Telluride Bluegrass Kicks off Today

The crowd at Telluride. Photo by Benko Photographics.

Tell-U-RIDE. The 39th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival, one of the most important and influential events in bluegrass all year, starts today. As noted earlier, We’ll be featuring on-site coverage from Amy at THE BLUEGRASS SITUATION this week. But in the meantime, you can listen to select performances on KOTO radio right here.

Here’s that lineup.

39th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival Lineup

All times MT

Thursday, June 21, 2012

• 10:00am — Gates Open
• 11:00 – noon — Thelma & Louise featuring Chris Thile & Béla Fleck
• 12:15 – 1:30pm — Della Mae
• 2:00 – 3:15pm — Dan Mangan
• 3:30 – 4:45pm — Greensky Bluegrass
• 5:15 – 6:30pm — Laura Marling
• 7:00 – 8:30pm — John Prine
• 9:00 – 11:00pm — Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas

Friday, June 22, 2012

• 9:00am — Gates Open
• 10:00 – 11:00am — Edgar Meyer & Mike Marshall
• 11:15 – 12:30pm — Seryn
• 1:00 – 2:15pm — Head for the Hills
• 2:45 – 4:00pm — O’Brien Party of Seven
• 4:30 – 5:45pm — Béla Fleck &  The Marcus Roberts Trio
• 6:15 – 7:30pm — Del McCoury Band
• 8:00 – 10:00pm — John Fogerty
  
• 10:30 – Midnight — Leftover Salmon

Saturday, June 23, 2012

• 9:00am — Gates Open
• 10:00 – 11:00am — Band Contest Finals
• 11:30 – 12:30pm — Run Boy Run
• 12:45 – 2:00pm — The Devil Makes Three
• 2:30 – 3:45pm — Jerry Douglas featuring Omar Hakim, Viktor Krauss & Luke Bulla
• 4:15 – 5:45pm — Yonder Mountain String Band
• 6:15 – 7:30pm — k.d. lang & the Siss Boom Bang
• 8:00 – 10:00pm — Sam Bush Band
• 10:30 – Midnight — Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers

Sunday, June 24, 2012

• 10:00am — Gates Open
• 10:45 – 11:45 — John Cowan Band Gospel Hour
• Noon – 1:00pm — Joy Kills Sorrow
• 1:30 – 2:45pm — Peter Rowan’s Big Twang Theory
• 3:15 – 4:30pm — Brett Dennen
• 5:00 – 6:15pm — Punch Brothers
• 6:30 – 6:45pm — Telluride Troubadour
• 7:00 – 8:15pm — Glen Hansard
• 8:45 – 10:45pm — Telluride House Band featuring Sam, Béla, Jerry, Edgar,Bryan & Stuart