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The Woodstock Invitational is an alternative guitar show, featuring contemporary, handmade acoustic guitars and stringed instruments, exhibited by their makers. Promoting the art of lutherie, The Woodstock Invitational Luthiers Showcase is a low-key, laid-back event for the community of acoustic stringed-instrument builders, players, collectors and aficionados, presenting a gathering of handmade acoustic guitars and stringed musical instruments from around the world, the absolute finest expressions of the luthiers art. A luthier (from the word lute) is a stringed-instrument maker. Fine handmade instruments such as these are not usually available in music stores or other retail environments, and the Luthiers Showcase is a rare opportunity for the public to see, play and experience the instruments, meet with their makers, discuss custom options and one of a kind creations, and buy or order a dream guitar from dozens of master builders, all gathered together in one place. |
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Blending tradition with innovation, knowledge, experience, craftsmanship, new materials and exotic woods, gorgeous decorative inlays, refinements and bold new directions in construction and design, the sound and playability of such beautiful instruments are inspirational to the creative spirit of musicians fortunate enough to play or own them. Nylon-stringed classical and flamenco style guitars, steel-string flattop and archtop guitars, crossovers and hybrids, resonators, mandolins, banjos, ukuleles, violins, lutes and Middle Eastern ouds, baglamas and sazzes will be on display. Other vendors may include wood dealers, parts and tool suppliers, string and accessories manufacturers, publications and instructional materials. |
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The Woodstock Invitational also features continuous live music, performances and luthier mini-concerts throughout both days, with fine and famous musicians, international recording artists and music educators demonstrating instruments and performing on behalf of the makers. There are also associated concerts of acoustic music featuring fine and famous musicians, singers and songwriters, plus instructional clinics, workshops and master classes covering numerous styles of guitar and stringed-instrumental music and techniques, taught by renowned players. The Woodstock Invitational has something for everyone, player, collector, aficionado, casual fan, educational for the general public, and great music for all. The Woodstock Invitational Luthiers Showcase is nationally advertised in the guitar press, locally promoted in regional journals and papers, and draws attendees from the populous heart of the northeastern seaboard. |
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Woodstock, New York is an internationally known art and music community with a deep pool of notable local talent. Only a two-hour drive from New York City, convenient to Upstate New York and the New England region, October is peak autumn foliage season in the heart of the Catskill Mountains. The Bearsville Theater is an historic venue built by music-impresario Albert Grossman as a part of his Bearsville Sound & Utopia studio complex. The two-day show is open to the public by admission. Proceeds benefit The John Herald Fund, Family of Woodstock, regional food banks and local soup kitchens, and The Direct Grace Project. |
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Sponsors include ACOUSTIC GUITAR Magazine; D’ADDARIO & CO. (D’Addario Strings and Planet Waves Music Accessories); FISHMAN Acoustic Amplification; THE FRETBOARD JOURNAL; GUITARMAKER Magazine and the Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans; Hudson Valley Land & Homes; LA BELLA STRINGS; PREMIER GUITAR Magazine; and the Woodstock, NY Chamber of Commerce and Arts. 2010 Exhibitors will be listed on our website as they are confirmed. Please see our HISTORY pages for details of previous Woodstock Invitational Luthiers Showcases. For more information, please contact Baker Rorick, |
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