2025 Southwest Cigar Box Guitar Festival

Please join us for a weekend of Cigar Box Guitar in collaboration of all forms!

Admission: $15 | Minors must be accompanied by an adult | No pets allowed.

$5 Raffle Tickets available for contests, drawings, and giveaways.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 22ND

9:00 AM - Gates Open: Vendor check-in, setup, orientation, photos, meet & greet. (All vehicles must be moved to the parking lot across the street after unloading).

12:00 PM - Open House at the Puckett Cigar Box Guitar Workshop (pardon the mess!)

1:00 PM - Rehearsal at Main Stage (Cigar Box Guitar Army)

3:00 PM - Builders’ Forum: Tools, tips, demos, parts swap, hand-on Q&A

4:00 PM - Open Mic at Vineyard Main Stage

5:00 PM - Migration to Los Ojos Restaurant & Saloon (live music by the Cigar Box Guitar Army)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 23rd

8:00 AM - Outdoor Campfire Breakfast at the CBGitty Side Stage by the river —Vineyard Stage—

10:00 AM - Performance Workshop (GFCigarBoxGuitars)

11:00 AM - CBG Music Theory Class (Puckett Cigar Box Guitar)

12:00 PM - Lunch Break

1:00 PM - Writer’s Round (sign in)

2:00 PM - Cigar Box Guitar Performance

3:00 PM - Cigar Box Guitar Performance

4:00 PM - Cigar Box Guitar Performance

5:00 PM - Cigar Box Guitar Performance

6:00 PM - Intermission (Dinner)

7:00 PM - Final Cigar Box Guitar Performance

9:00 PM - Bonfire & Open Mic (CBGitty Side Stage by the river)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 24TH

10:00 AM - Sunday Service (optional)

1:00 PM - Final Farewell Jam (CBGitty Side Stage by the river)

Clean-up and Pack-out