Annual Guitar Festival

Large guitar festival masterclass

LMU Music Guitar Festival 2025

Date: April 4-5, 2025
Location: Loyola Marymount University

We are excited to welcome guitar fans from around Southern California back to Murphy Recital Hall for one of the most exciting guitar events in Los Angeles!  Come for the whole day, or pick and choose events that work for your schedule.  

Schedule

April 4
5:00 pm: Roaring Loud GuitarFest (LMU Drollinger Stage) - Free!

April 5
9:00 am: Check in, ensemble warm up (Murphy Recital Hall, all day)
10:00 am: Adjudicated Ensemble Showcase ($10)
12:00 pm: Lunch for all registered participants
12:30 pm: Ensemble Coaching and Alumni-led jam sessions
1:30 pm: Yoshika Masuda & Anastasios Comanescu, Performance ($25/$15)
2:30 pm: Technique Workshop

Tickets

All ticket sales are exclusively online (no onsite box office).

See below for more details!

 

guitar workshop in concert hall
All Access Pass
For the true guitar enthusiast! Purchasing the all access pass for the full festival will gain you entrance to all festival events, concert performances, workshop participation, jam sessions, technique session, plus lunch.
$65 General Admission/$45 Students
Roaring Loud GuitarFest
We’re kicking off this year’s festival with an outdoor concert featuring LMU student musicians, with live sound produced by LMU students from the Recording Arts Department. The music ranges from jazz to singer/songwriter to punk, and the common thread is that all groups feature the guitar! Join us at the Drollinger Stage on Friday, April 4 from 5-6:30pm for a high energy start to the 2025 LMU Guitar Festival.
April 4 | 5:00pm | Free!
Student playing guitar on stage
Adjudicated Ensemble Showcase
Ensembles from middle schools, high schools and community colleges will perform for the audience and for a panel of respected adjudicators. Come to see the talent of the future!
April 5 | 10:00am | $10
Yoshika Masuda & Taso Comanescu 
Yoshika Masuda and Taso Comanescu come together for an exciting duo concert, blending their distinctive musical voices.
April 5 | 1:30pm | $25 General Admission, $15 Student

Questions?

Contact AJ Minette at albert.minette@lmu.edu