¡Guitarraganza!
International Guitar Festival
'25 Festival Dates Tentatively October 23-25, 2025
We're busy planning Guitarraganza' 25, check back for date confirmation and guest artist announcements.
The festival is a celebration of guitar studies and performances featuring guest artist concerts, lectures and master classes that involve the Stanislaus State Guitar Studio and the Central Valley Guitar Community.
'24 Guest Artists
The 2025 guest artists are TBA. 2024 Guitarraganza special guests featured Jeremy Garcia, The Kithara Duo, and Yuri Liberzon.

2025 schedule is pending. All festival events will take place in Snider Recital Hall. Anything open to the public will also be live-streamed on the Stanislaus State Department of Music YouTube Channel (direct links included below).
Thursday, October 24, 2024
- 4:00pm Olga Amerkina-Vera: Composing for the Guitar
- 7:30pm Guest Artist concert: Jeremy Garcia, Flamenco Guitar
Friday, October 25, 2024
- 4:00pmJeremy Garcia: Flamenco Guitar Workshop
- 7:30pm Guest Artist concert: Kithara (Olga Amerkina-Vera & Fernand Vera)
Saturday, October 26,2024
- 3:00pm Fernand Vera: Masterclass
- 7:30pm Gala Concert featuring: Jeremy Garcia, Kithara, Yuri Liberzon, and festival participants.
Evening Concerts
Non-participants must purchase tickets to attend the evening concerts. Advance ticket reservation is strongly recommended. Limited seats are available..
2025 TBA. The 2024 Guitarraganza Festival individual registration.
- $TBA
Complete Competition Entry Form before October 18 at 11:59 p.m.
Entry includes entry to all masterclasses and invitational concerts.
All participants are required to complete Release of Liability Web Form
2025 Guest Artist TBA
Updated: May 06, 2025