2020 Original Thinkers: Virtual, 10/1 – 10/11

05 Sep 2020 Original Thinkers: Virtual, 10/1 – 10/11

The 3rd annual Original Thinkers Festival will go out to the world virtually this year between October 1-11, 2020, from Telluride, Colorado. Even though the festival will be undeniably different, but some of our time’s Big Ideas will still be at the core of the event. As always, there will be 10 highly curated individual shows with speakers, art, music, and film. For additional information or to purchase festival passes, please visit originalthinkers.com.

David Holbrooke, founder/director/ringleader, Original Thinkers

Original Thinker’s 2020 programming, to be announced in the coming weeks, examines some of the seismic issues of 2020 with a fresh perspective.

As Original Thinkers founder and ringleader, David Holbrooke, states, “It is a confounding time for anyone who looks around and sees how troubled our present, much less our future is, which is why we believe original thinking is so damn important. The same old approach to ever more serious problems won’t work, which is something we have seen with the inspirational Black Lives Matter movement.”

The festival will continue to focus on the critical, but often overlooked intersections between ideas and stories.

“We think so many large thoughts in our daily lives to help us process this increasingly complicated world. What we try to do at Original Thinkers is find those stories that will resonate deeply and stay with us long after we have taken them in, creating an indelible experience,” says Holbrooke.

This will be the third year for Original Thinkers, which has tried to adapt as adeptly as possible. Holbrooke explains that “Creating a new cultural entity is extremely challenging in any environment and especially so in the middle of a pandemic. That being said, as the world rapidly changes, original thinking is needed, now more than ever.”

With the digital version of the festival, Original Thinkers is excited to reach entirely new audiences this year, those who may not have been able to get to Telluride in the past for the terrestrial event. Passes for the entire festival will be on sale at originalthinkers.com for $50, and the dates of the event have expanded beyond the traditional four days to 10 so that people can be part of Original Thinkers over a longer period of time.

“It’s unnerving to embark on this. venture, but we believe in the power of our program and think that what people really need – and want – is something smart, entertaining, and compelling that gives us some context and clarity to this critical juncture in history,” says Holbrooke.