There are also many smaller film festivals in the United States, such as the Stony Brook Film Festival in Long Island, New York, the Northwest Filmmakers ' Festival, or the Sicilian Film Festival in Miami, Florida, which do not charge entry fees ; however, acceptance of films is usually more limited, and such film festivals do not necessarily attract big names in their audiences like Sundance and Telluride do.

The town of Telluride is the county seat and most populous town of San Miguel County in the southwestern portion of the U. S. state of Colorado.

The Telluride Historic District, which includes a significant portion of the town, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is also one of Colorado's 20 National Historic Landmarks.

Telluride is located at an elevation of 8, 750 feet in an isolated spot in Southwest Colorado.

From the west, Colorado Route 145 is the most common way into Telluride, however there are two alternate passes to enter the town as well.

The town is served by air transportation via Telluride Regional Airport ( TEX ), the highest altitude commercial airport in the United States.

Telluride boasts of a free box that is well supported by the community.

Beyond the ski lifts, Telluride is now widely recognized as an all-season resort.

Telluride Ski Resort is definitely the main attraction in the winter.

Telluride is served by Telluride Regional Airport.

Free public transportation is provided in Telluride.

Telluride was the subject of an essay by Edward Abbey, and Modern Telluride is the setting of Raymond H. Ring's 1988 detective novel Telluride Smile.

They seem to have chosen this name at least in part because of the theory that " Telluride " is itself a contraction of " To Hell You Ride ".

Originally a mining town, Telluride now is known for its ski resort, Telluride Ski Resort.

The county seat is Telluride.

Rico is developing in many ways as a bedroom community for the much wealthier town of Telluride in San Miguel County to the north.

The eastern portion of the county is served by CO 145 connecting to Dolores, CO, and Telluride, CO.

It is widely regarded as the highest in-bounds skiable terrain in North America, but the Telluride resort boasts Palmyra Peak () and Silverton Mountain has terrain up to.

*" Telluride ", a song by Tim McGraw from his sixth studio album, Set This Circus Down ( 2001 )

*" Telluride ", a song from Josh Gracin's second studio album, We Weren't Crazy ( 2008 ); a cover of the Tim McGraw song of the same name

" Telluride ," a song originally recorded by Tim McGraw on his 2001 album Set This Circus Down, was released as the album's fifth and final single.

In the summer, there are festivals almost every weekend, including Mountainfilm in Telluride, the Telluride Film Festival, Telluride Blues & Brews Festival, Mushroom Festival, Nothing Day Festival and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival.

* Independent films: In the US, Telluride Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Austin Film Festival, Austin's South by Southwest, New York City's Tribeca Film Festival and Slamdance Film Festival are all considered significant festivals for independent film.

* June 21 – First long-distance transmission of alternating current by the Ames power plant near Telluride, Colorado, by Lucien and Paul Nunn.

Telluride was originally named " Columbia ", but due to confusion with Columbia, California, the name was changed by the post office in 1887.

Mining was Telluride ’ s only industry until 1972, when the first ski lift was installed by Telluride Ski Resort founder Joseph T. Zoline and his Telluride Ski Corporation ( Telco ).

A view in Telluride from the ski slopes by Mountain Village.

In 1978, a stake of the ski area was purchased by Ron Allred and his partner Jim Wells to form the Telluride Company.

The new owners expanded the infrastructure which Zoline had put into place by adding a gondola connecting Telluride with the Mountain Village.

Mining operators in the San Juan mountain area of Colorado formed the San Juan District Mining Association ( SJDMA ) in 1903, as a direct result of a Western Federation of Miners proposal to the Telluride Mining Association for the eight hour day, which had been approved in a referendum by 72 percent of Colorado voters.

Mining operators in the San Juan mountain area of Colorado formed the San Juan District Mining Association ( SJDMA ) in 1903, as a direct result of a Western Federation of Miners proposal to the Telluride Mining Association for the eight hour day, which had been approved in a referendum by 72 percent of Colorado voters.

Mining operators in the San Juan mountain area of Colorado formed the San Juan District Mining Association ( SJDMA ) in 1903, as a direct result of a Western Federation of Miners proposal to the Telluride Mining Association for the eight hour day, which had been approved in a referendum by 72 percent of Colorado voters.

The development of the area was spurred by the discovery of large silver deposits near Rico in 1879, and the Rio Grande Southern Railroad was constructed through the County to connect Durango, Telluride, and Ridgway in 1890-92 The RGS served the eastern end of Dolores County until 1952 when it was abandoned.

Meanwhile, festivals like the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Rocky-Grass in Lyons, Colorado and the Nederland, Colorado based Yonder Mountain String Band in the United States, and Druhá Tráva in the Czech Republic attract large audiences while expanding the range of progressive bluegrass in the college-jam band atmospheres, often called " jamgrass.

Meyer participates yearly in a bluegrass super group in Telluride, Colorado at their annual Bluegrass Festival known as the House Band.

The Bridger Creek Boys, of Bozeman, are a Bluegrass band that were finalists at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival's 2007 Best New Band Contest.

In the 1980s, Lavender expanded his focus as an historian, writing about the Pacific Northwest in Fort Vancouver ( 1981 ), Wyoming in Fort Laramie ( 1984 ), Utah and Arizona in Colorado River Country ( 1982 ) and River Runners of the Grand Canyon ( 1985 ), California in California: A Place, a People, a Dream ( 1986 ) and California: Land of New Beginnings ( 1987 ), and Colorado in The Telluride Story ( 1987 ).

Leigh has received three separate career tributes — at the Telluride Film Festival in 1993, a special award for her contribution to independent cinema from the Film Society of Lincoln Center in 2002, and a week-long retrospective showing of her film work held by the American Cinematheque at Los Angeles ' Egyptian Theatre in 2001.

* Was awarded the Telluride Tech Festival Award of Technology in 2001.

In 2001, he was awarded the Telluride Tech Festival Award of Technology in Telluride, Colorado.

The Black Bear Sessions was released to the public in June 2001, one week before their appearance at Telluride.