Sundance Film Festival in Boulder
Plan Your Ultimate Festival Experience
Welcome to Boulder, Sundance Film Festival attendees — longtime fans, first-timers and the simply curious alike. The Festival is open to everyone to attend, and there’s a place for you here. The Sundance Film Festival community is an incredibly special one, and we are humbled to become part of it as the event’s new host city beginning in 2027. Start here to get to know Boulder, and find ideas and resources to help plan your visit.
Countdown to the Sundance Film Festival
A Few Boulder Basics
Boulder sits right where the Rocky Mountains rise from the plains, just 40 miles northwest of Denver International Airport. The city unfolds at the foot of the Flatirons, with a historic downtown along Pearl Street, more than 400 restaurants and counting, 160 miles of hiking trails, the beautiful University of Colorado Boulder campus and about 105,000 residents.
October 15, 2026 Passes and ticket packages on sale
December 2026 Film lineup and schedule is announced
January 8, 2027 Individual single screening tickets go on sale
Jan. 21-31, 2027 Sundance Film Festival in Boulder, Colorado
Curated Cuts
These mini guides are designed to show you a different side of Boulder — right when you need it. Come along for a new point of view.
Boulder Unscripted
Meet Boulder locals with recommendations for exploring their city.
Bobby Stucky
Bobby Stuckey, founder of the James Beard Award-winning and MICHELIN-starred Frasca Hospitality Group, is…
Read MorePaula DuPré Pesmen
Paula DuPré Pesmen is one of Boulder's most decorated residents working in film today, as well…
Read MoreStella Witcher
Get to know Stella Witcher, visual arts curator at Boulder’s Dairy Arts Center. Discover her favorite…
Read MoreLeeLee James
University of Colorado computer science student, former professional ice skater, ballroom competitor…
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Scenery Meets Story
Boulder sits at a threshold.
Here, open plains meet rising peaks
and city gives way to nature.
The metaphor is visible:
You leave one world and enter another.
Maybe that's why people have always
been drawn here to create change —
and to feel changed themselves.
Here, the horizon is never the end of the story.
It’s where your next one begins.
Scenery Meets Story
Boulder sits at a threshold.
Here, open plains meet rising peaks
and city gives way to nature.
The metaphor is visible:
You leave one world and enter another.
Maybe that's why people have always
been drawn here to create change —
and to feel changed themselves.
Here, the horizon is never the end of the story.
It’s where your next one begins.
Visit Boulder acknowledges that the land on which we live, work and recreate today has been inhabited by Indigenous people for more than 13,000 years. We honor all Native nations associated with the Boulder Valley, affirm their ancestral ties to their homeland and acknowledge the history of mistreatment and forced removal that has had a devastating impact on their communities. When we discuss Boulder with visitors and our communities, we are discussing Native lands, and we endeavor to do our part to include the stories of the area’s first inhabitants.
Boulder Through Your Lens
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