Surf Guitar 101 Festival 2024, July 26-28, Long Beach

What: Surf Guitar 101 Festival 2024
When: Friday – Sunday, JULY 26-28, 2024
Where: Crystal Ballroom at the Golden Sails Hotel, 
6285 E. Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach, CA 9080
surfguitar101festival.com
Ticket Link at StellarShows
Media Contact: Lee Joseph / Reverberations Media

Since 2008, the Surf Guitar 101 Convention has grown and expanded into what is now considered one of the most important live music events of its kind in the world. It features the best in traditional, modern, and cutting-edge international, national, and local bands performing and celebrating instrumental surf music’s widely adored yet still niche genre.

In addition to the live performances, the Surf Guitar 101 Festival 2024 provides a unique opportunity to shop for one of the greatest selections of surf music-related products under one roof– current and vintage records, t-shirts, books, posters, other paper ephemera, Tiki mugs, guitar pedals and accessories, DVDs and more.

The event also offers attendees the rare chance to meet, mingle, and get to know other fans worldwide.

Over the years, the convention has been the inspiration for unprecedented tours by foreign bands, historic reunions, live recordings, monumental final performances, once-in-a-lifetime all-star collaborations, and more!

Headlining Surf Guitar 101 Festival 2024
The Surfaris (Glendora, CA) celebrating over 60 years of “Wipe Out”, The Ghastly Ones (Van Nuys, CA.) reunion – exclusive US show, The Mermen (Santa Cruz, CA) rare SOCAL appearance, The Untamed Youth (Columbia, MO) historic reunion featuring Deke Dickerson, Insect Surfers (Los Angeles, CA) celebrating 45 years

Plus
The Boss Martians (Seattle, WA), Surfer Joe (Livorno, Italy), Coffin Draggers (NY, NY), The Nebulas (Providence, RI), The Whys (all-girl group Fukuoka, Japan), Dirty Fuse (Athens, Greece), Martin Cilia (Sidney, Australia), The Manakooras (Southern, USA), 3 Balls of Fire (Austin, TX), The Volcanics (San Gabriel Valley, CA) , The Scimitars (Southern California), Lords of Atlantis (MI, NC, IN, CA), The Outta Sites (Hollywood, CA), The Strings Aflame (Mexico City, Mexico), Surf Zombies (Iowa)

And in the Taboo Tiki Room
The Desolate Coast (Seattle, WA), The Evanstones (Seattle, WA), The Seatopians (Boise, ID), The Verbtones (Portland, OR), 

Event Sponsors
Musick Recordings, Fender Musical Instruments, Quilter Amplification, Surfy Industries, The Surf King Surfwear, Vintage Guitar Magazine, Kustom Deluxe Printing, Lace Teliki Guitars, Nocturne Pedals and Amps, Alameda Guitars: Makers of the Clam Shack Guitar, Off Kiltertron Pickups, and the Angry Hornet Fuzz, Caveman Vintage Music, Rattlesnake Cable Compay, Reverb International Magazine, House of Tabu, Exotica Moderne Magazine, Otitis Media Records, Double Crown Records, Dionysus Records, Hi-Tide Recordings, Surf Cookie Records, Austin Ribbon Microphones, Reverb Junkies: a Documentary Film by Steve Seagren

Radio Show Sponsors

KXLU Radio 88.9 FM Los Angeles 
Cousin Mary Reverb Hour Mon. 8-9 pm PST, KFJC Radio: 89.7FM Los Altos Hills, CA 
Radio Free Bakersfield: rfbako.com 
A Day at the Beach Podcast With Clint Beachwood diyribbonmic.com/adayatthebeach/
Laguna Tropical Surf Radio: KXFM Laguna Beach, CA Tommy J Sundays 5-7 pm PST
Storm Surge of Reverb Radio:
WTUL 91.5 FM New Orleans, LA Hunter King Mondays 4-6 pm CST
Fiberglass Jungle Radio: Luxuriamusic.com with Jonpaul Saturdays 2-4pm PST
Paradise Cove Radio gtfinstrumental.com DJ Dotty Sat 10 am, Sun 3 pm, Wed 3 am PSt, 
Catching a Wave Radio: James & Beth Riley gtfinstrumental.com

Vendors

  • Caveman Vintage Music
  • Alameda Guitars & Effects
  • Dionysus Records
  • Musick Recordings
  • Otitis Media Records
  • Austin Microphones
  • Elliot Kendall Music, Movies & Pop Culture Media
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