Past Festival Performers
Telluride 4th of July Celebration
4th of July, 1973
Fall Creek
The 1st Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
July 6, 1974
Fall Creek • Black Canyon Gang • Denver Bluegrass Band
The 2nd Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 27 and 28, 1975
New Grass Revival • Ophelia Swing Band (with Tim O'Brien, Dan Sadowsky, Washboard Chaz) • Magic Music (with Chris Daniels) • Liberty
The 3rd Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 25 and 26, 1976
New Grass Revival • John Hartford • Bryan Bowers • many others
The 4th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 24-26, 1977
Dan and Chaz • Buffalo Brothers • Possum • Tim Goodman Band • Navarro • Willis Alan Ramsey • Peter Rowan and Friends • New Grass Revival • John Hartford • Bryan Bowers • John Hartford and New Grass • Mason Williams • Byron Berline and Sundance
The 5th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 23-25, 1978
New Grass Revival • Vassar Clements • John Hartford • Dan Crary • Bryan Bowers • David Grisman Quintet • Too High • Billy Spears Band • Hot Rize • Tim Goodman • Live Wire Choir • Jaime Brockett • Possum • The Ophelia Swing Band
The 6th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 22-24, 1979
New Moon • Jack Wilce • Artie Traum and Pat Alger • Easy Pickins • Hot Rize • Bertha and the Turks with the Android Sisters • Michael Woody and Too High Band • Bob Lucas • Country Gazette with Slim Richey • Dan Crary • Doug Dillard with Byron Berline • New Grass Revival • Vassar Clements • Live Wire Choir • Pat Flynn and Scott Myres • Wayne Steward and Friends • Norman Blake • Doc and Merle Watson • Doug Dillard Band And Jam • Peter Rowan and Friends
The 7th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 27-29, 1980
Kate Wolf • Family Lotus Band • Jamie Brockett • Cross Roads • Easy Pickins • Willis Alan Ramsey • Jimmy Ibbotson • New Moon • John McEuen • Reasonable Band • Dan Crary • Peter Rowan Band • Steve Goodman • David Grisman Quintet • Doug Dillard Band • Bob Lucas • Hot Rize • Norman Blake • Doug Dillard • New Grass Revival • John Hartford • Leon Russell
The 8th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 26-28, 1981
Mountain Dogs • Jack Wilce • Bear Mtn Ramblers • Annie McGowan • New Moon • Pat Donahue and Duane Webster • Danny Wheetman and the Honkey Tonk Swamies featuring the Android Sisters • Easy Pickins • Michael Johnson • Prosperity String Band • Electricity (Bob Lucas) • Jesse Winchester • Hot Rize • Steve Goodman • Roseanne Cash • Ricky Skaggs Band • New Grass Revival • Gospel Jam • Berline, Crary, and Hickman • Bryan Bowers • Norman Blake • Buck White and Down Home Folks • John Hartford • Leon Russell with New Grass Revival
The 9th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 25-27, 1982
Band Contest • Pat Donahue and Mary Flowers • Country Gazette • Peter Rowan • The Dillards • The Larry Franklin Band • Rattlesnake Annie • Southern Exposure • Norman Blake • Steve Goodman • New Grass Revival • Levon Helm • Russell Smith and the Muscle Shoals All-Stars • Delbert McClinton • Gospel Set • The Android Sisters • Band Contest Winner • Hot Rize • Buck White and the Down Home Folks • Ricky Skaggs • Willie Nelson
The 10th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 24-26, 1983
Hot Rize • Bryan Bowers • Country Gazette • Bill Monroe • John Hartford • Chris Hillman, Al Perkins and Herb Pederson • New Grass Revival • Russell Smith and the Muscle Shoals All-Stars • Doc Watson • David Grisman Quartet • Peter Rowan • and many more
The 11th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 22-24, 1984
Chris Daniels and Friends • Mac McNally • Vassar Clements • New Grass Revival • Tony Rice • Todd Phillips • Hot Rize • Jim Buchanan • Emory Gordy, Jr. • Herb Pederson • Berline, Crary and Hickman • Chris Hillman Band • David Bromberg • Mike Marshall • Darol Anger • Andy Narell • Norman Blake • Vince Gill • David Grisman • Doc And Merle Watson
