Guitar Legends - Shows & Events
Guitar Legends
Shows & Events
Animals As Leaders
Friday 14 March 2025
When unknown virtuoso guitarist Tosin Abasi released his debut solo album under the moniker ANIMALS AS LEADERS in 2009, few would have predicted the now ground-breaking, critically-acclaimed, genre defying instrumental Washington D.C. trio'...
This Will Destroy You
Friday 14 March 2025
This Will Destroy You are a Texan group who compose lengthy, atmospheric instrumental pieces utilizing a variety of guitar effects and dynamic changes. They incorporate influences such as shoegaze, ambient, doom metal and post-rock into the...
The Story of Guitar Heroes
Wednesday 19 March 2025
The Story of Guitar Heroes has garnered critical acclaim both at home and abroad for its incredible homage to some of the most influential and iconic guitarists from the past 50 years of popular music. Led by guitar virtuoso Phil Walker, ...
Bernard Butler (Suede)
Friday 21 March 2025
Bernard Butler is a Brit and Grammy Award winning musician who first found fame in 1992 as the guitarist with Suede, forging a songwriting partnership with Brett Anderson. He co-wrote and played guitars or piano on every recording unt...
The Darkness
Saturday 22 March 2025
Delivering immeasurable rock and roll extravagance, Lowestoft's favourite rock icons (consisting of brothers Justin and Dan Hawkins, and Queen legend Roger Taylor's equally brilliant drumming son Rufus Tiger Taylor) first shot to fame in 20...
Esprit D'Air
Sunday 23 March 2025
The London-based Japanese electronicore, gothic metal, power metal, and industrial metal rock band became a solo project for guitarist Kai in 2016 and have since enjoyed chart success in the UK and scooped the Independent Music Award's 'Be...
Martin Simpson
Friday 28 March 2025
Described by the Guardian as "One of the virtuoso instrumentalists of the English music scene", Martin Simpson's interpretations of traditional songs are masterpieces of storytelling. Nominated an astounding 32 times in the 18 years of the...
Laurence Jones
Thursday 3 April 2025
Liverpool blues rocker Laurence Jones has developed a virtuoso pedigree as one the UK's hottest guitar players, winning four British Blues Awards, including 'Young Artist of the Year' for three consecutive years With passionate riffs,...
John Lodge (The Moody Blues)
Tuesday 8 April 2025
John Lodge, legendary bass player, songwriter and vocalist of The Moody Blues, and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, has been touring for the last two years in the USA with his critically acclaimed Performs Days of Future show. He is now delight...
The Showhawk Duo
Friday 18 - Sunday 20 April 2025
Guitarists Mikhail Asanovic and Jake Wright have dazzled audiences worldwide with their spectacular approach to playing the guitar. Their playing style has broken down barriers between acoustic and electronic dance music. Whether playing ac...
Francis Rossi (Status Quo)
Saturday 19 April 2025
Status Quo legend Francis Rossi is taking up his acoustic guitar to bring you a selection of well-known hits and some previously not-performed-live-before tunes. It'll be a unique evening in which Francis will reprise fan favourites from ...
Aziz Ibrahim
Monday 21 April 2025
Aziz Ibrahim is best known as a guitarist with The Stone Roses and Ian Brown, co-writing songs such as "My Star", "Corpses in Their Mouths", "Longsight M13", "One Way Ticket to Paradise" and numerous other tracks from "Unfinished Monkey Bus...
Alexandra Whittingham & Elodie Chousmer-Howelles
Thursday 1 May 2025
Recognised by The Guardian as "a young 21st-century virtuoso", guitarist Alexandra Whittingham's creative spirit is reshaping classical music and defying conventions. Alexandra began her studies at Chetham's School of Music at the age of el...
Mike Masse
Sunday 4 May 2025
Internationally acclaimed Denver, Colorado, guitarist, Mike Masse is known for his known for his epic whirlwind acoustic covers of rock classics. He initially became known for his YouTube Channel, which now has over 400,000 subscribers an...
Hawkwind
Sunday 11 May 2025
Famed for their 1972 UK no.2 hit "Silver Machine", Hawkwind was formed in 1969 by Dave Brock, who still remains at the helm today. In 1970, the band played at the first-ever Glastonbury Festival, released their eponymously titled debut albu...
Michael Schenker (UFO / Scorpions / MSG)
Sunday 11 May 2025
There are few rock guitarists on this planet who have had such a lasting influence on so many renowned musicians as Michael Schenker. With his outstandingly fluid style, inexhaustible wealth of ideas and instinctive feel for hooks and melod...
Chantel McGregor
Wednesday 28 - Thursday 29 May 2025
A female guitar prodigy, at fourteen Chantel was told by major labels that she had a "great voice, but girls don't play guitar like that!" Wisely ignoring the comments, she enrolled at the Leeds College of Music and became the first stude...
The Ultimate Classic Rock Show
Saturday 31 May 2025
Dust off your air guitars for an evening of the very best classic rock anthems from legends past and present! Let The Ultimate Classic Rock Show take you on a roller coaster journey of classic rock nostalgia. Performing hit after hit live w...
The Robert Cray Band
Thursday 5 June 2025
Considered one of the greatest guitarists of his generation, Cray's soulful and creative guitar work has been a dominant force in blues for over forty years, widely recognized and acknowledged by peers and audiences alike. A five-time Gramm...
