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GUITAR WORLD RECORD 2024 IN WROCŁAW

Play with us! On 1 May 2024, we meet in Wrocław’s Market Square for another attempt to set a new Guitar World Record. After more than 20 years of playing together, the Wrocław event has become a major music festival showcasing the guitar’s many faces and drawing thousands of guitarists and tourists from around the world. We invite you now to join this 1 May celebration of the guitar and help create the World’s Largest Guitar Orchestra.

WROCŁAW, THE GUITAR CAPITAL

1 May 2024

On 1 May, the Market Square and its surroundings will become a guitar village, with several stages showcasing different ways of playing the guitar, from electric guitar through fingerstyle and flamenco to classical guitar and ukulele. There will also be numerous guitar workshops, meetings with artists, guitar amplifier presentations, demonstrations of masterful playing, autograph and photo sessions, and a special children's zone.

Bards and buskers will appear in the streets, alongside quick guitar-building workshops and an exhibition of portraits of guitar legends. The traditional competitions for a guitar made from “anything at all” and the best guitar costume will also return. Everyone can try their luck on the special “Your 5 Minutes of Fame” stage.

In the “green guitar zone”, you will be able to generate electricity yourself to power your guitar and play! In the “guitar fashion” zone, we will take your photos, display them on the large screen in Wrocław's Market Square and share them online.

Registration for Guitar World Record participants will open on 1 May at 10:00 at the registration point on the southern side of Wrocław's Market Square, near the Aleksander Fredro monument. The point will be clearly marked, with directional arrows showing the way.

What do you need to bring? When registering, you must have an instrument — guitar, bass guitar, ukulele, mandolin or another stringed instrument — and be able to play Jimi Hendrix's “Hey Joe” on it (5 chords: C, G, D, A, E). If in doubt, your playing ability may be checked. Toy instruments or imitations will not be accepted.

After registering, participants will receive a wristband granting admission to the event and an official commemorative Record Holder Certificate 2024. There will also be an opportunity to buy T-shirts and other festival merchandise, along with discounted tickets for 3-Majówka 2024, which has accompanied the Guitar World Record attempt for years. Online registration will open in early April 2024.

Advance registration simplifies signing up on site. Every participant must personally confirm participation at designated registration points. All you need is a guitar and five basic chords, C, G, D, A and E, to play Jimi Hendrix’s “Hey Joe”. People of every age can participate, and every guitar counts: acoustic, classical, electric and bass, alongside mandolins, banjos and ukuleles.

We will prepare a special area for electric guitarists, with access to power — we recommend bringing an extension lead with multiple sockets. Guest performances and group playing will begin at 10:00. Playing will take place on several stages, so every guitar enthusiast will find something to enjoy. As always, the record-attempt song will be Jimi Hendrix's “Hey Joe”, but we will also play other guitar hits together.

Participant registration closes at 15:45, followed by the final rehearsal of the shared performance of “Hey Joe”. Do not leave registration until the last moment!

At precisely 16:00, we will begin the OFFICIAL ATTEMPT to set a new GUITAR WORLD RECORD A.D. 2024! At around 16:15, this year's result will be announced, we will play an encore together and finish the Market Square event.

See you in Wrocław – the City of the Guitar!

Event details

GUITAR WORLD RECORD 2024

Date

1 May 2024

11:00

Venue

WROCŁAW MARKET SQUARE