DENVER — The Sundance Film Festival is set to take over at least 15 different venues in Boulder for movie screenings, artist talks and other festival programming next year. On Tuesday, it announced exactly where and when.

The Colorado debut of the long-running event is scheduled for Jan. 21-31, 2027, according to the Sundance Institute. Venues will include schools, theaters, auditoriums, chain movie theaters, and even a library.

Planning for the 2027 festival has been underway for months, with state, city and private resources flowing toward the fest’s financial stability. Sundance officials were expected to wait until after this year’s final event in Park City, Utah, which ran Jan. 22-Feb. 1, to announce the details for Boulder.

Boulder beat out Utah and Ohio as new host candidates for the festival, with Sundance announcing Boulder as the winner in March 2025 at a press conference outside the Boulder Theater.

The 2027 festival will feature “a wide range of world premieres, compelling conversations, special events, and more,” officials wrote. “… Boulder, Colorado, will be the Sundance Film Festival’s home beginning in 2027 and beyond.”

The locations and scenery provide an “ideal setting for festivalgoers from across the world to come together, revel in art, spark conversation, and create unforgettable memories,” said Eugene Hernandez, director of the festival and Sundance’s public programming. “Boulder offers a renowned creative arts and tech scene, paired with the vibrant CU Boulder students, faculty, and staff.”

Details regarding the readiness of the University of Colorado’s venues for the festival’s needs are still in discussion, said school spokesperson Nicole Cousins.

However, there will be plenty of benefits to the university, according to Chancellor Justin Schwartz. Those include a higher profile for the school and a chance for students to get insight not just into Sundance’s film programming, but hospitality, security and planning for big events at those campus venues.

It’s a huge opportunity across the board, he said in video comments shared with The Denver Post, adding that CU has been anticipating this announcement for more than two years.

Officials with Chautauqua Auditorium and the Boulder Theater — both significant Sundance venues — did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Here are the 2027 Sundance Film Festival official venues:

Theaters

Boedecker Theater — Dairy Arts Center

Boulder High School Auditorium

Boulder Theater

Casey Middle School Auditorium

Chautauqua Auditorium

Cinemark Century Boulder

eTown Hall

Gordon Gamm Theater — Dairy Arts Center

Macky Auditorium Concert Hall — University of Colorado Boulder

Muenzinger Auditorium — University of Colorado Boulder

Roe Green Theatre — University of Colorado Boulder

Talks and Festival Programming

Canyon Theater, Boulder Public Library District

Dairy Arts Center

eTown Hall

Old Main — University of Colorado Boulder

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