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05-20-2022, 01:42 PM #1
T-Ride Bluegrass Newbie question
My wife got us tickets for Telluride Bluegrass for Sunday the 19th. We're going primarily to see the Turnpike Troubadours, I like bluegrass but not enough to drive all the way to T-Ride and sit in the hot sun with bluegrass festival people all weekend. I'm mostly wondering how essential it is to do the tarp-run/sleepout thing? There's only 2 of us and we're traveling light and don't really care where we sit or stand and really don't want to spend one of our 2 kid-free nights sleeping out to get a spot? what are our odds of finding an empty tarp when we want it? Is all the real-estate spoken for as soon as the gates open in the morning?
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05-20-2022, 02:00 PM #2
They don't do that anymore. It's a lottery. Just head in when you want and walk around. It's not crammed at all and you can pick your way up front most anytime.
Line Policy - Town Side (General Admission)
You must be physically present in line at all times - no empty chairs!
Numbers will be handed out each morning prior to the gates opening.
Even after receiving your number, you must stay in line - reasonable bathroom/coffee breaks aside.
Per Town ordinance, you may not camp in line - this means no tents, no cooking, and no sleeping.
One number, one person, one tarp.
Festivarians with numbers will be admitted into the Festival in order, one at a time, after going through the standard Customs procedure.
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05-20-2022, 02:19 PM #3
Thanks, that's always been my experience at music festivals but everything we had read made it sound like sleeping out was the only way to get a spot.
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05-20-2022, 02:36 PM #4
You'll find the vibe very very chill. Everyone is old and stoned. I like to hang out by the SBD.
Definitely get in position after your set for the House Band. It's always a highlight of the festival, no matter what year or what type of music you like.Is it radix panax notoginseng? - splat
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05-20-2022, 02:40 PM #5
Wife and I will be there Sunday too, we are also first-timers. I can't wait! Bought tickets before the Sunday lineup was announced and I'm stoked it turned out to be TT.
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05-20-2022, 02:41 PM #6
Sleeping out or whatever was the way to get a spot close up, but there's plenty of space if you don't care how close you are.
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05-20-2022, 04:20 PM #7
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05-20-2022, 04:29 PM #8
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05-21-2022, 08:11 AM #9Registered User
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Blankets and tarps get picked up prior to the last two sets and it all becomes a big standing/dancing area and is easy to make your way up close.
During the day I've always had good luck snagging someone's tarp while they were away.
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