Celebrate the holidays with new music! This second wave of artists includes musicians from six countries and 22 states. Get your fam singing and dancing with dance-pop grooves from Brazil’s Atalhos, rock out with Venezuela’s psychedelic, post-rock band Zeta, chill out with reggae tunes from Puerto Rican artist Pachyman, or set the vibes with Seattle-based…
Kidfort presents Puss in Boots, a shadow puppet play set to live music, from Portland’s very own Oregon Shadow Theatre. The ethnic diversity and rich musical traditions of New Orleans and the Louisiana bayous are the background for Oregon Shadow Theatre’s adaptation of the classic French fairytale. Antoine, the miller’s son, inherits Puss the remarkable talking cat. The…
Filmfort 2022 will feature We Intend to Cause Havoc, a film about the 21st Century formation of Zambia’s most popular rock band of the 1970s, W.I.T.C.H. W.I.T.C.H. might sound familiar because they are also on this year’s music lineup PLUS members of the band will be doing a Q&A after the film screening! The film documents the…
SAD BAR is an immersive dance theatre tour through downtown Boise during Treefort 10. Created by LA-based dance theatre duo WHYTEBERG, bear witness to performers on a party bike (yes, those party bikes) as they explore a range of relationship scenarios that are both hilarious and heartbreaking. New characters reveal themselves as the bike travels…
Comedyfort 2022 will be bringing the laughs to Treefort 10 with headliners Chanel Ali and Chris Garcia! Chanel Ali is a standup comedian, writer, and actress living in New York City. She hosts the Food Network digital series Food Debate! and was a cast member on MTV’s Girl Code. In 2020, Chanel appeared on the…
In the midst of dashing around Downtown Boise to catch sets from your favorite (and soon to be favorite) bands, you can fill your Treefort experience to the brim by exploring the various facets of what the Treefort community has to offer! Between dance, films, stories, comedy sets and even puppet theater — discover the…
What’s more festive than festival gear? Grab some Treefort goodies for your friends and family (and for yourself, of course) this holiday season on First Thursday, December 2 at the cafe space in the Owyhee. Come say hi to us from 5-8pm and find something for everyone on your list – all Treefort merch will…
We’re thrilled to bring you the first wave of artists who will be making a splash at our 10th Festival of Discovery this March! It’s been a DECADE of discovery since the first Treefort back in 2012 and the lineup for Treefort 10 is off to a stellar start! You may recognize names like Sonic…
Over the past 10 years, we’ve watched Treefort grow, change, expand, shift – much like the city in which it takes place. The lineup has swelled from 120 to nearly 500 bands over the past nine festivals. Venues have popped up in parking lots, coffee shops, abandoned storefronts, bars and buses. Facets of the broader…
It was the masked of times. It was the best of times. Treefort 9 was a wild (and safe) ride, y’all – thanks for coming along with us! Well, we finally did it y’all! Treefort 9 has bounced around all over our calendars for the last few years and we finally experienced it vaxxed and…