Festivals

Peter Frampton will be the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival's closing act on the Main Stage on Sunday night.  Have you ever wondered how Peter was introduced to the "Talk Box?" This post from the Ultimate Classic Rock website explains how.  Hint: It involved both...

Ryan McGarvey and Dragondeer set to play the concert stage in Mountain Village for the Fourth Annual Sunset Blues Concert - September 11, 2014 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Blues musicians Ryan McGarvey and Dragondeer will join forces on the concert stage in Mountain Village...

“With daring accompaniment, penetrating lyrics and a combined sound that bleeds triumph and lovesickness all at once, Fields and co. stand solidly apart.” – NPR Music [caption id="attachment_44889" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Lee Fields[/caption] He came of age in the era of be-ins and psychedelics. Of flower children, “Hair,”...

                          Telluride Blues & Brews Festival, the last major event in the Telluride Summer schedule is coming this weekend, September 11-14, 2014. This year's festival was presaged by two summer weekends of Blues Trains on the Durango & Silverton line. I wasn't able to enjoy the...

Tickets for Telluride Blues & Brews here or by phone, toll-free, 866-515-6166   The summer music season of Colorado's Western Slope region will be capped off by three days of live music and craft libations at this year's Telluride Blues & Brews Festival. With only a week away,...

41st edition plays host to 25 new feature films in its main program. Tribute programs honoring Volker Schlöndorff, Hilary Swank and the 35th Anniversary of "Apocalypse Now." The people who make the popcorn seem to know what they are doing. Let’s give them a hand. And so do the...

The whole town is invited when hundreds of enthusiasts here for the Telluride Mushroom Festival get to honor their leader, Art Goodtimes, with a 30-minute live program on stage at the Palm Theater. Art, known as “Shroompa” to Mushroom Festival regulars, is turning 69. Pamela Zoline, founder of...

The 33rd annual Telluride Mushroom Festival, Saturday, August 16 –Tuesday, August 19, focuses on four main tracks within mycology: Culinary, Medicinal, Entheogenic, and Mycoremediation. “When you see hundreds of festival participants dressed as mushrooms in our epic annual costume parade, you’ll have no idea that serious science...

Telluride Mushroom Festival conducts serious science during the world’s biggest mushroom party customized for every budget & schedule. Lots of options for day passes, single forays, and pre-festival workshops, etc. Buy tickets here. Below is a day-by -day reckoning of festival highlights. Friday, August 15: [caption id="attachment_44174" align="aligncenter" width="388"] Tradd...