Adelaide International Guitar Festival

The Adelaide Festival Centre presents

Adelaide International Guitar Festival 2007
23 November –2 December

The 2007 Adelaide International Guitar Festival includes:

Festival Theatre Concerts:
· Echoes of Spain featuring Eliot Fisk (USA), Juan Martín (Spain/UK), Paul O’Dette (USA) and Saffire (Aust).

· The Global Guitar featuring Banning Eyre (USA) & Abdoulaye Diabaté (Africa), Guy Strazz & Rodrigo Galvão (Aust), Sérgio & Odair Assad (Brazil) Simon Shaheen (Palestine) and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (India).

· Bach, Brazil and Beyond featuring Brazilian Guitar Quartet (Brazil) and Paul Galbraith (Brazil).

· Six Strings: International Jazz Masters featuring Martin Taylor (UK), Ralph Towner (USA) and Wolfgang Muthspiel (Austria).

· Deeper Well: Australian/ American Roots Music featuring Corey Harris (USA), Jorma Kaukonen (USA), Kerrianne Cox (Aust), Luther Dickinson (USA) and Ross Hannaford Trio (Aust).

· Rhapsodie Espagnole featuring Sérgio & Odair Assad (Brazil) with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.

· Taking Flight featuring students from Primary Schools’ Guitar Ensemble, Fremont/Elizabeth High Schools, Heathfield High School and Norwood Morialta High School.

Outdoor Concerts:
· Rips & Riffs: A Celebration of Australian Surf Music featuring Beau Young (Aust), Dan Rumour Band (Aust), Matt Walker & Ashley Davies (Aust), Richard Clapton (Aust), Stephen, Alan & Peter Pigram (Aust), The Atlantics (Aust) and house band musical director: Kerryn Tolhurst (Aust).

· On the Verge: the 21st Century Guitar featuring David Lindley (USA), Ed Kuepper (Aust), Kaki King (USA), Rob McDade (Aust) and Vernon Reid (USA).

· Slideshow: Masters of Slide Guitar featuring Bob Brozman (USA), Charlie Owen (Aust), Cindy Cashdollar (USA), Kerryn Tolhurst (Aust), Lucky Oceans (Aust/USA), Roy Rogers (USA) and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (India).

· Culture of Kings: A Blues Story featuring Alvin Youngblood Hart (USA), Fiona Boyes (Aust/USA) with Chris Wilson (Aust), Jeff Lang (Aust), John Hammond (USA) and Mamadou Diabate (Africa).

· Kiss the Sky: A Tribute to the Music of Jimi Hendrix featuring Alvin Youngblood Hart (USA), Anne McCue (Aust), Benjamin Verdery (USA), Cindy Cashdollar (USA) & Jorma Kaukonen (USA), FourPlay Electric String Quartet (Aust), Jeff Lang (Aust), Jim Moginie & Adalita Srsen (Aust), John Hammond (USA), Kaki King (USA), Luther Dickinson (USA), Matt Walker & Ashley Davies (Aust) and Vernon Reid (USA).

· Namaste is a free 9am Yoga session and traditional morning raga with Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (India).

Travelling Light: a series of intimate performances in the Space Theatre: (click here for more info)

· Karin Schaupp (Aust)
Paul O’Dette (USA) & Simon Shaheen (Palestine)
· Slava Grigoryan (Aust)
Benjamin Verdery (USA)
· Ross Hannaford Trio (Aust)
· Australian Jazz with Jim Kelly & Matt Smith Guitar Duo (Aust), Toby Wren Trio (Aust), MAG: Stephen Magnusson, Frank DiSario & Dave Beck (Aust).

Late nights at the Wah-Bar:

See your favourite artists in solo or semi-acoustic mode or to see world-class musicians just jamming, presenting new work or playing in genres you may not expect.

Tune Up: Workshops and Masterclasses:

· Masterclasses with Eliot Fisk (USA), Juan Martín (Spain/UK), Wolfgang Muthspiel (Austria), Benjamin Verdery (USA) and Cindy Cashdollar (USA).

Workshops with Jorma Kaukonen (USA), Abdoulaye Diabate (Africa) & Banning Eyre (USA), Aloysius Leeson (Aust), Martin Taylor (UK), Jim Kelly & Matt Smith (Aust) and Fiona Boyes (Aust/USA).

Plus free and low cost activities including visual arts exhibitions, films, artist talks and forums.

The full program is available from the website at www.adelaideguitarfestival.com.au