Treefort Music Fest

Treefort is for Everyone.

This has been our guiding light since 2012 and one way we articulate our commitment to antiracism, social justice, and combating inequality. Treefort was founded on a principle of creating and expanding opportunities for artists and creatives, as well as for communities that have historically been overlooked. The ever-expanding lens of Treefort has and will continue to unfold and focus on lifting up underserved communities like our LGBTQ family, immigrant populations and the wide range of racialized people represented as BIPOC. Our goal has long been to even the playing field and help show what true diversity, equity and inclusion looks like through representation on our stages and within our organization.

Antiracism is collective ongoing work. Our country is in a fresh moment of attention to these issues, particularly with a necessary focus on the Black community. Signing statements and the conversations many of us have been in over the last several months should not be seen as sufficient or experienced with great comfort, but rather a beginning; an opportunity to truly see the constructs of our white privilege and the deeply entrenched systemic racism that we, and our organizations, have benefitted from and have enabled through conscious or unconscious inaction. Only through focused attention and intentional restructuring can we continue to break down the toxic walls of systemic racism and discrimination.