Prizes

We have created a new award this year – “The People’s Choice Award”. The audience will get to vote on their favorite player at the competition, and the guitar will be [...]

Thanks to www.Sweetwater.com for sponsoring the 2016 Guitar Festival! They have provided a beautiful Cordoba C5 Guitar, which will go to our 2nd Place Prize Winner. Handmade in Traditional [...]

FRETMONKEY RECORDS is providing our winner with a $1500 recording package at their studio! FRETMONKEY RECORDS is owned by Dennis and Alicia Cotabish, and Kevin “Blake” Goodwin. Blake 2015 [...]

Thomas Roeger, or Tom’s Guitars and Ukuleles in Bloomington, is our Grand Prize Guitar builder for 2016. Tom created a truly unique instrument for the event: I revised my Saint Cecilia [...]