Thursday, August 10 at 9:00 pm - Sheridan Opera House
Kick off the 2023 Telluride Jazz Festival in style with a special opening concert featuring Tuba Skinny at the historic Sheridan Opera House on Thursday, August 10, 2023.
This opening concert used to be reserved exclusively for Patron pass-holders but we recently opened up a limited amount of tickets for the experience so that everyone can participate and kick off the festival in style. Join us for what is sure to be an unforgettable performance and a show that you won’t want to miss.
Tickets for the show are $35 and on sale now. Access to the concert is included in the Patron Pass.
Doors for this show open at 8:30 pm and the show starts at 9:00 pm.
Tuba Skinny
Close your eyes as you listen to this traditional jazz band and you can transport yourself to Royal Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Though they’ve released nearly a dozen records and have toured the world, picking up fans like R. Crumb and Neil Gaiman along the way, you can still find Tuba Skinny on the streets of their adopted hometown, cranking out the sounds of the 1920s and ‘30s as tourists amble by. It’s that connection with audiences they crave, so they’ll set up shop on the streets of any city they play. It is on the streets where what would become Tuba Skinny learned to not only become accomplished musicians, but to literally survive in a city ravaged by Katrina, playing a range of styles from old-time mountain music to Balkan folk and more. Today, they are a trad jazz band and a damn good one. Chances are good they’ll play on Colorado Avenue, too.
Sheridan Opera House
The Sheridan Opera House is an intimate 238-seat theater listed on the National Register of Historic Places and home to the Sheridan Arts Foundation. This historic landmark, referred to as both “Telluride’s Living Room” and “The Crown Jewel of Telluride,” has become a non-profit venue benefiting a number of local charitable organizations, community endeavors, small businesses as well as Boys and Girls Clubs of America.