Initial 2019 Telluride Bluegrass lineup

[BluegrassBrian]

Happy Winter Solstice Eve!  As has been the tradition for many years, we're leaking the initial TBF lineup to you Forumvarians before we share it anywhere else.  It's shaping up to be another magical Summer Solstice weekend at 8,750'...   

* Brandi Carlile
* Sam Bush Band
* Kacey Musgraves
* Jim James (Full Band)
* Gregory Alan Isakov
* Telluride House Band featuring Sam, Béla, Jerry, Edgar, Bryan & Stuart
* Greensky Bluegrass
* Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
* Yonder Mountain String Band
* Leftover Salmon: Stories from The Living Room
* Punch Brothers
* Alison Brown, Becky Buller, Missy Raines, Molly Tuttle & Sierra Hull
* The Tim O'Brien Band
* Railroad Earth
* Peter Rowan
* Lake Street Dive
* The Jerry Douglas Band
* Steep Canyon Rangers
* Chris Thile
* Broke Mountain Bluegrass Band (Reunion!)
* Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley
* Wood Belly
* Telluride Troubadour
* and many more still to be announced...

We'll post this lineup to our webpage at around 9am MST on Friday morning (the winter solstice).   
   www.bluegrass.com/telluride/lineup.html

In just 6 months we'll all be together again in Telluride...

 

 Listening to: Punch Brothers - All Ashore

[Australian fan]

Thanks Brian, so many of my favourites here, can’t wait to be back in the canyon.

Ps you made my heart jump in my mouth when I saw “ Alison...” but I’m very happy because I love Molly Tuttle

 Listening to: Greensky’s New tracks....so good

[ToddG]

Sweet! That Salmon set sure has my interest!

[BillyBeru]

so Travis is going to play but no Dusters - weird.

Bring back Billy Strings - he IS the scene.

Steep Canyon - that's what I'm talking about.

[ToddG]

so Travis is going to play but no Dusters - weird.

Bring back Billy Strings - he IS the scene.

Steep Canyon - that's what I'm talking about.

Couldn't agree more about Billy Strings he truly is "the scene", and he is continually blowing up, selling out shows, and being a massively entertaining show thats continually fresh. Billy is the Rockstar of Bluegrass.

[dnewgent]

Nice lineup, so far. If we could get Marcus Mumford, Elvis Costello, and Rhiannon Giddens, we could have some epic sets! Cheers   Thumbs Up

[happytimes]

So exciting; the Flecktones are worth price of admission!  In Mexico, there were epic sets from all but I was completely blown away by RRE and Stringdusters.  So happy RRE is back, and please please bring Stringdusters!  And yes indeed, Billy Strings had us leaping off the ground.  Seems like it would be grave oversight not to have him present.

[greyguitar]

Oh my, oh my! Brandi Carlile AND Kacey Musgraves at TBF?! My heart is happy. This is going to make Kacey's sold-out Red Rocks show (for the Wed after TBF) even sweeter. Cannot wait!!

As always, Planet Bluegrass, y'all continue to amaze me each year with the impressive lineups. Thanks for keeping us coming back year after year. 

 Listening to: Kacey Musgraves: Slow Burn

[KaraJean]

RRE was my gateway band to all this Bluegrass stuff. Much love to them.

Steep Canyon Rangers big crush on those guys.

Love me some Leftover, curious about this Living room story.

Kacey Musgraves new album is getting rave reviews. I got to listen to it soon.

Love the line up so far.

[august_west]

Nice start.

Gonna have to echo everyone else here. BILLY STRINGS.

Immediately searched the line up for him to no avail. Most chatter in the community was nice line up but..... WHERE IS BILLY STRINGS?

If Billiy strings is not brought to this years TBGF it will be a terrible failure of an oversight.

He is the scene. And Bluegrass and everything that Telluride stands for. Get him there.

Much love and respect.

 Listening to: Stings & Sol

[rme2015]

RRE + Telluride = Epic
Hoping RRE plays a nightgrass show also! Tim Carbone is so fun to watch.

[FaceOnMars]

Hoping RRE plays a nightgrass show also!

They did last time around and it was a far more face melting show than on their main stage (which was very good in its own right); they definitely went into a different "space" at the SOH.

Curious if anyone knows of a recording for that nightgrass show?  ... have kept an eye open ever since, but never found anything

[wiebs2334]

Great start to the lineup! Would love to see the Lil Smokies, Stringdusters and Billy Strings! Telluride is not quite the same without a good Dusting at the Palm!

[bschultz]

For a little Colorado flave, the band Meadow Mountain might be a good daytime band. Check out their cd from late last year. Up and coming. Won Rockygrass in 2017 and keep getting better

 Listening to: KDNK

[Psilocybin Brian]

Could someone share with me the timeline as to when the lineup is released? The initial list is released on Winter Solstice. But then what happens? When is the "headliner" announced? And, by the way, how does one define "the headliner"? Is it the band that plays on a particular night?  (As you can likely surmise, I am a total TBF noob!) Thanks in advance.....