Home | New York Guitar Festival New York Guitar Festival FESTIVAL 2025 After celebrating its 25th anniversary last year the New York Guitar Festival launches into its second quartercentury with an allstar lineup and an expanding range of venues. Full detailshere Exploring virtually every aspect of the guitars personality the New York Guitar Festival since 1999 has presented many of the worlds most influential guitarists at Carnegie Hall the Metropolitan Museum of Art National Sawdust Le Poisson Rouge 92nd Street Y Brookfield Place Winter Garden and other iconic venues large and small. From multi Grammywinners to emerging artists NYGF performers have included masters of the classical repertoire Pepe Romero Christopher Parkening Ana Vidovi Nigel North as well as blues jazz Taj Mahal Bucky Pizzarelli Bill Frisell Sonny Landreth pop indie rock Vernon Reid Bruce Springsteen Bon Iver Andy Summers Thurston Moore and folk Americana Levon Helm Emmylou Harris Cindy Cashdollar Leo Kottke as well as sounds of Central South America Badi Assad Yamandu Costa Vinicius Cantuaria and genredefying innovators Kaki King David Torn Daniel Lanois Bryce Dessner. The New York Guitar Festival music from across the centuries.