The National Vintage Guitar Expo is Australia’s major annual vintage guitar event, run by vintage enthusiasts for vintage enthusiasts.

It’s a celebration of vintage, rare and hand-made acoustic and electric guitars, amplifiers and accessories from around Australia. Our 2024 event will be again held at the Harmonie German Club in Canberra from 10am – 8pm on Saturday the 12th of October 2024. The event brings together a large group of exhibitors in two adjoining halls, vintage guitars and amps in one, acoustic and luthier instruments in the other.

2024 Exhibitors will be announced as they confirm attendance.

Event tickets can be found here

See you there!

This award-winning quartet has well and truly established themselves into Australia’s musical heart since forming in 1989

When the Bondi Cigars were first gigging around Sydney, late 1989, they moved in a blues/R&B circuit which, while robust enough since the 60s, had then been sparked into new life by the ‘blues revival’ of the mid-80’s, spearheaded by Robert Cray, Joe Louis Walker, Stevie Ray Vaughan and similar crusaders. And while many of the Sydney bands from that era have vanished, become historical footnotes or undergone major changes, the Cigars – true survivors – have battled on, without ever compromising their distinctive no nonsense style, to become a leading force in Australian R&B.

That original Cigars line-up brought together four like-minded experienced players, all veterans of Sydney inner-west blues venues, and from the word go, the Cigars have been the very model of the ‘no passengers’ band, a well-oiled machine plus soul: no room for slackers here.

The Bondi Cigars have built a solid reputation as one of the best live acts in the country.

Always one of the country’s hardest working outfits (on the road more than off), the Cigars have kept their music tight, hard-driving and down-to-earth: the Australian bar band par excellence.

Shane Pacey (vocals and guitar)

Alan Britton (bass and vocals)

Eben Hale (guitar and vocals)

Frank Corby (drums)

Special guest support: Divine Devilles

Singer/songwriters/musicians, Ali Penney and Dorothy-Jane Gosper, come together as Divine Devilles.

Two well-travelled souls, each with a swag of awards, a suitcase full of songs, their hearts on their sleeves and a love of that sweet, swinging, shuffling, grooving place where Blues and Jazz meet.

This is a powerhouse act with award-winning songs, vocals, keys and blues-harp, plus bags of cheek, charm and pizazz!

Pre-sales: CBS members $27 / General $30

Door: $35

Doors: 7pm Show: 8pm

Ticket link: https://www.canberrabluessociety.com.au/event-5773798

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/817629053667137/

General Tickets HERE

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Opening Ceremony Tickets HERE

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Fully catered by the Harmonie German Club serving traditional Oktoberfest fare

TICKETS ARE STRICTLY LIMITED

Music from Sydney Showband  the Masters of Oompah

Dance “Schuhplattler” from Australian German Folk Dancing Group

Tapping of the Keg 

VIP Food and Drink Table Service Menu