Festivals & Events
Guitar festivals, competitions, camps and trade shows Guitar Radar has covered — pick one to see everything reported about it, across every edition.
Pleven International Guitar Festival 2026Pleven Guitar Festival opens late competition registration through November 15
URI Guitar and Mandolin FestivalURI Guitar and Mandolin Festival opens an eight-day program of concerts, workshops and competition
Uppsala International Young Talents Guitar CompetitionSix International Finalists Set for Uppsala’s Young Talents Guitar Competition
Power to the People FestivalSpringsteen and Morello Close Power to the People With an All-Star Protest-Rock Finale
Black Ram Guitar FestivalJeff Bridges' Black Ram Guitar, Built From a 315-Year-Old Spruce, Is the Centerpiece of a Montana Benefit Festival
Acoustic Guitar VillageAcoustic Guitar Village Fills Cremona With Builders, Performers and Hands-On Luthiery
Asia International Guitar Festival and CompetitionAsia International Guitar Festival Opens Its 26th Edition in Bangkok
Guitar SummitGuitar Summit 2026 Recap Puts New Signatures, Modelers and Live Players Side by Side
GuitArt International Guitar FestivalGuitArt X Marks Its 10th Edition in Plovdiv With Vlatko Stefanovski, Yamandu Costa and a Classical Guitar Final
Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar CompetitionCristina Galietto wins the 58th Michele Pittaluga International Guitar Competition
Guitarras del MundoGuitarras del Mundo returns across Argentina for its 32nd edition
Festival Internacional de Guitarra de Cádiz Ángel G. PiñeroCádiz launches a new international guitar festival with 13 free concerts
International Guitar Festival of LagoaLagoa International Guitar Festival opens September 18 across Portugal's Algarve
Rocky Mountain Archtop Guitar FestivalRocky Mountain Archtop Guitar Festival puts 30-plus builders and 60 hours of music in Arvada
International Jan Edmund Jurkowski Guitar CompetitionSilesian Guitar Autumn names second-round players for the Jan Edmund Jurkowski competition
Clonakilty International Guitar FestivalClonakilty International Guitar Festival turns West Cork into Guitartown for five days
Tampere Guitar FestivalTampere Guitar Festival opens with four days of classical and flamenco guitar
Mozarteum International Guitar FestivalMozarteum Guitar Festival masterclass and luthier applications close September 15
Felixstowe Classical Guitar FestivalFelixstowe Classical Guitar Festival opens its first edition with concerts, masterclasses and lutherie and composition competitions
Valletta Guitar FestivalValletta Guitar Festival opens its first edition with Yamandu Costa
Certamen Internacional de Guitarra Francisco TárregaFilip Mišković wins the 2026 Francisco Tárrega International Guitar Competition
Málaga International Guitar FestivalTárrega's 1888 Antonio de Torres guitar returns to the stage in Málaga
Sibiu Guitar Meeting FestivalSibiu's Guitar Meeting Festival opens a four-day 2026 edition built around a 1,200-player guitar gathering
Masters of the TelecasterMasters of the Telecaster returns this fall with an all-star faculty