Come out to the Rocky Mountain Archtop Festival Sep. 21-22 and experience some of our beautifully handcrafted and most sought after archtops that will be on display! We will be in good company with some of the best luthiers from all over the world. There will be live performances and demos all weekend too. We are truly honored to be part of such a fantastic event. Come check it out!
Performance Schedule announced! Can you believe this is all happening in one place? Wow!! The Archtop Guitar Expo is at the Hilton Garden Inn open Saturday 10:00 – 6:00 and Sunday 10:00 – 4:00
(Luthiers and artists, if you see a mistake please message Peter privately and we’ll get it taken care of and please get us your workshop topics ASAP so we can publish.)
WORKSHOPS
Saturday – Hotel Workshop Room
• 10:00 – Ken Parker: Past, Present and Future of Archtop Guitar Building
• 11:00 – Giacomo Fiore: The key to expressive playing: developing phrasing and interpretation for the solo performer
• 12:00 – Ted Ludwig: Topic TBA
• 1:00 – Fred Hamilton: Topic TBA
• 2:00 – Paul Asbell: Jazz-in’ The Blues, and Blues-in’ The Jazz
• 3:00 – Sean McGowan: Topic TBA
• 4:00 – Tim Lerch: Topic TBA
• 5:00 – Bobby Broom: Topic TBA
Sunday – Hotel Workshop Room
• 10:00 – John Storie: Topic TBA
• 11:00 – Steve Herberman: Contrapuntal (Multi-line) Guitar techniques.
• 12:00 – Bruce Forman: Topic TBA
• 1:00 – Corey Christiansen: Topic TBA
• 2:00 – Donovan Raitt: Topic TBA
• 3:00 – Jimmy Bruno: Topic TBA
Sunday – Olde Town Pickin Parlor
• 11:30 – Nate Lopez: Advanced Fingerstyle Groove, incorporating bass lines into your fingerstyle playing.
• 12:30 – Adam Miller: Topic TBA
• 1:30 – Mark Goldenberg: Topic TBA
• 2:30 – Jamie Stillway: Topic TBA
Performances – Friday
Silver Vines – Solo/Duet guitar
• 7:30 Khabu Douglas Carter Young
• 8:30 Sean McGowan
• 9:30 Tim Lerch and Mark Goldenberg
Kline’s – Organ Trio Madness! with Jeff Jenkins and Todd Reid
• 7:30 Wayne Wilkinson
• 8:30 Fred Hamilton
• 9:30 Corey Christiansen, Steve Kovalcheck and friends
La Dolce Vita – Coffee house blues jam
• 7:30 – close hosted by Warren Rubin
Saturday – Olde Town Pickin Parlor – VIP Ticket Holders Only
• 7:30 – Bruce Forman’s Red Guitar
Kline’s
• 4:00 – Mason Razavi
• 4:50 – Donovan Raitt
• 5:40 – John Storie
• 6:30 – Adam Miller
• 7:20 – Sean McGowan
• 8:00 – Jimmy Bruno
• 9:00 – Bobby Broom trio
Silver Vines
• 7:30 – Jamie Stillway
• 8:30 – Steve Herberman
• 9:30 – Paul Ricci and Mafalda
Hotel Lounge
• 12:00 – Brent Wheeler and Emily Christiansen Wheeler
• 1:00 – George Walker Petit
• 2:00 – Lebowski Jam
• 2:30 – Giacomo Fiore
• 3:30 – Ted Ludwig
La Dolce Vita
• 7:00 – 10:00 Coffee shop jazz jam
Global Goods Coffee Shop
• 2:00 – 5:00 Gypsy Swing with Michael Isabell
SUNDAY – Hotel Lounge
• 10:00 – Colorado High School Student Showcase Performances hosted by Sean McGowan and Drew Morell
• 12:00 – Paul and Mafalda
• 1:00 – Paul Asbell
• 2:00 – Nate Lopez
• 3:00 – John Storie
Luthier Demo Performances Saturday
Hunter Bay Coffee
• 11:30 – Denny Kopp/Zakk Jones
• 12:30 – Tom Ribbecke/Paul Asbel
• 1:30 – Tad Brown/Sean McGowan
• 2:30 – Mirabella/Ted Ludwig & Bruno
• 3:30 – Zimnicki/Rob Bourassa
Silver Vines
• 11:00 – Greg German/TBA
• 12:00 – D’Ambrosio/Bruce Forman
• 1:00 – Ken Parker/Adam Miller
• 2:00 – Danny Koentopp/Bobby Broom
• 3:00 – Maegan Wells/Mark Goldenberg
• 4:00 – Benedetto/Wayne Wilkinson
So Radish!
• 12:00 – Maegan Wells/Jamie Stillway
• 1:00 – LHT/Nate Lopez
• 2:00 – Woody Pfipher/David Gilmour
• 3:00 – Sonntag/Bruce Forman
• 4:00 – Victor Baker/Victor Baker
Olde Town Pickin’ Parlor
• 5:00 – Eastman/Tim Lerch
Sunday
Hunter Bay
• 11:00 – Galloup/TBA
• 12:00 – Comins/Herberman, Bruno, Ludwig, Storie
• 1:00 – Marchione/Khabu/Storie/Ludwig
• 2:00 – Thorell/Adam Miller
• 3:00 – American Archtop/Paul Asbell
Silver Vines
• 12:30 – Tad Brown/Donovan Raitt
• 1:30 – Sadowsky/George Petit
• 2:30 – Linda Manzer/Ted Ludwig
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