Wednesday, May 23, 2012

TELLURIDE BLUES & BREWS FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES COMPLETE 2012 LINEUP


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The 19th Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival featuring Phil Lesh & Friends, Gov't Mule, and The B-52s announced recently added musical geniuses Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Little Feat, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Anders Osborne, Heartless Bastards, Phil Wiggins & Rev. John Wilkins, Orgone, Kelley Hunt, Pickwick, Monophonics, and Big Jim Adam & John Stilwagen to the festival lineup. Previously released acts will include peformances by The Chris Robinson Brotherhood, MarchFourth Marching Band, Tab Benoit, Little Hurricane and The Lee Boys. 

Tickets for the 19th Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival are currently on sale now.

"September can't come fast enough," said Steve Gumble, President and founder of the Festival. "The Festival weekend will see longtime musical greats with some new emerging acts never to have graced the stage here in Telluride."

With three days of continuous live blues, rock, funk, and gospel, and Saturday's renowned Brews Grand Tasting, the Telluride Blues and Brews Festival is quickly gaining worldwide notoriety as the "Coolest Blues & Brews Festival in the United States."

On Saturday, the premier beer tasting event features more than 150 beers from over 50 accredited national microbreweries, including Telluride Blues & Brews Festival's official beer sponsor, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company. Aside from phenomenal beer, music is the main festival focus, and 2012 promises to be the best yet. With a variety of performances and the most talented musicians on the festival circuit today, festival-goers are guaranteed a magical, and amazing experience. There is something for everyone with main stage music all day, the Acoustic Blues Competition, Kids activities, blues with breakfast, and the famous late-night Juke Joint jams.

Three-day passes, Juke Joint tickets, and Camping passes are on sale now. Single day tickets for Friday, Saturday and Sunday go on sale June 15th. Juke Joint tickets are $25 per night, and feature late night jams at various intimate venues. Festival 4-day Camping passes are $40 per person, with camping located adjacent to the Festival grounds starting Thursday, September 13.

For festival information or to purchase tickets visit us online at tellurideblues.com. To purchase tickets by phone please call toll-free at (866) 515-6166. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for up-to-date news and contest ticket giveaways.


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Friday, May 11, 2012

CLIMB ABOARD THE 2ND ANNUAL DURANGO BLUES TRAIN JUNE 2, 2012!

The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad and the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival present the 2nd Annual Durango Blues Train this June 2, 2012. This exclusive musical event returns for a second year after overwhelming response and praise for the event’s first blues train. This exclusive ‘moving’ musical experience features seven live blues acts, while passengers travel on The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad’s coal-fired, steam-powered locomotive through the spectacular and breathtaking canyons of Colorado’s San Juan National Forest.

"We are very excited to return for a second amazing year, as this event is a crowd pleaser – sure to thrill music lovers everywhere,” said Steve Gumble, founder of Durango Blues Train. "This event has received incredible support and enthusiasm from both the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad and the local community, enabling us to return for a second year."

The Blues Train lineup this year includes Erik Boa and the Constrictors, The Sugar Thieves, Robby Overfield, Big Jim Adam & John Stilwagen, Todd and the Fox, Alex Maryol, and Donny Morales. Each artist performs in their own vintage coach car, as passengers are to free to dance, move and sample all the musical acts while traveling from one vintage rail car to next. Entertainment and favorite libations are peppered with the scenery of the famous train featured in the Hollywood production, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," among others.

Guests can enjoy live blues with a beer and wine cash bar while riding the rails. The train boards at 5:45 PM from the Durango train depot, hits the tracks at 6:20 pm, and arrives back in Durango at approximately 9:45 PM. Tickets are $95 per person, plus 6% Historic Train Preservation fee. Tickets are extremely limited and purchasers must be 21 years old to participate.

For more information or to purchase tickets to the Durango Blues Train visit Durangobluestrain.com or call toll free at (877) 872-4607.

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