Article Contributed by Mike
Published on 2026-02-17
As the sun sets later and things begin to thaw, the countdown to the summer solstice and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival has officially begun. Whether gathering together with like-minded music fans in Telluride’s Town Park for the first time or the fifty-third, the anticipation of Thursday’s first set is already in motion, tugging on the hearts of festivarians far and wide. Today, promoters Planet Bluegrass are giving folks even more to be excited about with a list of lineup additions for this year’s festival—June 18-21 in the vibrant mountain town of Telluride, Colorado.
Eagle-eyed Telluride heads may have noticed a severe lack of Béla Fleck on the initial lineup release, but the time has come to say, no more! Five-time Grammy winner and Kennedy Center Honoree Renée Fleming will take the Telluride Bluegrass stage alongside Fleck for The Fiddle and the Drum, featuring My Bluegrass Heart, an all-new collaboration between the legendary soprano and banjo luminary. “We thought we knew all the tricks up Bela’s sleeve by now, but here he comes with a new collaboration to blow our socks off in such a deep and beautiful way that you’d never expect it,” says Planet Bluegrass’s Craig Ferguson.
Additional acts announced today include the signature raspy drawl of Maggie Antone, breakthrough Western Canadian singer-songwriter Noeline Hofmann, the nearly-local sextet of Clay Street Unit, classical Americana super trio Lark, Roman, & Meyer, Boy Golden’s silky songcraft, the beautifully gutting writing and singing of Rett Madison, and the Scotland-based world-folk quartet, Dallahan. A full lineup, including previously announced performers like Tedeschi Trucks Band, Gregory Alan Isakov, and Larkin Poe, can be found below, and, along with the newly released daily lineups, at bluegrass.com
A very limited number of tickets and camping passes are still available for this year’s Telluride Bluegrass Festival and can be purchased at this link. For more information, please visit bluegrass.com/telluride.
Telluride Bluegrass Festival 2026 Lineup:
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Gregory Alan Isakov
Larkin Poe
Shakey Graves
Sam Bush Band
Flatland Cavalry
Greensky Bluegrass
Renée Fleming with Béla Fleck: The Fiddle and the Drum feat. My Bluegrass Heart
Maggie Antone
Punch Brothers
The Infamous Stringdusters
Watchhouse Duo
Leftover Salmon
Sierra Hull
The Telluride House Band
Jake Shimabukuro
Peter Rowan Walls of Time Band
Noeline Hofmann
Chris Thile
AJ Lee & Blue Summit
Clay Street Unit
East Nash Grass
Lark, Roman & Meyer
Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland
Dom Flemons & The Traveling Wildfires
Boy Golden
Rett Madison
ALASH
Dallahan
Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light
