Our Mission
To promote, share, and celebrate the art of the guitar and its music by providing education and performance opportunities to people of diverse cultures, ages, abilities, and economic means. The Society operates to raise awareness and celebrate the richness and diversity of the guitar and its music through monthly meetings, concerts and workshops, special presentations, community outreach and community service.
About the SGS
The Sacramento Guitar Society (SGS) is a non-profit educational and service organization that has existed in one form or another since at least 1961. We have one of the more active and successful guitar societies in the country, with “unbelievably good” international touring artists appearing in an ideal listening environment – the Harris Center for the Arts at Folsom Lake College and now at the Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts in Sacramento.
For anyone interested in the guitar, whether as a player or as someone who just enjoys music, the Sacramento Guitar Society is a place to share your interest in a friendly and welcoming environment .
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Sacramento Saturday Music Club presents Guitar Masterpieces with Johnnie Basch (and special guest cellist Christine Zdunkiweicz),
Saturday, May 10, 2025, at 7pm Music Exchange, 1537 Howe Ave., Sacramento Free event!
Johnnie will perform solo works by Weiss, Guiliani, Tarrega, and Piazzolla and then be joined by Chris Z. for an arrangement of Piazzolla’s Café 1930 and the duo “Liviana” by Alain Miteran. Complimentary refreshments provided after the show.
SGS Spring Orchestra Concert 2025
Sunday May 18th at 3pm at the Clara Auditorium – 2420 N Street Sacramento, CA 95816.
Concert performance by our intermediate and advanced guitar orchestras.
Also featuring Special Guest Performance/Concert by Doug Pauley
Doug is a prolific composer/arranger, contractor and ring-leader. Doug’s guitar playing is rooted in the fingerstyle jazz tradition and has been further refined by the requirements of his inventive arrangements of jazz, pop and latin tunes
The Big Day of Giving (BDOG) 2025 is on Thursday May 1st. Please donate generously as the SGS depends on your donations and generosity to provide guitar programs and concerts in the Sacramento area.
Guitar Concert: Michael Silva and Friends
I’ll be performing a concert in Davis with my talented guitar faculty colleagues. We’ll be presenting a diverse program of beautiful and exciting solo and ensemble pieces. As I rarely perform in the Davis/Sacramento area (my last concert was in 2019), I encourage you to attend if you’d like to hear me play live. My fellow musicians are incredible and you won’t be disappointed!
Admission: Free (Donations Accepted) – Please feel free to bring friends!
Date: Saturday, May 24th
Time: Concert at 1:30 PM, Doors open at 1:15 PM
Location: Watermelon Music (Melon Ball), Davis
DCGO Summer Concert!
Davis Community Guitar Orchestra Concert
A fun concert with the Davis Community Guitar Orchestra playing a variety of music:
Admission: Free (Donations Accepted)
Date: Saturday, June 7th
Time: 3:30 PM, doors open at 3:15pm
Location: Watermelon Music (Melon Ball), Davis