Telluride Blues & Brews Festival
- Dates
- Expected September 2027
- Status
- Expected
- Venue
- Town Park
- Price
- $110 to $300Payment plan available
- Camping
- Available
- Last checked
- Aug 23, 2026
Telluride Blues & Brews Festival comes to Town Park, Telluride, CO, Expected September 2027. Froligo tracks current ticket prices, camping, attendee feedback and travel details.
The experience
What's special
The Telluride Blues & Brews Festival is a three-day celebration in the box-canyon town of Telluride, Colorado, held in Town Park each September at the start of the mountains' golden fall season. It pairs a world-class, eclectic music bill blues, funk, indie, rock, jam, gospel and soul with a large craft-beer tasting, and rounds out the weekend with kids' activities, cozy after-hours club shows, free morning yoga and free gondola access between the town and Mountain Village
What people love
Attendees repeatedly frame the spectacular San Juan Mountains setting, the intimate scale and the deep, well-run music programming as the draw, alongside a genuinely strong craft-beer and food selection. Logistics get relatively good marks for a mountain town free in-town parking and lines that are lighter than Telluride's June bluegrass festival though the remote regional airport and the town's steep lodging prices draw grumbles
Last time around (2025)
The most recent edition was held in September 2025 in Town Park, and local coverage of the weekend highlighted comedy sets, intimate shows in the campground, morning pancake breakfasts with live entertainment and special beer tastings alongside the main-stage bill. Attendees shared standout moments including a full double rainbow over the box canyon
Listen
No official playlist linked yet. Find Telluride Blues & Brews Festival on Spotify.
Lineup
Lineup not yet announced. Email me the day it lands.
Getting there
Nearest airport TEX.
How do I get to Telluride Blues & Brews Festival?
By car
Most people drive to Telluride Blues & Brews Festival. The nearest major airport is TEX, and from there it is a straightforward drive to the venue. Check current road and traffic conditions before you set off, and see parking below.
By train
No direct passenger rail to the venue was found. Drive, fly in, or use a shuttle instead.
By bus & public transit
Once in town, the Galloping Goose runs a free loop every 15-20 min (every 30 min off-peak) between Town Park, Main Street, the Gondola and other in-town stops but it is a town-loop service, not an airport route, so it does not reach TEX itself. The free Gondola connects Telluride and Mountain Village 6:30am-2am Fri/Sat during the festival; Mountain Village also runs its own free shuttle plus a Dial-A-Ride service
Book / info →Festival shuttle
TEX sits on a mesa about 7 miles / under 10 min from downtown Telluride. Telluride Express is named on the festival's own 'Getting Here' page as the official transportation partner, offering door-to-door shared-ride, private and custom rides
Book / info →MTJ is a larger commercial hub roughly 69 miles / ~1h20m from Telluride and is frequently used by attendees when TEX fares or fog-driven cancellations make the high-mesa airport impractical (TEX is weather/fog-prone). Scheduled shuttle vans connect MTJ to Telluride
Book / info →Taxi & rideshare
The airport's own ground-transportation page states explicitly there is currently no Uber or Lyft authorized at Telluride Regional Airport. Attendees must use one of the authorized shuttle/limo providers above, a rental car, or an arranged hotel shuttle instead
Book / info →Taxis and rideshare such as Uber and Lyft can be limited near the venue, especially late at night or in rural areas. Agree a pickup point and time in advance and keep a backup plan.
🅿 Parking
Cost Free parking throughout Telluride and Mountain Village (no dedicated festival lot). SilverJack Parking Garage (downtown): $2/hour, $50/night for overnight. Mountain Village Gondola Parking Garage: free 6:30am-2am, $30 overnight. The festival's own FAQ states: 'You are free to park wherever you can find a legal parking spot in Telluride' Main Street and adjacent streets have metered parking (50c/hour, 8am-6pm Mon-Sat), and residential-permit restrictions are lifted for festival weekend. Camping attendees get a 30-minute grace period to drop gear at the campground, with volunteer wagon shuttles to help move gear from the car-drop zone. Limited handicap parking is available in the Town Park lot via a vehicle bridge
🚙 Car hire
Compare car hire at TEX
Camping fest in a mountain town where TEX itself has no rideshare and the free town-loop bus (Galloping Goose) doesn't reach the airport car hire (or a paid shuttle/limo) is effectively required for the airport leg, and car camping is one of the festival's core on-site formats, so a rental suits fly-in attendees who plan to car-camp or explore the wider San Juan Skyway region
Search car hire →Live price search coming soon.
Where
Venue
Town Park
Camping & Accommodation
Is there camping at Telluride Blues & Brews Festival?
Yes, on site camping is available.
Facilities
Camping site types 3
5-day Main Campground/Zone 1 $80). Vehicle passes are required and displayed in the windshield; once parked, vehicles cannot exit/re-enter during the festival. Non-pass holders get a 30-minute unload window before relocating to off-site parking
Not a separately named site category self-contained vans fall under the same vehicle-pass/car-camping rules as any other vehicle; no van-specific pricing found distinct from the standard car-camping tiers
Warner Field (4-day pass, 2026: $70) is the primitive/no-shade tier an open baseball field with no trees, distinct from the wooded Main Campground/Zone 1 tiers. Not 4WD-specific access, but the closest match to a primitive vehicle-camping tier the official page describes
Not camping? Where to stay
Budget stays 1
Mid-range hotels 2
Luxe hotels 1
≈ $500-1200 / night approx, book direct with the hotel
Book direct →Accessibility & comfort
What the organiser or venue publishes about getting around, and what they do not.
Telluride Blues and Brews answers accessibility in its FAQs rather than on a dedicated page, under the heading What handicap facilities are provided. The organiser states the festival is wheelchair accessible and provides a space in front of the sound booth for those in wheelchairs, which is the accessible viewing position.
Read the full notes
Handicap restrooms and porta potties are provided on the festival grounds. A limited amount of handicap parking is available in the Telluride Town Park parking lot, and access to that parking is over the vehicle bridge at the main entrance to the Park.
There is otherwise no dedicated festival parking lot; general parking is any legal spot in Telluride, with metered paid parking on Main Street and adjacent side streets enforced 8:00 am to 6:00 pm Monday to Saturday, and residential permit zones O, G and W suspended for the festival weekend.
On camping, the separate camping FAQ confirms that restrooms and showers are available in the campground and are ADA accessible. Service animals are permitted with proper documentation, while other pets are barred from the festival and campground under Town Park law.
Note the seating rules that affect sightlines: no high back lawn chairs are permitted between the sound booth and the stage, and sunshade tents are only allowed on the back perimeter in Shade Alley. The organiser does not publish a companion or carer ticket policy, an ASL or interpretation provision, a quiet or sensory space, or a description of the ground surface at Town Park.
Access questions can go to [email protected], [email protected] or 970-728-8037
Confirm your specific needs with the organiser's access team before you travel.
Checked 2026-09-03 · source
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