Thankfully, owner Craig Ferguson didn’t have to while booking acts for 2015. Last year, with his flood-ravaged offices in disarray, .
With the offices rebuilt in 2014, the booking process was hopefully a lot smoother for Ferguson, and now, organizers have shared with us the Telluride Bluegrass Festival 2015 initial lineup.
The initial lineup includes a historic first-time TBF appearance by Ry Cooder with Sharon White and Ricky Skaggs (billed as Cooder-White-Skaggs). It also features performances by John Butler Trio, Kacey Musgraves (who won the 2014 Grammy for best country album), Trampled by Turtles, Yonder Mountain String Band, Punch Brothers, Lake Street Dive, Greensky Bluegrass, Leftover Salmon and more.
Four-day passes to Telluride Bluegrass Festival 2015 — which takes place on June 18-21 — sold out within 10 minutes of going on sale earlier this month. Thursday and Sunday single-day tickets are still available, along with camping in a few nearby campground.
In November, Telluride Bluegrass Festival was — the first time a Colorado fest has been nominated in the category.
“It means that within the industry Telluride Bluegrass Festival is very well established and highly regarded,” Pollstar president and editor-in-chief Gary Bongiovanni
Telluride Bluegrass Festival 2015 initial lineup:
* Sam Bush Band
* Cooder – White – Skaggs
* John Butler Trio
* Kacey Musgraves
* Trampled by Turtles
* Telluride House Band
* Yonder Mountain String Band
* Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn
* Leftover Salmon
* Punch Brothers
* Hot Rize
* Greensky Bluegrass
* Lake Street Dive
* Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
* Jerry Douglas Band
* Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer
* Rhiannon Giddens
* Rock My Soul featuring The Fairfield Four & The McCrary Sisters
* Lau
* Noam Pikelny & Stuart Duncan
* Trout Steak Revival
* Telluride Troubadour & Band Contests
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