Telluride Events

Annual Events

Address: 300 S Pine, Telluride, CO 81435 Category: Fair / Festival - Film / Video Dates: May 22 - May 25, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Each May, this festival seeks to promote the works of amateur filmmakers from all over the world via a weekend of premieres, symposia, seminars, and awards presentations. Many of the films are produced with mountain and/or great outdoors themes in mind, focusing on the beauty of the Rockies, environmental issues, high...

Address: E Colorado Ave and Maple, Town Park (and other venues), Telluride, CO Category: Fair / Festival - Music Dates: June 5 - June 7, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

This four-day festival, born in 1977, has succeeded in attracting some of the genre's most successful performers, including Stanley Jordan, Jen Chapin, Larry Coryell, and Terence Blanchard. Performances are held in various venues in and around town, from outdoor stages at Town Park to state-of-the-art Telluride...

Address: 500 E Colorado Ave, Town Park, Telluride, CO Category: Fair / Festival - Music Dates: June 18 - June 21, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

This family-friendly celebration makes sure the Rockies echo with old-fashioned mountain music each summer. Indeed, Telluride Bluegrass Festival brings in some of the finest musicians working in the genre today, including such well-known performers as James Taylor, Bela Fleck, and Shawn Colvin. In addition to great...

Address: W Colorado Ave, Elks Park, Telluride, CO Category: Fair / Festival - Food / Drink Dates: August 27 - August 30, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Self-styled 'fungophiles' descend upon Telluride each August to celebrate the nutritional, medicinal, and spiritual virtues of mushrooms. What began as little more than an academic-led workshop has bloomed into one of Telluride's most popular summertime events. Annually, it brings in mushroom hunters and gatherers...

Address: various venues, Telluride, CO Category: Fair / Festival - Film / Video Dates: September 4 - September 7, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Film buffs from all over the country are drawn to scenic Telluride each Labor Day for what locals simply call "The Show." The event – which utilizes venues all over town, including Sheridan Opera House and nearby Mountain Village's Chuck Jones' Cinema – has premiered a surprising lineup of celluloid efforts over the...

Address: E Colorado Ave and Maple, Town Park, Telluride, CO 81435 Category: Fair / Festival - Music Dates: September 18 - September 20, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

It's hard to tell what, exactly, makes this festival as popular as it is: great live acts like the Allman Brothers Band, B.B. King, Blues Traveler, and Robert Cray, or the fact that organizers bring in beer from the 50 finest microbreweries they can find. In addition to great music and brews, the festival features a...