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| 2009 Academy details announced... |
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Mark your calendars for the 2009 festivals and for the final online lottery: on-site camping for RockyGrass (November 24 - December 7). All other 2009 tickets go on sale on December 10.
We're excited to introduce several new classes for the 2009 RockyGrass Academy (July 19-23): traditional dance, songwriting & vocals, a guitar building course, and clawhammer banjo. In addition, we're offering instrument instruction from our world-class faculty, including Byron Berline, Dan Crary, Rob Ickes, Claire Lynch, Kruger Brothers, and many others. Make your plans now for the greatest week of bluegrass pickin' anywhere. Any classes which are not filled through the lottery will be available at 9am MST on Wednesday, December 10.
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| Sustainable Festivation water bottles now available online |
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We're hard at work confirming artists for the 36th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival (June 18-21). All we can confirm right now is that music, mountains, and magic will be uniquely intertwined once again fro the annual festivarian family reunion. Recommend your favorite artists for this year's lineup in the lively discussion over at the Festivarian Forum.
Despite a day and a half of intermittent rain, the 18th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival ended with triumph after triumph. We curled up with friends under layers of tarps and wool, singing along with some of the world's most important songwriters - Greg Brown, KT Tunstall, Nanci Griffith, Amos Lee, Patty Griffin, Dar Williams, Josh Ritter, Todd Snider, Greg Brown, The Waifs, The Mountain Goats, and many many more. If you joined us, take a minute to or share your thoughts on the Festivarian Forum.
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| Sustainability Toast at Telluride Bluegrass |
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Just a few months ago John Cowan was singing in a tent outside our offices; Mike Marshall was talking about diminished chords; Tony Trischka was sharing a story about Ornette Coleman; and "Bill Monroe" was mentioned in nearly every sentence. The 36th Annual RockyGrass was another fascinating weekend of bluegrass. Mark your calendar for the 37th RockyGrass - July 24-26, 2009.
In 2007, Governor Bill Ritter, jr. declared June 23 Colorado Bluegrass Day - honoring Planet Bluegrass for "using renewable energy to help protect our environment while producing a world-class festival." This honor reflects our years of leading the way in sustainable festivation and the green festival movement in America. Share your thoughts in our new sustainability blog.