In our 14th year, we’re excited to announce our most diverse lineup of musicians yet! From local lo-fi rockers to jazz-tinged crooners to insightful practitioners of observational hip-hop, we’ve got a wide array of artists from across the continent sure to please your ears and feed your soul.

This year’s lineup has a classical tone at its core, pushing traditional musical sounds into beautiful, cross-genre murmurations. Harpist Mary Lattimore bends her songs into new sonic territory, entering realms of electronic wonder. Indie darling Mirah will perform with a quartet of budding virtuosos from the Missouri Symphony Society Conservatory. The hip-hop stylings of Open Mike Eagle will showcase his self-described “Art Rap,” which compresses his wide range of interests from Kurt Vonnegut to cartoons. And Jack Grelle will bring his country best, a local favorite gaining national attention with his strong folk roots.

Throughout the four days of the festival, musicians will take the stage at Café Berlin, Eastside Tavern, and Rose Music Hall and also the more nontraditional “stages” of the Landmark Bank Courtyard and the Missouri United Methodist Church Sanctuary.

This edition of the fest will embark on a new venture with The Blue Note — a Friday Night After Party featuring a DJ set by MNDR – electro-pop chanteuse, Duran Duran keyboardist, Mark Ronson collaborator and T/F legend.  

As always, buskers will provide festival-goers with a varied medley of eclectic sounds before each film screening.

If you want access to all of the music T/F has in store, Busker Bands are on sale now at truefalse.org/attend/passes. Busker Bands are great by themselves or paired with a Simple Pass.

For information on all of the artists appearing at the fest, visit truefalse.org/program/music