The Omiš Guitar Festival begins a day early due to an unprecedented number of applications, and so, is gearing up to be another record-breaking year!
The Omiš Guitar Festival was established in 2010 and has increasingly grown in attendance since, attracting local and international interest from musicians and guitar enthusiasts alike, becoming the leading festival in South-East Europe and a must-see event for all guitar enthusiasts. This year will see the Omiš Guitar Festival in its eighth season, with an impressive line-up of talent and international guests, 2017 is set to be another record-breaking year! The festival officially runs from Wednesday 19th April to Saturday 22nd April, all events taking place at the Hotel Plaza in Omiš.
Director Neno Munitić, along with an entourage of talented professionals have created a multifaceted program, including competitive guitar categories, live performances and even the opportunity for a Master-Class with internationally acclaimed professor Dr. Thomas Offermann. The competitive categories include: Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar with Vocals, Classical Guitar and Chamber Music with Classical Guitar and take place at various times over the four days.
Every year there are unique performances by international artists and this year will not disappoint, one of the many highlights of the program will definitely be from the band “Sleepy Man”, a bluegrass band all the way from New Jersey! This band of teen brothers have played at such prestigious events as the New Orleans Jazz Festival, Newport Folk Festival and have racked-up an impressive 50 million views on their YouTube channel and 100,000 fans on Facebook. Organisers are thrilled to have them joining – if the Omiš Guitar Festival wasn’t already on the world-stage, it will be now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v=dlKinFoPWCw
With incredible prizes for the competitive categories – including prize money up to €1,500 and a Master Guitar worth €5,000 it is no wonder there has been an unprecedented number of applications this year; which has pushed the organisers to kick-off the Festival one day early! Locals are invited to come down and enjoy the preliminary round for free, from 5pm at Hotel Plaza in Omiš tonight!
For more information you can visit the offical page here, or follow the Facebook page here.
Summary of the Program; ticket prices are 200kuna for the 4 days or vary for single events.
Wed 19 April, 11am: Electric Guitar Competition
Wed 19 April, 2pm: Acoustic Guitar with Vocals
Wed 19 April: Master-Class with Thomas Offerman
Wed 19 April, 8pm: Official opening with Acoustic Duo Mia & Joe
Thur 20 April: Classical Guitar Competition, 2pm
Thur 20 April, 8pm: Francesco Scelzo, Jazz on Classical Guitar, live performance
Fri 21 April, 8pm: Classical Guitar Finals & Performance by Vlade Brzović “3 Microfatasies”
Sat 22 April, 8pm: Closing night – Bluegrass “Sleepy Man” and Delta Blues “In Roots”, live performance
Sat 22 April, 10pm: After Party at Café Bar with Mia & Joe
