Garden City rocks? New 3-day music festival coming from creators of Boise’s Treefort
The minds behind Treefort Music Fest are at it again.
So is Garden City, Boise’s increasingly hip, evolving little brother.
Duck Club Entertainment, the local booking agency that created the popular annual festival in Boise, has concocted another creative bash.
Flipside Fest, an all-ages “neighborhood music and mural festival,” will be held at multiple Garden City venues Sept. 23-25, according to a media release. The three-day inaugural event is “an all-ages, outdoor, multi-venue festival featuring 50 local and touring bands, live murals by local artists, and immersive on-foot exploration of Garden City’s Live-Work-Create district.”
What will the vibe be like? Eclectic. Inspiring. Fun.
“Super similar to Treefort,” according to the Flipside website, “but like on a mini-scale.”
Flipside will happen at 10 venues. The main stage will be in Visual Arts Collective’s parking lot. Other locations include Barbarian Brewing, Somewhere Bar, Push & Pour, Surel’s Place, Roots Zero Waste Market, Vervain Collective, Coiled Wines, Community Square Development and The Sandbar at the Riverside Hotel.
Music is slated to end at around 10:30 p.m. each night. After-parties for people 21 and older will happen on the Friday and Saturday nights inside Visual Arts Collective and Somewhere Bar.
General admission tickets will be $89 starting at 10 a.m. July 1 at theduckclub.com/flipside-fest. Early bird passes are $69 and will be available only to Duck Club email subscribers for 24 hours starting at 10 a.m. June 30.
The full music lineup and schedule — and single-day tickets — will become available Aug. 2, according to the release.
Additional “neighborhood partners” include Surel’s Place, Garden City Placemaking Fund, Urban Land Development, 34th Street Market, Boise Rock School, Audio Lab Recording Studio, Visionkit Studio and Western Collective.
Held in March each year — and in fall 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic — Treefort Music Fest brings hundreds of bands to downtown Boise over five days.
Duck Club Entertainment also is planning Treefort Music Hall, a new midsize, permanent music club in the former Office Depot building at 722 W. Broad St. in Boise. That venue is on track to open in the first quarter of 2023, according to Treefort co-founder and festival director Eric Gilbert.
