Build Your Perfect Festival Experience
An array of classic pass options offer the ability to customize your perfect festival experience.
Tickets for the 27th Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival go on sale Monday, March 2 at 10 am (MT). Choose from a variety of pass options to help you build your perfect experience. From the luxurious Super VIP and VIP Experiences to the regular GA, there's something for everyone. Below we've listed the benefits of each pass to compare side-by-side and find out which suits you best.
Multi-Day Tickets
3-Day Pass ($225) - includes general weekend admission to the festival grounds in Telluride Town Park, access to two stages (Main Stage and Blues Stage), 18 retail booths and 12 food booths, access to the Saturday's Grand Tasting with 56 craft breweries and a souvenir tasting glass. For more info, click here.
VIP 3-Day Pass ($725) - includes VIP weekend admission to the festival grounds in Telluride Town Park with all the basic amenities listed above and all the VIP perks here.
Super VIP 3-Day Pass ($3,500) - includes Super VIP weekend admission to the festival grounds in Telluride Town Park with all the basic amenities listed above and all the Super VIP perks here.
VIP 3-Day Pass & Music Maker Fundraiser Dinner Fundraiser Dinner ($1,850) - includes VIP weekend admission to the festival grounds in Telluride Town Park with all the basic amenities listed above and all the VIP perks here in addition to the Music Maker Fundraiser Dinner.
Single-Day Tickets
Friday ($95), Saturday ($100), Sunday ($95) - Includes general admission to the festival grounds in Telluride, access to two stages (Main Stage and Blues Stage), and 18 retail booths and 12 food booths. Saturday Passes provide access to the Grand Tasting with 56 craft breweries and a souvenir tasting glass. For more info, click here.
Late Night Shows
Bal De Maison ($30) - The festival’s kick off show and opening celebration at the Sheridan Opera House on Thursday, September 17. For more info, click here.
Juke Joints ($30) - After the festival ends in Town Park, we continue the music at 10 pm on both Friday and Saturday nights at the local “Juke Joint" shows located in various venues throughout Telluride. Juke Joint passes allow access to all Juke Joint venues for the night purchased. See 5 different shows each night for $30.
Fais Do Do ($30) - The festival’s final and closing show of the weekend on Sunday, September 20. For more info, click here.
Camping, Glamping and Gear Rentals
4-Day Camping at Warner Field ($50) - 4-Day Camping the baseball field on the right as you enter Telluride Town Park next to the festival entrance. This area will open at 8 am on Thursday, September 17 and offers soft grass sites, but no trees.
5-Day Camping at Town Park Campground and Zone One ($60) - the Town Park Campground is a large, wooded general area of the campground. Zone One is the wooded camping area adjacent to the main campground boarding our Campground Stage and the stunning Wilderness of Bear Creek. This campground will open Wednesday, September 16 at 8 am.
4-Day Basecamp Gear Rental Packages at Warner Field ($380-$1,350) - We’ve partnered with Project Shelter once again to enhance your Blues & Brews camping experience! Let us do the work - skip packing all your camping gear and focus on the fun!
Stay at a campsite in the Blues & Brews Basecamp Village where everything (tent included) is already set up, staked down, and ready to rock. The Basecamp Village campsites have a private community area, shade structures, cooking equipment, tables, and even free morning coffee! Basecamp rental parties can check-in starting at 8 am on Thursday, September 17 with the Basecamp Host.
5-Day Vehicle ($300) and RV Camping ($500) at the Town Park Campground - A limited amount of 35 Vehicle and 10 RV Camping Passes are available for guests who wish to stay in their RV, car camping set-up or would like to have the convenience of parking next to their campsite. Vehicle and RV Camping Passes are essentially “Parking Passes” and are sold per RV or Vehicle- each person in your party also needs to purchase a 5-Day Camping Pass.
RV and Vehicle Camping opens Wednesday, September 16 at 8 am. The maximum RV length permitted in the Town Park Campground is 35 feet. Anything 18 feet or more is considered an “RV” and requires an RV Pass. Anything 18 feet or less is considered a “Vehicle” and requires a Vehicle Pass- sorry, no hookups are available.
