Over the weekend, the famed Telluride Bluegrass Festival returned to its gorgeous home in Telluride, Colorado, for its 45th edition. Like years past, Telluride Bluegrass brought some of the best and brightest to the famed Colorado ski town, with a jam-packed lineup filled with favorites old and new.
On Thursday, Tedeschi Trucks Band topped the Telluride Bluegrass bill, in addition to performances from The Del McCoury Band, I’m With Her (Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O’Donovan), The Wood Brothers, Billy Strings, The Railsplitters, and Chris Thile. The next day, Greensky Bluegrass closed down the festival stage following a stand-out performance from the Telluride House Band, which featured Sam Bush, Bela Fleck, Jerry Douglas, Edgar Meyer, Bryan Sutton, and Stuart Duncan. Friday also saw performances from Emmylou Harris, The Infamous Stringdusters, The Jerry Douglas Band, and others. Get your Telluride Bluegrass Festival tickets.
Moving into the weekend proper, Saturday’s lineup was headed by Leftover Salmon and Sam Bush Band. Bela Fleck & Brooklyn Rider, Peter Rowan & The Free Mexican Airforce, Telluride Troubadour, and St. Paul & The Broken Bones also all performed on June 23rd, in addition to a live broadcast of Live From Here with Chris Thile. Finally, the festival ended with a bang on Sunday with sets from Yonder Mountain String Band, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Punch Brothers, and Sturgill Simpson.
You can check out photos from the 45th-annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival below, courtesy of photographer Conrad Meyer.
