This year the Telluride Bluegrass Festival will celebrate 50 years of music and have booked a star studded group of artists to perform.

Set for June 15 to 18 the Telluride Bluegrass Festival will feature more than a natural scenic setting; the lineup includes Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, The String Cheese Incident, Emmylou Harris, Nickel Creek, and the original members from Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.

Director of Communication and Partnerships for Planet Bluegrass Grace Barrett spoke on the upcoming Festival saying, “fifty years is an incredible accomplishment in the music industry; one you don’t see often. We are thrilled to have made it to this milestone.  There is such plentiful history in Telluride, from the rich age of mining to the plethora of exceptional musicians that have serenaded the valley floor over the years, and we couldn’t have made it here without the devotion of each and every one of our Festivarians. Here’s to the next 50!” 

While tickets to the Festival have been sold out, Planet Bluegrass is working to get any refunded tickets back on the market.  Fans with tickets can still purchase passes to the camping area.

The lineup for the 50th anniversary Telluride Bluegrass Festival:
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
The String Cheese Incident
Sam Bush Band
Béla Fleck and The Flecktones
Emmylou Harris with Watchhouse
Gregory Alan Isakov
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Punch Brothers
Del McCoury Band
Greensky Bluegrass
The Infamous Stringdusters
Leftover Salmon
Nickel Creek
Yonder Mountain String Band
Telluride House Band
Sarah Jarosz
Tim O’Brien Band
The Peter Rowan Band
The Earls of Leicester
Chris Thile
Sierra Ferrell
Charles Wesley Godwin
Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy
Bella White
Yasmin Williams
Town Mountain
Two Runner
Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba




feature photo credit: courtesy of IVPR