4-Day Glamping at the Glamping Village ($4,000) - Leave your worries (and camping gear) behind and come stay in one of our Luxury Tents located in a prime camping location exclusive only to Glamping patrons. Each Safari-Style Tent comes equipped with all you need from top to bottom! Just bring your clothes, food, and essentials with you and we will take care of the rest! Glampers can check-in Thursday, September 17 at 8 am. Learn more here.
Miscellaneous
Blisters & Brews 5k Fundraiser Race ($35) - Blisters & Brews is a 5k Fundraiser Race on the morning of Saturday, September 14, giving Festival patrons the opportunity to exercise before the Festival. Presented by BootDoctors™ Paragon Outdoors and the Telluride Blues Society, the 5k Race will raise money for the Telluride Adaptive Sports Program in remembrance of dear festival friend Felix Snow. For more info, click here.
Music Maker Fundraiser Dinner ($1,125) - On Thursday, September 17, the Telluride Blues Society is hosting an evening of live music, dinner and a special studio recording with a festival artist to support the Music Maker Relief Foundation. This fundraising event will be held at the intimate, mountainside recording studio, Studio In The Clouds, located in the towering San Juan Mountains surrounding Telluride. For more info, click here.
Green Ticket ($5) - Your ticket to supporting action against climate change! Telluride Blues & Brews Festival has partnered with Protect Our Winters to help advance non-partisan policies that protect our world today and for future generations. Your $5 contribution will go directly to Protect Our Winters to help fund advocate for the environment. For more info visit: protectourwinters.org
Collectible Keepsake ($10) - New for 2020! The Telluride Blues & Brews Festival is proud to introduce a limited edition souvenir laminate. Inspired by traditional festival badges, the laminate features the poster artwork (to be revealed) on the front, with the festival schedule (to be announced) on the back. Add a special collector's item to your order and take home a piece of history! Wear the festival schedule and get them signed by the artists for a personal touch.
See the example from our 2020 Durango Blues Train event.
Important Things To Know & Helpful Tips For Buying
Below, you will find valuable insight to help ensure you are prepared when tickets become available. Read the helpful tips below for a smooth purchasing process.
Think ahead! It's best to go directly to our Front Gate Tickets Page to purchase tickets. Each ticket buyer will need a user profile with Front Gate Tickets in order to purchase tickets. Click "Sign In" in the menu bar up top to create a profile using your name and email or you can easily connect your Facebook account.
Go directly to our Front Gate Tickets Page prior to 10 am MT on Monday, March 2 and be ready to purchase. Pre-authorize the purchase with your credit card company to avoid getting declined. At 10 am (MT), you will need to refresh the page to expose the available tickets once the on-sale time is triggered.
Act fast! Once you add your tickets to the cart, you will have 8 minutes to complete your purchase. To prevent yourself from running out of time, look at the ticket options ahead of the on sale.
Tickets are not sold out until they explicitly say "sold out". If tickets are listed as "unavailable", it means they are all in shopping carts. Note that not all tickets in shopping carts become successful purchases. Due to credit card declines or time-out limits, tickets often become available after they've been carted. If a ticket is unavailable, try refreshing your browser to get a second chance to get the tickets in your shopping cart.
There is a strict ticket limit per household per day. Folks who exceed ticket limits may not be able to purchase or may have any or all of their orders and tickets cancelled without notice. Most Passes are limited to 10 per purchase. VIP and Super VIP 3-Day Passes are limited to 4 per purchase. RV Passes and Vehicle Passes are limited to 1 per purchase.
Don't be fooled by scalpers! Only purchase Telluride Blues & Brews Festival tickets from the official Telluride Blues & Brews Festival ticketing page. If you purchase from another source, you risk purchasing a counterfeit or invalid ticket. Telluride Blues & Brews Festival cannot guarantee tickets purchased from unofficial sources like unauthorized 3rd party re-sellers (individuals or brokers).
Before the on-sale date, be sure to check out all our FAQs and Guides. If you have a general question about your order before or after purchase, contact info@tellurideblues.com. We will answer your questions as soon as possible.
Please contact us here with any questions. Best of luck and thank you for your continued support!