Festivals

Tickets and passes to the 22nd annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival here.  Please scroll down to the bottom of the story to read Billy Gibbons’s answers to my questions about weekend headliner ZZ Top. If you’ve been around since 1969, fans know most of your secrets,...

Mountainfilm named one of MovieMaker’s 25 Coolest Film Festivals. Prestigious list decided by panel of festival experts. Earlier this wee, MovieMaker magazine confirmed what staff and fans of Telluride Mountainfilm have known for decades — that it’s one of the coolest festivals on the planet. Mountainfilm was included on...

A very limited number of tickets – $25 for adults; $15 youth under 18 –  remain for Michael Estwanik’s “An Evening of Oscar-Winning Songs.” Cash bar at the concert. Tickets here.  The mission of The Telluride American Songbook Festival is to celebrate the American Songbook, to preserve this musical...

On August 26, Telluride Mountainfilm will screen "The Diplomat,” a film by Mountainfilm festival director David Holbrooke. Two screenings at Nugget Theatre, 6 p.m.p.m. & 8:30 p.m. (Tickets, $15 for adults and $10 for children, go on sale 30 minutes prior to the show.)   Telluride Mountainfilm will present two special late-summer...

Telluride First Foundation’s inaugural conference in Mountain Village features Dr. Deepak Chopra as keynote speaker. Event takes place Friday, September 11 – Sunday, September 13. Full schedule here. Tickets/passes here. Telluride. The region is more than just another ski resort, however unique, with dazzlingly lit snowy peaks and outrageous starlit skies. It is more than...

Colorado's Durango Blues Train returns Friday & Saturday, August 21 and & 22, 2015. Unique music experience presents two full bands, and four solo acts. Musicians perform in their own vintage coach, while passengers are free to sample each act by traveling from one coach to the next. Lineup features...

Telluride Theatre SINGS! With a Pick-A-Prize Raffle, a fundraiser for Telluride Theatre. Paddle board from Jagged Edge is grand prize.  Friday, August 21, Telluride Theatre will hold a fundraiser at the Palm Theatre. The happening includes local singers and dancers theatricalizing a very famous album as well as...

The 42nd anual Telluride Chamber Music Festival concludes this weekend, with concerts at Christ Church and a closing with a dinner following Sunday matinee on August 16. Details here. Concert tickets, $25, here. In the early 1970s, Telluride was just beginning to pulse thanks to a chap from...

The 35th annual Telluride Mushroom Festival – Thursday, August 13 – Sunday, August 16, 2015 – with pre-conference workshops, Wednesday, August 12. Festival celebrates multiple uses of all things fungi. This year, the event is being held at the historic Sheridan Opera House, so seats are limited. If you plan to attend lectures,...

The 35th annual Telluride Mushroom Festival – Thursday, August 13 – Sunday, August 16, 2015 – with pre-conference workshops, Wednesday, August 12. Festival celebrates diverse uses of all things fungi. This year, the event is being held at the historic Sheridan Opera House, so seats are limited. If you plan to attend lectures, go on...