Northern show moves south with London event

Northern Guitar Shows is moving down south, holding its first London-area show at Kempton Park Racecourse in October next year.

The South of England Guitar Show will be held on 23rd October 2016 from 10am to 5pm. The event will follow the successful model that NGS Ltd have been promoting in the North where they have had nearly 60 events in the last 20 years including the annual North West Guitar Show and Merseyside Guitar Show.

Organiser, Peter Hoarty, said: “We have been asked many times to bring our style of affordable, grass roots guitar shows to the South and we have now located a venue which ticks all the boxes. Our shows have always been based on the principle of value for money for exhibitors and the public. That includes an affordable entrance fee for visitors, moderate exhibitor prices with no added extras, free parking for all and good transport links.”

 There is space in the main exhibition hall at Kempton Park for more than 100 exhibitors and there will be live music included in a separate hall with bands, workshops and demos. The show is based on the US style of table-top exhibition and is very much a retail event with buying, selling and trading of new, vintage and used guitars, amps, pedals and accessories encouraged.

Registration is open to any business with guitar-related products including retailers, distributors, manufacturers, luthiers, boutique makers and even private collectors and dealers.

Public admission will be £10 with accompanied under-12’s free.