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Mountainfilm
May 22 - 25, 2009
Mountainfilm is a distinctive blend of films, speakers, gallery exhibits, slide presentations, and seminars 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.
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Telluride Jazz Festival
June 5 - 7, 2009
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. Line up includes Ozomatli and Karl Denson's Tiny Universe.
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Telluride Balloon Rally
June 6 - 7, 2009
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.
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Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 18 - 21, 2009
Four days of rousing bluegrass-based music in town park. This year's line up includes David Byrne, Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello, Tim O'Brien, John Cowen, Conor Oberst, Sam Bush, Yonder Mountain String Band and many more. Passes and festival information available by phone or online.
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Telluride Wine Festival
June 25 - 28, 2009
Take delight in expanding your wine knowledge by attending winemaker luncheons and dinners, reserve tastings and special seminars. Complement the experience by attending one or more of our culinary demonstrations featuring the industry's most talented personalities. Come to Telluride this June - Come for the wine, Come for the food, Come for the beauty.
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Telluride Wine Festival Presents:
Citizen Cope
June 27, 2009 - 7:00pm
"If the best music is mined from the underground, then US artist Citizen Cope is the richest of seams. Unique and undefinable, gems from his impressive catalogue include 'Sideways' and 'Son's Gonna Rise'. It's heartwarming that a sometimes increasingly tired and plagiarist music industry can still throw up such an inspiring, ground breaking artist as this." - Mark Ede May 16, 2009
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Telluride Plein Air Festival
June 29 - July 5, 2009
From June 29th through July 4th, 2009 visitors and locals alike will have the unique opportunity to observe some of the nation's best plein air artists as they paint on location in Telluride, Colorado. On July 3rd and July 4th, Elks Park and the courtyard located in front of the historic Sheridan Opera House are reserved for an exhibition and sale of the pieces created during this week-long celebration of plein air painting!
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Telluride Yoga Festival
July 10 - 12, 2009
Join us for three full days of yoga with the opportunity to experience an array of lineages; from the traditional to the innovative, the most physical to the gentle and restorative. The weekend promises to be inspiring and illuminating with yoga, meditation, kirtan, seminars and performances, all enjoyed in the incomparable Telluride and the breathtaking San Juan mountain range.
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KOTO Doo-Dah Concert Presents:
George Clinton & Parliament Funk with Rusted Root
July 11, 2009 - 4:00pm
The 13th annual KOTO Doo Dah is scheduled for July 11th, Tickets are on sale now! Show begins at 4:00pm in Town Park with headliner George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic.
Rusted Root opens.
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Telluride Cajun Festival
July 31, 2009
The Mountain Village Music Festival is a celebration of amazing music, sunshine and great food and drink. The stage is set this year on Main Street, inthe town of Telluride. Music starts mid-morning and continues through the early evening.
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Telluride Tech Festival
July 31 - August 2, 2009
The Telluride Technology Festival is a celebration of the past, present and future of technology. The Tech Fest is based on the historical fact that in 1891, Nikola Tesla, George Westinghouse and Telluride's own L.L. Nunn built the world's first commercial grade AC power plant in Telluride. The intimate environment of Telluride continues to be an ideal place for discussion and reflection.
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Telluride Chamber Music Festival
August 6 - 15, 2009
The Telluride Chamber Music Festival has been bringing music to Telluride since 1973. This year we continue to bring you chamber music as it was originally intended, up close and personal!. Our festival creates a spontaneous connection between audience and musicians which lifts the human spirit.
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TMVOA Presents:
Joan Osborne
August 14, 2009
Six-time Grammy nominated Joan Osborne will perform on the Sunset Stage on Friday, August 14, 2009 at 5:00 pm. The concert is free to the public and kicks off the Telluride Festival of the Arts. In a career that spans over fifteen years, Joan has proven to be an artistically restless yet consistently enthralling performer. In 2003, Osborne toured with the Dixie Chicks and then surprised and wowed audiences touring throughout America for two years as the lead singer for The Dead. In 2007, she graced the stage of the Grand Ole Opry.
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Telluride Festival of the Arts
August 14 - 16, 2009
The Telluride Festival of the Arts (TFA) is annual weekend-long, culinary and visual arts event held in Mountain Village; TFA hosts nationally and regionally recognized chefs and artists from across the United States in a one-of-a-kind outdoor exhibition nestled in a box canyon surrounded by the majestic 13,000 ft peaks of San Juan Mountains.
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Telluride Mushroom Festival
August 27 - 30, 2009
The Mushroom Festival is an annual gathering of fungi lovers in Telluirde and its mushroom rich surrounds. Each summer festival-goers gather to pick, discuss, parade, and eat for an information filled weekend. Join us as we gather to explore all aspects of fungi.
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Telluride Film Festival
September 4 - 7, 2009
Each Labor Day weekend, 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.
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Telluride Blues-n-Brews Festival
Sept 18 - 20, 2009
The Telluride Blues-n-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.
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