Telluride is a town that embraces a captivating array of vibrant summer festivals. From May to September, each and every weekend bursts with an abundance of live music, mesmerizing films, captivating art exhibitions, cultural showcases, and delectable food and wine celebrations. Music, in all its diverse forms, occupies a central role in our jubilant community. Telluride is fortunate to boast one of the most remarkable and diverse festival lineups found anywhere in the country. Our festival season commences in grand fashion at the end of May with the world-renowned Telluride Mountainfilm Festival, an event that leaves spectators in awe of the power of storytelling through film. From there, every subsequent weekend plays host to a distinctive and enthralling event, each one adding its unique flavor to the tapestry of festivities.

The Telluride BluegrFestivals – Bluegrassass Festival in mid-June has attracted brilliant musicians for 30 years and over 10,000 festivarians to the valley each year to enjoy the world’s best bluegrass musicians playing under the sun and under the stars for four days of fabulous fun.

This festival features more than Bluegrass though,as it has hosted everything from Nepalese throat singers to the Colorado Symphony

Telluride Bluegrass Festival Website

Headliners in Past Festivals include the following:

Blues & Brews is a three-day celebration of blues, funk, jam bands, indie, rock, gospel and soul performances —accompanied by some of the best microbreweries in the country, a wide variety of food and craft vendors, children’s activities, late night shows, and much, much more.

Telluride’s main street, just steps away from the festival grounds, is home to a wide variety of shops, restaurants, and bars. After the music ends in Town Park for the evening, we move the festival scene into various music venues located throughout the town of Telluride. These are our “Juke Joints” and, once they get jamming, a walk down main street feels like a walk down Beale Street in Memphis.

Each Labor Day weekend for over 40 years, famous actors and directors have come to this highly acclaimed film festival to premier many high quality films which have become well-known and popular.

Film buffs from all over the world attend this world-class event to experience  films that represent the work of both new and established artists from all cultures and countries.  Considered by film experts as one of the top five film festivals in the world, the Telluride Film Festival has been graced with participation by actors such as:

Every year, Mountainfilm hosts over one hundred special guests, including speakers at the Moving Mountains Symposium, guest presenters, filmmakers, film subjects, judges, panel participants, artists and other luminaries.

“Telluride Mountainfilm is the single most inspiring event that I attend each year. It is a chance to rub elbows with modern-day heroes, with people who are actually making a difference. A chance to see films that would be lost. A chance to find out what’s really happening in the world and to meet people who are living their dreams.” —Ace Kvale, adventure photographer