Become a Member & Order Tickets

As a member of the Minnesota Guitar Society, you receive ticket discounts on all MGS-sponsored events, a year's subscription to the Guitarist and the opportunity to place free classifieds in each issue.

The 2009-2010 brochure will be available shortly.

Call 612-677-1151 to order Sundin Hall series tickets by phone

Next Local Artists Series Concert

Sunday, April 5th, 2009, 2pm

Robert Everest

Location: Woodbury’s Central Park indoor amphitheater

Local Artists Series concerts are free. Visit the Local Artists Series page to see the 2008-2009 season schedule.

Next OpenStage

OpenStage Summer Pizza Party
Sunday, July 19, 2-6pm
Silver Lake Village Condos in
St. Anthony Village

OpenStage is a structured but informal way for guitarists of any level to experience the joy of playing for each other. Go to the OpenStage page to read more and view the annual calendar.

Read the Latest Guitarist Newsletter

July/ August 2009

Past issues of Guitarist newsletter are available on the Newsletter page.

Check Out the Guitar Community Calendar

The community calendar has information on guitar events in our region. You can see or post events on the calendar

Peter Huttlinger Opens 2009-2010 Sundin Hall Concert Series

Friday, September 25th 2009, 8 p.m.

Our Sundin Hall series kicks off with National Fingerstyle Championship winner Peter Huttlinger, who is one of today’s finest fingerstyle guitarists. He has been featured twice on the cover of Fingerstyle Guitar magazine, has released seven CDs, and has created two top-selling series of instructional DVDs for Homespun Recordings.

OpenStage Summer Party- Guitar & Pizza

Sunday, July 19th, 2-6 p.m.
Silver Lake Village Condos in St. Anthony Village

OpenStage is a structured but informal way for guitarists of any level to experience the joy of playing for each other. It was started in 2002 at the suggestion, and with the leadership, of the late Dennis Burns, a long-time MGS member and avid amateur guitarist. If you’ve been at an OpenStage, you know what fun they are, and you might be wondering how you’ll make it through the long summer without the opportunity to get together with other guitarists, swap stories about summer vacations, play a few tunes, and—enjoy some pizza! Never fear, our friends Jay and Jan Fillmore (along with help from a few of the other regulars) have offered to host an OpenStage Summer Party. Come join us on Sunday, July 19th to share music, food, and fun. The event will feature the regular OpenStage format: a simple sign-up sheet, 3–15 minutes per person, and the opportunity to perform a second time after everyone has had a chance to play. After everyone has played who wants to, we’ll have pizza and soda while we swap stories, talk about the performances, and socialize. As always, listeners are welcome, so bring a friend. To make sure we’ve got enough pizza for everyone, please RSVP to Jay Fillmore by Friday, July 17th (info above). He’ll send you directions and parking instructions for the event once you RSVP. Hope we’ll see you there! For more information about OpenStage, contact Mark Bussey at or 612-822-5573.