June 21-24, 2018

Telluride, Colorado

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The Summer Solstice...

The Telluride Bluegrass is held the weekend closest to the Summer Solstice -- the longest day of the year which begins the Colorado summer. It's a magical time of sun and light, when the the high country of Colorado puts away its skis and grabs hiking boots, guitars, and a low-back festival chair to take in "Bluegrass.
The 44th Annual festival promises a magical four days of only-in-Telluride performances. Beloved Festival veterans and inspiring new talent. The Telluride royalty of virtuosic bluegrass superpickers, soulful songwriters, and some of the biggest stars in the rootsy Americana landscape and well beyond.
The festival is built around the many artists that have defined the Telluride Bluegrass sound, as the weekend is sprinkled with inspired sets from Peter Rowan, Béla Fleck, Jerry Douglas, Chris Thile, Tim O'Brien, and of course the "King of Telluride" Sam Bush. These artists come together for the festival's epic set from the Telluride House Band.Since its very beginning, the festival has embraced a wide swath of roots music to create the unique genre of "Telluride Bluegrass."

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The Bluegrass Festival...

Performers say there is a unique thrill to performing in front of the smartest, most attentive audience in the country. Artists are encouraged to take risks in Telluride, and the Festivarian audience is regularly rewarded with unique blends of voices sharing the stage for the first time - as new musical friendships cultivated backstage make their debut on the Telluride stage.

With music on the main stage all day, intimate workshops on the Elks Park stage in the middle of town, prestigious band and songwriting contests, late-night Nightgrass concerts at every indoor venue in town, and jam sessions throughout the night in condos and around campgrounds, this is a week of uncommon musical riches.

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2018 Artist Lineup

Thursday, June 21, 2018

  • Tedeschi Trucks Band
  • The Del McCoury Band
  • I'm With Her: Sara Watkins
  • Sarah Jarosz & Aoife O'Donovan
  • The Wood Brothers
  • Billy Strings
  • The Railsplitters
  • Chris Thile

Friday, June 22, 2018

  • Greensky Bluegrass
  • Telluride House Band
  • Emmylou Harris
  • The Infamous Stringdusters
  • The Jerry Douglas Band
  • Phoebe Hunt & The Gatherers
  • Frigg
  • The Maes

Saturday, June 23, 2018

  • Leftover Salmon
  • Sam Bush Band
  • St. Paul & The Broken Bones
  • Telluride Troubadour
  • "Live From Here" with Chris Thile
  • Peter Rowan & the Free Mexican Airforce
  • Béla Fleck & Brooklyn Rider
  • Sugar & the Mint
  • Band Contest Finals

Sunday, June 24, 2018

  • Sturgill Simpson
  • Punch Brothers
  • Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
  • Yonder Mountain String Band
  • Tim O'Brien Band
  • Edgar Meyer & Christian McBride
  • The War & Treaty

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