63 acts! Treefort Music Fest announces first wave of performers coming to Boise in 2016
Boise’s annual Treefort Music Fest, which presents hundreds of local and national acts at indoor and outdoor settings, revealed its first wave of performers this morning.
The festival will return for its fifth year March 23-27, 2016, in Downtown Boise.
In a move that harks back to Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings’ memorable main-stage performance in 2013, soul singer Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires has been booked. In a hyphenated word: funky-awesome.
Another strategic booking that diverges from the festival’s up-and-coming artists’ philosophy: Veteran bluegrass-fusion jam-band Leftover Salmon will be part of the event — at the Knitting Factory. That means fans will have the option to buy an individual, non-Treefort-related ticket to that show. But festivalgoers will just waltz in with their Treefort wristbands.
Below is the full list. (Youth Lagoon is back!) Remember, this is only the first wave. Last year’s Treefort was a melodic barrage of five days, 20 venues and 430 acts. If we’ve learned anything over the first four years, it’s that Treefort does not get smaller.
Buy your Treefort wristband for $159 here. The price will increase March 1.
Acid Dad
Adult Books
Aesop Rock w/Rob Sonic
Alex G
All Dogs
Ancient Psychic
Another Man Out the Window
Bitch'n
Brothers In Law
Bryan John Appleby
Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires
Chelsea Wolfe
Clarke and the Himselfs
Conan
Cool Ghouls
Crescendo
Culture Abuse
Esmé Patterson
Flaural
Freak Heat Waves
French Horn Rebellion
Go!Zilla
Great Dane
Helvetia
Hinds
Holly Macve
Honey Bucket
Howardian
Leafraker
LED
Lee Corey Oswald
Leftover Salmon
Máscaras
Methyl Ethel
Mild High Club
Mimicking Birds
Motel Radio
Mothers
Mystery Skulls
Oddisee
Play Date
Plum
Porches
Quilt
Radiation City
San Fermin
Self Defense Family
Serial Hawk
SISTERS
So Pitted
Stepbrothers
Strange Wilds
Sun Blood Stories
Tartufi
Thee Oh Sees
The Rich Hands
Thick Business
Vaadat Charigim
Wax Idols
Western Daughter
White Denim
Your Friend
Youth Lagoon
This story was originally published December 3, 2015 at 9:59 AM.