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St. Louis Cigar Box Guitar Festival

Event Details

Time: May 31, 2019 at 7pm to June 1, 2019 at 5pm
Location: HWY 61 Roadhouse
Street: 34 S. Old Orchard Ave.
City/Town: Webster Groves MO 63119
Event Type: stl, cbg, fest
Organized By: gary herget
Latest Activity: Dec 26, 2022

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Event Description

7th annual STL CBG Festival to be held June 1st 11:00 am til 5:00pm. Justin Johnson will be performing at the HWY 61 Roadhouse May 31 7:00pm. He will conduct a seminar Sat. June 1st from 10:00-12:00, then play on the mainstage till 5:00pm

New this year, Local talent will be on the indoor stage 12:00-5:00

Location: HWY 61 Roadhouse 34 S. OLd Orchard Ave. Webster Groves MO 63119

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Comment by Poorness Studios on June 3, 2019 at 1:42am: I'm bummed I can't go this year. I went last year and it was my first CBG fest. I had a blast.

Comment by the anonymous pick on May 27, 2019 at 1:13pm: Awesome write up SD ;-)

Comment by smilingdog1 on May 26, 2019 at 2:23am: Background History of St. Louis Cigar Box Guitar Festival

Late in the year 2012 two guys met together from a site called Cigar Box Nation with a single idea of bringing a festival to St. Louis. Gary Herget and Steven Miles began building a unique collaborative relationship. They met at Blues City Deli and shared their guitar builds and sat down to draft up a plan. Several months and interviews later, they met Bill Kunz of the Hwy 61 Road House restaurant. Bill was the right guy for many reasons, his love for the music industry and knowledge of its history along with a place that’s decorated in the history and serves up St. Louis best selection of food & beverages. Bill immediate fit in with open minded collaboration. When I use the word collaboration I’m driving a key point that keeps a long time project working.

Our core value has remained steady from day one. The Hwy61 Road House CBG Festival has supported the builders and local musicians from day one. Hwy61 gives back to its community in many ways through matching fundraising for nonprofits and has opened its doors free of charge to the CBG culture every 3^rd Saturday of each month. We have kept out vendor’s fee as low as possible to make it affordable to all, but it gets even better. Gary and I being in charge of vendors have used the money collected to fund club activities which extend to helping fund raising and special club events.

Bottom line is this; we knew it had to be about the community and not us. Our plan has been to give all of you a platform to enjoy what we love so much doing in our spare time. The Christmas parties, the offsite field trips and free lunches. All of you handmade root instrument builders and enthusiasts are at the heart of this special event. We give a deep felt “Thank You!” to Bill Kunz and family for making this possible and for being the best host anyone could ask for.