Tulagi sets up a four day festival in downtown Boulder

Tulagi, a four-day music festival, takes over downtown Boulder from August 27 to 30, SPIN reported on August 13. More than 160 artists are booked, including Big Head Todd and the Monsters, 1990s alt-rock act Everclear, and the Grammy-winning bluegrass group The SteelDrivers.

The event, formerly known as Boulder Roots Music Fest, forgoes a traditional festival field in favor of more than 20 walkable venues across downtown Boulder and the Pearl Street Mall, including the Boulder Theater, Boulder Bandshell, eTown and the Museum of Boulder. The lineup spans rock, funk, bluegrass, electronic, indie, soul and hip-hop, with acts such as Afro-Cuban funk artist Cimafunk, Denver collective itchy-O and electronic DJ Maddy O'Neal alongside the headliners.

The Tulagi name is a nod to the University Hill club that operated from 1948 until it closed in 2003, once hosting The Eagles, ZZ Top, The Doobie Brothers, Bob Seger and George Thorogood, and later acts like Jack Johnson, Death Cab for Cutie, Spoon and Fall Out Boy. Organizers renamed the festival for it after last year's debut as Boulder Roots Music Fest, expanding the concept into a broader celebration of the city's creative community.

Beyond music, this year's Tulagi adds visual artists, live painters, comedians and interactive experiences. Four-day passes and single-day tickets are on sale now for the August 27 to 30 run, and the full weekend is listed in the festival tracker.

The bill's range extends past its marquee names: Colorado jamgrass quartet Magoo shares the schedule with Cimafunk and itchy-O, and local radio station KGNU joins the roster of participating venues, reflecting organizers' stated goal of building the festival around Boulder's wider creative community rather than a single headline-driven field.