Boise · Idaho
Find Musicians in Boise, ID
Boise's scene has grown into one of the Northwest's best-kept secrets, the hometown of Built to Spill and host of the Treefort Music Fest. Bandry connects a fast-growing high-desert scene, local-first.
Why Bandry
Built for finding people locally.
Local, not regional
Radius-filtered means you see people who can actually make it to your rehearsal, not someone hours away.
The full music chain
Studios, mixing engineers, photographers, videographers, designers. Everything to take a project from rehearsal to release.
Direct contact, always
No in-app messaging to babysit. Link up, and they reach out to you directly. Off-platform, on your terms.
The scene
Boise has the depth.
Built to Spill country
Boise's indie roots run deep, and the scene has only grown. Find collaborators by role and radius.
Treefort city
A homegrown festival put Boise on the map for serious music. Bandry connects the players behind it.
A booming scene
Boise is growing fast, and the music is growing with it. Set your radius and the bulletin reaches the Treasure Valley.
On the ground
Where Boise plays.
A quick map of the Boise scene: the indie-reachable rooms and the shops that keep it running. Bandry connects you to the players who fill them, and the Resources tab pins the rest near you.
Venues worth knowing
Treefort Music Hall
Downtown on Broad St, Duck Club's roughly 1,000-cap flagship room and a Treefort Music Fest anchor, the touring-indie standard.
Neurolux
Downtown's beloved early-90s club, an intimate dark room that broke countless touring indie and punk acts, a Treefort mainstay.
The Shredder
A downtown 10th St DIY club since 2010, around 300 cap with bar, pool and arcade, a punk, metal and weird-bills home.
The Olympic
A small 21-plus room upstairs from Mulligans downtown booking national, regional and local bands plus DJ nights, a Treefort venue.
Pengilly's Saloon
An Old Boise historic saloon on Main St running mostly no-cover live music up to seven nights, a tiny beloved songwriter room.
The District Coffee House
A downtown 10th-and-Bannock all-ages coffee house, roughly 60 cap, intimate Friday and Saturday acoustic and local sets.
Humpin' Hannah's
A downtown Main St multi-level nightclub running 45-plus years, cover bands and dance-floor live music on the strip.
Record stores, studios and rehearsal
The Record Exchange
Record store. On the Linen District edge downtown, Idaho's largest independent record store since 1977, vinyl, an espresso bar and free in-stores.
Wylie Records
Record store. An independent Boise shop for vinyl, CDs, cassettes and even LaserDiscs, a small crate-digger spot with occasional live sets.
The Boise Hive
Rehearsal. A nonprofit music hub with soundproofed rehearsal studios, a recording room and gear rental, books Live at the Hive Saturdays.
Audio Lab Recording Studio
Recording studio. A Garden City studio since 1992 doing multi-track recording, mixing and mastering for studio and live sessions.
Dorsey Music
Gear shop. A full-line Boise instrument shop with Idaho's largest rental and sales selection, guitars, band gear, PA and accessories.
A starting map of the local scene, not a directory or an endorsement. Rooms and shops change, the people you meet on Bandry are how you stay current.
Who's on Bandry in Boise
Every role in one place.
Find your people
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Resources tab
The places, not just the people.
Beyond the bulletin, Bandry's Resources tab pulls in nearby studios, rehearsal spaces, venues, repair shops, and music stores from Apple Maps. Everything you need to actually make the record, all in one app.
Looking for a specific place? Recording studios, rehearsal space, music stores, instrument repair, music venues, or vinyl pressing near you.
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Finding musicians in Boise
How do I find musicians in Boise?
Post what you're looking for on Bandry's Boise bulletin and set your reach to local. Musicians within your radius see it, and when someone's interested they link up, sharing their contact info so you can reach out directly and take it off-platform. No DMs and no inbox to manage.
Is Bandry free to use in Boise?
Reading the Boise bulletin and endorsing posts are free forever. Posting your own ad and linking up run on a subscription, $9.99 a month or $79.99 a year, after a 14-day free trial of everything. Bandry never takes a cut of any gig or arrangement you work out.
What kinds of musicians and pros are on Bandry in Boise?
All of them: drummers, guitarists, bassists, singers, and keyboard players, plus producers, mixing and mastering engineers, photographers, videographers, designers, and studios. Boise's scene runs deep, and role-based posts cover the whole chain from forming a band to finishing a record.
How close are the Boise musicians Bandry shows me?
As close as you set. Bandry's local posts are radius-gated on both sides, so you only see people who can realistically make it to a rehearsal or session, whether that's across Boise or out into the rest of Idaho.