Festivals & Events

Festival and guitar event reviews attended by Guitar Jar. From rock festivals to guitar exhibitions to open mic nights…


Birmingham Guitar Show 2011 Review

Birmingham Guitar Show 2011 Review

It was a good weekend for Birmingham. Not only were the “blue half” of the city rejoicing in their first major silverware since 1963 by winning the Carling Cup Final, it also hosted the 2011 Guitar Show, staged at the New Bingley Hall, just a couple of miles outside of the city centre.

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Bristol Guitar Show 2010 Review

Bristol Guitar Show 2010 Review

The 2010 Bristol Guitar Show was staged at the Ashton Gate Stadium (home of Bristol City FC) on September 19th featuring a range of the UK’s leading guitar and effects manufacturers.

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Sonisphere Festival 2010 (Sunday) Review

Sonisphere Festival 2010 (Sunday) Review

To start this post, I’d like to express how gutted I was not to have attended the entire Sonisphere 2010 Festival (mainly due to lack of time and money). However, I arrived with my good friend Jamie early on Sunday morning, raring to go after a brief 2.5 hour drive from sunny Bournemouth, fuelled on RedBull and a Maccy D’s Double Sausage McMuffin breakfast…

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