FirstGrass

FirstGrass

FirstGrass

Wednesday, June 19, 2024 • 5-8pm • Mountain Village

FirstGrass

A cherished Festivarian tradition, FirstGrass is a free outdoor show in the stunning Sunset Plaza in Mountain Village–it’s the perfect way to begin your Telluride Bluegrass experience at 9,540’!

Board the free gondola from Telluride up to Mountain Village, and plan to spend the evening dining at one of the numerous great restaurants, wandering the shops, taking in the spectacular views, and enjoying the first official sounds of the 50th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival.

Wednesday

June 19 Jun 19

Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass

Sunset Plaza, Mountain Village

5:00pm

FirstGrass

Danny Paisley and The Southern Grass continue to be deeply rooted in tradition but look to the future with enthusiasm and anticipation. This year brings renewed excitement as the group has earned significant chart action for their Pinecastle Records release, Bluegrass Troubadour.

Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass play powerful, unadorned, and intense traditional bluegrass. There is no hybrid or genre-bending music here. Their combination of instrumentation and vocals convey the energy and emotion of classic bluegrass and country music. Danny’s lead vocals will captivate your senses, so much so that many prominent musicians, including Alison Krauss, have considered Danny as one of their favorite singers. His voice combines powerful range and soulful blues with a sound like no one else in bluegrass today.

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Big Richard

Sunset Plaza, Mountain Village

6:30pm

FirstGrass

What began as an all-female festival collab quickly morphed into a serious passion project driven by sisterhood, harmony and humor…along with the shared desire to rage fiddle tunes and smash the patriarchy.

Big Richard is a neo-acoustic super group made up of four well established Colorado musicians: Bonnie Sims on mandolin (Bonnie & Taylor Sims/Everybody Loves An Outlaw/Bonnie & the Clydes), Joy Adams on cello (Nathaniel Rateliff/Darol Anger/Half Pelican), and Eve Panning on fiddle (Lonesome Days).

Formed in late 2021, the band gained immediate notoriety for their charismatic stage presence and their vocal/instrumental prowess. After selling out all of their club shows Big Richard quickly started confirming festival appearances across America.

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FirstGrass


The FirstGrass Concert is completely free thanks to a partnership between Planet Bluegrass and the Town of Mountain Village.