Announcing the initial 2015 lineup

Festivarian Events Telluride Bluegrass Festival
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It’s officially the Friday before the Winter Solstice. So rather than open a few more doors (John Butler Trio!!! Kacey Musgraves!!!), you’ve all waited long enough for the big announcement…

We’re proud to share the initial lineup for the 42nd Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival (June 18-21, 2015)…

  • Sam Bush Band
  • Cooder - White - Skaggs
  • John Butler Trio
  • Kacey Musgraves
  • Telluride House Band featuring Sam, Bela, Jerry, Edgar, Bryan & Stuart
  • Yonder Mountain String Band
  • Trampled by Turtles
  • Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn
  • Leftover Salmon
  • Punch Brothers
  • Hot Rize
  • Greensky Bluegrass
  • Lake Street Dive
  • Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
  • Jerry Douglas Band
  • Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer
  • Rhiannon Giddens
  • Rock My Soul featuring The Fairfield Four & The McCrary Sisters
  • Lau
  • Noam Pikelny & Stuart Duncan
  • Trout Steak Revival
  • Telluride Troubadour & Band Contests
  • many more still to be announced…

I’ll be posting the lineup on our website in a few hours:
http://www.bluegrass.com/telluride/lineup.html

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HOLY MACCAROONS BATMAN!!!

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GOV’T MULE!!! :thumbsup

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Nice

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The List would not be complete without the Dusters !!! :wave

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An Australian band? Get outta here x

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Thank you Brian and PB. Have a great holiday season and peace to you all.

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The longer I look at this, the bigger my smile gets. Thanks PB and happy holidays.

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Searching through the lineup 5 or 6 times wondering how I missed Mule, only to discover this post didn’t mean what I thought it meant, was harsh.

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@rossstevens is looking at an imaginary list this morning :cheers :cheers

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I’m liking the initial lineup. Some names in there I was really hoping to see and a few fun surprises as well. Should be a fun one :thumbsup

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Nice lineup! Aside from Salmon, I don’t see another headliner though. There must be some ginchy additions on the horizon. :wink:

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Saw Trampled By Turtles last night. They had a small strings section(4 people) on stage that accompanied the band members. It was fantastic. Have not seen them since Telluride 2013. There playing is so ferocious and high energy. Glad to see they are coming back. :thumbsup

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It’s so hard to not be musically spoiled as a festivarian. Like a spoiled brat, I scanned the lineup for David Byrne or Robert Plant type of names. No “stadium” names found - shucks.

But then I looked at each listing. There are only a few artists that I would not go out of my way to see if they came to town. Artist after artist in that list would get me buying tickets IMMEDIATELY! In fact, the only ones that I wouldn’t be grabbing tickets for are the ones I don’t know about, and based on how many of the others entered my favorites list as unknowns before I saw them in T-ride, I know that they will soon be on the “gotta see them again” list.

Adding up the price of these “gotta have” a concert tickets would be horrifying. If this lineup came to town one after the other, I’d have to make decisions about who to see and who to skip based on my personal economics. But in T-ride, I get to see them ALL. Add in all the other fun that happens during the fest and your TBF ticket becomes the best deal in music.

So my first glance at the list was unfair, but only cuz I’m spoiled by year after year after year of fantastic TBF lineups. We certainly have it good, and this year’s lineup, even if no huge names are added, is more testimony to that fact.

Thanks, PB, for spoiling us with great music every single year! And thanks for making me look forward to the 2015 Fest with this fantastic lineup of “CAN’T MISS” artists.

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F-in A, well put! I think PB prefers Greensky to Dusters, but they LOVE em both.

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I’m a bit out of the loop, but wonder if John Butler Trio might be a headliner. The kids seem to know who they are these days :wink:

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Definitely love both the Dusters and Greensky. I know not everyone’s going to both, but the Dusters are queued up for RG and RGA so that should be dynamite. I’ll do my best to get Greensky nightgrass tix if they do one.

Pretty excited to see Miss Abigail. Love her.

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Yes, JBT may very well be a headliner. They would also be great for a midday Sat/Sun set too. I know Cat Stevens is on the bill, and most likely a Thu/Sun headliner.

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That’s because they never release the REAL heavy-hitters right away. Get ready for some truly epic announcements in the coming months as more bands are confirmed and tickets sold! PB rightly doesn’t want day tickets to sell just for the headliner act, they’d prefer people to be ready to commit for the entire lineup.

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Here’s for hoping !!