands-on workshop to turn your paperback into a custom hardcover: navy taffeta cloth, silver lace border, gold-foil title and cameo—an heirloom edition you make yourself.
38th Annual Festival of the Arts
I’ll be a vendor at the Livingston Depot Center’s Festival of the Arts.
This is a large, juried outdoor art fair in Depot Rotary Park that draws thousands of visitors and features over 100 skilled artists and craftspeople from across the Western region. The festival showcases a wide range of work — photography, painting, sculpture, woodworking, metal and blacksmithing, jewelry, furniture, glass, fiber arts, drawings and prints, ceramics, and more. Being a juried show means each artist is selected by a panel, so the event highlights high-quality, curated artwork.
Book Rebinding: The Song of Achilles
To wrap up Pride Month 2026, join our book rebinding workshop and learn to transform Madeline Miller's "The Song of Achilles" into a custom hardcover edition. Perfect your bookbinding skills while creating a personalized version of this celebrated LGBTQ+ literary classic. We provide all materials, including the book and custom design elements. Limited to just 5 participants—ideal for readers who appreciate fine craftsmanship and meaningful stories. Reserve your spot to create a unique tribute to this powerful narrative.
Book Rebinding Workshop: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Take Pirsig's road trip classic apart and put it back together your way — white canvas cover, cold beer, no experience needed.
Repair Faire
Repair Faire is a day for celebrating the act of fixing our most used items, instead of buying new or throwing away. This Year's Repair Faire will include the following: Live Repair Stations, Live Repair Demonstrations/Workshops, Trade show with Repair.
I will be mending books and doing live demonstrations. Come say hi! ✨
Montana Renaissance Festival
Montana's biggest Renaissance festival is coming to Billings on June 6-7, 2026, and JesterCat Binding Co. will be vending! Come for the knights and mead, stay for the books. 📖⚔️
Book Rebinding: Watchmen
Who binds the watchmen? You do. We're giving Watchmen the upgrade it deserves — transforming a paperback into a hardcover with a white book cloth cover, hand-painted Rorschach inkblot design that's completely unique to you.
Book Rebinding: Princess Mononoke
The forest is watching. This Ani-May, we're binding Princess Mononoke the way it deserves — Japanese chiyogami paper, the original Japanese title, and forest spirits on the cover. Then the original hardcover becomes a journal with a silver wolf charm on the elastic closure.
Book Rebinding: Snoopy and the Red Baron
Happiness is a custom-bound book. On the Red Baron’s birthday, we're giving Snoopy's greatest aerial rivalry the hardcover treatment: dark red book cloth, hot foil cover art, spine lettering worthy of the World War I Flying Ace himself, gold metal corner protectors, and a little gold biplane charm.
Book Rebinding: The Secret Garden
Spring is here and we're celebrating with the most fitting book imaginable. Join us for a bookbinding workshop where you'll transform a copy of Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden into a custom hardcover.
SOLD OUT | Book Rebinding: Project Hail Mary
You've seen the movie. Now give your copy the cover it deserves. Join us for a hands-on bookbinding workshop where you'll transform a paperback of Project Hail Mary into a custom hardcover with black glitter cloth and a holographic gold sunburst HTV design. No experience needed.
Fundraiser Book Rebinding Workshop | MATTER OF THE IMAGINATION
Rebind the book that started it all. JesterCat Binding Co. and Matter of the Imagination are getting together to give Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness a gorgeous new cover, the novel that inspired the magazine's name. Books sourced from our local faves at Country Bookshelf. Three hours, good coffee (MOTI founder and editor Owen Gibbs is on pour over duty), and 20% of every registration goes straight to MOTI.
Hidden Gem Spring Market
Hidden Gem Market returns to the Field & Stream Lodge for a curated spring shopping experience featuring local makers, live music, and custom drinks. JesterCat Binding Co. will be there — come find us among the handmade goods!
