11 Apr Telluride Bluegrass Fest 2026: Overview! Tickets Now!
Telluride Bluegrass Festival announces 2026 lineup with top to bottom emphasis on world-class pickers.
Tedeschi Trucks Band, Gregory Alan Isakov, Larkin Poe, Shakey Graves, Flatland Cavalry, and more join a stellar string band lineup for this year’s festival, June 18-21, 2026, in Telluride, Colorado.
A select few tickets and camping pass options are still available at shop.bluegrass.com. For those making their first trek to Telluride—or if it’s been a while—the Planet Bluegrass team has laid out a helpful guide for first-timers right here.
Have kids and don’t know where to start in bringing them to their first (and favorite) music festival? This handy Telluride Bluegrass with Kids guide is here to make it fun for the whole family.
For everything else, please visit bluegrass.com.
Go here for more about the history of Telluride Bluegrass. (Back to 2009.)
From first-time performers to five-decade veterans, ask anybody on the Telluride Bluegrass Festival lineup what they’re looking forward to in the new year, and taking the stage in Telluride, Colorado’s Town Park is up towards the top of every list.
Recently, Telluride Bluegrass promoters Planet Bluegrass shared the lineup for 2026’s Telluride Bluegrass Festival, with returning festivarian-favorites, exciting Telluride debuts, and all-time greats taking the stage over the long weekend of June 18-21, 2026.
Topping the list of today’s announcement are three acts very familiar with Telluride Bluegrass Festival: the dynamic, power-couple-led Tedeschi Trucks Band, Telluride Troubadour Contest finalist turned international folk-music mainstay; Gregory Alan Isakov; and dynamite roots rock duo Larkin Poe, who first debuted at Telluride back when they were called the Lovell Sisters.
While names like Shakey Graves and Flatland Cavalry will be sure to pique the interest of any music fan, string bands dominate the rest of the lineup, harkening back to the original spirit of Telluride Bluegrass, with Greensky Bluegrass, Punch Brothers, The Infamous Stringdusters, Sierra Hull, and more joining hot up-and-comers AJ Lee & Blue Summit and East Nash Grass.
Watchhouse is set to perform a special duo set—another power couple on display—and Peter Rowan is bringing his Walls of Time Band to the Telluride main stage.
Speaking of duos, for those who haven’t yet caught the fiddle magic of Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland, Telluride Bluegrass 2026 will be your chance.
If your decision hasn’t been made already, now is the time to call up your festivarian friends, share the news, and get your travel plans together for another gathering of like-minded music fans celebrating the Summer solstice in the San Juan mountains.
“This year’s lineup is the greatest gathering of instrumental wizardry we’ve seen,” says Planet Bluegrass’s Craig Ferguson. “With the emphasis on gathering! Telluride Bluegrass is all about what happens when musicians, fans, and friends gather together in this special place.”
Telluride Bluegrass Festival 2026 Lineup:
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Gregory Alan Isakov
Larkin Poe
Shakey Graves
Sam Bush Band
Flatland Cavalry
Greensky Bluegrass
Punch Brothers
The Infamous Stringdusters
Watchhouse Duo
Leftover Salmon
Sierra Hull
The Telluride House Band
Jake Shimabukuro
Peter Rowan Walls of Time Band
Chris Thile
AJ Lee & Blue Summit
East Nash Grass
Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland
Dom Flemons & The Traveling Wildfires
ALASH
Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light
About Telluride Bluegrass Festival:
Founded in 1974 and occurring annually during the summer solstice, Telluride Bluegrass has been inviting music fans to the historic mining town in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado for 4 days of adventurous acoustic music in the stunning Telluride box canyon for 50 years.
Since its early years, the unique genre of “Telluride Bluegrass” has embraced a diverse family of artists including Sam Bush, Robert Plant, Mumford & Sons, Brandi Carlile, Norah Jones, Janelle Monáe, Greensky Bluegrass, Emmylou Harris, and many of the world’s most virtuosic acoustic instrumentalists—the majority of whom have returned to the festival for 25+ years.
With music on the Main Stage, intimate workshop performances at Elks Park, late-night indoor NightGrass concerts, and pickin’ in campgrounds and condos ‘til dawn, Telluride Bluegrass is the “granddaddy of the modern festival circuit” (Relix).
Telluride Bluegrass is presented and produced by Planet Bluegrass.
About Planet Bluegrass:
For over 30 years, Planet Bluegrass has been redefining the musical festival by creating exceptional experiences that protect the planet through environmental leadership and a strong community.
Fiercely and decidedly independent, their three festivals make a unique musical mark: each takes place in breathtaking natural Colorado environments; each features the world’s finest musicians and songwriters; and each embraces a “Leave No Trace” ethic that defines Planet Bluegrass as a leader in Sustainable Festivation.
Planet Bluegrass presents Telluride Bluegrass, Rockygrass, and Rocky Mountain Folks Festival.
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