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September 25Saturday

South Carolina Cigar Box Guitar and Arts Festival

September 25, 2021 from 10am to 6pm – Stoneledge Park Event Center Roots music has the Americana twang sound. That's the sound is found in Blues, Rock n Roll, Country Blues, Delta Blues. The Cigar Box Guitar is one of those roots instruments. International Cigar Box… Organized by | Type: festival, music, cbg, arts

September 24Friday

St. Louis 2021 CBG festival Sept 25th Hwy61roadhouse 8th.

September 24, 2021 at 7pm to September 25, 2021 at 5pm – Hwy61roadhouse & Kitchen Webster Groves MO. We missed doing the 8th annual last year, so here it is in September 25th 2021. Weather is expected to be mild and beautiful if St. Louis track record stays steady. We hope this will get people out a… Organized by smilingdog1 | Type: cbg, live, music, vendors, and, restaurant, food.

September 10Friday

17th Annual Cigar Box Guitar Festival

September 10, 2021 at 6pm to September 11, 2021 at 7pm – Historic Lowe Mill ARTS and Entertainment The worlds longest-running CBG festival continues with its 17th year. Join us for: A full day of Free outdoor CBG music Fun, family-friendly activities CBG Traveling Museum Build a CBG and other in… Organized by The Cigar Box Guitar Store | Type: music, festival

August 28Saturday

Pennsylvania Cigar Box Guitar Festival

August 28, 2021 from 10am to 6pm – York Emporium It's blues • It's rock • It's primal • It's free An all-day FREE family-friendly music festival featuring cigar box guitars. It happens right in the heart of downtown York. There will be 14 bands on… Organized by Cigar Box Nation | Type: festival

July 10Saturday

10 July 2021 CBG Minded Michigan'ders Club Meeting

July 10, 2021 from 1pm to 5pm – Musik Haus Organized by Preston J. Laisure | Type: monthly, club, meeting

June 30Wednesday

Online Essay Writing Workshop

June 30, 2021 from 10am to 12pm – 4 Shottsford Ledbury Road, London, UK Good evening, people! Nina Heidi here! As you all might know that writing essays is a crucial and essential part of your academic life. No matter whether you're in school or pursuing a Master's degre… Organized by Nina Heidi | Type: workshop

May 20Thursday

Show Your Freaky Instrument, Karramba! Compilation Project

May 20, 2021 at 12pm to May 31, 2021 at 12pm – Poznan Join "Show Your FREAKY INSTRUMENT, Karramba" Various Artists Compilation! (Creative Commons MP3-album).Every instrument is allowed if you find it a little "freaky".Terms of participation:http://freak… Organized by Emil Bonifaczuk | Type: various, artists, compilation, project

March 27Saturday

1st CallyFest Zoom Jam

March 27, 2021 from 12pm to 1pm – Worldwide via Zoom The Cigar Box Guitar Slingers - Spokane, Poorness Studios, and Uncle John will be cohosting a play along jam on Zoom. All songs are 3-4 chords with 1-finger arrangements intended for GDG tuned 3-stri… Organized by Doug Thorsvik | Type: zoom, -, song, play, along

March 7Sunday

March 13 2021 Club Meeting - Canceled

March 7, 2021 from 6pm to 7pm – No meeting at the Music Haus. Clovid 19 is still a problem. No monthly meeting planned for 13 March 2021. Organized by Preston J. Laisure | Type: monthly, club, meeting

November 14Saturday

CBG Minded Michigan'ders November Meeting

November 14, 2020 from 1pm to 5pm – The Music Haus of Petoskey Our monthly gathering, where we make future plans, discuss current builds and any new possibilities of modifications, there of. We jam some. Organized by Preston J. Laisure | Type: club, meeting

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