The 12th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 21-23, 1985
Emmylou Harris and the Hot Band • John Hartford • Seldom Scene • Tony Trischka and Skyline • Hot Rize • Tony Rice • Nashville Bluegrass Band • Chris Daniels and the Kings • New Grass Revival • Doc and Merle Watson • The David Grisman Quintet • Peter Rowan and Crucial Country • Mark O’Connor • Bryan Bowers •
Alaska’s Hobo Jim
The 13th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 20-22, 1986
Easy Pickins • Berline, Crary & Hickman • Jonathan Edwards • Ophelia Swing Band • Hot Rize • New Grass Revival • Béla Fleck • Norman and Nancy Blake • David Bromberg • Peter Rowan and Crucial Country • Herb Pederson • Chuck Pyle • Seldom Scene • Chris Daniels and the Kings • Tony Trischka and Skyline • Doc Watson • Nitty Gritty Dirt Band • Jerry Douglas • Peter Ostroushko • David Grisman Quintet • Chris Hillman Band
The 14th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 19-21, 1987
Easy Pickins • Tony Rice Unit • Riders in the Sky • Runaway Express • Nancy Griffith • Hot Rize • Mark O’Connor • Edgar Meyer • Béla Fleck • Lyle Lovett • John Hartford • Rodney Crowell • Berline, Crary & Hickman • Jonathan Edwards • Chris Daniels and the Kings • Leo Kottke • Doc Watson • David Grisman Quintet • Jerry Douglas • Sam Bush • Nashville Bluegrass Band • Michael Martin Murphy • New Grass Revival • Rosanne Cash
The 15th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 16-19,1988 (first year as a four day event) - Official Printed Program (PDF File)
Pat Donahue • Beausoleil • Robert Earl Keen, jr. • Riders in the Sky • Runaway Express • Nancy Griffith • David Grisman Quintet • Peter Rowan and the Free Mexican Air Force • Norman and Nancy Blake • Nashville Bluegrass Band • John Hartford • Michael Martin Murphy • Ever’ Little Thing • David Bromberg • Chris Daniels and the Kings • Mike Cross • Hot Rize • New Grass Revival • Little Feat • Telluride All-Stars
The 16th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 22-25, 1989
Harvey Reid • The Subdudes • Good Ol’ Persons • Michael Martin Murphy • Runaway Express • Hot Rize • Riders in the Sky • New Grass Revival • William Eaton • Maura O’Connell • Jerry Douglas • Béla Fleck • Edgar Meyer • Russell Smith • Weary Hearts • Blue Rose • Peter Rowan • Nitty Gritty Dirt Band • Alison Krauss and Union Station • Red Knuckles • David Grisman • Bruce Hornsby • Tim and Mollie O’Brien • Russ Barenberg • Sam Bush • Mark O’Connor • Strength in Numbers • Chris Daniels and the Kings
The 17th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 21-24, 1990 - Official Printed Program (PDF File)
Powder Ridge • Michael Tomlinson • David Wilcox • Chris Proctor • Bill Monroe • Alison Krauss and Union Station • Chris Daniels and the Kings • Runaway Express • New Tradition • Béla Fleck and the Flecktones • Peter Rowan and Crucial Country • William Eaton • Laurie Lewis and Grant Street • The David Grisman Quintet • James Taylor • Left Hand String Band • Loose Ties • The Subdudes • Tony Trischka • Tim O’Brien • Strength In Numbers • John Cowan • Harvey Reid • Mary Chapin Carpenter • Nanci Griffith • Nitty Gritty Dirt Band • Bryan Bowers • Jonathan Edwards • Shawn Colvin
The 18th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 20-23, 1991
Dixie Chicks • Wind Machine • Tony Rice Unit • Subdudes • Harvey Reid • Jerry Douglas • Russ Barenberg • Lyle Lovett • William Eaton and Carlos Nakai • Jim Salestrom • Kathy Mattea • Norman and Nancy Blake • Alison Krauss • Edgar Meyer • Béla Fleck and the Flecktones • Chris Daniels and the Kings • Left Hand String Band • Tim and Mollie O’Brien • Mary Chapin Carpenter • Strength in Numbers • Sam Bush • John Hartford • Peter Rowan • James Taylor • New Tradition • Seldom Scene • David Wilcox • The Horseflies • Mark O’Connor • Maura O’Connell • Indigo Girls
The 19th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 18-21, 1992
