The Adelaide Guitar Festival has extended their Guitars In Bars programme to run for the entire month of July.
An opportunity for artists to promote their music to a wider audience, Guitars In Bars is open to everyone and helps connect musicians with venues through a venue directory.
As well as traditional live music spaces such as pubs pubs and bars, other venues are being encouraged to host the gigs in 2019. An eclectic range of venues already signed up, including a guitar store in Port Lincoln, a brewery on Yorke Peninsula, and a distillery in the Riverland.
Providing a regional touring focus for musicians, Guitars In Bars wants artists to think outside of the city scope and get creative with their gigs throughout South Australia. Adelaide Guitar Festival's Artistic Director Slava Grigoryan said 2019 is expected to be the biggest yet for Guitars In Bars.
“Last year, Guitars In Bars ran for two weeks and it was a great success,” Slava reports.
“There were 780 artists, 220 gigs and 100 venues. This year, we are doubling the duration to four weeks and our focus will be state-wide. We are encouraging regional and remote venues to sign up, to make sure as many people as possible can access live music and enjoy what’s on offer. We’d like the whole state to come alive with music throughout July.”
Adelaide Guitar Festival, presented by Adelaide Festival Centre, is a biennial event with the next full program in 2020. Annual events include Guitars In Bars, Winter School, Adelaide International Classical Guitar Competition and Resonance – where world-class musicians take their music to hospitals, aged care homes and community centres.
This year, Adelaide Guitar Festival also presents a series of curated performances mid-July - intimate concerts to whet the appetite for next year’s main event. Details will be announced in coming weeks.
