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Welcome to Guitar Weekends, bringing guitarists of all abilities together to learn, play and make music.
Discover our residential guitar weekends, day courses and live online lessons. Develop your skills, explore new styles and enjoy playing with like-minded musicians.
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Since 1994, Guitar Weekends has been helping players of all abilities—from complete beginners to semi-professionals—become better, more confident musicians.
Our courses focus not just on what to play, but how and why it works, giving you the skills to keep improving long after the course has finished.
SHOP
Learn at your own pace with recordings of our previous online masterclasses, detailed PDFs and additional practice materials.
LIVE ONLINE
Join our tutors live from home for interactive Zoom lessons, complete with detailed materials and a recording afterwards.
DAY COURSES
Spend a full day learning, playing and developing your skills alongside other guitarists.
RESIDENTIAL WEEKENDS
Immerse yourself in guitar for a whole weekend of tuition, playing, jamming and socialising.
Love playing guitar riffs? Take your playing to the next level! Join Gary Dunn and discover how timing, articulation, muting, dynamics and feel can transform your riff playing. Develop the skills and confidence to make great guitar riffs really groove.
EXPLORE RIFF MASTERYIf your blues and fusion playing has hit a plateau, this is the weekend that will move you forward. Many guitarists reach a point where they’re relying on the same pentatonic patterns, familiar barre chords and repetitive licks. The problem isn’t technique—it’s knowing how to create groove, make better musical choices and sound like a complete player. Over the weekend, Nat Martin will show you how professional musicians approach blues and fusion. You’ll learn how to combine shell chords, triads, fingerstyle and plectrum techniques to create rich, dynamic rhythm parts, while developing a vocabulary of licks and solos that sound natural, expressive and musical.
BOOK YOUR PLACEOur first five residential guitar weekends for 2027 are now live and open for booking!
From blues, rock and soul to rhythm guitar, improvisation and performance, we’ve got an exciting programme of courses planned with some of the UK’s finest guitar tutors.
EARLY BIRD OFFER – BOOK NOW AND SAVE!
Take advantage of our special early bird prices when booking your 2027 residential weekend. Places are limited, so book early to secure your place and enjoy a great saving!
We’ll be announcing more residential weekends, day courses and live online lessons over the coming months, so keep checking back for updates.
Have an idea for a course you’d love to attend?
We’d love to hear your suggestions! Whether it’s a particular style, technique or something completely different, your feedback helps us shape future courses.
Drop us an email and tell us what you’d like to learn.
