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Guitars in Bars showcases South Australia’s dynamic live music scene in great venues across the state.
Artists take to the stages of pubs, clubs, shops and bars in a series of free and ticketed events featuring the humble guitar.
Check out our full listing below:
Monday, 15 September
Billy Bob’s BBQ Jam
Grace Emily Hotel
Tuesday, 16 September
The Airbenders
Gilbert St Hotel
Wednesday, 17 September
Stefan Hauk
Memphis Slims
The Gremilys
Grace Emily Hotel
Thursday, 18 September
Dusty Lee’s Blues Jam – Stratomasters
Memphis Slims
Cal Williams Jr. & Sean Martin
Gilbert St Hotel
Friday, 19 September
The Honey Badgers
Wheatsheaf Hotel
Saturday, 20 September
The Art of Jamming
Memphis Slims
Katie Noonan: Jeff Buckley Grace 30th Anniversary Celebration
Hindley Street Music Hall
Sturt Avenue
Wheatsheaf Hotel
Sunday, 21 September
Katie Noonan: Jeff Buckley Grace 30th Anniversary Celebration
Hindley Street Music Hall
The Lofty Mountain Band with special guest Maggie Rigby
The Trinity Sessions
The Sharp (Vic) + Doctor Desoto
Wheatsheaf Hotel
Monday, 22 September
COMA presents STOZ - Stephen Magnusson, Sam Anning, Dave Beck
Wheatsheaf Hotel
Billy Bob’s BBQ Jam
Grace Emily Hotel
Wednesday, 24 September
Stefan Hauk
Memphis Slims
The Gremilys
Grace Emily Hotel
Thursday, 25 September
Dusty Lee’s Blues Jam – British Blues
Memphis Slims
JJ Fields & Mick Garcia
Gilbert St Hotel
Friday, 26 September
Hand Jive – A tribute to John Scofield
Saturday, 27 September (continues each weekend)
Zachary Luka
Kick Back Brewing
Toby Beard
Wheatsheaf Hotel
Sunday, 28 September
Troi Tyrell
Kick Back Brewing
Cal Williams Jr
Wheatsheaf Hotel
Monday 29 September
Billy Bob’s BBQ Jam
Grace Emily Hotel
Wednesday, 1 October
Stefan Hauk
Memphis Slims
The Gremilys
Grace Emily Hotel
Thursday, 2 October
Dusty Lee’s Blues Jam – 3 Kings
Memphis Slims
Semaphore Music Festival (continues through 5 October)
Semaphore Workers Club
Nikko & Snooks
Gilbert St Hotel
Friday, 3 October
5 SIDED CUBE Single Launch: 'Make Emile of It'
Grace Emily Hotel
Andy Penkow + Anne Fraser
Wheatsheaf Hotel
Semaphore Music Festival (continues)
Semaphore Workers Club
Saturday, 4 October
Searching For Charlie Owen
The Joinery Wine Room
Kings & Associates
Wheatsheaf Hotel
Semaphore Music Festival (continues)
Semaphore Workers Club
Sunday, 5 October
Finding Charlie Owen
Wheatsheaf Hotel
Semaphore Music Festival (final day)
Semaphore Workers Club
Monday, 6 October
Billy Bob’s BBQ Jam
Grace Emily Hotel
Tuesday, 7 October
The Publishers
Gilbert St Hotel
Wednesday, 8 October
Stefan Hauk
Memphis Slims
Beccy Cole’s Family Jam
Wheatsheaf Hotel
The Gremilys
Grace Emily Hotel
Friday, 10 October
Brooke McClymont & Adam Eckersly
Wheatsheaf Hotel
Saturday, 11 October
Dallas Crane
Grace Emily Hotel
Massey Ferguson + Briar Patch
Wheatsheaf Hotel
Sunday, 12 October
Swimsuit + Special Guests
Wheatsheaf Hotel
Craig Atkins
Kick Back Brewing
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Performance Location: Various
This event occurs in various venues across Adelaide. See event information above for details.
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27 Sept 2024
Mini concerts strike a chord with the youngest of fans
Adelaide Guitar Festival & Adelaide Festival Centre’s centrED host live performances in Adelaide preschools and children’s centres.
4 min read -
12 June 2024
Calling all Guitarheads!
The wait is over, the Adelaide Guitar Festival 2024 program is here.
4 min read -
1 June 2022
Resonance
Adelaide Guitar Festival’s Resonance delivers world-class guitarists in intimate performances at hospitals, care facilities, community centres and wellbeing services.
2 min read
27 Sept 2024
Mini concerts strike a chord with the youngest of fans
Adelaide Guitar Festival & Adelaide Festival Centre’s centrED host live performances in Adelaide preschools and children’s centres.
4 min read
12 June 2024
Calling all Guitarheads!
The wait is over, the Adelaide Guitar Festival 2024 program is here.
4 min read
1 June 2022
Resonance
Adelaide Guitar Festival’s Resonance delivers world-class guitarists in intimate performances at hospitals, care facilities, community centres and wellbeing services.
2 min read
31 July 2022
The Backstage Sessions 2022 – George & Noriko
Bluegrass country meets shamisen (Japanese banjo) in a unique, high-energy music blend.
19 min watch
31 July 2022
The Backstage Sessions 2020 - The Tom Kneebone Trio
Tom Kneebone is a touring session musician with a guitar style steeped in pushing the boundaries of Jazz, Blues, and Folk music. Joined by Kyrie Anderson on drums and Dylan Paul on the double-bass.
18 min watch
31 July 2022
The Backstage Sessions 2020 - Chris Finnen, Cal Williams Jr & Kory Horwood
Each multi-award winners and exceedingly talented blues musicians in their own right, together this trio combine the gentle fingerpicking of British Folk with the raw intensity of a Delta Blues speakeasy.
18 min watch
31 July 2022
The Backstage Sessions 2020 - Mike Bevan & Alain Valodze
Mike Bevan specializes in jazz and Brazilian guitar whose music has been described as ‘sublime and romantic’. Alain Valodze is an expressive Flamenco guitarist playing music of ‘haunting beauty and buoyant rhythm’.
14 min watch