What's The Reason For This Podcast/Episode 59 - Steve Szymanski - From Telluride to Lyons: How Planet Bluegrass Built a Legacy

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Episode 59 - Steve Szymanski - From Telluride to Lyons: How Planet Bluegrass Built a Legacy
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Podcast What's The Reason For This Podcast
Date 2025-08-18
About Steve Szymanski
Length 16 min
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Episode Description

In this special RockyGrass episode, we sit down with Steve Szymanski , co-founder of Planet Bluegrass , the visionary behind Telluride Bluegrass, Folks Fest, and RockyGrass. Steve shares how a chance encounter in the late ’80s led him into the bluegrass world and eventually to shaping the thriving festival culture we know today. We dive into: 🌱 The Origin Story – How a struggling festival and a meeting on the streets of Boulder sparked the creation of Planet Bluegrass. 🏔️ Building RockyGrass –...