Rusty String Band • Larry Good • EMM Band • Front Range • Kevin Welch Band • David Wilcox • Blue Rodeo • Timberline • Left Hand String Band • Good Ol’ Persons • Leo Kottke • Dougie MacLean • Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys • Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers • Delbert McClinton • Strange Rangers • Heartbeats • Peter Rowan • Hot Rize • Edgar Meyer • Béla Fleck and the Flecktones • Nanci Griffith and the Blue Moon Orchestra • Poi Dog Pondering • The Drepung Monks • Loose Ties • Alison Krauss and Union Station • Nashville Bluegrass Band • Shawn Colvin • Mary Chapin Carpenter • Sam Bush and John Cowan
The 20th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 17-20, 1993 - Official Printed Program (PDF File)
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys • Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers • Black Canyon Gang • The Bluegrass Patriots • Tish Hinojosa • Mark O’Connor • The Iguanas • Zachary Richard • Howard Bad Hand and the Heartbeat Singers • Left Hand String Band • William Eaton • Sugarbeat • Robert Earl Keen, Jr. • Tony Rice Unit • Peter Rowan and Awake Me In the New World • Shawn Colvin • Strength In Numbers • John Hiatt • Laurie Lewis and Grant Street • Tim O’Brien and the O’Boys • Seldom Scene • Douglas, Barenberg, and Meyer • Béla Fleck and the Flecktones • Mary Chapin Carpenter • Sam Bush and John Cowan • New Tradition • John Hartford • Del McCoury • Richard Thompson • Marc Cohn • Loreena McKennitt • Dan Fogelberg w/ Béla, Jerry, Sam and others
The 21st Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 16-19, 1994
String Cheese Incident • String Fever • Pierce Pettis • Tony Trischka and World Turning • Freewill Savages • California • The Johnson Mountain Boys • Nanci Griffith • Peter Rowan and Crucial Country • Tony Trischka and Béla Fleck • Loose Ties • Psychograss • Jimmie Dale Gilmour • Douglas, Barenberg, and Meyer • Jonell Mosser and Enough Rope • Rosanne Cash • Béla Fleck and the Flecktones • Wolfstone • Pete Wernick and the Live Five • Bad Livers • Sugarbeat • Tim and Mollie O’Brien and the O’Boys • Shawn Colvin • Junior Brown • Sam Bush and John Cowan • Mighty Clouds of Joy • The Lonesome River Band • The Rowan Brothers • Alison Krauss and Union Station • Paco de Lucia • David Wilcox • The Band
The 22nd Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 15-18, 1995 - Official Printed Program (PDF File)
Salt Licks • High Strung • Iris Dement • Chesapeake • Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys • Ani DiFranco • Wolfstone • The Daily Planet • William Eaton • Mark O’Connor • Sugarbeat • Leftover Salmon • Béla Fleck and the Flecktones • Bruce Cockburn • Peter Rowan and the Free Mexican Airforce w/ Flaco Jimenez • Bill Miller • Hapa • Tony Trischka, Syd Straw, and Dudley Connell • Tim & Mollie O’Brien and the O’Boys • Nashville Bluegrass Band • Mary Chapin Carpenter • Sam Bush and John Cowan • The Five Blind Boys from Alabama • IIIrd Tyme Out • Michael Hedges • Shawn Colvin • The Del McCoury Band • James Taylor • TBF Band w/ Russ Barenberg, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Béla Fleck, Tim O’Brien and Mark Schatz
The 23rd Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 20-23, 1996 - Official Printed Program (PDF File)
McGraw Gap • Loose Ties • String Cheese Incident • The Horseflies • Martin Sexton • Joan Armatrading • 16 Horsepower • Big Wooden Radio • Front Range • June Rich • David Lindley and Hani Naser • Tim and Mollie O’Brien and the O’Boys • Barenberg, Douglas, and Meyer • Emmylou Harris • Leftover Salmon • The Grass Is Greener • Maura O’Connell • Peter Rowan and Jerry Douglas • The David Grisman Quintet • Shawn Colvin • Béla Fleck and the Flecktones • Michelle Shocked • Sam Bush and Friends • The Zion Harmonizers • Claire Lynch and the Front Porch String Band • Norman Blake • The Osborne Brothers • The Nields • Steve Earle • Alison Krauss and Union Station • A Very Special Bluegrass Reunion featuring: David Grisman, Peter Rowan, Vassar Clements, Herb Pedersen and Roy Husky, jr.
