Sept 11 - 13

A Weekend Celebration of music, gear and guitars

Join us at the Livermore Valley Performing Art Center’s and Guitar Player Magazine’s first annual Guitar Player LIVE!, bringing players, guitar legends, and manufacturers together for a weekend long celebration of all things guitar—live performances, artist clinics and the latest gear. Take the rare opportunity to get up-close and personal with world-class guitarists as they share their techniques and talents, in Livermore’s historic downtown. Enjoy free live performances on four outdoor stages, three performances in the Bankhead Theater, clinics, exhibits, and great food and wine. To cap off the festival evenings, several local live music taverns will also host local band performances and guitar virtuosos.

GuitarPlayerLive!
Free Outdoor Stages
Clinics
Manufacturer Exhibits
Guitar Films
1969 Altamont - Bill Owens
Shrapnel Records Guitar Night
Guitar Superstar Competition
Triple Threat Guitar Concert
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Hotels & Amenities
Buy Tickets

Free Concert Schedule

FESTIVAL MAP

Friday, September 11

VOYAGE-AIR GUITAR STAGE

4:30 pm Russ Pettit (rock)

5:40 pm Gary Tackett Band with Myron Dave and Walfredo Reyes Jr. (blues)

6:50 pm Ol’ Cheeky Bastards (Celtic punk folk)

Saturday, September 12

VOYAGE-AIR GUITAR/BONE STAGE

12:00 noon Katy Lawrence Band (rock)

1:15 pm Dream Posse (rock)

2:45 pm Rodney Verbrugge (rock)

4:30 pm Lane Coker and Big Delta with Mark Dreyer (blues)

6:15 pm Hot For Teacher (Van Halen tribute)

DIGITECH STAGE            

12:00 noon Rikk Beatty Band (rock)    
             
1:30 pm Points North with Eric Barnett (rock)

3:15 pm Rick Beatty Band (rock)
    
5:00 pm Travis Larson (rock)

BLACKSMITH SQUARE
KFOG ACOUSTIC STAGE

12:00 noon Terrence Brewer (jazz)    

1:20 pm Snap Jackson & the Knock on Wood Players (bluegrass)

2:40 pm Night Harvest (jazz)

4:00 pm Steve Noonan (acoustic rock)
        
5:10 pm Charles Sedlak (classical)

FLAGPOLE STAGE            

12:00 noon Rich Bandoni (rock)

2:20 pm GGS & Guests (blues)

3:00 pm Luna Fish (blues)

4:30 pm Mark Castro (blues)    

Sunday, September 13

VOYAGE-AIR GUITAR
HAWK STAGE

12:00 noon Eva Jay Fortune Band (rock)

1:00 pm Stu Hamm show and clinic (rock/jazz)    

2:00 pm Pete Huttlinger show and interview (country)

3:30 pm Matthew Charles Heulitt (rock/jazz)
 
5:00 pm Top Secret with Mark Dreyer (blues/R&B)

DIGITECH STAGE        

12:00 noon Travis Larson (rock)
 
1:30 pm Papamalo (rock)
 
3:15 pm Travis Larson (rock)

5:00 pm Rikk Beatty Band (rock)

BLACKSMITH SQUARE
KFOG ACOUSTIC STAGE

12:00 noon Jim Nunally & Dix Bruce (bluegrass)

1:10 pm Christopher Kilday (classical)

2:20 pm James Robinson (Latin)

3:30 pm Voyage-Air Showcase

5:00 pm Peppino D’Agostino (fingerstyle)

FLAGPOLE STAGE        

12:00 noon D-Lucca (jazz)

2:20 pm Mike Williams (jazz)
    
4:30 pm George Cole & Vive Le Jazz (jazz/Americana)