Purchasing Tips

Take the stress out of the buying process

Thanks to your valuable feedback, we are pleased to offer some valuable insight to help ensure you are prepared when tickets become available. We hope this helps to take some of the pressure out of the purchasing process.

• 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 connect your Facebook account. Prior to on-sale time, 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. Super VIP and VIP Passes are limited to 4 per purchase. GA Passes are limited to 10 per purchase. Single-Day Passes are limited to 6 per purchase. RV and Campground Vehicle 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. If you have a general question about your order before or after purchase, contact info@tellurideblues.com. Please remember the demand will be high, and we will get to your questions as soon as possible.

Best of luck and thank you for your continued support!

RFID Wristbands

To enhance your festival experience, we utilize RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) wristbands. This system allows attendees to skip the lines at the box office, streamline movement between each area of the festival, and enjoy the elevated comfort of the soft cloth wristband material.

After making a ticket purchase, each buyer will be shipped a high security wristband with a uniquely coded RFID chip embedded inside. Each package shipped will include detailed instructions on the proper procedure for registering and using your wristband. It is important that you read these instructions and follow them exactly. Wristband activation ensures a smooth process when entering the festival each day and allows you to add emergency contact info to your wristband. All you need to do is enter your wristband ID number and contact info to activate!

Wristbands are non-transferable. One wristband per person. Each individual accessing the event must have their wristband registered and on the their wrist at all times. Every wristband will be scanned as you enter and exit the Festival, Blues Stage, and Festival Campground. Please wait until the day of the Festival to put your wristband on and leave it on throughout the entire weekend. Be careful! Wristbands will only tighten, not loosen. Festival attendees are allowed to come and go freely all weekend long while wearing their wristband; however, all wristbands must be scanned upon exit at the gate in order to re-enter that same day.

The following tickets are RFID and will be shipped in advance:

• All 3-Day passes including Super VIP, VIP, and GA

• All single-day passes including Friday, Saturday, and Sunday

The following tickets are not RFID and must be picked up from the festival box office:

• All camping passes

• All late night passes including Bal De Maison, Juke Joints, Fais Do Do

If you need help with any wristband issue, you can stop by the Festival Box Office near the main entrance.

Wristband Policy

• Wristbands will be mailed in advance of the festival.

• Print Pass option will only be available for the following non-RFID tickets: all Camping and all Late Night

• All sales are final – no refunds and no exchanges.

• Only wristbands purchased through Front Gate Tickets are valid. If you purchased from an unauthorized source and/or the ticket is counterfeit, you will not be allowed entry.

• Wristbands must be worn securely on wrist and cannot be slipped on and off.

• Passes must be scanned upon exit at the gate in order to re-enter that same day.

• Wristbands are non-transferable and non-exchangeable.

• Do not remove between days, stretch or tamper with your wristband in any way or you will not be allowed entry.

• Subsequent and/or multiple presentations of a counterfeited wristband are void and will be seized by Festival security staff.

• If your wristband is removed by Festival security/event staff for any reason, it will not be replaced.

• All ticket-holders must pass through security and are subject to bag inspection. Prohibited items will be confiscated by event staff.

• The festival takes place rain or shine.

• There are absolutely no exceptions to this wristband policy.

Please note - there is a wristband replacement fee.

Wristband FAQs

General Ticketing Info & FAQs