Dated news and developments about Sundance 2027 in Boulder, updated as new information is confirmed.
QUICK ANSWER Sundance Institute has confirmed an eighth Boulder venue for the 2027 festival: the Dairy Arts Center, a multidisciplinary arts hub built inside a former milk processing plant. Its Boedecker Theater will serve as a screening venue, and the Dairy will be the primary home for New Frontier, the boundary pushing program returning after…
QUICK ANSWER Three cities next to Boulder are handling short-term rentals for Sundance 2027 in three different ways. Louisville normally bans short-term rentals citywide but has created a temporary festival exception. Superior has set up its own separate Festival Short Term Rental License. Lafayette has not created any festival-specific program, so its standard rules, including…
QUICK ANSWER Beyond the widely covered Macky Auditorium, Boulder Theater, and Chautauqua Auditorium, Sundance Institute’s own venue overview names three more CU Boulder locations, Muenzinger Auditorium, Roe Green Theatre, and Old Main, plus two Boulder Valley School District campuses, Boulder High School and Casey Middle School, as part of the festival’s 15 official Boulder venues….
QUICK ANSWER The City of Boulder’s own Sundance FAQ page puts average festival attendance at about 86,000 people, with a pre-pandemic peak near 125,000, and estimates roughly a third of attendees traveling from out of state. The same page cites Utah’s 2025 festival generating $196.1 million in economic activity and about 2,697 jobs, and references…
QUICK ANSWER Boulder’s official guidance points visitors toward transit, biking, and walking instead of driving for Sundance 2027, and confirms that US 36, CO 7, CO 93, and CO 119 are the corridors expected to see the most festival traffic. A free shuttle bus and extended late night transit service have been reported by local…
QUICK ANSWER Confirmed: Boulder’s Festival Lodging Rental License, the permit that lets people rent out housing during Sundance 2027, is not just for homeowners. City Council added a feature that lets tenants apply for their own license and sublease their rented home during the festival, as long as the property owner consents in writing. It…
QUICK ANSWER Reported: Erie, Colorado, a town northeast of Boulder with no hotels of its own, has been moving toward a November 2026 ballot measure that would create a new 3.5 percent lodging tax along with a half cent sales and use tax increase. Local reporting ties the timing directly to Sundance 2027, since Erie…
QUICK ANSWER Confirmed: the City of Boulder has published an official “Rules of the Road” page for Sundance 2027 operations, and the first real deadline is close. Businesses that want an indoor temporary occupancy change, a special event permit, or a conditional use approval for the festival have a preliminary deadline of September 23, 2026,…
Home / Sundance Film Festival / Ticket Prices Update Compiled by our research editor · Published September 9, 2026 · Updated September 11, 2026 Updates Update, September 11, 2026: Since this post was first published, Sundance Institute has published full official 2027 ticket pricing. Everything below has been corrected to match. For the complete, continuously…
QUICK ANSWER Chautauqua Auditorium, one of the confirmed Sundance 2027 screening venues, is in the middle of a major winterization and accessibility renovation that hit a stop work order in March 2026 over unpermitted structural work. The order was lifted in late April 2026 once proper permits were approved, and as of the most recent…