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Eric Clapton Announces 2023 Crossroads Guitar Festival

Eric Clapton Announces 2023 Crossroads Guitar Festival

The 7th installment will feature Joe Bonamassa, Eric Gales, Samantha Fish, ZZ Top, Marcus King, and more.


Eric Clapton announced today the 7th installment of the Crossroads Guitar Festival. The Festival, which has become legendary in its own right for hosting performances and impromptu collaborations from the world’s most renowned guitar players, will take place over two nights on September 23rd and 24th at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA. Clapton will gather the past, present and future of guitar music onto one stage for an unparalleled musical event featuring performances from the below list of notable guitarists. Tickets to the Festival will go on sale this Friday, April 21 at 10:00 a.m. local via Ticketmaster. Please note that each day will be sold as its own ticket and there will not be 2-day passes.

In addition to the concerts, Guitar Center, a co-sponsor since 2004 and a strong supporter of the Crossroads At Antigua Foundation, will once again host the Guitar Center Festival Village on-site adjacent to the arena on Xbox Plaza and Chick Hearn Court at L.A. LIVE. Some of the world’s best guitar and gear manufacturers, including Fender, Gibson, Martin, BOSS, D’Angelico, Ernie Ball, Focusrite, Ibanez, Mark Bass, Marshall, Mitchell, PRS, Shure, Yamaha, and more, will host interactive exhibits where guitar enthusiasts can plug in and play new products and classic favorites. In addition to the guitars and gear exhibited throughout the Village, Guitar Center will again be exhibiting important selections from its must-see, multi-million dollar Legends Collection of historically significant guitars, including Clapton’s “Blackie” Strat and cherry ES-335, as well as Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Lenny” Strat. Additionally, Guitar Center, in partnership with Eric Clapton, will unveil the 25th Anniversary Crossroads Guitar Collection – a rare series of meticulously crafted, limited-edition guitars, based on vintage, iconic instruments that Clapton played early in his career with Cream, Blind Faith and Derek and the Dominos. This collection will be of interest to both passionate players and serious collectors alike, and available exclusively through Guitar Center stores with a significant share of the profits going to the aid of Crossroads Centre at Antigua.

​Current Artist Lineup

Joe Bonamassa
Doyle Bramhall II
James Bullard
Gary Clark Jr
Sheryl Crow
Jerry Douglas
Jakob Dylan
Andy Fairweather Low
Samantha Fish
Sonny Landreth
Albert Lee
Los Lobos
Taj Mahal
Pedro Martins
John Mayer Trio
John McLaughlin
Del McCoury Band
Roger McGuinn
Keb’ Mo’
Ariel Posen
Robert Randolph

Eric Gales
Vince Gill
Buddy Guy
Ben Haggard
H.E.R
Sierra Hull
Marcus King
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
The Bros. Landreth
Robbie Robertson
Kurt Rosenwinkel
Santana
Gustavo Santaolalla
Daniel Santiago
Stephen Stills
Molly Tuttle
Jimmie Vaughan
Bradley Walker
The War On Drugs
ZZ Top

For more information, please visit crossroadsguitarfestival.com.