Gibson Garage celebrates two year anniversary during CMA Fest
Gibson will launch Garage Fest from Wednesday, June 7th through Saturday, June 10th at the Gibson Garage, located at 209 10th Ave. South #209, in downtown Nashville. Falling on the two-year anniversary of the opening of the Gibson Garage, Gibson Garage Fest will kick off with live performances and events with music superstars and emerging acts during CMA Week. Gibson Garage Fest is open to the public and will feature intimate, live music performances, and events, daily at the Gibson Garage. Fans can attend live shows, autograph signings, participate in guitar-playing lessons with renowned experts, and interact with the iconic brand Gibson–as well as its philanthropic arm Gibson Gives.
The event kicks off Wednesday, June 7th with a special in-store autograph signing event by Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine from 2-4 pm CT. Mustaine will sign any Gibson Brands guitar as well as special limited edition poster which will be offered onsite only.
Thursday, June 8th will feature live performances all day and night, kicking off at 2 pm with music from the Gibson Garage team Jenna Weidner, Dylan Jenkins, Shane Hunt, Scott Wasnak, John Wohlford, and Matt Boyer. Next, live music will continue with performances from Dani Rose of Honey County, Vincent Mason, Dawson Anderson of Temecula Road, and culminating with a Gibson Garage afterparty with performances from Devon Thompson, Emily Wolfe, and a VIP supergroup.
Friday, June 9th features live performances from Notes4Notes kids—a Gibson Gives nonprofit partner, followed by live music from popular country music artists including Whitney Miller, Mackenzie Porter, and Adeem the Artist.
Saturday, June 10th at the Garage will kick off early at 10 am with Charlie Worsham’s Donuts and Jam featuring live music from the country superstar and a meet and greet/photo opp for fans along with donuts and coffee.
On Saturday from 11:30 am until 1:30 pm across the street in the Garage parking lot, Gibson Gives has teamed up with Free Guitars 4 Kids (FG4K) a non-profit organization serving the Nashville metro area dedicated to providing musical instruments, specifically guitars, to children who may not have the means to afford one. Gibson Gives and Gibson artists will be onsite gifting 200 guitars to FG4K youth members. Fans can attend and explore the Gibson Mobile Garage and the Infinite Guitar Tunnel and see the Ford Truck “Mary Ford” on the corner of 10th and Demonbreun for photo opps onsite.
Back inside the Garage at 2 pm on Saturday, more live music will kick off hotly tipped Americana, country, and blues artists including Kapali Long, Cassandra Lewis, Mya Byrne and Ashley Cooke.
Two years after opening its doors, the Gibson Garage is the ultimate guitar and music experience in Nashville, Music City USA. People from around the world visit the Gibson Garage to experience live music, plug-in and play more than 400 electric and acoustic guitars from Gibson Custom Shop to Epiphone, explore the entire collection of MESA/Boogie amplifiers, KRK audio gear, and more.
At the Gibson Garage music lovers across the globe can experience live performances, design a dream made to measure guitar, catch a taping of the award-winning Gibson TV series, and explore Gibson’s 130-year music history with captivating, interactive storytelling and memorabilia inside the historic space. The Gibson Garage is the place to explore Gibson’s past, present, and future. Inside the Gibson Garage, fans can plug-in-and-play all things Gibson, Epiphone, Kramer, Mesa Boogie, Maestro, and KRK, try out the full line of electric and acoustic guitars, and shop for your favorite guitars, gear and accessories, as well as exclusive apparel collaborations with national and local Nashville designers. Whether you are a seasoned professional musician, a casual guitar player, a beginner, or simply a music fan, the Gibson Garage is open to all.
