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We carry extensive listings for UK, Ireland and Rest of World concerts, festivals and other classical guitar related events. If you have an event or festival not listed here send us an email covering the key details and we'll gladly publicise it here for FREE!

2008

UK & Ireland

July

11-13th Dundee Guitar Festival, Dundee Scotland presents 3 days of classes and concerts including The Katona Twins and Pavel Steidl.

12th-John Williams, Henley Club Marquee

25th-9th August-Bath International Guitar Festival, more iinformation to follow

30th-4th August Guitar France-teaching and concert with world class performers Craig Ogden and Gary Ryan

August

2nd-Ben Kearsley, St Peter's Church, Peebles, 7.30pm

2nd-Welsh-Argentine Guitar Duo, Oxford, 7.30pm

12th Jonathan Richards, North Wales Guitar Circle, Menai Bridge, tel: 01407 831480

16th-Sean Shibe, St Mark's Artspace, Castle Terrace, Dundee, 5.15pm

18th-24th West Dean Guitar Festival, Sussex, a week of classical guitar excellence with the likes of John Mills and David Russell-concerts and masterclasses.

21st-24th-City of Derry Guitar Festival, Derry, Ireland

23rd-Jonathan Richards, St Michael's Church, Bowness-on-Solway, Cumbria, tel: 01697 352172

23rd-Craig Ogden & Judith Hall (Flute), Burnham Market, Norfolk

29th-Juan Maartin, Gaiety Theatre, Douglas, Isle of Man, 7.30pm, tel: 01623 694 555

September

10th Jadran Duncumb, BBC Young Musician of the Year, Wigmore Hall, 1pm, £8

12th-Milos Karadaglic, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, 1pm

20th Jérémy Jouve, 2003 winner of the First Prize of the prestigious International Guitar Competition at West Sussex Guitar Club, Bognor Regis, Admission: £12, (£8 members), full-time students half price, under 16 free. To reserve tickets, click here or ring 01243 822965.

20th 8 Fabio Zanon Concert The Point, Southampton Classical Guitar Society, Eastleigh, 8pm. Box office 023 8065 2333 or book online here. Tickets: £12 (Concessions £10); Tickets also available from Wayne Lines on 01329 310792. Members (via SCGS only) £8.

27th-Jonathan Richards, Hamstall Ridware, Staffs, tel 01889 504 294

30th-Jonathan Richards, St Bride's, Fleet Street, London, 1.10pm, 0207 427 0133

30th Eleftheria Kotzia, Hull City Hall, Hull

October

1st Eleftheria Kotzia, Derby Guildhall Theatre, Derby

4th - 26th Eleftheria Kotzia, Chichester West Dean College, 24-26th Guitar workshop (info tel:01243 811301)

4th - Gary Ryan will be performing a solo recital at the Palace Theatre, Paignton, Devon, UK at 7.30pm. Tickets: 15 (Concessions 12). Box Office: 01803 665800 (Open from 10.30am-5.30pm daily Mon-Sat). www.torbay.gov.uk/palacetheatre

November

4th-John Williams,Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton

6th-John Williams, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Birmingham

6th Eleftheria Kotzia, London School of Economics, London

7th-John Williams,St George's, Bristol

11th-John Williams, Gala Theatre, Durham

12th-John Williams, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

December

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Rest of the World

January

5th-Amadeus Guitar Duo, Caracas, Venezuela

10th-Amadeus Guitar Duo, Niklaikirche, Brilon, Germany

12th-Sharon Isbin, Hanover NH (USA), Hopkins Centre, Dartmouth College

13th-Los Romeros, Salado Silver Spurs Theater Salado, Texas, 4pm

14th- Los Romeros, Cailloux Theater, Kerrville, 7.30pm

15th-Los Romeros, Cailloux Theater, Kerrville, 7.30pm

19th-Los Romeros, Seligman Performing Arts Centre, Detroit, 8pm

22nd-Amadeus Guitar Duo, City Hall, Germersheim

23rd-Amadeus Guitar Duo, Castle, Kirkheim, Teck

31st-Manuel Barrueco & the NJ Symphony, Bergen PAC, New Jersey, 8pm

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February

1st-Sharon Isbin, Fredonia, NY

1st-Paco Pena, Hartford Belding Theatre, 8pm

1st-Manuel Barrueco & the NJ Symphony, Richardson Auditorium Princeton NJ, 8pm

2nd-Alvaro Pierri, 92nd Street, Y 8pm (Pre-concert talk with Ben Verdery at 7.15pm)

2nd- Manuel Barrueco & the NJ Symphony,Redb Bank, Count Basie Theatre, NJ, 8pm

3rd-Manuel Barrueco & the NJ Symphony, Morrisontown NJ, 3pm

3rd-Sharon Isbin & Western NY Chamber Orchestra, Kind Concert Hall, Fredonia, NY

7th-Sharon Isbin & Rochester Philharmonic Eastman Theatre, Rochester NY

8th-Sharon Isbin & Rochester Philharmonic, Smith Opera House, Geneva, NY

8th-Manuel Barrueco & Qorquestra Nacional de Espana, Madrid

9th-Manuel Barrueco & Qorquestra Nacional de Espana

9th-Sharon Isbin & Rochester Philharmonic, Eastman Theatre, Rochester, NY

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March

1st-Jason Vieux, UConn Hartford Campus, Hartford, CT, 8pm

4th-Solo Duo (Lorenzo Micheli & Matteo Mela, Carnegie Hall, 8pm

6th-Ben Verdery, Manhattan Theatre Club Creative Centre, Studio 2, New York, 7pm

15th-Paul Galbraith, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 8pm

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April

3rd-Carlos Barbosa-Lima & Lawrence del Casale, Manhattan Theatre Club Creative Centre, Studio 2, New York, 7pm

5th-Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Carnegie Hall, New York, 8.30pm

17th-Oscar Libert, Wallace Stevens Theater, Hartford, CT, 8pm

May

10th-Cem Duruoz, St Joseph College, Hartford, USA 8pm

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