Helena calibrates between state capital formality and Last Chance Gulch frontier spirit. Downtown rooms fill with government workers who transferred in, while Reeder's Alley hosts the families who trace their roots to the gold rush. Sixth Ward draws the established residents. East Helena adds the working-class energy. The comedy here navigates the tension between bureaucratic precision and mountain-town independence. Open mics become neutral ground where the statehouse and the gulch sit together. The comics who honor both Helenas find audiences grateful someone understood the capital keeps its frontier edge beneath the dome.