First Contact Convention
Transport yourself out of the mundane and into an interactive sci-fi convention that celebrates universes of our own making.
Bring your creativity and your best cosplay, whether you come as you are, or as a being of your own imagination. Meet advocates, teachers, explorers, and makers — from cosplayers to cosmonauts — and join them in celebrating cultures both real and imagined. Explore the hopeful possibilities of the future through the lens of science fiction — and maybe acquire an artifact or two during your journey!
Twilight Book Rebinding Workshop
Join us for a hands-on creative experience as we transform a beloved classic into a custom work of art. In this special workshop, you’ll rebind your very own copy of Twilight by Stephenie Meyer.
Book Rebinding: Little Women
This Women's History Month, give a beloved classic the cover it deserves. Join us for a cozy afternoon of bookbinding as we transform Louisa May Alcott's Little Women into a gorgeous burgundy and gold hardcover edition — complete with a quote from the March sisters themselves.
NILC Benefit Night Market
Come on out for a night market and silent auction to raise money for the National Immigration Law Center. Let's band together to light up the dark!
Winter Makers Market
The Fourth Winter Makers Market brings local and regional artists to the Livingston Depot atrium for one day, 9 AM–4 PM; admission $1, kids under 12 free. The restored Northern Pacific depot in downtown Livingston serves as a museum, event center, and arts venue, preserved by the nonprofit Livingston Depot Foundation. I’ll be vending—stop by my booth for custom bookbinding, rebinding, bookbinding kits, and literary gifts.
Book Rebinding: Heated Rivalry & The Long Game omnibus
Is the book better than the show? Find out for yourself while binding your own custom omnibus edition of Heated Rivalry & The Long Game! Just in time for Valentine's Day, learn bookbinding techniques while creating a flip-book style hardcover featuring Rachel Reid's bestselling hockey romance.
100th Anniversary Book Rebinding: Winnie-the-Pooh
Celebrate 100 years of Winnie-the-Pooh by creating your own special edition hardcover! This cozy winter workshop uses bradel binding - a flexible technique that makes books open smoothly and last forever. Your finished Pooh will have a sparkly white cover with a light blue spine.
Book Rebinding: The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe
Create a hardcover with a magical cutout window this January! We're binding The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe with a glitter forest green cover that features a window revealing original lamppost artwork beneath. Spend an afternoon learning bookbinding basics!
Binding Baggins: The Hobbit Book Binding Workshop
Binding Baggins is a hands-on bookbinding workshop where participants will learn to transform paperback copies of J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved classic, The Hobbit, into beautiful hardcover editions. Participants will be guided through the process of creating a new hardcover binding to show off their adventure through Middle-Earth.
Wheelhouse Holiday Art Market
Join us for Wheelhouse’s 3rd Annual Holiday Art Market! Shop for gifts from local artists and create your own festive artwork.
This event is free and open to the public
Holiday Hoopla
Bring your family and meet your friends and neighbors for a hometown holiday celebration as you meander down Main Street visiting downtown businesses, checking out local vendors and organizations, and listening to the sounds of the season.
SOLD OUT | Book Rebinding: Pride and Prejudice
Celebrate Jane Austen's 250th birthday by transforming Pride and Prejudice into a stunning hardcover! Just days before her December 16th milestone, escape the dark Montana winter in this cozy bookbinding session where you'll learn hands-on techniques while wrapping your own edition in authentic Italian Florentine paper. Perfect for curling up with during those long December nights or gifting to a fellow Austen lover. We provide everything—the book, decorative papers, custom cover designs, tea service (bring your favorite cup!), AND birthday cake because Jane deserves a proper celebration! Limited to 3 participants for personalized instruction.
Holiday Pop-Up Market
Join us for our Holiday Pop-Up shopping at Dry Hills Distillery!
🎁 Shop unique gifts from local artists + businesses
🍸 Sip seasonal cocktails
🗓️ Wed 12/03, 5-8pm
📍Dry Hills Distillery, Bozeman