On Saturday, May 13, Muziekgebouw Eindhoven will host the BRIDGE Guitar Convention: an immense guitar fair and a dozen workshops by top guitarists. 20 exhibitors will present 76 brands of guitars, guitar amps, guitar strings and accessories. In between, you can attend a dozen workshops and finally there will be a concert by Sjako! with Wouter Planteijdt. Check this out!
TICKETS11.00 - 15.45
*Workshops will be held in Dutch
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.
On the Stadsfoyer stage near the entrance the following workshops will take place:
11.00 Marcel Singor
12.45 Leif de Leeuw & Sem Jansen
14.30 Remi Lauw
On the Meneer Frits stage, also in Muziekgebouw Eindhoven:
12.15 Kevin Storm's ESP School of Metal Guitar
13.15 Panel 'Metal Sound Research Team' with Joost van den Broek (producer), Ruud Jolie (Within Temptation), Bart Hennephof (Textures), Marcel Singor and moderator Jack Pisters
Also cool: in Meneer Frits the talk show Guitar Inside takes place this day!
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!
No less than 31 different guitar brands will be present. We mention brands such as Ibanez, Martin, Cort, Aristides, Crafter, Lâg and Hagstrom, and are very happy to see guitar makers showing their special guitars, such as Unquendor, Dejawu, Wout Bosma, KJ Band, Schotman Guitars and RH Guitars. Retailer Guitarking is showing their own brands and the special guitar brand Kauffmann.
There will also be amplifier brands such as Marshall, Vox, Laney, Blackstar, Van Laeck and Hughes & Kettner.
And the huge amount of guitar effects will amaze you, from Beetronics to Strymon, from MXR to Walrus, from Korg to IK Multimedia. They are all set up ready to try out! And if you're looking for a pedalboard, a new strap, in-ears or capos, you'll find them at the guitar fair!
You'll also find a nice array of vintage guitars at The G.A.S. Dealer!
Check out the full brand list so far below.
Altamira - Angel Lopez - Aristides – Cort – Crafter – De Clercq Guitars – Dejawu Guitars - - Eko Guitars - G&L - Hagstrom - FGN - Harmony - Heritage - Ibanez - José Torres – Kauffmann - Kala – KJ Band - Lâg Guitars - Martin - RH Guitars - Sandberg – Schecter – Schotman Guitars - Sterling by Music Man - -Tokai - Unquendor - Vox - Walden – Wout Bosma
Blackstar - Hughes & Kettner - Laney - Marshall – Van Laeck - Vox
Beetronics - Carl Martin - Crazy Tube Circuits - Digitech – DOD - Dunlop – Guitarking Fuzz - Ibanez - IK Multimedia - J.Rockett - Korg - MXR – Nerd Design – Pangolin - Source Audio - Strymon - Walrus Audio - Warm Audio - Way Huge - Wild Dog
Curt Mangan - Ernie Ball – Santa Cruz
G7th capos – Boveda – DMI Guitar Labs – Dunlop - Ferrini Straps - Hercules – Holy Cow - Levy's Leathers - Livezoner - Monster Cable - Sib Systems - Pedaltrain - Stefy Line - - Ultimusician - Warm Audio
Algam Benelux - Aristides - De Clercq Guitars - Dejawu Guitars - EMD Benelux- Face - Ferrini Straps - Guitarking/Kauffmann - Hoshino Europe - KJ Band Guitars - Musik Meyer - Pro Media Connect/Total Sonic - RH Guitars - Schotman Guitars - TH Music - The G.A.S. Dealer – Unquendor - Venmans Music Agency - Voerman Amersfoort - Wout Bosma
The Guitar Convention opens at 11 a.m. and closes at 5:30 p.m. Workshops start at 11 a.m. and take place until 3:45 p.m. The trade show starts at 11:30 a.m. and closes at 4:30 p.m. 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. Didn't you receive it? Contact us at info@bridgefestival.com.
The BRIDGE Guitar Convention is organized in cooperation with Gitarist Magazine and Guitar Matrix.
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