Lewis and Clark Tap Room

we are notified that there is a ticketed event on the night of my reception and if any of our guests wanted to leave the room, they would have to pay for tickets for the concert. We found out they posted the event a month earlier from when they notified me of the double booking —waiting a whole month before messaging us about the concert. On top of that, tickets are going for $35 per person. They also told us that we couldn’t go order drinks at the bar and would be limited to a singular bathroom for more than 65 people at the reception. This is extremely frustrating and stressful to have a venue booked 8 months ahead and have them change our plans 6 weeks out from our event. We printed the venue on the invites and now have to contact each person to notify them of the venue change. We instead booked with Missouri River Brewing Co. out in East Helena with significantly more ease, for far cheaper, and ended up with WAY more space. After talking with friends and family, turns out this is not an uncommon experience. They often double book and try and cancel the other event that won’t make as much money for them. In just three days, I found a family members coworker that’s had this same experience however, they couldn’t change their plans and are going through with their reservation. This is not how a business should be managed and it will eventually run a lot of customers away. To say we are disappointed is an understatement.