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High Strung: The 45th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival

By Kenzie Bruce

Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 2:30 p.m.

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Kenzie Bruce The 45th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival took place June 21 to 24, 2018. 2/50

Kenzie Bruce Billy Strings played on Thursday, June 21, 2018. 3/50

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Kenzie Bruce The Bear Creek Trail is steps away from the festival grounds. 7/50

Kenzie Bruce The Wood Brothers performed on Thursday, June 21, 2018. 8/50

Kenzie Bruce The Wood Brothers performed on Thursday, June 21, 2018. 9/50

Kenzie Bruce Derek Trucks of the Tedeschi Trucks Band joined the Wood Brothers during their performance. 10/50

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Kenzie Bruce A couple walks through the Town Park campsite. 14/50

Kenzie Bruce Telluride has an elevation of almost 9,000 feet. 15/50

Kenzie Bruce The Tedeschi Trucks Band performed on Thursday, June 21, 2018. 16/50

Kenzie Bruce The Tedeschi Trucks Band performed on Thursday, June 21, 2018. 17/50

Kenzie Bruce The Tedeschi Trucks Band performed on Thursday, June 21, 2018. 18/50

Kenzie Bruce The Tedeschi Trucks Band performed on Thursday, June 21, 2018. 19/50

Kenzie Bruce Del McCoury joined the Tedeschi Trucks Band during the performance. 20/50

Kenzie Bruce The streets of Telluride closed to cars without a barricade pass, local county license plates or a handicap sticker from Tuesday, June 19, through Sunday, June 24. 21/50

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Kenzie Bruce Phoebe Hunt & the Gatherers performed on Friday, June 22, 2018. 24/50

Kenzie Bruce Phoebe Hunt & the Gatherers performed on Friday, June 22, 2018. 25/50

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Kenzie Bruce Planet Bluegrass encourages festival-goers to reuse and recycle as much as possible. 27/50

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Kenzie Bruce The Infamous Stringdusters performed on Friday, June 22, 2018. 29/50

Kenzie Bruce The Infamous Stringdusters performed on Friday, June 22, 2018. 30/50

Kenzie Bruce The Infamous Stringdusters performed on Friday, June 22, 2018. 31/50

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Kenzie Bruce The Infamous Stringdusters performed on Friday, June 22, 2018. 33/50

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Kenzie Bruce Sam Bush (left) and Jerry Douglass played on Friday, June 22, 2018. 37/50

Kenzie Bruce Béla Fleck joined the Telluride House Band on Friday, June 22, 2018. 38/50

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Kenzie Bruce Sturgill Simpson closed out the festival on Sunday night. 40/50

Kenzie Bruce Fans threw marshmallows during Yonder Mountain String Band's set. 41/50

Kenzie Bruce St. Paul & the Broken Bones played on Saturday, June 23, 2018. 42/50

Kenzie Bruce St. Paul & the Broken Bones played on Saturday, June 23, 2018. 43/50

Kenzie Bruce The band was featured in a live broadcast of "Live From Here" with Chris Thile. 44/50

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Kenzie Bruce Leftover Salmon played on Saturday, June 23, 2018. 48/50

Kenzie Bruce Leftover Salmon played on Saturday, June 23, 2018. 49/50

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High Strung: The 45th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival

More than 10,000 bluegrass lovers gathered June 21 to 24, 2018, for the 45th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Performers this year included the Tedeschi Trucks Band, the Infamous Stringdusters, I'm With Her, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Leftover Salmon, Sturgill Simpson and more.

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