The Durango Meltdown

About Us
14th annual Durango Bluegrass Meltdown! For three days, the town of Durango will be filled with bluegrass sounds. Old time, Celtic music, traditional and progressive bluegrass will fill the theaters, hotel lobbies, bars and sidewalks. The Main Stages of the festival will have a two time Grammy award winner with Jim Lauderdale and three time International Bluegrass Music Award winners Infamous Stringdusters. Chris Stuart and Backcountry will bring award winning songs to the Meltdown - and Hurricane Creek, who couldn’t make the 2007 festival due to powerful storms throughout the South, will be here to bring their driving original music to your ears. Inside you'll find descriptions and schedules for all of our main concerts as well as information on workshops, open jams, and special events.

The Meltdown would like to thank our main sponsor again for 2008, Durango Brewing Company. All of the festival’s sponsors are listed in the program – please patronize them as well. The fun begins on Friday from 5:00 - 7:00 pm with a long standing Meltdown tradition: the free to the public warm-up for the Meltdown concert. Please note that this year the concert will be held at the Elks Lodge at, 901 East 2nd Avenue. Start your weekend off with The Blue Canyon Boys! Meltdown ticket holders may enjoy concerts Friday evening and into Saturday and Sunday, with a special Gospel show on Sunday morning at the Durango Arts Center.

A series of special events will be held all Saturday afternoon and evening at the Durango Elks Lodge. Reasonably priced food, beverages and some of our talented local and regional musicians can be enjoyed during The Band Showcase from 12:00 - 5:00 pm and the popular Songwriters in the Round from 5:00 - 6:30. Also the Old Time Barn Dance will be returning Saturday night at 7:00 pm with Sweet Sunny South.