[MusicFriends] Mayville Guitar Show Oct. 7-8

[Howard Blumenthal]

Subject: Mayville Guitar Show


The second annual Mayville Guitar Show and Stringed Instrument Expo  
will feature an array of instruments builders and dealers, as well as  
world-renowned performers and workshop leaders. It will be held  
October 7-8 in the brand-new Celebration Hall event facility at the  
end of Chautauqua Lake in Mayville, NY.

Headlining the event for the second year in a row will be acclaimed  
guitarist Will McFarlane. As a member of the famous Muscle Shoals  
recording studio stable, he has recorded with hundreds of artists  
including Aretha Franklin, the Pointer Sisters, Bobby “Blue” Bland,  
and Jackson Browne. He was also a long-time guitarist for multiple  
Grammy-winning artist Bonnie Raitt. McFarlane will be performing a  
special concert, conducting guitar workshops, and leading a worship  
service during the event.

On Sunday , the event will feature a songwriters’ circle,  with Kev  
Rowe, Will McFarlane, Bill Ward serving as hosts.

Luthiers participating in the festival include Jim Holler from  
Trinity Guitars in Jamestown, Scott Freilich from Buffalo’s Top Shelf  
Music. There will also be numerous violin, guitar and mandolin  
builders from throughout western NY. Dealers and representatives of  
some of the world’s finest instruments will be in attendance, as well

The Mayville show will host many other workshops, demos, clinics, and  
discussions on subjects such as instrument construction; beginning to  
advanced guitar; Swing fiddle; mandolin, flatpicking and fingerstyle  
guitar.  Besides McFarlane, workshop leaders include Buffalo guitar  
great Doug Yeomans, David Coester, Skip Roberts. Kev Rowe, Jim  
Holler, and Stanley Barton.

The event will be held at Mayville’s new Celebration Hall, which will  
serve as the vendor and main concert area. Workshops will take in the  
adjacent rooms to the hall, located in the old Mayville School  
building. Food and beverages will be available throughout the event.

Just down the road, the Red Brick Farm and Marketplace will be  
presenting a “Guitar Widow’s Getaway” on the Saturday and Sunday of  
the festival. That event will present an alternative for those who  
may wish to let their instrument enthusiast spouses or friends enjoy  
the show by themselves. The getaway will feature lunch specials,  
music, cooking and designing demos, wine tasting, and sales in the  
array of shops at the Red Brick Farm.

Admission for the weekend is $15, which will include the Saturday  
evening Will McFarlane concert. The fee for each workshop is $20 
(preregistered) and $25(gate). There will be single day admission  
rates available.
For more info, call Mayville Events at 716.753.2800 or visit  
www.mayvilleevents.com