Music

Local groove cats Electric Coconut get the party started 6:00pm at El Korah Shrine. Auspicious quartet Wildermiss keeps you movin’, followed by pop duo Cones, and Tel Aviv artist Lola Marsh. Local two-piece Transistor Send will grace the stage before Cults ends the night on a high note.

Pop into Linen Building for a night of heavy psychedelia with Canadian project Jo Passed, psych-trio Crosss, and local rock’n’roll therapist Brett Netson.

Boise All-ages Movement Project (BAMP) is back and bigger than ever — the BAMP venue is located on 8th & Front (old Urban Outfitters space) this year. Music starts at 6:00pm with local indie rockers Hybrid Sheep Organizer and ends with Los Angeles quartet together pangaea at 1:00am!

End day one with techno house music at Fatty’s*, featuring DJ’s NIIX, Sautrah, and Big Ups.

This is just the tip of the iceberg! Enjoy other shows at Neurolux*, The Olympic*, Reef*, The Shredder, Tom Grainey’s*, Grainey’s Basement*, and The Balcony*.

Full schedule is here. Download the Treefort App to share your schedule with friends!

*Must be age 21 or over to enter.

Artfort

Treefort Gallery

Treefort Gallery is free and open to the public. The gallery is located at The Owyhee and will be open 3-8pm.

Get a first glimpse of the Treefort Gallery at the grand opening celebration 3:00-3:30pm! Treefort Gallery director, Tony Caprai, will speak about the creation of the Treefort Gallery and provide an overview of this year’s artwork.

Learn more about the Treefort Gallery 2018 artists and exhibits by listening and talking to the artists themselves. Today, Garek Druss and Sector Seventeen (City of Boise grant recipients) will be speaking about their work for Treefort 2018 at Treefort Gallery 5:30-6:00pm.

Performance Art

Watch a 30-minute collaborative ballet by Daniel Ojeda featuring the dancers of Ballet Idaho. The dancers will be accompanied by a string quartet (composition by Regular Sounds‘ Dylan Eller). This performance will take place at B-AMP (8th & Front) at 5:15pm.

Storyfort

Storyfort aims to inspire with a variety of events today!

A panel of DACA and DREAMers will take the stage 3:00pm at The Owyhee to tell stories of the lives and issues at stake. Treefort musicians will take the mic during happy hour 5:00-7:00pm at 10th Street Station*, telling true, crazy, wonderful stories of the road as a touring musician. Cool prizes, including a Treefort 5-Day wristband, will be raffled off, too! At 7:00pm, join Storyfort artists August McLaughlin and Diane Rice at Rediscovered Books in a discussion about gender, sexuality, and the graphic novel**.

*Must be age 21 or over to enter.
**Adult content, recommended for ages 18 and older.

Filmfort

Filmfort kicks things off with Brimstone & Glory, a visual and auditory spectacle.

The camera in Brimstone and Glory, directed by Viktor Jakovleski, weaves through the town of Tultepec as residents prepare for the annual fireworks festival and lingers over the gorgeous explosive displays.

Watch this documentary feature unfold 5:00pm at The Flicks.

Music Talks

Copyright Challenges for Musicians in the Digital Era

Today’s music industry panel will focus on the copyright challenges faced by musicians in the digital era. Specifically, the discussion will surround how musicians obtain a copyright and how to enforce those copyrights under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Join in the conversation 6:00pm at The Owyhee.