Hey everyone this will be our first time to experience this festival so what I’m curious about is as far as sound quality goes is there really much advantage to being up close rather in the middle or back?
And then to piggy back off that what time do people normally start lining up in the morn to be first in line since you can’t camp in line. Thanks a bunch in advance! :cheers
There is not bad sound anywhere in the park and some of the best sound guys in the nation are at the helm in Telluride for the Bluegrass Festival.
As far as that line is concerned, well… it forms the day before, on an unofficial level, across the dirt path from the actual line. At the given hour it moves across the dirt path and becomes “the official line”. These folks are die-hard in the wool, down front, festivarians, tapers and line sitters for the traditional camps (everyone takes a turn, in shifts and then the tarp runners take the last shift in the morning).
The Tarp Line is an art, a tradition, and the subject of many a conversation, some even heated, but it’s something many of us treasure year after year after year, because we know it’s just the start, our daily start, of something even bigger, the one thing we’ve planned for since we were there last year. Hearing those bagpipes means we’re finally going to gather all the campgrounds in one place and celebrate as one big happy family at…
FESTIVVVAAALLL!!! :cheers
Auntie Hope :festivarian2 :green
Appreciate the info. I assumed there would still be some sort of line starting the day before. If you were to show up and get in line first thing in the morning any chance you could still get a spot n front of that green building in the middle? My wife is super short so the closer the better for her. 
If the festival is anything like this forum we will have a blast and just might have to bring some other family next year.
http://www.festivarian.com/index.php/topic,9571.0.html
Here’s a “Tarp Line” thread to check out. :wave I like the middle, next to the tower, but it’s good every where! If there is a performer she really wants to see, she can go up front with her binocs or zoom lens.
If by “first thing in the morning” you mean sometime close to 3-4am, then yes, you may have a fighting chance.
When facing the stage, the left side of the field is the high ground. If you can’t get tarpage down front, go a little left for the vertically challenged Festivarians. No matter where you end up, spend some time tarp surfing down front early in the day where ever you see empty chairs or tarp space - it’s the Festivarian way.