"I’m delighted to announce that Adelaide Guitar Festival is shifting into new territory for 2024.
Adelaide Guitar Festival hosts the world’s guitarhead community in our UNESCO City of Music. We invite lovers, learners and luthiers, soloists and shredders, to bond over our shared passion for music and the guitar. This one extraordinary instrument can somehow express all that we feel, from country’s stories of sorrow and solace to the deep soul of the blues, the fervour of flamenco and rock ‘n’ roll. And yes, we like it. Our festival is a celebration of connection — spanning genres, generations and cultures. Its players possess a unique power, evoking this majestic spectrum of human experience using just a set of strings, creating the most significant gathering of guitarheads in the Southern Hemisphere.
Who's making the festival
Programming
- Executive Producer - Sarah Bleby
- Associate Producer - Aaron Austin-Glen
- Sara Zuidland – Programming Coordinator
- Ioanna Salamnidis – Engagement Program Coordinator
Marketing, Sales & Audience Engagement
- Marketing Executive - Jessica Coppe
- Marketing Coordinator - Zack Ringrow
- Publicity Executive - Carolyn Berry
- Publicity Coordinator - Stephanie Rossetto
- Head of Customer Experience - Heather Poole
- Head of Patron Services - Kate Hagan
- Graphic Designer - Julie Jensen
- Digital Content Officer - Gloria-Qing Deng
- Digital Content Coordinator- Emma Piscioneri
- Insights & Data Specialist - Pei Jie Tan
- Content Coordinator - Simon Rogers
- Ticketing Executive - Peter Maddock
- Ticketing Coordinator - Heather McGinn
Corporate Partnerships, Hospitality & Events
- Hospitality Executive - Tiana Sgarbossa
- Hospitality Coordinator - Alexander Scott
- Senior Event Sales Executive - Katherine Macdonald
- Event Sales Coordinator- Liam Goodwin
Production
- Head of Sound - Jane Rossetto
- Head of Lighting - Nathan Luscombe
- Head of Staging - Martin Olesk
- Production Coordinator - Jane Baird
Adelaide Festival Centre Trustees
- The Hon. Karlene Maywald (Chair)
- Bruce Carter AO (Deputy Chair)
- Michael Abbott AO KC
- Katherine Tamiko Arguile
- Alexandrea Cannon OAM
- Penny Griggs
- Councillor Phillip Martin
Adelaide Festival Centre Management
- Douglas Gautier AM - CEO & Artistic Director
- Steven Woolhouse - Chief Operating & Financial Officer
- Christie Anthoney - Head of Public Affairs
- Renato Capoccia - Head of Marketing
- Nathan Luscombe - Head of Production & Technical
- Heather Poole - Head of Customer Experience
- Alex Sinclair - Head of Programming – Commercial
- Susannah Sweeney - Head of Programming – Public Purpose
- Abbie Taylor - Director of Philanthropy
- Natalie Adam - Manager, Ticketing
- Francesca Belperio - Manager Publicity & Content Creation
- Bernadette Brennan - Manager, WHS & Risk
- David Cations - Manager, ICT & Cybersecurity
- Mark Cullen - Manager, Facilities Services
- Janine Eckert - Manager, Corporate Partnerships
- Claire George - Manager, Human Resources
- Julia George - Manager, Digital & Social
- Kate Hagan - Manager, Patron Services
- Jeff Owens - Manager, Hospitality
- Olivia Power - Manager, Philanthropy
- Abhishek Shaw - Manager, Finance & Business Improvement
- Angela Willington - Manager, Legal & Contract Management
Adelaide Festival Centre Foundation Board
- Miranda Starke (Chair)
- Cain Cooke (Deputy Chair)
- Ray Dahdah
- Georgina Duckworth
- Sheryn Foord
- Jasmin Shahin
- Evelyn Yap OAM
- Lauren Zwanns
- Legh Davis (Patron)
- Joan Hardy OAM (Patron)
Partners
