Telluride Bluegrass Festival

Considered one of the country's most progressive annual bluegrass
festivals, the Telluride festival has grown to be a premier world
event since the first one in 1974. In recent years, the festival has
expanded to include musicians who play jazz, rock, country, folk,
pop, world, celtic, newgrass, as well as bluegrass, sometimes
blending different styles. The festival embraces the celebration of
music in one of the country's most spectacular settings-San Juan
Valley.
The Telluride festival audience, called festivarians, are not
only enthusiastic, but loyal, some making this event an annual
vacation. The festival is limited to 10,000 people a day, and sells
out a little earlier each year. Among musicians who have played the
festival throughout the years are Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, Tim O'Brien,
Peter Rowan, Jerry Douglas, Tony Rice, John Cowan, and David
Grisman. Newer regulars are Emmylou Harris, Mary Chapin Carpenter,
and Shawn Colvin.

(Taken from the library of congress local pages)

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