Santana
Thursday 19 June 2025
Mexican-born San Francisco guitar legend Carlos Santana returns with his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted American Latin rock band. Over a career spanning 50 years, the group have sold well in excess of 100 million records scoring intern...
SatchVai Band - Joe Satriani & Steve Vai
Thursday 19 June 2025
Guitar legends Joe Satriani and Steve Vai announce they are touring together for the very first time in the same band, the SatchVai Band. ...
Iron Maiden
Sunday 22 June 2025
One of the most influential and successful bands in history, with over 200 million sales, the legendary East London heavy metal heroes return. With a career spanning over four decades, Bruce Dickinson and the boys are best known for th...
Alison Burns & Martin Taylor
Sunday 22 June 2025
Martin Taylor is widely considered to be the world's foremost exponent of solo jazz and fingerstyle guitar playing. He dazzles audiences with a signature style that artfully combines his virtuosity, emotion and humour with a strong, engagin...
Stephen Wilson Jr
Thursday 26 June 2025
Hard rock inspired Indiana Country music guitarist and singer/songwriter Stephen Wilson Jr. mixes Country and Rock for a Nirvana-influenced sound he describes as "Death Cab for Country." ...
Guns 2 Roses - Tribute to Guns n' Roses
Saturday 26 July 2025
Guns 2 Roses the UK's longest running Guns N Roses tribute have existed since late 2002 and in 11 years have become biggest GNR tribute in history. Some tributes tried but not one has and will come close to the authenticity, charisma and hu...
A Foreigner's Journey - The Music of Foreigner and Journey
Saturday 2 August 2025
Legendary bands Foreigner and Journey are giants of the AOR (Adult Orientated Rock) and Classic Rock genres, attracting huge audiences as live acts since forming in the 1970's. Sadly for those in the UK, their shows over here have been few ...
Kerry King (Slayer)
Tuesday 12 August 2025
The legendary co-lead guitarist and songwriter of thrash metal band Slayer, Kerry King, embarked on a new chapter after the band's final show in 2019, with his debut solo album From Hell I Rise, released in May 2024. Featuring 13 powerful t...
Luke Morley (Thunder)
Thursday 11 September 2025
Luke Morley has stood at the very heart of UK rockers Thunder since 1989 as their guitarist, chief songwriter and producer. He's been a lynchpin in their 14 albums' success and served a crucial role in building up these rock heroes' loyal f...
Martin Turner (Wishbone Ash)
Sunday 28 September 2025
Martin Turner is a founding original member of Wishbone Ash and lead vocalist, bassist and key creative force on iconic albums such as the original version of Argus along with Pilgrimage, There's the Rub and New England. Wishbone Ash was fo...
Wishbone Ash
Saturday 4 October 2025
The 1970's Torquay Prog-rock legends are noted for their extensive use of harmony twin lead guitars which helped Andy Powell and Ted Turner to be voted "Two of the Ten Most Important Guitarists in Rock History" and to appear in Rolling Sto...
Francis Rossi (Status Quo)
Sunday 12 October 2025
Status Quo legend Francis Rossi is taking up his acoustic guitar to bring you a selection of well-known hits and some previously not-performed-live-before tunes. It'll be a unique evening in which Francis will reprise fan favourites from ...
Martin Harley
Saturday 25 October 2025
Known for his spellbinding slide guitar and ability to blend Americana, Blues, and Folk, Harley has captivated audiences for three decades, recording albums in Texas, Nashville, and his native Wales. His sold-out shows at venues like London...
Saxon
Friday 7 November 2025
1979 was a momentous year for British Hard Rock, with the birth of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal and the subsequent rise of future giants of the genre. After 40 years and 22 studio album releases, Saxon remain as one of those giants o...
Focus
Tuesday 11 November 2025
With their unique brand of progressive rock, Focus manifested themselves at the start of the '70s as the most successful and appreciated of all the Dutch pop-rock exports. Fronted by founding member Thijs Van Leer, and best known for their ...
The Ultimate Classic Rock Show
Friday 14 November 2025
Dust off your air guitars for an evening of the very best classic rock anthems from legends past and present! Let The Ultimate Classic Rock Show take you on a roller coaster journey of classic rock nostalgia. Performing hit after hit live w...
Colosseum
Tuesday 25 November 2025
One of the most influential of the early British progressive rock bands, Colosseum fuse an adventurous approach to rock with strong jazz and blues influences and classical keyboard accents which brought them success in the late 1960s and ea...
Jesse Cook
Friday 28 November 2025
An accomplished guitarist and producer, and equally prolific film maker, Canadian new flamenco musician Jesse Cook has evolved his talents to create experiences that delight audiences both in concert, and online. He composed his first al...
Tommy Emmanuel
Friday 16 January 2026
If you like guitar playing, it simply doesn't get any better than Tommy Emmanuel. Widely acknowledged as the international master of the solo acoustic guitar, Tommy has achieved enough musical milestones to satisfy several lifetimes. Or ...
The Classic Rock Show
Monday 19 January 2026
The ultimate live juke box is back, bigger and even better, celebrating the very best-of-the-best of Classic Rock. Paying tribute to its favourite rock heroes CRS thunders through legendary performances from the likes of Queen, Led Zeppelin...
Gipsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes
Friday 13 March 2026
One of three line-ups currently touring, Gipsy Kings featuring original vocalist Nicolas Reyes will be bringing their Catalan rumba, flamenco, and salsa party to town. Founded in 1979 in Arles, France, by French born Catalan musicians fr...
