!! Please note: Dejawu Guitars does not organize this event. Make sure to check the website/Facebook page of the organizer as well for the most up to date information. !!
Where: Conservatory Jean-Baptiste Lully, 5 Rue Francis de Pressensé, 92800 Puteaux, France
When: October 13-15, 2023
Time: Friday: 17.00-21.00, Saturday: 11.00-18.00, Sunday: 11.00-17.00
Website: https://theguitarchannel.biz/
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About the Festival
In October 2023, the Festival de Guitare de Puteaux will hold its 5th edition in the conservatory Jean-Baptiste Lully. The festival itself is organized by the Music Academy of Puteaux and offers a very diverse program. The event does a great job at connecting like-minded people in the guitar community. Whether you’re a guitar player, enthusiast, luthier or an exhibitor, there’s something to enjoy for everybody. Besides great performances, meetings, masterclasses, interviews and demo’s, there will also be a luthier show with over 50 exhibitors in different areas of the guitar world, such as acoustics, electrics, amps, pedals and accessories. The guitar show including the demo concerts are organized by The Guitar Channel.
The previous editions of the festival have proved to be a very big success! The festival attracted more than 2,000 visitors over the course of three days. Also, the show is not just for looking, but certainly also for buying! In 2019 the exhibitors declared that 55% of them either sold or took orders during the show which is an excellent performance for a guitar show!
Testing studios
In the past, testing guitars (on site) with the use of an amplifier was a very common practice on almost every guitar show. This usually resulted in a deafening cacophony of sounds that was rather unpleasant for basically everyone present. Also, the added value was questionable because you could never hear yourself play, let alone hear yourself talk. In recent years, this practice was increasingly banned from music shows. Some shows now provide sound-proof testing booths, but usually they are too few, to far away, too small, too warm/stinky you name it.
Festival Guitare de Puteaux however, has a great solution for this! One of shows’ great assets is the presence of seven(!) individual studios where visitors have the opportunity to properly try all the gear that is exhibited on the show. These studios are located on the same floor as the exhibition halls, which makes it all very convenient.
Demo concerts
Another great thing worth mentioning is that there will be several demo concerts, making use of the guitars, amps and pedals exhibited at the show. In 2019, these demo’s were done by pro musicians (Hugo Martin and Saturax) and all the sessions were recorded in video.
More info on the exhibitor list and performances will follow.
Any specific questions about this show? Contact Pierre Journel (@pjournel) pjournel@gmail.com. He’s a great guy (master-mind and driving force behind The Guitar Channel) and very approachable, also in English!