After seeing the Air Guitar Nation film a few years ago, I fell in love with this growing genre of performance art. I have yet actually see any kind of “official” performance of Air Guitar, but I was pleased to find out that the US Air Guitar Championship is back on tour and will be swing by San Francisco for two days.
In 2009, US Air Guitar Championship is taking it all to a whole new level… Actually, the tour will be going to the same number of cities as last year, but given the state of the economy, reps for US Air Guitar maintain that staying the same is the new growth (we call this “stag-spansion”). One winner from each city will be brought to a yet-to-be-revealed city in August 2009 to compete in the US Air Guitar Finals for the crown of US Air Guitar Champion. The 2009 US Champ will then be sent to Oulu, Finland to represent the USA in the Air Guitar World Championships, where he or she will compete against national air guitar champions from all around the world, including Hot Lixx Hulahan, who, as defending champion, is granted automatic entry into the World Championships. [link]
US AIR GUITAR CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 TOUR DATES
May 27 || Paradise || Boston, MA
May 28 || Bowery Ballroom || New York, NY
May 29 || 930 Club || Washington, DC
May 30 || The Khyber || Philadelphia, PA
May 31 || Orange Peel || Asheville, NC
June 1 || The Earl || Atlanta, GA
June 2 || Exit In || Nashville, TN
June 3 || House of Blues || Cleveland, OH
June 5 || Varsity Theatre || Minneapolis, MN
June 6 || Metro || Chicago, IL
June 8 || Sokol Underground || Omaha, NE
June 9 || Record Bar || Kansas City, MO
June 11 || The Loft || Dallas, TX
June 12 || The Parish || Austin, TX
June 13 || Studio at Warehouse Live || Houston, TX
June 16 || Bluebird Theatre || Denver, CO
June 17 || Aggie Theatre || Fort Collins, CO
June 19 || Troubadour || Los Angeles, CA
June 20 || The Casbah || San Diego, CA
June 23 || Dante’s || Portland, OR
June 24 || El Corazon || Seattle, WA
June 26 || The Independent || San Francisco, CA – Golden Gate Regional
June 27 || The Independent || San Francisco, CA – Bay Bridge Regional
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