Fretboard Summit

Attention guitar people far and wide 🚨 Early bird pricing for the 2025 Fretboard Summit ends on OCTOBER 30! You have just a little over a week to get a special reduced price on 3-Day All Access Passes. Visit ots.fm/FBS2025 to purchase tickets! We're excited to see you🎸

Relive some of the Fretboard Summit 2024 highlights in this year's photo gallery! From workshops to performances to the marvelous exhibitor showcase, photographer Michelle Kein spent the weekend capturing all of the excitement. Browse the images at ots.fm/FBSphotos!

SAVE THE DATE! Thurs., August 21 - Sat., August, 23 2025 at the @oldtownschool in Chicago with the @fbjournal🎸 Advance 3-day passes for the 2025 Fretboard Summit are now on sale! Be sure to grab your passes soon — prices will increase on October 30, 2024: ots.fm/FBS2025

One week ago we were jamming with fellow guitar people all around the @oldtownschool at Fretboard Summit 2024⚡Can't believe we have to wait a whole year for the next one! Already know you want to be a part of the fun in 2025? Keep an eye out for an early ticket drop coming soon.

MERCH ALERT: There's still time to order your 2024 Fretboard Summit t-shirt before they're sent to print! Choose from a classic tee (ots.fm/classictee) or a pocket tee (ots.fm/pockettee) as a way to hang onto the weekend until we're back in Chicago next year 👕

It's officially time for the Fretboard Summit! Doors are open for check-in for VIP 3-Day pass holders, and the party doesn't stop until Sunday night. Saturday & Sunday all-access passes, exhibitor showcase and individual concert tickets are still available fretboardsummit.org/tickets

We've got a travel guide for all of the attendees coming in from out of town! Check out how to get to the @oldtownschool, learn more about the Lincoln Square neighborhood, and get the scoop on nearby places to visit while you're in Chicago fretboardsummit.org/chicago 🏙️ 🎸⭐

The daily schedule for the 2024 Fretboard Summit is officially LIVE! Check out the full lineup of workshops, talks, concerts, parties, and extraordinary events happening throughout the weekend at the @oldtownschool. View the schedule at fretboardsummit.org/schedule 📆

Time to start making a wish list for the Fretboard Summit exhibitor showcase happening NEXT WEEK! This year's showcase is bigger than ever with 80+ of the world's greatest guitar, amp, and pedal builders fretboardsummit.org

Ride bikes, hang out, play guitar, & listen to music in good company at the FREE Fretboard Summit Early Bird Party! The event — co-hosted by @themidsouth and @jhspedals — will take place at Judson & Moore Distillery and include tons time to mingle ots.fm/FBSPreParty

Calling all guitar geeks! Our partners over at @fbjournal put together a comprehensive video about the upcoming Fretboard Summit (8/23-25). Fretboard Journal publisher Jason Verlinde and Vermont guitar maker Creston Lea explain this unique guitar weekend: ots.fm/fbsvideo

There's so much to do at the Fretboard Summit, it's hard to know where to begin! Daily schedule highlights are now live online. Join in on sessions like "Women in Lutherie," "The Future of Vintage Collecting," "Your Guitar and Your Brain," and more: fretboardsummit.org

The annual Fretboard Summit is coming up on 8/23-25 at Chicago’s @oldtownschool, and the excitement is palpable! Check out an official first-timer’s guide on @fbjournal to help wrap your head around the proverbial tailpiece of this special gathering: ots.fm/fretboardsummi…🎸

Fretboard Summit 2024 Sunday Headliner Spotlight (8/25): @TheValerieJune is a Grammy-nominated artist from Tennessee. She’s been hailed by the New York Times as one of America’s “most intriguing, fully formed new talents.” Tickets at fretboardsummit.org/tickets 🎟️

Fretboard Summit 2024 Saturday Headliner Spotlight (8/24): @ColinHay rose to prominence as the lead singer and songwriter for the Australian band Men at Work in the ‘80s. Hay has had a solo career that's included television appearances and 15 solo albums fretboardsummit.org/tickets

✨ EXCLUSIVE 3-Day Passholder show (8/23) co-headliners include the talented @_blakemills and @JoeHenryMusic! Learn more about the artists and snag your ticket (there are still a few left!) at fretboardsummit.org/tickets. Make sure to act fast! 🎟️

Connect with the world's greatest luthiers through this marvelous display of stringed instruments & accessories. From local builders to top brands, we'll have tons of limited edition creations to play and purchase right at the event! Tickets & info at fretboardsummit.org

3-Day All Access Pass holders will receive entry to ALL concerts, plus unlimited workshops, demos, jams, parties, and so much more. Can’t make the full weekend? Single day passes are available for Saturday and Sunday only! Tickets @ fretboardsummit.org

CONCERT LINEUP JUST ANNOUNCED for Fretboard Summit 2024 in Chicago! We’re thrilled to welcome @ColinHay, @TheValerieJune, @JoeHenryMusic and Blake Mills to @oldtownschool for a full weekend of guitar-loving fun from Friday August 23 - Sunday August 25.

GUITAR PEOPLE ANNOUNCEMENT 🎸 💥 Early Bird pricing for the Fretboard Summit 2024 All Access Passes ends THIS WEEKEND! Grab your passes now before prices increase by $50 on Sunday, 12/3. Get them at fretboardsummit.org/tickets