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Guitar Show 2023: The Future of Music Resonates in Padua.

LARGE-SCALE MARKET EXHIBITION OPEN TO INDUSTRY, DISTRIBUTION, ARTISANS, MAKERS, MODDERS, STORES, PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS, AND COLLECTORS, DEDICATED TO THE WORLD OF GUITARS, BASSES, AMPLIFICATION, AND EFFECTS.

The Guitar Show 2023, held at the Padova Fair on May 20th and 21st, concluded its sixth edition with an extraordinary increase in terms of attendance and exhibitors. With approximately 5,600 total attendees, including 4,100 visitors, 900 professionals, and 600 accredited artists, the event experienced a 41% growth compared to the 2022 edition.

The 5th and 11th pavilions of the Padova Fair were crowded with 198 exhibitors from over 20 countries, representing a 31% increase compared to 2022 when there were 150 exhibitors. Of the exhibitors, 68.2% were Italian, while 31.8% came from abroad, with a 43% increase in foreign companies and brands, especially among those in direct control. The total area occupied by the event was 12,000 square meters indoors, in addition to outdoor spaces, offering a variety of areas dedicated to demonstrations, performances, and various activities.

The Guitar Show will return to the Padova Fair for its seventh edition on May 18th and 19th, 2024.

Exhibitors List

Browse the list of exhibitors attending the 2023 edition

Events on Stage

All the events of Guitar Show 2023.

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Guitar Show
The Exhibitors

The Guitar Show invites guitar makers and artisans to show their wares along with other instruments, amps and effects for guitar and bass. Producers and distributors of musical instruments and audio tools, music schools, specialist magazines, unpretentious private individuals and collectors.

Who can visit the Event

Everyone! Guitar Show is dedicated to musicians, fans of guitar, bass, amplification and effects, to the curious, and lovers of good music who will not fail to be present at the events three stages.

What you will find

Exhibitors will have the opportunity to meet a new public in one of Italys largest economically important urban areas that is equally significant for the dissemination of music. Members of the public and musicians can lose themselves in a largescale exhibition where they can speak with producers, handle, try, play and sniff around one of the largest collections of instruments ever shown in Italy.