After celebrating its 25th anniversary last year, the New York Guitar Festival launches into its second quarter-century with an all-star lineup and an expanding range of venues. The 2025 series kicks off on Friday, June 13 with perennial NYGF favorite Bill Frisell. The legendary American guitarist will perform in a duo setting with Icelandic bass player Skúli Sverrisson in the festival’s firs
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After celebrating its 25th anniversary last year, the New York Guitar Festival launches into its second quarter-century with an all-star lineup and an expanding range of venues. The festival continues on Saturday, June 21, with a pair of extraordinary virtuosos from Brazil: the veteran Yamandu Costa and the rapidly rising Gabriele Leite will each offer a solo set, playing colorful original wor
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After celebrating its 25th anniversary last year, the New York Guitar Festival launches into its second quarter-century with an all-star lineup and an expanding range of venues. On Thursday, June 26, New York audiences will have their first opportunity to hear the new duo of Derek Gripper, the South African guitarist, and Rahim Al-Haj, the Iraqi-born, American-based master of the Arab oud. Tha
After celebrating its 25th anniversary last year, the New York Guitar Festival was ready for a new challenge – and here it is: two free evenings at one of New York City’s most iconic outdoor spaces, Bryant Park. “Think global, act local,” the saying goes, and the NYGF has done just that, putting together an eclectic night of guitar music from various parts of the world on July 3, as well a cel
After celebrating its 25th anniversary last year, the New York Guitar Festival was ready for a new challenge – and here it is: two free evenings at one of New York City’s most iconic outdoor spaces, Bryant Park. “Think global, act local,” the saying goes, and the NYGF has done just that, putting together an eclectic night of guitar music from various parts of the world on July 3, as well a cel
