Whether you shred, strum, slide, or pluck, it’s time to submit your skills for the chance to win cash, scholarships, and guitars at Guitar Slinger: The Ultimate Guitar Showdown, presented by Upstream Music Fest + Summit.
Four amateur guitar virtuosos ages 13 and up will be chosen to compete in front of a crowd and a panel of celebrity judges including Ayron Jones of Ayron Jones and The Way, at MoPOP’s Sky Church.
Slingers can submit to compete in four categories: Acoustic, Jazz, Blues/Slide, and Rock/Metal. Prizes include a slot to play on the main stage at Upstream Music Fest in May 2017, a scholarship to Crown Guitar Workshop, and $2,250 in prize money! The competition will be followed by a rocking show headlined by a surprise Northwest band. Submissions will close February 1, 2017.
Sixteen Guitar Slinger Performances, four slingers in each category. Slingers will be judged on musicianship, technique, improvisation, and style.
• Acoustic
• Jazz
• Blues/Slide
• Rock/Metal
One Grand Prize slinger will win a fellowship to attend the Crown Guitar Workshop and Festival, a Gibson guitar, and will play on stage at Upstream Music Fest + Summit in May 2017!
Three runners up will each receive a swag bag compliments of KEXP and MoPOP and a cash prize of $750.
For more information visit guitarslingershowdown.com or contact info@upstreammusicfest.com.
March 18, 2017
7:00pm-11:00pm
MoPOP (formerly EMP Museum)
Sky Church
325 5th Avenue N
Seattle, WA 98109
$12 adults; $10 youth
