Idaho Food Bank Fundraising Concert
Wednesday, November 5th, 2025
Idaho Fine Arts Students present A FUNDRAISING CONCERT FOR IDAHO FOODBANK ✨ Join us for a night of music and community support with performances from The Traveler and jdhix 🎟️ admission: non-perishiable food items and/or cash donation to Idaho Food Bank.
CANCELED – The Traveler
From reciting homemade charts to composing classical pieces in middle school, to writing a debut album, to releasing an expansive singer-songwriter, the imagination behind Collin Lyles continues to grow and venture to new horizons. The journey is just beginning.
Collin Lyles, the mastermind behind The Traveler, formed his alias during high school as he began questioning the world around him, his place in life, and the reaches of his creativity. When all came crashing down on him, he took all of it in and hashed it into beautifully crafted music.
Risking My Life, For The Sake of My Life, his debut record, was released shortly before his sophomore year. The record contains a variety of genres, talking about the struggles of depression and anxiety, ultimately falling apart, and finding the light within a dark place. As he continued to search, he left other pieces of music, serving as time stamps of his findings and his realizations. Balance would follow a few months later with the debut’s sequel, The Bearer of Bad News, releasing the next year.
Through his years of high school, he worked through a project that would conclude this journey of his and offer closure to the things he experienced in his life. Wayfinder, remains his latest work to date with an expansive sound, ranging from small pianos and fading guitars to powerful, cinematic drums and synths.
The passion and the inspiration behind The Traveler has been shaped by the world around him. More specifically, nature. Mountains, winding roads surrounded by trees, rivers and lakes, homes placed below where the sky changes colors and the leaves fall down. The beauty of every individual’s soul colors an idea behind The Traveler.
It’s hard to tell what kind of direction The Traveler will head. There is a long life, a long career ahead. As Collin Lyles looks to the future, to a new horizon, the possibilities are limitless.
JDHIX
The brainchild of Jackson Hicks, jdhix’s music combines their personal experiences and feelings with a deep, authentic sound.
The new album, “So Far, I’m So Close” is making its live debut at Treefort 2026.
jdhix hosts “The Treehouse” on Radio Boise (89.9 FM) every Tuesday, platforming local and touring artists through interviews.
