With all the talk of economic downturn and the upcoming election it might be hard for some of you guitarists to feel as enthusiastic or as flush as you’d normally would. Well don’t worry! WGF10 has the feel-good-factor and a price-tag to match!

This year we are welcoming Canadian guitarist Laura Young and Mark Ashford from the UK as our very special guest artists: both will be giving recitals at Milner Hall and classes during the festival. Mark Eden, Chris Stell and Helen Sanderson complete the line-up and will be leading workshops and putting the WGF guitar orchestra through its paces.

Course fees are £210 Adult, £180 Student, plus there’s a bursary scheme for anyone in full-time education with financial need (please contact WGF for further details)!

Accommodation can be sourced from a number of local options in and around Winchester so participants can either choose from some well priced local B&B’s or live it up at the Winchester Royal.

There is no other Guitar Festival that works as hard to give you a jam-packed weekend that would make even the most seasoned strummer’s fingers ache!! What are you waiting for? Book up on-line and send a deposit of £60.00 to WGF to secure your place. WGF10 is the perfect way to get your guitar fix.

Welcome to the WGF10 homepage! This year’s Festival will be the fifth Winchester Guitar Festival and will run from Friday 23 July through to Sunday 25 July 2010. Our regulars might well notice a couple of changes from the format of our previous festivals. Firstly, we have moved venues for the WGF course and will be situated right in the heart of the City at Holy Trinity Church Hall, Upper Brook Street.

The other change is that this year we will be returning to the beautiful Milner Hall for our evening concerts. The acoustics here are particularly special and suit the intimate sound of the guitar perfectly.

Over the next few days and weeks the WGF team will be putting the finer details together and updating them on the website. This includes the exciting announcement of the WGF10 guest artists and tutors! If you want to be the first to know then please subscribe to our free news letter either by RSS or email – this way you won’t miss a thing!