Telluride Blues and Brews Festival

Pren Wilcox

Telluride Blues and Brews Festival ends the summer festival season with a bang — thousands of people come to town to boogie to some great music and to sample some of the best handcrafted brews from all over the country. For three hours in the afternoon, there is mayhem in town park for the beer tasting and every few minutes a huge whooping and hollering kicks off another group "cheers."

This year's music line-up has a decidedly cajun flavor, with the spicy funk sound of New Orleans: Chubby Carriers and the Bayou Swamp Band, John Mooney's Bluesiana, The Radiators with Bonerama and the Rhythm Council.

This year's headliners are Los Lonely Boys, Keb' Mo' Band and The Black Crowes. More than 50 microbreweries also put their best beers in the spotlight this weekend, with ales coming from as far away as Kona, Hawaii.