I am so pleased to welcome you to our 2023 Adelaide Guitar Festival.

For the first time since 2018, we are back with our full international program, featuring wonderful music makers who are at the forefront of their craft and based right here in Adelaide, as well as celebrating pioneers and legends from across the globe.

This year, I am particularly proud to showcase brilliant young South Australian players such as Connor Whyte and Freedom of Fear, who have grown up with Adelaide Guitar Festival, participated in our Winter School, and who are now capturing attention nationally for their outstanding music making.

We are so grateful for the long-standing support of Office for Ageing Well and Seniors Card, who have continued to encourage active participation in our festival, including through the Winter School and Adelaide Guitar Festival On the Road.

As musicians continue to shift boundaries and challenge assumptions, our festival continues to highlight the development of guitar playing across all genres.

I invite you to discover artists you have never encountered and to join me and the music makers from around the world in Adelaide, our UNESCO City of Music.

Slava Grigoryan
Artistic Director, 2023 Adelaide Guitar Festival

Office for Ageing Well and Seniors Card are proud Program Partners of Adelaide Guitar Festival.

View the full 2023 Adelaide Guitar Festival program here.

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