Written by Phoenix Willard & Dylan Wood
Every spring, a team of over 1,000 volunteers and staff members works behind the scenes to transform Downtown Boise into a citywide space for artists and residents to celebrate culture and community: Treefort Music Festival.
Since its debut in 2012, the festival’s crew and volunteers work months in advance, to tirelessly build the indie-rock music festival from the ground up.
While festival attendees see just one week of activities, for Marketing Assistants Katie Jones and Mae Blakeman, Treefort season is year-round. According to Blakeman, the team began discussing the theme and plans for the next festival just weeks after the previous one ended…