2021 Sunset Blues Concert At The Telluride Transfer Warehouse
Join us our free Sunset Blues Concert on Thursday, September 16 from 5-7 pm
featuring Jeremie Albino and Hannah Wicklund
Kick off the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival in the heart of downtown Telluride! New for 2021! The Sunset Blues Concert will be held at the historic, open-air Telluride Transfer Warehouse. The event is free and open to the public, and the event is rain or shine.
The Sunset Blues Concert is made possible by the generous support by Sierra Nevada Brewing Co, and the Telluride Arts District.
When you sidle right down front for Hannah Wicklund and The Steppin Stones — and yes, that’s we’re saying you need to do — you’re going to wonder why this is the first time you’ve heard this electrifying band before now. And if you already know, well, there you are on the front row. Fronted by the divine Ms. Wicklund playing fiery guitar and singing with soul and passion, The Steppin Stones first got together in 2005, when Hannah was just a teen. She started playing guitar when her dad gave her one in exchange for getting rid of her backyard trampoline. Obviously, she bounced back and was soon playing private gigs for AC/DC’s Brian Johnson’s race team. Now she and the band tour the world and have opened for acts like St. Paul and The Broken Bones and Jimmy Herring. You’re welcome.
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From our neighbor to the north, Canada, we give you Jeremie Albino, a singer-songwriter who will enthrall you with his compelling story-songs. The Toronto native left the city to work on farms in the country. There, he reveled in the wide open spaces and cultivated his skills on first the harmonica, and then the guitar. Forays into the city for open mic nights helped to further hone his craft and he found a manager and a record label that saw in him an authentic and soulful singer-songwriter. On his record, Hard Times, his songs shine in a band setting and are filled with honesty and purity. He’s a stunning new talent on the folk-Americana scene, and a breath of fresh air, sweeping in from the pastoral reaches of the Canadian farmland where his stories were born.
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The Transfer Warehouse has been a vital place of exchange for over a century. Once the central axis for the transfer of goods and supplies, it is now a public center for the transfer of arts and ideas. Small yet mighty, like Telluride, the flexible space will liberate, incubate, and amplify artists’ voices.
In the early 1900's, during the height of the mining boom, the only way in and out of town was by narrow-gauge railroad. The tracks ran alongside this very same corridor known then as the Warehouse District: a bustling hub of people and goods flowing in and out of the city. When the boom ended, Telluride became all but a ghost town, and many of the structures were left for ruin. However two of the buildings located on property, the Stronghouse (now Telluride’s newest craft brewery) and in particular the Transfer Warehouse still stand today as historic landmarks and reminders of their time.
Festival Transportation
During the festival weekend, gondola operating hours are from 6:30 am to 2:00 am Friday and Saturday, and until 1 am Sunday. Long lines are possible during peak times. For more information about parking and getting around Telluride, click here.