Happy Leap Day! An extra day to start planning your trip to Telluride!! Lots going on this weekend... not to mention, the 13"+ we've received in the past 48 hours. The San Juans are skiing soooo well right now. Check out video on the bottom of the blog from yesterday's powdery face-shots. Lots going on in the Summer Festival world... discounted tickets and lodging available for Jazz Fest and Blues & Brews listed below! Came for the winter... stayed for the summer! Have a great weekend.
Wednesday, February 29th – Telluride Jazz Early Bird Tickets –
Today’s the last day to get $99 passes to the 2012 Telluride Jazz Festival on
August 3-5, 2012. After today, they will go up to the regular rate of $135. This
year’s lineup is one for the books – Victor Wooten, Funky METERS, Soulive, Roy
Hargrove Quintet, Roberta Gambarini, Jon Cleary, Astral Project, Marco
Benevento Trio, Soul Rebels, Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds and many, many
more. Have Spotify? Listen to our Jazz Fest 2012 Playlist here: http://open.spotify.com/user/telluridefests/playlist/3tXYfUHPoQKONM4Uc17k3y
For more info and to purchase discounted festival tickets, visit: http://telluridejazz.org/
For discounted
lodging and up to 15% off, visit: http://www.telluridelodging.com/15-select-festivals
Wednesday, February 29th – Tim O’Brien – Grammy Award Winner Tim O’Brien
will play a solo acoustic performance at the Sheridan Opera House tonight! Tim
is an American folk & bluegrass icon who’s graced his presence numerous
times in Telluride Town Park at many of Bluegrass Fests over the years. This
show is sponsored by the Telluride Music Store and will start at 6:00pm. Reserved
seats are $28. For more info or to purchase tickets, visit: http://sheridanoperahouse.com/events/tim-obrien-solo-concert
Thursday, March 1st – Telluride Blues & Brews Tickets on Sale – Renowned as one of
the most scenic and intimate music festivals in the country… Telluride Blues
& Brews is one of Telluride’s favorite summer festivals for locals and
visitors. Can you beat an eclectic mix of blues, rock, funk… with a Grand
Tasting of 50+ microbreweries… with 13,000 foot mountains as a backdrop??? No… no,
you can’t. Tickets for Early Bird, VIP, Juke Joint, Camping, Campground Vehicle
and RV passes will all go on sale at 10:00am MST. Early Bird 3-Day passes are
going for $145 and the VIP 3-Day passes are $385. These will sell-out extremely
fast! Also, we’re offering discounted
Early Bird lodging – Hotel rooms starting at $175/night and 3rd
night FREE in Mountain Village!!
For more info on discounted
lodging, visit: http://www.telluridelodging.com/early-bird-blues-brews-specials-starting-175night-mountainside-inn
For festival information or to purchase tickets, visit: www.tellurideblues.com
Friday, March 2nd – Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band concert – Asheville, NC based funk
band is back! They played on Town Park stage this past fall at the 2011
Telluride Blues & Brews Festival and rocked the entire crowd. Get ready for
Mohawks, Saxophones, loud bass and a funky good time. If you’re in town this
Friday night… GOTO the Llama for this awesome show! Doors open at 9:00pm and
tickets are $10 in advance. For more info, check YMBFBB on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/yomamasbigfatbootyband
Saturday, March 3rd – TAB Gala Fashion Show – The biggest night of the winter is back. The
Telluride AIDS Benefit hosts the Gala Fashion Show which features local models
and AIDS activist displaying the latest lines from Perry Ellis to Diane Von
Furstenberg in a New York-like production. These are the hottest tickets in
town… if you don’t already have a ticket, you might be out of luck. BUT! The
Town of Mountain Village will be streaming the March 3rd event LIVE
on their website! Visit: http://www.townofmountainvillage.com/index.aspx?nid=452
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