The 24th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 19-22, 1997 - Official Printed Program (PDF File)
Cornbread Sally • Charles Sawtelle and the Whippets • Tony Furtado • String Cheese Incident • Lonesome River Band • Patty Griffin • Johnny Cash • Ashley McIsaac • Sam Hill • Laurie Lewis • Gillian Welch and David Rawlings • Keb’ Mo’ • The Laura Love Band • John Prine • Béla Fleck and the Flecktones • Leftover Salmon • Baby Gramps • Psychograss • Guy Clark • The Del McCoury Band • The Tim O’Brien and Jerry Douglas Band • Taj Mahal and the Senor Blues Band • Mary Chapin Carpenter • The Sam Bush Band w/ John Cowan • Raymond Myles • Harvey Reid • Solas • Peter Rowan w/ Jim Campilongo and the 10 Gallon Cats • Béla Fleck, Mike Marshall, and Edgar Meyer • Shawn Colvin • David Crosby • Lyle Lovett
The Silver Anniversary of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 18-21, 1998
Blue Highway • The Nashville Bluegrass Band • The String Cheese Incident • Catie Curtis • Bluegrass Reunion with: David Grisman, Peter Rowan, Vassar Clements, and Herb Pedersen • Big Head Todd and the Monsters • Washboard Chaz and Pastor Mustard • Ryan Shupe and the Rubberband • John Cowan • Out of the Woodwork • Peter Himmelman • The David Grisman Quintet • Emmylou Harris • Béla Fleck and the Flecktones with Bruce Hornsby • Tony Rice and David Grisman • John Hartford and Friends • Jerry Douglas with Tim O’Brien and Maura O’Connell • Hot Rize • Nanci Griffith and the Blue Moon Orchestra • The Sam Bush Band with John Cowan • Fairfield Four • Béla Fleck and Jerry Douglas • The Freighthoppers • The Del McCoury Band • Peter Rowan • Alison Krauss and Union Station • Mary Chapin Carpenter • Thunder Jam featuring: Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Béla Fleck, Tim O’Brien, Tony Rice, and Mark Schatz
The 26th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 17-20, 1999 - Official Printed Program (PDF File)
Rhonda Vincent and the Rage • Tim O’Brien, Dirk Powell and John Hermann • Alison Moorer • Leo Kottke • Great Big Sea • Junior Brown • Willie Nelson • Blue Mountain • The Floodplain Gang • Crucial Smith • Donna the Buffalo • John Cowan • Altan • Kelly Willis • Béla Fleck and the Flecktones • String Cheese Incident • Tony Rice and Jerry Douglas • Stacey Earle • Tim O’Brien Band • Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder • Shawn Colvin • Earl Scruggs and Friends • The Sam Bush Band • Leftover Salmon • Béla Fleck with Sandip Burman • Don Edwards • Peter Rowan and the Free Mexican Airforce • Thunder Jam • Mary Chapin Carpenter • The Del McCoury Band
The 27th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 15-18, 2000 - Official Printed Program (PDF File)
Heartbeat • Judith Edelman • New Grange • David Lindley with Wally Ingram • Natalie MacMaster • The Bluegrass Sessions • Jackson Browne • Michelle Shocked • Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott • Tony Furtado • Peter Rowan and Crucial Country • Susan Tedeschi • David Grisman Quintet • Béla Fleck & the Flecktones • John Cowan Band • Nickel Creek • Lonesome River Band • Bruce Hornsby and Béla Fleck • The Jerry Douglas Band • Longview • Tim O’Brien and the Crossing • The Sam Bush Band • Leftover Salmon • Churchstreet • Yonder Mountain String Band • Seldom Scene • Jesse Winchester • Natalie Merchant • Mary Chapin Carpenter • Bruce Hornsby • Bonnie Raitt
The 28th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 21-24, 2001 - Official Printed Program (PDF File)
John Hiatt and the Goners • Emmylou Harris • Alison Brown Quartet • Edgar Meyer and Mike Marshall • Mary Gauthier • Railroad Earth • Clear Blue • Leftover Salmon • Béla Fleck • Tony Furtado • Peter Rowan • Dan Tyminski • Comotion • Keller Williams • Bonepony • Yonder Mountain String Band • The Sam Bush Band • Ricky Skaggs • Mary Chapin Carpenter • The Jerry Douglas Band • Nickel Creek with Glen Phillips • Donna the Buffalo • Acoustic Syndicate • Alison Krauss and Union Station • John Cowan Band • The Tim O'Brien Band • Blue Highway • Boom Chicks • Edgar Meyer
The 29th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 20-23, 2002 - Official Printed Program (PDF File)
Single Malt Band • Hayseed Dixie • Eddie From Ohio • Robert Randolph and the Family Band • John Cowan Band • The Del McCoury Band • Ben Harper • The Sawdoctors • Bearfoot Bluegrass • Todd Snider • Mike Marshall and Chris Thile • Rhonda Vincent and the Rage • Yonder Mountain String Band • Emmylou Harris with Linda Ronstadt • Béla Fleck & the Flecktones • Cake • Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer • Railroad Earth • The Boomchicks • David Grisman Quintet • Nanci Griffith and the Blue Moon Orchestra • The Sam Bush Band • Leftover Salmon • Sam Bush and David Grisman • The Tim O'Brien Band • The Jerry Douglas Band • Lucinda Williams • Dr. Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
