Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Single Day Blues & Brews Tickets Going Fast! ‘Don’t Wait’ to Purchase

Tickets are going fast for the 19th Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival. Only a limited number of Single Day passes remain for both Saturday and Sunday, with Saturday tickets almost Sold Out! Saturday and Sunday tickets are $65 each, and Friday tickets are just $55 each. 3-day passes are also available for $170 each, and festival 4-day camping passes are $40 per person. Tickets can be purchased online at tellurideblues.com, by phone at 866.515.6166, or in person at both Telluride Music, located at 123 E. Colorado Ave and Wizard Entertainment, located at 126 East Colorado Avenue.

Saturday’s ticket includes the always-popular Grand Tasting, Saturday Sept. 15. One of the Southwest’s premier beer tasting events, the Grand Tasting features more than 150 beers from over 50 microbreweries. Breweries will showcase special edition brews with their favorite flavors from noon – 3 p.m. on the festival grounds. Festival bands Monophonics, Orgone and MarchFourth Marching Band will rock the Main Stage during the Grand Tasting while attendees can taste releases from 56 brewers and vote on their “Best of the Fest.”

Daily Lineups have been Announced. Click Here to purchase Blues & Brews tickets.

Friday, September 14, 2012
Pickwick
Little Hurricane
Heartless Bastards
Robert Randolph & the Family Band
Little Feat
The B-52s

Saturday, September 15, 2012
Monophonics
Orgone
MarchFourth Marching Band
Anders Osborne
Acoustic Blues Competition Winner
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Gov’t Mule

Sunday, September 16, 2012
The Lee Boys
Kelley Hunt
Phil Wiggins & Rev. John Wilkins
Tab Benoit
The Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Phil Lesh & Friends

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Thursday, July 26, 2012

WIN a VIP Trip to Telluride Blues & Brews Festival!

Love Telluride? Love beer? Love music? Love Blues & Brews? We've teamed up with Horny Toad, Paste Magazine, Telluride Alpine Lodging and Osprey for your chance to win an all inclusive VIP trip to the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival.

You read that right! Enter to win a VIP trip to the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival for two! It's as awesome as it sounds! Grand prize winner gets:
  • Two $500 Horny Toad gift cards
  • Airfare for two
  • Two 3-day VIP Blues and Brews Festival passes
  • Festival weekend lodging package for two at the Aspen street Inn
  • One iPod Nano
  • Two Osprey Packs
  • Two 1-year subscriptions to Paste Magazine
  • Other great treats to make your Blues and Brews weekend absolutely perfect

 

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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Telluride Acoustic Blues Competition Gives Aspiring Artists a Shot on the Main Stage

On Saturday, Sept. 15, the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival presents the 12th Annual Telluride Acoustic Blues Competition. The always-popular event takes place from 9 a.m. to noon during the Festival's Blues for Breakfast concert held at Telluride Elks Lodge, 472 W. Pacific Ave. For a nominal fee, take in solo performances by Acoustic Blues Competition finalists while enjoying breakfast, bloody marys, mimosas, and a full cash bar. Sunday's Blues for Breakfast also features Big Jim Adam & John Stilwagen.

Telluride Acoustic Blues Competition
The Telluride Acoustic Blues Competition seeks talented, aspiring musicians who excel in the blues music genre to participate in the event. The contest is open to any solo acoustic performer who is not currently signed to a record label or publishing deal. The competition invites six finalists to perform two songs (original or blues standard) at the breakfast. The musicians will be judged on presentation, use of instruments, vocals, and overall live performance. In addition, each competitor is asked to perform a third blues standard song selected by the judges. But don't worry competitors, each selected candidate will be notified of which song they are to play, so there will be plenty of time to practice!

The winner of the 2012 competition receives a $300 dollar cash prize, and a custom acoustic "Dobrato" resophonic guitar valued at $1,200, courtesy of Castle Creek Guitars in Gunnison, Colorado. And, more importantly, the winner will also be given the opportunity to perform a musical set on the Festival's Main Stage on Saturday evening after the Grand Tasting. The runner-up receives a cash prize and a Godin Guitar provided by Telluride Music. All finalists receive a commemorative tee shirt, a Three-Day Festival pass, and a $25 gift certificate provided by sponsor Telluride Music Company, located at 201 East Colorado Ave.

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Competition Submission

To enter, submit a clean recording of you, and only you, playing one or two songs. Submissions can be on CD, tape, or in mp3 format for uploading online at sonicbids.com/tellurideblues. There is a $10 submission fee to participate in the Telluride Acoustic Blues Competition. For CD and tape mail submissions, please send your demo and an enclosed check for $10 payable to Telluride Blues & Brews Festival to:

Valerie James - Telluride Acoustic Blues Competition
410 Monroe St NE
Albuquerque, NM 87108


Be sure to include your mailing address, phone number, email, and a short bio with your demo. The deadline for submission is Aug. 18, 2012. Remember competitors cannot be signed to a record label or publishing deal. No bands or back-up musicians are allowed - this is a solo competition only. Finalists will be notified on or before Aug. 25, 2012.

For more information about Telluride's Acoustic Blues Competition, please visit http://bit.ly/TellurideAcousticBluesCompetition.



Monday, July 9, 2012

Telluride Blues & Brews Kicks off the Weekend with Little Hurricane for the Bal de Maison

The 19th Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival is proud to announce San Diego Blues/Rock duo Little Hurricane for the Bal de Maison, a special weekend opening performance at the Historic Sheridan Opera House on Thursday, September 13th at 9:00pm. Limited tickets for the Bal de Maison are $20.00 and are currently onsale now at tellurideblues.com or by phone at (866) 515-6166.

Little HurricaneLittle Hurricane is currently touring the country in support of their debut album, Homewrecker, a hard-hitting sounding album that spins their timeworn dirty blues with a formula of comforting familiarity with originality. That is the one musical accolade that sticks out about this album, their originality and consistency throughout the album. Each album track blends their unique sound with the next and leaves you wanting more! The album is packed with raw, dirty blues spun with indie rock influences, great lyrics and a sound that will be unforgotten.

Little Hurricane embeds soulful verses and harmonized vocals, blending a synergic approach to finding the thread between the electric soul of Chicago blues and the raw grit of West Coast indie rock. Fronted by Anthony “Tone” Catalano on guitar, and backed by Celeste “CC” Spina on drums, the two young multi-instrumentalists have been making waves with their tension-building song structures embedded in six string distortion, heavy percussion, and tragically honest lyrical content.

As I Live Music blogger, Adam E. Smith put it, “this dynamic chemistry has afforded them the chance to take their deep blues tales to the frontlines of festivals with spots at Lollapalooza, South By Southwest, and Austin City Limits.” Making it a habit to stun audiences around the country, the buzzing live performance whirlwind is nothing short of impressive for a Southern California band that met via Craigslist and released their debut album Homewrecker in April of last year.    

All festival passes are currently onsale now. Saturday and Sunday passes are $65 with Friday passes fetching just $55. Three-Day passes run $170, Juke Joint passes 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 call toll-free at (866) 515-6166. Tickets available locally at both Telluride Music, located at 123 E. Colorado Ave and Wizard Entertainment, located at 126 East Colorado Avenue.

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