Telluride Jazz Festival Confirms 2026 Lineup: The Disco Biscuits (Powered Down), Lettuce, Don Was, Robert Randolph and More
Telluride Jazz Festival has unveiled the full artist lineup for its 2026 presentation. The festival’s 49th event since its 1977 debut will stage on August 7 and 8 at its typical venue of Telluride Town Park Campground in Telluride, Colo., with an eclectic lineup united by a theme of “Tradition and Evolution.” The 12 pioneering acts headed to the historic mining town nestled in the Rocky Mountains this year blur the lines between jazz, funk, jam and more.
This year’s Telluride Jazz Festival will tighten its usual program to two days, led by headline performances from jamtronica standard-bearers The Disco Biscuits and the forward-looking funk outfit Lettuce. The Disco Biscuits’ engagement on Friday night will arrive as the third presentation to date of their “powered down” format, swapping their complex MIDI rig for intricate acoustic renderings of their catalog, while Lettuce will close out the weekend with a celebration of Miles Davis’ 100th birthday.
Other high-profile participants in this year’s festival include Don Was & The Pan-Detroit Ensemble, continuing their traveling tribute to the Grateful Dead’s Blues for Allah, sacred steel axeman Robert Randolph, Adrian Quesada’s Trio Asesino, DTF: Deitch, Teitel and Fribush (an organ trio supergroup formally launched on Jam Cruise 22) and pioneering trumpeter, producer and composer Theo Croker.
Tickets for the 2026 Telluride Jazz Festival are available now. Find more information at telluridejazz.org.
