Telluride Activities and Festivals

Telluride Summer Signature Events

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For over 30 years, the name Telluride has been synonymous with its signature cultural, culinary, scientific, and athletic events. The Telluride Film Festival, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, and Telluride Blues & Brews are known among film and music aficionados for attracting the best filmmakers and musicians from around the world. The Telluride Wine Festival and Imogene Pass Run further exemplify the eclectic pleasures Telluride has to offer. Below is a list of the many signature events that will keep you coming back to Telluride.

MountainFilm in Telluride
May 28-31,2010
MountainFilm is a distinctive blend of films, speakers, gallery exhibits, slide presentations, seminars and on-the-street conversations that demonstrate the power of visual arts to instigate change. Nestled within Telluride''s dramatic box canyon, this tribal gathering of legendary mountaineers, filmmakers, photographers, scientists, activists and artists invite you to join them in an event that wishes to inspire and educate.
Call 1-970-728-4123 or Visit www.mountainfilm.org

Telluride Balloon Rally
June 4 - 6, 2010
At sunrise, the skies above Town Park fill with colorful hot-air balloons. At sunset, Telluride’s main street is the setting for the annual balloon glow. Weather permitting.
Call 1-970-708-2202 or Visit www.tellurideballoonfestival.com

Heritage Fest
June 12-13, 2010
Celebrate Telluride's colorful and storied past.

Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 17-20, 2010
Four days of rousing bluegrass-based music in town park. Past artists include Alison Krauss, Earl Scruggs, Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, Yonder Mountain String Band and many more. Passes and festival information available by phone or online.
Call 1-800-624-2422 or Visit www.bluegrass.com

Telluride Musicfest
June 23 - July 3, 2010
While Telluride already boasts many music festivals, the founders of Telluride Musicfest intended something different when they first opened their homes in June 2003. Josh Aronson

Telluride Wine Festival
June 24 - 27, 2010
Pairing the beauty of the mountains with indulgence of fine wines. This multi-day event features winemakers'' luncheons, cooking demonstrations, reserve programs, seminars, and tastings for novices and experts alike.
Visit www.telluridewinefestival.com

Telluride Plein-Air Festival
June 29-July 4, 2010
National landscape artists paint in the great outdoors. Their work is then exhibited and auctioned as a fundraiser for the Sheridan Arts Foundation.
Call 1-970-728-6363

Fireman's Fourth of July
July 4, 2010
Celebrate independance the old-fashioned way: a parade down Telluride''s main street, a community picnic in Town Park, games for kids and spectacular fireworks!
Schedule of Events:

Parade Stagin Between Aspen Street and High School--10:00AM
Veterans'' Ceremony on Courthouse Steps--10:30AM
Parade down Colorado Avenue--11:00 AM
Firemen''s Barbeque in Town Park-- Noon-4:00PM
Awards for Parade Winners in Town Park--1:30PM-2:00PM
Kid''s Games in Town Park--2:00PM
Root Beer Floats and Free Admission to Museum--1:00PM-6:00PM

Fireworks in Town Park start at dark!

Call 1-970-728-3041

Telluride Yoga Festival
July 8-11, 2010
This second annual event combines the inspiration of the natural surroundings and expertise of both nationally acclaimed and local yoga practitioners. An array of yoga and meditative workshops for all levels, as well as related seminars will be offered.
Call 1-970-728-2477 or Visit http://www.tellurideyogafestival.com

Nothing Festival
July 16-18, 2010
Nothing, nothing.... and more nothing!

Rotary 4X4 Rally
July 23-25, 2010
Jeeping on both days and a BBQ on Saturday.
Call 1-970-728-3041 or www.telluride4x4.com

Telluride Tech Festival
July 30 - August 1, 2010
This event celebrates the past, present and future of technology and science. The festival features Nobel laureates, Internet pioneers, science leaders and a free Tesla coil demonstration.
Call 1-970-239-4486 or Visit www.telluridetechfestival.com

Telluride Jazz Celebration
August 6-8 , 2010
The Telluride Jazz Festival is in fact, a "Celebration" of the art, soul, history, and future of an all-American art form. You can enjoy international artists in the intimacy of multiple indoor and outdoor venues. Listen to jazz greats for music in Town Park by day and in intimate bar venues by night.
Call 1-970-728-7009 or Visit www.telluridejazz.org

Telluride Chamber Music Festival
August 12-21, 2010
A free concert in Telluride Town Park, and the dessert concert. Evening concerts at the Sheridan Opera House. Concerts in town park. Open rehearsals etc.
Call 1-970-369-1351 or Visit www.telluridechambermusic.com

Telluride Festival of the Arts
August 13 - 15, 2010
Celebrity chefs, grand tastings, seminars, chef demonstrations, progressive dinner, various forms of art and more.
Call 1-970-369-4632 or Visit www.telluridefest.com

Telluride Mushroom Festival
August 26-29, 2010
Fungophiles from around the world gather to participate in forays, lectures, dining identification and the mushroom parade.
Call 1-970-728-8312 or Visit http://www.tellurideinstitute.org

Telluride Film Festival
September 3-6, 2010
Each Labor Day weekend, the tiny mountain village of Telluride, Colorado
triples in size. Swells of passionate film enthusiasts flood the town for four days of total cinematic immersion, embarking on a viewing odyssey, blissfully spending entire days in flickering dark rooms. With only an appreciation of celluloid to guide them, these devotees flock to the show, year after year. Why? Blind faith. We don’t reveal the program until everyone lands in town. Yet the Telluride family trusts that a unique experience will unfold.
Call 1-510-665-9494 or Visit www.telluridefilmfestival.org

Blues and Brews Festival
September 17-19, 2010
Telluride Blues and Brews Festival features three days of world-renowned musicians performing live on the famous Telluride Town Park stage, late night jams in the local juke joints, 50 choice microbreweries serving up their handcrafted brews during Saturday''s Grand Tasting, the Rainbow Kids area, free Acoustic Artist Series, Blues for Breakfast, and the Telluride Acoustic Blues Camp.
Call 1-866-515-6166 or Visit www.tellurideblues.com

Telluride Oktoberfest

October TBA, 2010
More than just beer, brats, and oompah music in Heritage Plaza at Mountain Village.
Call 1-970-728-1904