Couch Tour Alert | Telluride Bluegrass Festival

Today, an amazing group of performers with a focus on bluegrass come together in the beautiful mountain town of Telluride for the opening of this year’s Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Nickel Creek, The Del McCoury Band, Bela Fleck and the Colorado Symphony, Steve Winwood, Yonder Mountain String Band, Greensky Bluegrass and Leftover Salmon featuring Bill Payne are among the acts set to play the festival between today and Sunday. If you can’t make it in person, there’s an option to listen from home.

Telluride’s KOTO is providing a live audio stream from the festival. While no schedule has been posted on the station’s website, a note on the festival’s website reads, “Listen to the live audio stream of the entire festival, including artist interviews and other behind-the-scenes features, at KOTO.org.

Here’s the Main Stage schedule (all times MT):

Thursday, June 19, 2014

10:00am — Gates Open
11:00 -Noon — Chris Thile
12:30 -1:45pm — Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
2:15 -3:30pm — The Lone Bellow
4:00 -5:15pm — John Cowan, John McFee and Friends
5:45 -7:00pm — Del McCoury Band
7:30 -9:00pm — Nickel Creek
9:30 -11:00pm — Brandi Carlile

Friday, June 20, 2014

9:00am — Gates Open 10:00 -11:00am — Chatham County Line
11:15 -12:15pm — Aoife O’Donovan
12:30 -1:45pm — Keller Williams with The Travelin’ McCourys
2:15 -3:30pm — Jason Isbell
4:00 -5:15pm — Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott
6:00 -7:30pm — Béla Fleck and The Colorado Symphony
8:30 -10:00pm — Dave Rawlings Machine
10:30 -Midnight — Steve Winwood

Saturday, June 21, 2014

9:00am — Gates Open
9:45 -10:45am — Telluride Band Contest
11:00 -Noon — Front Country
12:30 -1:45pm — Peter Rowan’s Twang an’ Groove featuring Yungchen Lhamo
2:15 -3:30pm — Punch Brothers
4:00 -5:30pm — Yonder Mountain String Band
5:45 -6:00pm — Telluride Troubadour
6:15 -7:30pm — Andrew Bird & The Hands of Glory
8:00 -10:00pm — Sam Bush Band
10:30 -Midnight — Leftover Salmon featuring Bill Payne

Sunday, June 22, 2014

9:00am — Gates Open
10:00 -11:00am — Dailey & Vincent (Gospel Set)
11:30 -12:45pm — Béla Fleck & Brooklyn Rider
1:15 -2:30pm — Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers
3:00 -4:15pm — Jerry Douglas presents The Earls of Leicester
4:45 -6:00pm — Greensky Bluegrass
6:30 -8:00pm — Ray LaMontagne
8:45 -10:45pm — Telluride House Band featuring Sam, Béla, Jerry, Edgar, Bryan & Stuart with special guests Alison Krauss & Del McCoury