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infobox music festival || music_festival_name = Telluride Bluegrass Festival| image =| location = Telluride, Colorado , United States | years_active= 1973–present| dates = Third Weekend of June| website = URL| http://www.bluegrass.com/telluride/ Telluride Bluegrass Festival is held annually in Telluride, Colorado by Planet Bluegrass. Although traditionally the festival focuses on bluegrass music , it often features music from a variety of genres. In 1974, its first year, it attracted 1000 participants. Currently the festival's attendance is capped at 10,000. According to the Library of Congress , the 1980 performance was filmed by Boulder, Colorado|Boulder public television and two CDs were made available.
Acts
Notable performers have included Johnny Cash , Robert Plant , Chris Daniels & The Kings, Bill Monroe, Nanci Griffith, Mark O'Conner, Dixie Chicks , The Allman Brothers Band , Sam Bush , New Monsoon , Sharon Gilchrist , Railroad Earth , New Grass Revival , Emmylou Harris , John Prine , Nickel Creek , Yonder Mountain String Band , Mumford & Sons , Leftover Salmon , Béla Fleck , Chris Thile , Noam Pikelny , Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band , Tim O'Brien (musician)|Tim O'Brien , Counting Crows , Lyle Lovett , and Alison Krauss , among many others. The Telluride house band consists of Sam Bush on mandolin , Bela Fleck on banjo , Stuart Duncan on fiddle , Jerry Douglas on Dobro , Edgar Meyer on upright Bass , and Bryan Sutton on guitar .
See also
Telluride, Colorado
Too Late to Turn Back Now (album)|Too Late to Turn Back Now
Live at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival
External links
official website| http://www.bluegrass.com/telluride/index.html
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/legacies/CO/200002784.html Entry at the Library of Congress
http://www.telluridewatch.com/ Local newspaper
http://www.visittelluride.com/ Telluride Tourism Board Official Site
http://www.telluride.net/ Telluride Visitor Information
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