Guitar Festival 2026

In Soave, the great event for guitar enthusiasts returns with a new edition. The 2026 edition of the Guitar Festival will indeed be the 25th and last of an event that has never had and still has no equals, and will take place in the year that marks the 80th anniversary of the birth of the Italian Republic. For this reason, the commemorative guitar and the festival poster feature the symbol of the Republic against the backdrop of the tricolor, and on the back of the instrument - the text of the national anthem. As tradition has it, this beautiful instrument will be raffled among all those who purchase a ticket to attend the evening concerts.

As per tradition, the event takes place in four moments:

• Guitar show/market: at the Palazzo del Capitano, Via G. Camuzzoni, 8 (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, open from 10:30 AM to 6:00 PM, with last admission at 5:00 PM).
• Study seminars: at the Church of S. Maria del Monte dei Padri Domenicani, Via Castello Scaligero, 4/B (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday).
• Welcome dinner: Saturday, April 25, at the “Al Gambero” Restaurant, Corso Vittorio Emanuele 5, 37038 Soave (VR).
• Evening concerts: at the “Comm. Luigi Pasetto” Auditorium of the Cantina Rocca Sveva, Via Covergnino, 7 (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, starting at 9:00 PM).

At the festival's Secretariat, at the entrance of the Show/Market (Palazzo del Capitano), it will be possible to purchase the new DVD of the concerts from the last edition 2025, from the previous one 2024, and all those made from 2005 to 2013 featuring the best of all those evening concerts. DVDs of the concerts held at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza will also be available. Those who purchase one of these DVDs will receive a complimentary copy of “Soave 2004 Guitar Festival,” a very rare document, as it has never been and is still not for sale. You can also purchase CDs and other products that will be offered by the artists.