Chester Guitar Circle

Welcome to the Chester Guitar Circle

The Chester Guitar Circle is a group of guitarists who meet every month in Chester to enjoy playing and listening to the guitar.

We are always looking for opportunities to share with other guitar enthusiasts. Guitarists of all grades are welcome.

We meet up on the first Wednesday of the month, from 8:00 pm till 10:30 pm at our dedicated venue in Chester. Member's fee is £2.- guests £3.-

More info on our Meetings and other Events

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Mark Houghton Tribute
Our next Chester meeting on May 2 will be a special tribute to Mark Houghton. We're planning on all performances to be an original composition or arrangement by Mark - and there's plenty to choose from. Most CGC members have played a 'Houghton' at one time or another, so you can either polish it up, or try out a new work. Many of Mark's publications are instantly available from the Productionsdoz website:https://www.productionsdoz.com/en/?s=mark+houghton&post_type=product&tags=1&sku=1&limit=8&lang=en&ixwps=1
Let's make May 2nd a memorable tribute to one of the country's leading composers.

Paul Costello, with Tim and Tony.
Tim Price and Tony Roberts will be supporting Paul Costello (acoustic guitar) in West Kirby later this month.
See the poster on the Events page for more details

6 Hands: John Williams, John Etheridge & Gary Ryan
Floral Pavillion, New Brighton, Wirral
Wednesday 13th June 2018, 7:30pm
Tickets £26.00* (£24.00* conc)
After many years of playing together John Williams and John Etheridge are joined by classical guitarist and composer Gary Ryan in a colourful and varied programme of solos, duos and trios. Williams and Etheridge will play some of their most popular pieces together and own compositions and Gary Ryan will play his own “Benga Beat”. The programme will also feature duos played by Ryan and Williams, by Ryan and Etheridge and trio pieces “Malinke Guitars” and “Triangular Situations”. All pieces will be introduced by the players.
Further details: https://www.floralpavilion.com/en-GB/shows/6%20hands-%20john%20williams%2c%20john%20etheridge%20-%20gary%20ryan/events

North Wales Guitar Circle presents
Valerie Hartzell - Classical Guitarist
Saturday 14th April, 8.15pm
Thomas Telford Centre, Menai Bridge, Anglesey.
To include music by Tarrega, Albeniz, Mark Houghton, and the Beatles,
Tickets £10
Contact Jane 01407 831480/ jane.sinnett@btinternet.com
Supported by Noson Allan and Anglesey County Council
See poster on the Coming Events Page

Orchestra Rehearsals
Chester Guitar Orchestra rehearsal dates for 2018:
May 6th, May 20th, June 2nd, June 9th (Concert)* and July 1st.
Provisionally, there will be a DAY's rehearsal on April 14th which would be at the Old Dairy, starting at 10.30am and finishing around 4.00pm.
*The Concert date has not yet been finalised.

CGC Video of the month
Take a listen to Danny Long's version of the Louis Armstrong classic