We shot our first Forest Folk video in March of 2020. Our folk group Collapsing Stars was on tour en route to SXSW when the whole world shut down. Spent 53 days in Alpine, CA under a shelter in place order before we were able to return safely to Minnesota. The three of us stayed in an RV owned by our drummer’s family, played and wrote music and maintained our sanity thanks to daily hiking trips in the mountains nearby. My mini guitar was just small enough to fit in my hiking pack and I started shooting short video clips of performances in the mountains.

We tried to tour again at the end of 2021 but 2/3rds of our dates were cancelled due to covid surges in western states. Suffering from the same cabin fever as everyone else in the world, we were pretty determined to get back on the road. Remembering our experience in Alpine we had an idea. What if we combined our two favorite things, playing music and hiking in the mountains. We planned a handful of intimate performances in the woods set against the backdrop of beautiful natural scenery (Grand Teton’s, Devil’s Tower, Palisade Falls, Rocky Mountain National Park, The Black Hills, Mt. Hood, Olympic National Forest, Glendalough, Ireland etc.) Fast forward 5 years and we’ve gone onto host performances in 5 states and 3 countries!  

We’re working to build a community of live music fans and outdoor enthusiasts and we’d love for you to be a part of it. IG and Tiktok only show our content to 2% of our followers and we end up having to run ads to reach you. Best way to stay in touch is by subscribing to our email list to get early access to events like group hikes and “Forest Folk Presents” concerts in your area. Know a great place to film in a national forest or on public land? Own some beautiful private property and would like to host an outdoor concert? Fill out our contact form, we’d love to hear from you. Let’s see what we can build together!