7th Annual Sebastopol Guitar Festival

The 7th Annual Guitar Festival is Saturday, February 2nd! Join us for a fabulous full day of concerts, workshops, and exhibits. Our Evening Show headliners: Kevin Russell & Some Dangerous Friends featuring Bobby Black will be performing at 7:30pm and Soul Fuse at 8:30. Additional mini-concerts are ongoing in the Main Hall, and small group instruction from true guitar masters will be held in classrooms throughout the day.
 

The Chet Atkins Room [main hall]
12-1:00 The Spin Cats
1- 1:30 tweener: Richard Brandenberg & Lucy
Salcido Carter
1:30 – 2:30 Walter Strauss
2:30 – 3:00 tweener: The Ruminators
3:00- 4:00 Mike Dowling
4:00- 4:30 tweener: Michael Stadler
4:30 – 6:30 Steel Guitar Summit featuring Dave Zirbel, Jon Mitgaurd, Bobby Lee, Bobby Black 
6:30 – 7:30 tweener: Robin Eschner & company

The Merle Travis Room (Green Room: displays) Guitars shown by Bill Iberti, Bruce Sexauer, Bob Groat, Lee Rider, David Dart, Harry Fleishman, Geoff Yenson, Gene Parsons, Richard Prenkert
Charlie Cowles/Tall Toad, 
Alex Byrant/People’s Music,

Evening show:
7:30 – 8:10 Kevin Russell & Some Dangerous Friends 
featuring Bobby Black

8:30 – 10:00pm Soul Fuse

CLASSES in the ANNEX

The Doc Watson Room [music room]
12:30 – 1:45pm Michael Capella
THE NASHVILLE NUMBERING SYSTEM

2:15 -3:30pm Tony Gagarin
INTRO TO BOTTLENECK SLIDE GUITAR

4:00 – 5:30pm Fran Carbonaro
KEYS TO EFFORTLESS SINGING

The Jerry Reed Room [main room]
12:15 – 1:30pm Mike Dowling 
SWING GUITAR LICKS & TRICKS

1:45 -3:00 pm Chris Grampp 
PENTATONIC MAGIC

3:00 – 4:00 pm Chuck Ervin (bass class)
BASS RUNS FOR BASS AND GUITAR

The Eldon Shamblin Room [big side room]
12:30 -1:30pm Michael Stadler
FRAILED GUITAR AND MORE

2:00 – 3:15pm SONGWRITERS PANEL1 with Hugh Schacklett, Richard Brandenberg, Allegra Broughton,
Megan McLaughlin/Anita Sandwina, Mike Stadler

3:30 – 5:00pm SONGWRITERS PANEL2 with Ken Reisling, Jay Gotlieb, Dave Hamilton, Emily Hamilton,
Mike Capella, Larry Potts