Boulder will host the Sundance Film Festival from Jan. 21-31, 2027, with screenings, talks and events spread across venues throughout the city and the University of Colorado campus. Based on the current venue map, Sundance will occupy roughly 5 square miles of Boulder, which is another way of saying that, if you plan on hoofing it, comfortable walking shoes will be mandatory.
Below is a guide to confirmed festival locations. This page will be updated as additional programming details are released.
Screening venues
Boedecker Theater
Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder
The 70-seat arthouse cinema tucked inside the Dairy Arts Center has plush chairs and a reputation for screening indie, international and documentary films you won’t find at the multiplex. It’s outfitted with 5.1 surround sound and high-definition digital projection, and yes, you can bring a glass of wine to your seat, which feels correct for this room.
Gordon Gamm Theater
Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder
The Dairy’s largest black box-style performance space seats around 250 people and is flexible enough to host film screenings without losing that close-up, intimate feel. The steep seating means you won’t be stuck behind someone in a beanie, and the whole setup translates surprisingly well to film.
Boulder Theater
2032 14th St., Boulder
This historic downtown venue with marquee lights and about 850 seats feels equally at home hosting film premieres, concerts and buzzy opening-night crowds Sundance tends to attract. The Art Deco facade and dreamily-lit lobby do most of the work here, this is the closest thing Boulder has to a built-in red carpet venue.
Chautauqua Auditorium
900 Baseline Road, Boulder
This 1,300-seat wooden auditorium was built in 1898 at the base of Boulder’s iconic Flatirons. It’s typically a warm-weather, open-air venue, but it’s being winterized ahead of Sundance, so there will be a January-ready version of the space rather than its usual summer setup. Either way, the setting and the surrounding Flatirons do a lot of heavy lifting here.
eTown Hall
1535 Spruce St., Boulder
A mid-sized, roughly 200-seat performance space and radio studio in downtown Boulder is housed inside a converted Nazarene church. It still carries that past, with pew-style seating in a long, narrow room, but it’s also a fully operational recording studio and home to the nationally syndicated eTown radio show.
Cinemark Century Boulder
1700 29th St., Boulder
A 16-screen multiplex on Twenty Ninth Street, is Boulder’s most conventional moviegoing setup in the mix. It’s a place built to handle high-volume screenings. Reclining seats, stadium layouts and an XD auditorium mean it’s also one of the more comfortable options, especially when you’re three movies deep into a day.
Boulder High School Auditorium
1604 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder
Forget the “school assembly” tropes — this is a sleek, mid-century space featuring a dramatic multi-arched proscenium accented with neon lighting. It regularly hosts major public events and has served as a venue for the renowned Boulder International Film Festival, which means it already knows how to operate as a film room.
Casey Middle School Auditorium
1301 High St., Boulder
Though it typically hosts school plays and band concerts, this modern, 350-seat auditorium offers surprisingly crisp sightlines and a central location. It’s a no-frills, functional space that embodies the “pop-up” spirit of a city-wide festival.
Macky Auditorium Concert Hall
University of Colorado Boulder, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder
This 2,000-seat, sandstone-clad Gothic Revival landmark sits on campus with a grand concert hall interior. With a design inspired by European buildings like Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio, it was built for orchestras and lectures from notable luminaries like Jane Goodall and the Dalai Lama. It’s the largest room in the festival lineup and the one best suited for major premieres or high-demand screenings.
Muenzinger Auditorium
University of Colorado Boulder, 1905 Colorado Ave., Boulder
This roughly 400-seat auditorium on campus is home to the University of Colorado’s International Film Series — a rare series in the U.S. where new digital projection systems and reel-to-reel 35mm film projectors coexist. Muenzinger is already set up for regular screenings, with a straightforward, academic layout that keeps the focus on the film.
Roe Green Theatre
University of Colorado Boulder, 1515 Central Campus Mall, Boulder
A contemporary university theater seating between 250 and 400 guests, this venue features a polished, professional stage environment. It is a mid-sized, flexible space that provides a more intimate alternative to the larger campus concert halls.
Talks and festival programming
Canyon Theater
Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder
This theater space sits inside Boulder’s main public library, and it is used for talks, panels and community programming. Seating is arranged for listening as much as watching, making it a natural fit for filmmaker conversations and daytime events.
Dairy Arts Center
2590 Walnut St., Boulder
The multi-theater arts complex in central Boulder functions as a year-round cultural hub — with galleries, performance spaces and one of the city’s only dedicated arthouse cinemas under one roof. During Sundance, it’s likely to double as a place where cinephiles linger between screenings.
eTown Hall
1535 Spruce St., Boulder
Also serving as a venue for film talks, the space’s built-in recording setup makes it a natural home for panels, interviews and anything that benefits from good sound and a smaller room.
Old Main
University of Colorado Boulder, 1600 Pleasant St., Boulder
This historic campus building is typically used for academic and administrative functions, and is likely to host talks and gatherings in a more formal, institutional setting. The oldest building on the CU Boulder campus, its high ceilings and Victorian brickwork offer a scholarly, prestigious backdrop for high-level industry talks.
Additional details, including the festival schedule, ticketing information and event lineup, are expected to be announced in the coming months.
For complete Sundance coverage and the latest news about the festival’s arrival in Boulder, visit dailycamera.com/Sundance.
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Gov. Jared Polis celebrated Sundance Film Festival’s plan to come to Colorado with a crowd at the Boulder Theater in Boulder, Colo., on March 27, 2025. The Boulder City Council approved an incentives package worth up to $17.3 million for the Sundance Institute on Jan. 8, 2026. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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Gov. Jared Polis celebrated Sundance Film Festival’s plan to come to Colorado with a crowd at the Boulder Theater in Boulder, Colo., on March 27, 2025. The Boulder City Council approved an incentives package worth up to $17.3 million for the Sundance Institute on Jan. 8, 2026. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