The 30th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 19-22, 2003 - Official Printed Program (PDF File)
Open Road • Hackensaw Boys • The Alison Brown Quartet •
Martin Sexton • The Tim O'Brien Band • Susan Tedeschi •
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band • The String Cheese Incident • South Austin Jug Band • Mountain Heart • Keller Williams • The Waifs • The Jerry Douglas Band • Kasey Chambers • Béla Fleck & the Flecktones • Leftover Salmon • Mike Marshall and Edgar Meyer • Peter Rowan and Tony Rice • Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin • Yonder Mountain String Band • Emmylou Harris & Spyboy • Vince Gill and special guests • The Horse Flies • Michelle Shocked • Boomchicks • The John Cowan Band • Nickel Creek • Hot Rize • Alison Krauss & Union Station • The Sam Bush Band
The 31st Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 17-20, 2004 - Official Printed Program (PDF File)
Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt, Guy Clark & Joe Ely • Ani Difranco • Spearhead • Sam Bush Band • Béla Fleck and the Flecktones • Rodney Crowell Band • Tim O'Brien • Seldom Scene • Del McCoury Band • The Mammals • Steve Earle and the Bluegrass Dukes • Jerry Douglas Band • Yonder Mountain String Band • Peter Rowan and Crucial Reggae with Burning Spear Horns • Jorma Kaukonen and Blue Country • Mavis Staples • John Cowan Band • Xavier Rudd • Bering Strait • Mark O'Connor and the Hot Swing Trio • Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer • Subdudes • John Cowan, Darrel Scott, & Nick Forster • Railroad Earth • Natalie MacMaster • Mindy Smith • New Monsoon • Reeltime Travelers • Hit and Run Bluegrass • Steppin' In It
The 32nd Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 16-19, 2005 - Official Printed Program (PDF File)
Alison Krauss & Union Station • Emmylou Harris • Sam Bush Band • Jewel • Wilco • Trio! featuring Stanley Clarke, Béla Fleck, and Jean-Luc Ponty • Bobby McFerrin • Earl Scruggs and Friends • Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon • David Bromberg and the Large Band • Gillian Welch and David Rawlings • John Butler Trio • Yonder Mountain String Band • Tim O'Brien Band • Jerry Douglas Band • Peter Rowan • Old Crow Medicine Show • John Cowan Band • Béla Fleck Acoustic Trio featuring Casey Driessen and Bryan Sutton • The Duhks • Mountain Heart • Split Lip Rayfield • Kathleen Edwards • King Wilkie • Uncle Earl • The Wilders • Ollabelle • Burnett Family Bluegrass Band
The 33rd Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 15-18, 2006
Barenaked Ladies • Bonnie Raitt • Sam Bush Band • John Prine •
Béla Fleck & the Flecktones • Nickel Creek • Tim O'Brien Band •
Yonder Mountain String Band • Del McCoury Band • Neko Case •
The Decemberists • Drive-By Truckers • Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings •
Jerry Douglas Band • Peter Rowan & Tony Rice Quartet • John Cowan Band •
Shawn Camp • Missy Higgins • The Greencards • Edgar Meyer &
Mike Marshall • Drew Emmitt Band • Tim & Mollie O'Brien • Ryan Shupe & the Rubberband •
Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers • Linda Tillery & the Cultural Heritage Choir • Wayword Sons • The Badly Bent
The 34th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 21-24, 2007
Counting Crows • Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas •
Sam Bush Band • Chick Corea & Béla Fleck •
Emmylou Harris w/ John Starling & Carolina Star •
Telluride House Band featuring Béla, Sam, Jerry, Edgar, Darol, & Bryan •
Tony Rice w/ Alison Krauss & Union Station •
Béla Fleck & the Flecktones • Guster • Yonder Mountain String Band •
Los Lobos • New Orleans Social Club •
The Jerry Douglas Band • Chris Thile & The How to Grow a Band featuring Bryan Sutton •
Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile • The John Cowan Band • The Dougie MacLean Band •
Peter Rowan & Tony Rice Quartet • Jackie Greene •
Drew Emmitt, Vince Herman & Friends • Mike Marshall & Hamilton de Holanda • Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet featuring Béla Fleck, Casey Driessen, and Ben Sollee • Andy Statman Trio •
Crooked Still • Infamous Stringdusters •
The Avett Brothers • Sarah Jarosz w/ Mike Marshall & Ben Sollee • Greensky Bluegrass