Parties and Music
- Baby Gramps
- Raucous Northwest pirate music
- Billy & Kate
- Simple folks singing simple original numbers, cover songs and a handful of duets with plain old guitar and vocal accompaniment.
- Boxcutter Cabaret
- Puppets!
- Busker's Last Stand
- Jesse Hall reception after the closing night film featuring a supergroup comprised of the Pine Hill Haints & the Can Kickers.
- Chris Canipe
- A man, a guitar, a voice. Simple elements that blend like Kentucky whiskey.
- Chris Hires
- From Baltimore house to microtech and beyond, Chris Hires is one of the more versatile DJs working today.
- Counter Clockwise
- with members of the Pine Hill Haints
- Cousin Cole
- An alchemist of the mash-up, Columbian-turned-Brooklynite Cole successfully transmutes ubiquitous pop songs into dance floor gold.
- Ghost to Falco
- A haunting performer with a romantic voice and amplified guitars.
- Glen David Andrews & the Lazy 6
- Glen David Andrews has a respect for his elders and an eye for the future. His band, the Lazy Six, stand tall with one foot planted in the contemporary, funky sounds of today's brass band scene and the other firmly grounded in the music's time-honored traditions.
- Hans & Brody
- Brody has a knack for yodeling like the grandpa you never had, and he knows every song in the book (or at least the good ones). Hans is a punk rocker/bird lover raised on space music and whispered lullabies.
- Highsteppers
- Columbia's premiere drill team and drum line.
- Homegrown Hullaballoo
- Local heroes Penny Marvel & Timbawolf host a gaggle of T/F favorites including Brody Hunt, the Can Kickers, & Karinne Keithley.
- Howard Marshall
- Grammy Award nominee Doc Marshall brings "Little Dixie" style fiddling to the True/False lineup.
- Iron Weed Blue Grass Band
- Bringing their long, strong suit of hard-drivin' traditional and nontraditional bluegrass tunes. And when the folks want to dance, they can play some nice waltzes and two-steps, too.
- John Wujck
- A force to be reckoned with on the mid-Missouri party circuit.
- Karinne Keithly
- Whispery and romantic voice with uke accompaniment and an arsenal of covers.
- Michael and Laura
- Country covers from two of Columbia'a most beloved folkies. From old gospel bluegrass to more contemporary favorites and everything in between.
- Mojo's-a-go-go
- Featuring the Ssion, Mark E. Moon and Steddy P
- Monobraü
- Modal guitar by psych rocker Jeremy Freeze of Jerusalem and the Starbaskets.
- Mucca Pazza
- Astounding circus punk marching band from Chicago, Ill.
- North by Southwest Musician Showcase
- T/F brings the party motivators from across the continent with Glen Andrews & the Lazy Six, the Pine Hill Haints, Robert Sarazin Blake, Hans, & the Box Cutters. A lively mix of jazz, folk, and rock of all traditions sure to get your hips shaking.
- Penny Marvel
- The stockpile of inspiration from the ether, Penny Marvel is the work of mastermind Wil Reeves. A little country and a little everything else.
- Pine Hill Haints
- Alabama ghost country music.
- Peter & the Wolf
- With an intimate voice from another era, Peter & the Wolf conjures surreal dream scenes and old ghosts.
- Robert Sarazin Blake
- You're bound to hear some Dylan, some Billy Bragg, some John Darinelle, and something Irish, but mostly you're going to hear Robert Sarazin Blake.
- Rutherford
- Local 2 piece that have described themselves as cinema in sound.
- Satin & Chenille
- Love songs and duets from all over the map.
- Ssion
- Glam-punk music collective from Lawrence, Kansas, by way of outer space.
- Steddy P
- A "conscious rapper" and Midwest hero.
- Steven Carrel
- Midwest banjo king with a rich voice and boisterous spirit.
- The Show
- They Might be Giants Close out the fest at the Blue Note!
- Timbawolf
- Punk-folk troubadour from Columbia, Mo.
- Thursday Night Gateway Party @ Eastside
- Eastside is serving as our gateway venue as the fest spreads from downtown to the Stephens campus this year.
- Toughcats
- Indie bluegrass folksters bring the hullabaloo from Maine.