One passion, one place!

At last, an event devoted exclusively to guitar lutherie! The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal launched the Montreal Guitar Show in 2007. Its aim: to spread the word about these artists and artisans—true stars in the eyes of guitarists—who devote their lives to this amazing instrument, and to offer all guitar fans the ultimate event for coming together, all in a perfectly suited venue. A venue where they can admire, try out and purchase the most beautiful guitars handcrafted by the world's greatest luthiers. A tour of the world of lutherie... nothing less than guitar heaven for all guitar aficionados!

The MGS is much more than a mere exhibition; it's a show that makes you feel as if the instrument of your dreams, before your very eyes, was designed especially for you... and better still, you can buy it! Yes indeed, these veritable works of art—acoustic, classical, archtop, gypsy-style or electric—crafted by dozens of the greatest lutherie artisans are also available for purchase!

A close-up of the guitar

All you have to do is feast your eyes on any creation of Mario Beauregard, Bill Comins, Rick Davis, Michael Greenfield, Peter Hopkins, Michael Lewis, Linda Manzer, John Monteleone, Tom Ribbecke, Jean Rompré or others, and you will understand how it is that all guitarists are totally fulfilled at the Show! Add to that the free mini-concerts and the free workshops on all aspects of the guitar, and the feast is complete.

Also awaiting discovery are the superb guitars in the Ste-Cat permanent guitar collection, a unique collection that offers a helping hand to the most promising young musicians in the form of free guitar loans. At each edition of the Montreal Guitar Show, at least two luthiers are randomly chosen from among the participating luthiers and each is asked to make a high-calibre guitar bearing the Ste-Cat cat logo.

Guitar fans or amateur musicians, we'll be waiting for you all from July 2 to July 4t, 2010! In the meantime, be sure to visit our regularly updated website to find out which luthiers will be participating in the Show and about the activity program, or to reserve your hotel stay at a competitive price. And for the heads-up on the Montreal Guitar Show, subscribe to our Newsletter.