Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival Visitor Guides

Quick answer

Starting with its 2027 edition, the Sundance Film Festival is relocating from Park City, Utah to Boulder, Colorado, running January 21 to 31, 2027. This page is a navigation hub: use the guides below for dates, tickets, lodging, venues, transportation, cost, and first-timer planning.

Last verified: August 18, 2026Sources

What the festival is

Sundance is one of the largest showcases for independent film in the world, screening dramatic and documentary features, shorts, and new-media work across roughly ten days each January. It runs alongside an industry marketplace where distributors buy films, making it a launch point for a large share of each year’s award-season documentaries and breakout indie dramas.

Why the festival left Park City

Sundance Institute ran a public site-selection process before choosing Boulder, weighing venue capacity, hotel inventory, air access, and long-term costs against other finalist cities. For the full explanation, sourced directly to the Institute’s own announcements, see why Sundance is moving to Boulder.

Start planning

Every question that actually decides a Sundance 2027 trip is covered below: where to stay, what to expect at the venues, and what it costs to attend. If you are covering the festival or want to work it, our press accreditation and volunteer guides are in the grid too.

Start here

2027 Boulder Guide

The full planning hub for Sundance 2027 in Boulder.

 Planning

Dates & Location

Confirmed festival dates, deadlines, and the Boulder venue footprint.

 Tickets

Tickets & Passes

How ticketing works, waitlists, and what is still unconfirmed.

 Lodging

Where to Stay

Boulder vs. commuter towns, by venue proximity.

 Venues

Venues & Map

Where the screenings actually happen, by zone.

 Transportation

Getting To & Around Boulder

Flying in, parking, shuttles, and whether you need a car.

 Budget

What It Costs to Attend

A realistic total cost breakdown beyond just ticket prices.

 New here?

First-Timer’s Guide

What to know before your first Sundance.

 Latest

Updates

Our newest posts as Sundance 2027 details are confirmed.

Also see our press accreditation and volunteer guides, and the full history of Sundance.

This is an independent visitor planning resource and is not affiliated with Sundance Institute. Festival history and site-selection facts are sourced from Sundance Institute’s own public announcements.