Elks Park Stage
Elks Park Stage
Elks Park Stage
A long-standing Telluride tradition, FREE intimate music sets will be presented at Elks Park, off of West Colorado Ave, between South Aspen Street and South Fir Street.
These free events will be held daily from the Thursday through Sunday of the Festival weekend. Seating is general admission.
The 2025 Elks Park Schedule will be posted closer to the Festival, but you can check out the artists that rocked the park last year below.
2024 Elks Park Stage Schedule
Thursday
June 20 Jun 20
Kenneth Penman
Elks Park
11:00am
S Oak St, Telluride, CO 81435
Troubadour Contest: Preliminary Round
Elks Park
11:45pm
S Oak St, Telluride, CO 81435
The Telluride Troubadour Competition is a nationally recognized songwriter competition open to anyone who writes and performs original music and is not currently signed to a major recording or publishing deal.
Contestants are judged on the quality of the song’s composition (50%), vocal delivery (25%), and the overall performance (25%).
2024 Telluride Troubadour Top Ten (10) finalists were selected from over 300 entries and will compete in a live performance contest for cash and prizes, as well as critical acclaim, well-deserved recognition, and a chance to perform on the festival main stage!
Larry & Joe
Elks Park
1:30pm
S Oak St, Telluride, CO 81435
AJ Lee & Blue Summit
Elks Park
3:00pm
S Oak St, Telluride, CO 81435
The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys
Elks Park
4:30pm
S Oak St, Telluride, CO 81435
Friday
June 21 Jun 21
Yoga
Elks Park
8:30am
S Oak St, Telluride, CO 81435
Band Contest: Preliminary Round
Elks Park
10:00am
S Oak St, Telluride, CO 81435
he Telluride Band Contest is a nationally-recognized bluegrass contest. Finalists are awarded cash and prizes, as well as critical acclaim, well-deserved recognition, and a spot on the next year’s lineup to perform on the festival main stage.
Congratulations to the 2023 Telluride Bluegrass Band Contest winner: The Fretliners from Lyons, CO. The Fretliners will be playing the 2024 Telluride Bluegrass Festival and have won an EP Recording package provided by eTown Hall Studio and Airshow Boulder as well as a free 4-day van rental from Titus Adventure!
The Langan Band
Elks Park
1:15pm
S Oak St, Telluride, CO 81435
Troubadour Contest: Final Round
Elks Park
2:30pm
S Oak St, Telluride, CO 81435
The Telluride Troubadour Competition is a nationally recognized songwriter competition open to anyone who writes and performs original music and is not currently signed to a major recording or publishing deal.
Contestants are judged on the quality of the song’s composition (50%), vocal delivery (25%), and the overall performance (25%).
2024 Telluride Troubadour Top Ten (10) finalists were selected from over 300 entries and will compete in a live performance contest for cash and prizes, as well as critical acclaim, well-deserved recognition, and a chance to perform on the festival main stage!
Troubadours In The Round: Jeff Crammer, Eliza Thorp, Eva Rose King
Elks Park
3:45pm
S Oak St, Telluride, CO 81435
Troubadour Contest: Winners Announced
Elks Park
4:45pm
S Oak St, Telluride, CO 81435
The Telluride Troubadour Competition is a nationally recognized songwriter competition open to anyone who writes and performs original music and is not currently signed to a major recording or publishing deal.
Contestants are judged on the quality of the song’s composition (50%), vocal delivery (25%), and the overall performance (25%).
2024 Telluride Troubadour Top Ten (10) finalists were selected from over 300 entries and will compete in a live performance contest for cash and prizes, as well as critical acclaim, well-deserved recognition, and a chance to perform on the festival main stage!
Big Richard
Elks Park
5:00pm
S Oak St, Telluride, CO 81435
Saturday
June 22 Jun 22
Yoga
Elks Park
8:30am
S Oak St, Telluride, CO 81435
Jackson Emmer
Elks Park
11:00am
S Oak St, Telluride, CO 81435
Chatham County Line
Elks Park
12:00pm
S Oak St, Telluride, CO 81435
Troubadours In The Round: Madison Hughes, Racyne Parker, Andy Sydow
Elks Park
1:30pm
S Oak St, Telluride, CO 81435
The Sensational Barnes Brothers
Elks Park
3:00pm
S Oak St, Telluride, CO 81435
The Fretliners
Elks Park
4:30 PM
S Oak St, Telluride, CO 81435
It is rare for there to exist a defining moment that changes the trajectory of four lives at once. But, clear as a lightning bolt in an open field, so electric was the moment The Fretliners first played together around a single microphone in the Cloverlick banjo shop barn one fateful evening, they knew they would be inseparable from that moment on.
The Fretliners (Tom Knowlton - guitar, Sam Parks - mandolin, Dan Andree - fiddle, Taylor Shuck - bass) are a genuine and powerful bluegrass quartet recognized for their songwriting and undeniable chemistry. Their newfound camaraderie produces an energy that is as infectious on stage as it is on record. So much so that in the summer of 2023, they won both band competitions at Telluride Bluegrass and Rockygrass Festivals—a feat that had only been accomplished once before. That September, they released their debut eponymous album to acclaim and adoration.
With one eye on the rear-view, inspired by that traditional high lonesome sound, The Fretliners navigate a road less traveled into the peaks of Rocky Mountain original bluegrass.
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Sunday
June 23 Jun 23
Yoga
Elks Park
8:30am
S Oak St, Telluride, CO 81435
Andy Thorn and Friends
Elks Park
11:00am
S Oak St, Telluride, CO 81435
Troubadours In The Round: Martin Gilmore, Eugenia Riot, Mike Stocksdale, Eliza Edens
Elks Park
12:15pm
S Oak St, Telluride, CO 81435
Ocie Elliott
Elks Park
2:00pm
S Oak St, Telluride, CO 81435
The Lil Smokies
Elks Park
3:30pm
S Oak St, Telluride, CO 81435
The Elks Park workshop schedule is subject to change. We will post any workshop updates to the webpage as soon as they are available.