After four decades as the only home the Sundance Film Festival has ever known, the entertainment event synonymous with mountain life and Hollywood culture is packing up and leaving Utah.

After a yearlong search, the Sundance Film Festival announced Thursday that its new home will be Boulder, Colorado, keeping Sundance in the mountains but moving it out of Park City, the Utah ski town that had for decades provided the premier independent film gathering its picturesque snowy backdrop.

BOULDER, Colo. — Even though the Sundance Film Festival won’t come to Boulder until 2027, some local hotels are already getting booking requests from guests eager to secure a spot.