The world famous festival and summer school for guitar, Bath International Guitar Festival 09 (IGF09) is coming 24 July to 8 August 2009.
There are courses for all levels and ages and IGF09 features some of the best guitarists around in workshops, performances and even late night jam sessions in the following styles of guitar:
Blues: Matt Schofield, Aynsley Liste and Danny Illet
Resonator acoustic blues and slide guitar: Ash Grunwald
Funk and Beyond: Jason Sidwell and guests, the Jamiroquai band
Rock/Metal: Martin Goulding, John Wheatcroft, Charlie Griffiths, Jonny Scaramanga, Toby Pitman, Jim Clark and Stephen Lawson of Total Guitar Magazine
Acoustic Guitar: Tristan Seume
Fingerstyle: Clive Carroll and guest Martin Simpson
Jazz: Dario Cortese
Bass Academy: Dave Marks and guest Stuart Hamm
Media partners include some of the finest guitar magazines you’ll find: Guitar Techniques Magazine , Total Guitar Magazine and Guitarist.
Just Announced: Guthrie Govan and the Fellowship live at the OGF workshop and gig on 6 August.
Visit the official IGF09 webpage for more details.
The clip is from IGF08 and features Matt Schofield playing blues guitar: