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G-TARanaki International Guitar Festival

Mon 14 Jul 2008 - Sat 19 Jul 2008

Locations: Through-out Taranaki
Rock, blues, jazz, folk ... the first New Zealand International Guitar Festival will cater for all tastes and persuasions!

Taranaki will resonate to the tune of massed strings over the six-day period, culminating in concerts at the New Plymouth TSB Stadium delivered exclusively by international guitar legends.

Guitar legend Joe Satriani will head the line-up of international guitar stars, which includes former Deep Purple and Black Sabbath bassist and vocalist Glenn Hughes and Guns n' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke.

Other international guitarists confirmed for the festival include Uli Jon Roth, Tom Donahue and Alex Skolnick Trio.

Not only will you be able to witness guitar mastery in an intimate environment but you will also witness some unique combinations of players that will make G-TARanaki a talking point for future generations.

Along with the two stadium concerts there are forums, clinics, midnight sessions and holiday programmes which will all take place at Puke Ariki.

All of these events will be held amongst the G-TARanaki guitar exhibition which will take place in the basement area of Puke Ariki for the week of the festival. Visit www.gtaranaki.co.nz to find out more.

NEW!  Students prices
Student tickets have been added, with student ID priced single day tickets are just $45 each.

NEW! A Reserve Seats
Due to Premium seats for both G-Taranaki TSB Stadium shows selling out on the first day more seating has been added. Limited A reserve seats are now available for both performances for just $120 each event.

WIN A GUITAR!
All A Reserve ticket holders go in the draw to win a guitar. Thanks to event sponsors MusicWorks there are two amazing guitars to give away. One Friday night ticket holder will win a $700 Schecter, and one Saturday night ticket holders will win a $600 Ibanez. You have a one in 324 chance of scoring a guitar when you buy an A Reserve seat!

Stadium Concert 1: Friday 18 July
Alex Skolnick Trio (Jazz lounge  -  USA)
Gilby Clarke + band (Classic rock  -  USA)
Gray Bartlett + band (Rock n' roll  -  New Zealand)
Uli Jon Roth + band (Classical baroque, symphonic rock  -  Germany)

Stadium Concert 2: Saturday 19 July
Tim Donahue (Fretless harp guitar  -  USA)
Vernon Reid + band (Rock, fusion, world  -  USA)
Glenn Hughes + band (Soul, funk, rock  -  UK)
Joe Satriani + band (Fusion rock  -  USA)

Visit www.gtaranaki.co.nz to find out more about G-TARanaki. You can request a hard-copy programme or register for the G-TARanaki regular newsletter, complete with up-to-date musician lists.

Prices: Various - visit www.ticketek.co.nz for tickets. 
Contact: Venture Taranaki
Phone: 06-759 5150
Email: info@venture.org.nz
Website: www.gtaranaki.co.nz

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