Vail Dance Festival

Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater in summer · Photo: Elena Pizarro via Google

• When: Opening night Friday, July 30, 2027; showtime and full festival schedule not yet published
• Where: Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Ford Park, 530 S Frontage Rd E, Vail, CO 81657
• Cost: Ticket prices not yet published
• Organizer: Vail Dance Festival - Vail Valley Foundation

Official Event Page

The Vail Dance Festival has set Friday, July 30, 2027 as opening night for its next season. The rest of the 2027 schedule, the artists and the ticket on-sale date had not been announced when we checked; we will add them here once they are published. The festival's main stage is the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater in Ford Park.

About the festival

The festival grew out of three sold-out performances by the Bolshoi Ballet Academy of Moscow at the Ford Amphitheater in 1989. It now runs each summer under the Vail Valley Foundation, with ballet and contemporary dance performances, master classes, and community programs such as Celebrate The Beat for local students.

Tickets

Tickets are sold online through the festival and at two box offices: the Ford Amphitheater box office, open May to September, and the Vilar Performing Arts Center box office in Beaver Creek, open year-round. The festival names vaildance.org, grfavail.com, vaildancetickets.org and ticketsvail.com among its only official ticket sellers, so avoid resale sites. An Encore Club Pass with lawn tickets to every amphitheater performance has been offered in past seasons.

At the amphitheater

The amphitheater seats 1,260 under its covered pavilion and about 1,300 more on the lawn, which is first come, first served. Gates open an hour before showtime, and food and drinks are sold on site. Parking at Ford Park and the soccer field lot is limited and paid; the Vail Village and Lionshead parking structures are a short walk or shuttle ride away, and courtesy carts run from the top of the path before and after shows.

Details checked against the organizer's official site, vaildance.org, on September 28, 2026. Dates and times can change; confirm with the organizer before you go.