Nestled in the rugged San Juan Mountains of Southwestern Colorado, the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, set forJune 18-21, 2026, is not only an iconic representation of all kinds of music, but a place of awe inspiring beauty; somewhere you can dance under the sun (and rain) and embrace your truest self. The 2026 lineup is yet to be announced but Telluride Bluegrass tickets go on sale Dec. 11 at shop.bluegrass.com and they are sure to sell out quickly!
Learn more at https://bluegrass.com/telluride.
Telluride Bluegrass Festival tickets went on sale earlier this month for the 52nd event which will take place June 19-22 in Town Park and are nearly sold out. Camping at Town Park is sold out. Planet Bluegrass typically puts refunded tickets up for resale each spring. For more information on one of the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious music festivals, visit https://bluegrass.com/telluride.
From the good folks at Planet Bluegrass:
Dearest Festivarians,
Today, the sun will reach its minimum declination across the sky, leading us into the longest night of the year. The winter solstice marks a moment of quiet stillness on Planet Bluegrass—a time when the world seems to pause around us, holding its breath in anticipation of the return of light. Personally, we have a time-tested strategy for brightening the darkest day of the year…
Out of the darkness, a Bluegrass lineup takes shape! It’s a solstice tradition, you know? Take a look!
This year’s lineup has an historic amount of Telluride debuts, as well as return performances from folks who haven’t made their way to the box canyon in years. We’re in for such a treat! You can find more information (including which day each artist is playing) on our website here.
Single day, 4-day, and camping passes are still available online! It’s time to solidify your summer solstice plans.
Buy Telluride Bluegrass Passes & Camping at this link
The countdown is officially on… See you in 181 days!
A friendly reminder that today, Dec. 6, is your LAST CHANCE to pre-register for the Telluride Bluegrass Festival pre-sale.
Pre-registration closes at 11:59 p.m. MT tonight! You can find all the information about this process on the Planet Bluegrass website here.
Remember that if you aren’t approved, or if you choose not to buy tickets, your $10 pre-reg payment will be refunded. You’ll receive an email on Monday if you’ve been approved!
| Award-winning guitar phenom Billy Strings is coming back to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival 2024 on Thursday night and he’s teaming up with Chris Thile of The Punch Brothers fame and his recent Nickel Creek performance at MerleFest for his opening set on the evening of Thursday, June 20. Also on Thursday, will be performances by other recent MerleFest acts Sierra Hull, The Langan Band, Charley Crockett and the ever-present Telluride House Band featuring Sam Bush, Bela Fleck, Jerry Douglas and company. For the full stellar lineup, visit the website. From the good folks at Planet Bluegrass: “They’re going to do what only those two virtuosos can: blow our little brains with the deftness of their fingers on frets. You can’t miss it! The town allowed us a few additional tickets this year, so it’s still possible for you to make it for the fun. Grab your passes and camping while they’re still available.” |
| Buy Telluride Bluegrass tickets at the link. |
Sam Bush Band, Lyle Lovett, Big Richard, Danny Paisley and The Southern Grass, The Fretliners and AJ Lee & Blue Summit are just a few of the acts headed to the rustic Colorado mountain town of Telluride next June, according to JamBase.
The Telluride Bluegrass Festival returns to Town Park on June 20 – 23, 2024. Organizers Planet Bluegrass recently started revealing the Telluride Bluegrass 2024 lineup one act per day with six artists confirmed so far.
Sam Bush Band and Lyle Lovett are aboard for the 51st annual event. Lovett will be joined by His Large Band.
Other acts featured on the 2024 Telluride Bluegrass Festival lineup are Big Richard, Danny Paisley and The Southern Grass, The Fretliners and AJ Lee & Blue Summit. The theme for Big Richard’s set is to be confirmed. Look for additional artists to be announced in the days and weeks to come.
Telluride Bluegrass tickets went on sale earlier this month and quickly sold out. Planet Bluegrass typically puts refunded tickets up for resale each spring. For more information on one of the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious music festivals, visit https://bluegrass.com/telluride
| If you’re interested In purchasing tickets for the 51st Telluride Bluegrass Festival in June 2024, listen up because this year’s process is going to be different. From the good TBF Festavarians: In order to buy tickets in the general on-sale on Dec. 7 at 10 a.m. (MST), you will need to be pre-registered. Let us repeat that for the people in the back: you will need to be pre-registered to buy TBF tickets on Dec. 7. “This pre-registration process will allow us to screen out known scalpers before they can buy tickets (thus getting tickets only into the hands of true Festivarians!).” |
| Go to shop.bluegrass.com anytime between 12:00p on Tuesday, November 14th and 11:59p on Tuesday, November 28th. Click “Get Tickets” on the “Telluride Bluegrass 2024 Pre-Registration” event. Note: this is not an actual event! Select one (1) $10 TBF Pre-Registration “ticket” from the dropdown and proceed through the entire purchase process. Note: this is not an actual ticket! Why $10? The idea of charging $10 to “pre-reg” is that it will discourage those who aren’t fully committed to attending the Festival as well as those who are too committed (aka scalpers) to acquiring tickets to re-sell. We hope that true Festivarians won’t mind contributing $10 to offset the carbon footprint of the Festival while achieving these goals. Going through this process and making the purchase allows us to collect some of your information, specifically email address, shipping address, and the last four digits of your credit card. Having this info will enable us to enforce a couple rules which are: You can only purchase one pre-registration per email address and credit card. You can only use two email addresses per shipping address. Once the Pre-Registration window closes on 11/28, our partners at See Tickets will perform a scalper screening and disqualify the email addresses of known scalpers as well as the email addresses of those who broke either of the above rules. On or before 12/6, we will notify you via email letting you know whether or not your email address was accepted. Be sure to check your spam folder. PLEASE NOTE: Pre-registration does not guarantee you tickets to the Festival! As for the $10 it costs to pre-register, one of three things will happen: If you are accepted and purchase tickets, your $10 will go towards offsetting the carbon footprint of the Festival. If you are accepted and aren’t able to purchase tickets, your $10 will be refunded to the card you used to make the original purchase. If you are rejected for any reason, your $10 will not be refunded but go towards offsetting the Festival’s carbon footprint. On the morning of Thursday December 7th, Planet Bluegrass will send an email to all approved pre-registrants with the password which will allow you into the actual Telluride Bluegrass Festival event pages. They will be found at shop.bluegrass.com. You can find all the nitty gritty pre registration and on-sale details here. |
Sam Bush loves North Carolina. And gauging from the roar of the appreciative crowd of some 200 souls gathered at the Cat’s Cradle live music venue in downtown Carrboro on Saturday night, North Carolina loves Sam Bush and company, and in this particular instance, the Sam Bush Band.
“It don’t get no better than to play in North Carolina,” Bush said from the stage.
His fans agree. “As always, Sam and band were amazing,” commented Rick Henderson of Raleigh. “No two shows are the same, but they’re all terrific.” Continue reading
From the folks on Planet Bluegrass as of 12:23 this morning: Continue reading
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