Telluride Bluegrass: Full Lineup; Discounted Tix

09 Mar Telluride Bluegrass: Full Lineup; Discounted Tix

A few single-day tickets for Thursday and Sunday are still available at shop.bluegrass.com or 800-624-2422. Discount four-day passes are still available for San Miguel County residents, exclusively at Telluride Music Company (333 West Colorado Ave.). Each San Miguel County resident can purchase up to two 4-day passes at the discounted price of $220 (which includes a $10 discount from the advance price of $230) plus a $3 Telluride Music Company service fee. Residents of San Miguel County must present a proof of residency (local ID, utility bill) at time of purchase. These special discounted locals tickets must be purchased in-person. Cash or local checks only. For store details: 970.728.9592 or TellurideMusic.com.

Hot Rize w/ Sam Bush, 2013, by Clint Viebrock

* Sam Bush Band
* Neil Finn
* Emmylou Harris
* John Prine
* Telluride House Band featuring Sam, Bela, Jerry, Edgar, Bryan & Stuart
* Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
* Yonder Mountain String Band
* Del McCoury Band
* Dave Rawlings Machine
* Tim O’Brien Band
* Leftover Salmon
* Punch Brothers
* Jerry Douglas Band
* Greensky Bluegrass
* Peter Rowan Band
* The Infamous Stringdusters
* Chris Thile
* Kruger Brothers with the Kontras Quartet
* Shane Koyczan & The Short Story Long
* Sierra Hull
* The Li’l Smokies
* Telluride Troubadour & Band Contests
* many more still to be announced…

Emmylou-Harris, 2011, image, Clint Viebrock

The above initial 2016 lineup includes many of the brilliant artists who have defined the adventurous genre of “Telluride Bluegrass” for the past 42 years.

Now add to that list the following:

John Prine, 2012, image, Clint Viebrock

Among the new highlights of this 43rd Annual lineup are: the Telluride Bluegrass debut of legendary New Zealand songsmith Neil Finn; a special reunion of Bela Fleck & The Flecktones; the 14th year for the “Queen of Telluride” Emmylou Harris; iconic American songwriter John Prine; the “King of Telluride” Sam Bush’s 42nd year headlining the festival; Swiss chamber bluegrass trio the Kruger Brothers performing works with the Kontras Quartet; acclaimed Canadian spoken-word virtuoso Shane Koyczan (performing the Sunday morning set); and the only appearance of the all-star Telluride House Band featuring six of the world’s most revered acoustic musicians Sam Bush, Bela Fleck, Jerry Douglas, Edgar Meyer (who celebrates his 25th Telluride Bluegrass!), Stuart Duncan, and Bryan Sutton.

Dave Rawlings, 2010, image, Clint Viebrock

Here are the single-day main stage lineups, in reverse performance order:

Chris Thile & Punch Brothers, 2013, image, Clint Viebrock

Again, while 4-day passes sold-out faster than ever in the festival’s history, single-day tickets for Thursday and Sunday are still available, as above.

Four-day festival passes sold-out within 30 minutes of going on sale December 4. In those first 30 minutes, Planet Bluegrass received orders from nearly every U.S. state and numerous foreign countries, with online orders to Planet Bluegrass’s servers arriving as quickly as 25 orders per second.