Have you ever been to...

TELLURIDE, COLORADO ?
Ring in festival season!

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Ever hear of those vortexes of the earth from where positive energy - some kind of magnetic field of good karma - radiates?  Welcome to Telluride.  Now toss in a mandolin, and a menagerie of pickers the likes of Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, and endless jams from Yonder Mountain String Band - just to name a few, and you have the king of all summer music festivals: The Telluride Bluegrass Festival.  

Now, to be completely honest, I really hate to spread the word of this tiny festival (tickets sold out in about an hour this year!) Set at the base of a spectacular box canyon in the heart of the San Juan range, Telly can only support a fairly small affair.  If you were lucky enough to land Warner Field tickets this year, stop by "Camp Blow-It-Out" and check out all of their solutions for sustainable celebrating.  http://www.bluegrass.com/telluride/

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June 2011 (these shots were taken a day apart...How cool is that?!)

Not one of the lucky ones? Head to a vortex near you: The Grassroots Festival of Music & Dance in Trumansburg, NY.  Just outside of "gorges" Ithaca, this down-home festival is the real deal.  The atmosphere is super-friendly and the living is easy.  The food offering can't be beat, though I'm a fan of preparing a spread with friends.  Don't forget your favorite noisemaker; jam circles spring up 'round the clock.  Don't miss the velvety voice of Uniit, the hypnotic grooves of Plastic Nebraska, nor the ceaseless celebration put on by Thousands of One. http://www.grassrootsfest.org/festival/

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