Stay close to Telluride's Best Summer Festivals & Events

On Saturday and Sunday, watch balloons lift off from Telluride Town Park and float effortlessly over the Telluride Valley. After a beautiful day in the sun, head to Main Street on Saturday evening to witness the amazing Balloon Glow. Balloons are tethered to Main Street (weather dependent) and lit up during this spectacular display.

Every Summer Solstice, 11,000+ Festivarians converge on the historic mining town in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern CO (elevation 8,750') for 4 days of adventurous acoustic music in the stunning Telluride box canyon. Since its early years, the unique genre of "Telluride Bluegrass" has embraced a diverse family of artists including Sam Bush, Robert Plant, Mumford & Sons, Brandi Carlile, Norah Jones, Jason Mraz, Greensky Bluegrass, Emmylou Harris, and many of the world's most virtuosic acoustic instrumentalists - many of whom have returned to the festival for 25+ years. With music on the main stage, intimate workshop performances at Elks Park, late-night indoor NightGrass concerts, and pickin' in campgrounds and condos ‘til dawn, Telluride Bluegrass is the "granddaddy of the modern festival circuit" (Relix).

The Telluride Yoga Festival is a unique and special gathering unlike any other. This inspirational 4-day event features over 100 offerings including yoga, meditation, music, hiking, dining, SUP yoga, social gatherings and more. Find yourself deeply immersed with inspiring and motivating presenters in intimate venues with gorgeous & inspiring, views at our downtown Telluride campus of the Telluride High School and beyond.

There is something magical about the Fourth of July in Telluride. For over a hundred years, people have come together on Independence Day to celebrate patriotism and the independent spirit of this stunning mountain town.

UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WILL NOT BE A 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION IN 2021. THE PARADE, BARBEQUE AND FIREWORKS HAVE BEEN CANCELED.

Since its debut in 2012, The RIDE Festival has quickly garnered a reputation among music fans for its thoughtful performance curation - handpicking rootsy, rocking talent whose music flawlessly compliments the festival's stunning Telluride, Colorado setting. The RIDE Festival brings stellar rock and roll music to one of the most stunning venues in the world!

Art + Architecture Weekend is the ultimate home tour, Telluride style. A week of small events culminates with a weekend tour of the best architecture and design in the region. Each of the ten locations on the self-guided tour features architects, designers, fine artists, and chefs who together create a feast for the senses.

This is a summer camp for Americana, seated, listening craft-scale music. It is four night of songwriters in the historic Sheridan Opera House.

 

Since 1991, the Sheridan Arts Foundation has raised more than $40,000 each year to bring 40-50 underserved youth from Boys & Girls Clubs from around the country to Telluride for a week of nurturing, child-centered mentorship programs and fascinating cultural experiences as a part of the Chip Allen Mentorship Program (C.A.M.P). Children travel from cities across the United States, including Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Farmington N.M., Dallas/Ft. Worth, and Colorado Springs. Here in Telluride, we enjoy many privileges, and Wild West Fest is a chance to share our community with kids who can really benefit from what it has to offer. This is our chance to open our town and our hearts to kids in need. The goal of the Sheridan Arts Foundation every year is to provide an esteem-building experience for each child that allows them to challenge themselves in a supportive and non-competitive environment.

This annual celebration of timeless classical chamber music continues to attract renowned artists from across the United States to the idyllic mountain backdrop of Telluride.

Since 1977, Telluride's majestic perch high in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado has been the site of annual cultural event combining the finest pristine natural aesthetics and boundless artistic creativity. The Telluride Jazz Festival ranks among the world's most scenic music events in the country. Add on the desirable intimate format and abundant offering of alpine recreational activities to historical performances and the result is an immersive live music experience that has brought audiophiles from around the world for over four decades.

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. 

The Telluride Film Festival is not just a picture show. It is Tributes to luminaries who've propelled the medium forward; it is candid discussions with a film's creator or the historian who champions it; it is discovering that the person in line behind you made the film you just enjoyed; it is engaging in lively debate with every manner of film lover in the summer sun of a Colorado afternoon, always minutes away from a new exhibition.

 

Join us in celebrating 40 years of Colorado's most scenic wine festival. The annual festival brings together renowned winemakers and America's finest chefs for an intimate 4-day wine and food experience. Featuring educational seminars, wine pairing dinners, reserve, and grand tastings - something for everyone. COVID friendly. Patron passes on sale soon! 

This festival has yet to announce their plans for 2020 in light of COVID-19.  Original Thinkers is a highly curated festival that melds speakers, films, and performance into a powerful four day experience in Telluride, Colorado. Founded by David Holbrooke, this unforgettable weekend in the mountains will convene creators, innovators and doers to connect on a range of topics. Offering its audience a unique perspective on some of the crucial issues of our time, Original Thinkers engages people on how to have a real and tangible impact. Our community of Original Thinkers assemble in Telluride and leave at the end of the weekend, changed and charged to make a real difference.

The Telluride Horror Show, Colorado's first and longest-running horror film festival, returns for its 10th edition. Every year, the festival attracts the latest & best genre films from around the world and attendees from all over the country for an incredible gathering of film fans in the world-famous mountain resort town of Telluride, Colorado. For three packed days, experience an eclectic mix of horror, suspense, thriller, dark fantasy, sci-fi and dark comedy in Telluride's unique theaters, with many of the films showing for the first time in the US. The festival line-up offers over 20 feature films, more than 60 short films, special programs, guests, and events. If you love genre films, then you can't miss this fest.