Redfellow Music Festival

Some stories began long before there was a stage.

Before there was a Redfellow Music Festival… before there was a foundation… there were neighborhood kids growing up together.

One of our founding volunteers didn’t just know Reed through music. She knew him as the little boy next door. A friend to her youngest brother. A kid she babysat. Someone who spent countless afternoons at their house, family vacations together, and years becoming part of everyday life.

“He was always silly, smart, kind, and passionate. Watching that passion grow into music made it even more meaningful to help celebrate his dream.”

Today, Candace Feingold continues honoring Reed by volunteering each year at the Redfellow Music Festival, helping create the experience for artists and music lovers alike.

Her support doesn’t end when the festival does. Through the Transpo Group employee donation matching program, she’s able to multiply the impact of every gift and continue supporting Redfellow’s mission throughout the year.

This month, you can multiply your impact too. Through the Rocket Community Challenge, every donation helps Redfellow earn bonus funding that allows us to support independent artists and keep our Music is Medicine message alive all year long.

Thank you to our incredible volunteers. Thank you to Transpo Group for investing in the communities your employees care about. And thank you to everyone who believes that music has the power to connect, heal, and inspire. ❤️

If you’d like to join us, the link to donate is in our bio.

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Who is Redfellow?

Before Redfellow was a foundation, a music festival, or a community, it was one young man’s dream.

Reed Rockfellow Baldwin was a 22-year-old machinist, alt-rock bassist, and self-taught music producer who discovered his voice during the pandemic. Inspired by his signature red hair and his middle name, Rockfellow, he created the artist name Redfellow and released his solo hip-hop project, Peppermint, in 2020.

On April 1, 2021, Reed’s life was tragically cut short in a car accident. His sophomore album, Shadow Boxing, was never completed.

Faced with an unimaginable loss, Reed’s family made a remarkable decision. Since they could no longer help Reed pursue his musical dreams, they would help other independent artists pursue theirs.

The Redfellow Music Festival was born in 2022, bringing artists and the community together through the belief that Music is Medicine. As the vision continued to grow, the Redfellow Foundation was established in 2024 to expand that mission beyond a single day, creating opportunities for emerging artists to be seen, heard, followed, and discovered.

Every artist we support. Every stage we build. Every song shared.

It all traces back to one young musician whose dream continues to inspire so many others.

❤️ Reed’s legacy lives on.

MAGIC MOMENTS: Photographer Irina Nitikin captures the energy and beauty of the moment; her candid shots of the over the last 3 years have been featured in magazines, used by Redfellow artists, and included in so many of our communications. We are proud to call Irina a Platinum Sponsor for the 2026 Redfellow Music Festival*.

Sponsors like help make the event possible. On July 18 she captured the magic of the 10 talented artists who performed alt-rock, jazz, soul, pop, singer-songwriter, bluegrass in a beautiful country meadow. She will capture iconic images and memories for your event too!

*The Redfellow Music Festival is hosted by the Redfellow Foundation, a non-profit organization centered on the belief that Music is Medicine, and dedicated to helping artists be seen, heard, followed, and discovered. www.RedfellowFoundation.org.

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Get away this weekend to the Whidbey Island Fair and listen to more of The Wax Lips Band who rocked the meadow at RMF this year.

The Wax Lips are headlining the Whidbey Island Fair this Thursday 7/23! We’ll be on at 8pm and delivering 🤘🎸

Thank you to the whole band for bringing your amazing sound to RMF. Got you in my playlist now.

We had a wonderful weekend at the Redfellow Music Festival as well as Tacoma Porch Fest! Thank you to everyone who hosted us it was great to travel to some new locations and meeting new people. Thank you to everyone who has been leaving us kind comments on our work and greating us after shows. We really appreciate that 💛 One final show for us in July before we take a short break - Headlining the Whidbey Island Fair July 23rd at 8pm. It has been an amazing summer of music. We hope to see some of you out there!
Thank You All ~ The Wax Lips
Redfellow Music Festival
Tacoma Porchfest
Whidbey Island Fair