Pillows, blankets, your mom’s dining room chairs, and couch cushions made for pretty awesome forts. But nothing compares to the growing legacy in the City of Trees.
Alefort, Comedyfort, Filmfort, Foodfort, Hackfort, Kidfort, Skatefort, Storyfort, Yogafort. That’s a whole lot of fort commonly referred to as, collectively, Treefort. Of course the Treefort Music Festival held at the end of March in beautiful, welcoming Boise, Idaho has quite a bit of music to boot.
We’ve kept a close eye on the Treefort over the years and it is looking like Treefort 2018 has raised the bar with artists in all the right ways and adding a refreshing mix of new and familiar names to the festival, region, and local/independent music fans everywhere.
Here are the first 94 bands, including legends in music mixed amongst independent and ambitious artisans of the craft.
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic | Andrew W.K. | Zola Jesus |
Oddisee & Good Compny | Lido Pimienta | Built To Spill |
Galactic | Connan Mockasin | Twin Peaks |
Cindy Wilson (of The B-52’s) | Hanni El Khatib | Antibalas |
U.S. Girls | Treepeople | Thunderpussy |
The Districts | Horse Feathers | Mirah |
Titus Andronicus | Lola Marsh | The Suffers |
Kelly Lee Owens | Wild Ones | Kweku Collins |
The Seshen | Michael Rault | Pujol |
De Lux | Nnamdi Ogbannaya | Dark Rooms |
KOLARS | Field Medic | Earth Girl Helen Brown |
The Dip | Quinn DeVeaux | Vundabar |
Mobley | The Muckers | Kinski |
Ed Schrader’s Music Beat | Michna | Escondido |
Dear Nora | Nick Delffs | Wimps |
The Still Tide | Afrosonics | Ned Evett & Triple Double |
Thee Commons | Dark Swallows | Motherhood |
Federale | Dirt Fishermen | Fruit & Flowers |
Sun Blood Stories | Skating Polly | Kitty Crimes |
SISTERS | Ratboys | Rosie Tucker |
Secret Drum Band | Timmy The Teeth | Current Joys |
Orquestra Pacifico Tropical | Dante Elephante | Porlolo |
XDS | Overlake | Alien Boy |
Oso Negro | Bell’s Roar | Pregnant |
CJ Boyd | The Raven & The Writing Desk | Wildermiss |
Tispur | Robin Bacior | Sun Valley Gun Club |
Super Sparkle | Up is the Down is the | Soul Refuge |
Surfs Drugs | Tag Along Friend | Eldren |
The Hoot Hoots | Serpentfoot | Groggy Bikini |
Crona Clone | The Kinky Fingers | King and Queen of the Losers |
Skinny The Kid | Ancient Elk | Melacrusin |
The Vang Basics |
Treefort Music Festival will take place March 21 – 25, 2018 in Downtown Boise, Idaho. Be There!