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Guitar Convention

BRIDGE Eindhoven Guitar Festival
Sat 13 May ’23 13:30 uur - 17:30 uur
Sat 13 May ’23
13:30 uur - 17:30 uur
  • Sat 13 May ’23
    13:30 uur - 17:30 uur
    Muziekgebouw Eindhoven
    Past event

On Saturday, May 13, Muziekgebouw Eindhoven will host the BRIDGE Guitar Convention: a large guitar fair and a dozen workshops by top guitarists.

At the guitar fair the world's biggest guitar brands and a number of guitar makers present their guitars, amps, effects and accessories. Come see, feel and try them out!

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

The Guitar Convention opens at 11 am and closes at 5:30 pm. Workshops start at 11 a.m. and take place until 5:30 p.m. The fair starts at 11:30 am and closes at 4:30 pm. An entrance ticket to the Guitar Convention is €7.50 for students, and €12.50 for others*. This gives you access to both the fair and the workshops.
 
*Do you have a ticket for the Steve Vai concert on Saturday May 13? No need to buy a ticket for the Guitar Convention: you can enter for free. You received an e-mail about this on March 06. Did you not receive it? Contact us at info@bridgefestival.com.

THE WORKSHOPS

11.00 - 17.00 | During the Guitar Convention you can attend cool workshops in three halls of Muziekgebouw Eindhoven. In the Small Hall the workshops focus on the use of technology by today's guitarist: boutique pedals, switching systems, tubes & modeling, Ableton applications, analog combined with digital and the many possibilities the internet offers to get better. 

Small Hall of Muziekgebouw Eindhoven:

  • 12.00-12.45 Jasmine van der Waals - workshop
  • 13.00-13.45 Richard Hallebeek - workshop
  • 14.00-14.45 Reinier Baas - workshop
  • 15.00-15.45 Vedran Mirčetić - workshop
  • 16.30-17.30 Sjako with Wouter Planteijdt - concert

In the other rooms of Muziekgebouw Eindhoven you can attend the following workshops (times and exact locations will be announced later):

  • Leif de Leeuw & Sem Jansen
  • Marcel Singor
  • Remi Lauw
  • Kevin Storm
  • Panel Metal & Rock guitar production with Joost van den Broek and moderator Jack Pisters

THE FAIR

11.30 - 16.30 | At our fair you will find the world's biggest guitar brands and quite a few luthiers with their guitars, amps, effects and accessories. Come see, feel and try them out, and if you like them: buy them!

From blazing electric guitars by brands like Ibanez and Hagstrom, to very special (vintage) guitars by DejaWu and Martin Guitars, among others.

Brands at the guitar fair:

  • Guitars
    Angel Lopez - Aristides - DejaWu - DeLuthier - Eko Guitars - G&L - Schecter - G.A.S. - Hagstrom - Cort - FGN - Crafter - Harmony - Heritage - Ibanez - José Torres - Kala - Martin - RH Guitars - Sandberg - Sterling by Music Man - Lâg Guitars -Tokai - Unquendor - Vox gitaren - Walden
     
  • Suppliers
    Blackstar - Hughes & Kettner - Laney - Marshall - Vox 

  • Effects
    Beetronics - Carl Martin - Crazy Tube Circuits - Digitech - Dunlop - Ibanez - IK Multimedia - J.Rockett - Korg - MXR - Source Audio - Strymon - Walrus Audio - Warm Audio - Way Huge - Wild Dog

  • Strings
    Curt Mangan - Ernie Ball 

  • Accessories
    G7th capos - Hercules - Levy's Leathers - Livezoner - Monster Cable - Sib Systems - Pedaltrain - Stefy Line - Dunlop - Stefy Line - Ultimusician - Warm Audio

  • Standers
    Algam Benelux - Voerman Amersfoort - Musik Meyer - Hoshino Europe - EMD Benelux - Pro Media Connect/Total Sonic - Face - Aristides - TH Music - DejaWu - De Luthiers - Unquendor - RH Guitars - G.A.S. 

The BRIDGE Guitar Convention is organized in cooperation with Gitarist Magazine and Guitar Matrix.

Part of

This concert is part of BRIDGE Festival. From May 10 to 14, the Brainport region will be dedicated to the world's most played instrument: the guitar. A festival for young and old, and for everyone who loves music.

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