3 DAYS
Grassroots Music Festival
Get ready to elevate your blues game at the 23rd Annual Blues from the Top Music Festival, hitting Winter Park, Colorado this June with a lineup so hot it’ll melt the mountain snow—think soul-shaking riffs, foot-stomping beats, and a three-day party that’s equal parts gritty and grand, all set against the stunning backdrop of the Rockies!
Photo Credits: © Mariyln Stringer
Photo Credits: © Mariyln Stringer
3 day VIP non-transferable passes are available only.
Single-day VIP tickets are not available.
2025 VIP Experience includes
- Preferred seating (first come first serve basis in VIP area)
- A private bar
- 3 complimentary drink tickets
- A hot snack ticket for Saturday & Sunday.
Please note:
- Preferred seating in the lower section nearest stage.
- Chairs are set up and provided for VIP. There is no assigned seating in the VIP section. VIP seat location is based on first-come, first-serve.
- Private VIP Bar behind the stage (Drinks are for purchase via credit card).
- All bathrooms are located at the top of the venue. There is no comp seating in VIP for kids. Paid ticket for this section is required.
General Admission
- 3 day GA non-transferable passes are available as well as single-day tickets.
- Seating in grass is based on a first come first serve basis. Food and drink are available for purchase.
- Kids 12 and under are free in General Admission when accompanied by an adult; no ticket is required.
NOTE: There are no refunds. The event is rain or shine. All times are subject to change.
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Need to purchase tickets? Buy early for the best rate.
- Tickets on sale soon
- Tickets are non-refundable. Show is rain or shine.
- Kids 12 and under are free in General Admission when accompanied by a paid adult.
There is no comp seating in VIP for kids. Paid VIP ticket is required regardless of age.
NOTE: There are no refunds. Event is rain or shine. All times are subject to change.
NOTE: There are no refunds. Event is rain or shine. All times are subject to change.
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Please note: This does not apply to outside retail vendors nor food vendors.
To be announced...
Log into your EventBrite account at www.eventbrite.com and they'll be right there waiting for you. Look at the top right of your browser window for my events or tickets.
Please visit our Lodging section of our website Official Lodging sponsors are Winter Park Mountain Lodge and StayWinterPark
There is also free parking at Cooper Creek Square, across the street from the Festival Entrance, located at 225, 47 Cooper Creek Way, Winter Park, CO 80482.
Disabled parking is available and located on corner of Highway 40 and Rendezvous Way, near Gate Entrance, but is limited to first come, first serve.
Visit TheLiftWP.com for schedule information and routes.
Please note, buses run until 2:00 a.m. into Winter Park and Fraser only.
Call the Free Shuttle Line at 970.726.4163 for Night Shuttle information.
Camping and RV parking in the area: PlayWinterPark.com
Also, a handy Grand County Campground Resource Guide to help you find the perfect spot.
Download the sponsorship packet here and fill out the sponsorship form here.
Questions, Email Tim.Hubbard@grandblues.org
Various volunteers positions are available on Friday June 27, Saturday June 28, Sunday, June 29, 2025, Monday, June 30, 2025
BENEFITS: Get a free volunteer t-shirt and lunch. Plus if volunteers work 2 shifts, they receive a 3 day GA wristband for 2025 BFTT festival day. If volunteering for one shift, volunteers get into festival for that same day for free.
Why Volunteer?
Your efforts contribute to the 501c3 non-profit Grand County Blues Society and its programs: Blue Star Connection, Check out the Music and help to help make this volunteer-based festival fun smoothly. Be proud and again, we thank you!
Please, fill out the form below for the volunteer positions you are interested in. NOTE: THESE SECTIONS ARE NOT GUARANTEED and you may have to be moved to a different position. Thank you for understanding.
Need Community Service hours? We got you.
AREAS NEEDED:
- Bar Areas (TIPS trained preferred)
- Front Gate/Ticketing
- GCBS/Blue Star Connection Tent
- VIP Food Tent
- Festival Set Up
- Festival Tear Down
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10' x 10' booth: $500
10' x 20' booth: $800
Contact Rob Krueger at rob.krueger@grandblues.org for 2024 vendor inquiry questions.
Silent Auction via GiveButter will be available at the Blues Star Connection Silent Auction Tent. Bid on multiple signed guitars by national artists while helping support Blue Star Connection.
Go to playWinterPark.com for the official community website. There you will find an array of activities, hiking/biking trail maps, restaurants, shopping and monthly event calendar and other services.
Main Stage Performer at BFTT
booking@grandblues.org.
Fill out this form to be considered to play on the Check Out The Music Side Stage.
Physical Press Kits can be mailed to:
GCBS
PO BOX 1530
Winter Park, Colorado 80482
Youth Artists Performer at BFTT
Contact Alex.Williams@grandblues.org to be considered to play on the Check out the Music side Stage.
Media Pass Request: Due to our limited capacity at this years event we can only allow a very small number of media passes. In order to support the the non-profit 501c3, Grand County Blues Society and its programs, Media selected must purchase festival tickets in order to enter venue.
Please note, if you would like to help sponsor, make a donation, or place complimentary advertising/promotion of the event before the event, event ticket fee may be waived.
If you would like to be considered, please email maria.chavez@grandblues.org. Media pass is not guaranteed. Note: Media pass is front-of-house access only with first three songs shots taken of each set. No backstage access. (These rules are subject to change at anytime without warning).
Below it is requested that five photo each section are given to the GCBS to use at our leisure:
- Volunteers
- Festival crowd/festival scenic
- Stage/instruments/artists.
Please note, if you have been a chosen photographer in the years prior and have not submitted requested photos at an appropriate time, then you will not be considered.
Appreciate your help supporting and promoting Blues From The Top. It is how we fund our Blues Star Connection, Check out the Music programs and the non-profit Grand County Blues Society as a whole.
Our Blue Star Connection program supports hospital music therapy departments across the country and has gifted over 800 instruments to children with life threatening health issues. In Grand County, Check out the Music exposes school age kids to blues music by funding school music programs, helping kids create their own “bluesical”, providing the Keeping the Blues Alive Stage for young musicians at Blues from the Top, and donating musical instruments to the Grand County Libraries so they are available for loan to patrons.
For more information visit grandblues.org
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Camping Suggestions
Checkout a list of campgrounds in the Grand County area or check out the handy Grand County Campground Camping Guide.
Blues From The Top
(All times are subject to change. Rain or shine. No refunds.)
Friday: Gates 4:30 | Music 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Saturday: Gates 10am | Music 11am - 6pm
Sunday: Gates 10am | Music 11am - 5pm