The 28th Annual Dallas Guitar Show and MusicFest Returns to Dallas Market Hall April 9 and 10, 2005

The 28^th Annual Dallas Guitar Show and MusicFest will be held Saturday, April 9 and Sunday, April 10, at Dallas Market Hall. Market Hall is located at 2200 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas, 75207, and provides ample free parking for show attendees.

An exciting addition of this year's show is Drum World, 14,000 square feet of "anything and everything related to drums," including live performances and clinics by world-class drummers. What the Dallas Guitar Show has done for the guitar, Drum World will do for drums. At Drum World, you'll see manufacturers and retailers, drums, percussion, and accessories as well as collectors and dealers of vintage drums, parts and memorabilia from all over the world. All for sale or trade. For more information about Drum World, including dealer applications, visit www.guitarshow.com online.

Dallas Guitar Show and MusicFest and Drum World hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 9-10, and MusicFest hours are noon to 6 p.m. each day. One-day ticket price for both the Guitar Show and MusicFest is $15 for adults and children 11 or older; free for children under 10. Tickets for both days are $25; all tickets are available at the door.

The Dallas Guitar Show and MusicFest is the world's largest and oldest guitar show, blending musicians, fans, collectors and celebrities together into one musical extravaganza. Visitors can buy, sell, trade, or just browse among the thousands upon thousands of new and vintage guitars, basses, amps, banjos, mandolins, straps and strings, effects pedals, keyboards, music memorabilia and more. Rub elbows with guitar legends and up-and-coming artists.

Listen to the best local and regional bands at MusicFest's indoor and outdoor stages, including the winners of the Texas 10 Under 20 contest co-sponsored by the Dallas Guitar Show and MusicFest and Texas Music Project. This Show of Shows will feature 500 booths, exhibits and clinics, and live concert performances on three stages. There will also be a live auction featuring memorabilia from Icons of 20th Century Music, and special exhibits featuring musicians like Dallas legend Stevie Ray Vaughan.

More than 13,000 people attended last year's event at Dallas Market Hall, with over $3 million of instruments and memorabilia trading hands. For more information, call the Dallas Guitar Show and MusicFest and Drum World 24-hour hotline, Metro 972-260-4201, or visit their website at www.guitarshow.com.

Sponsors for the 27^{th Annual Dallas Guitar Show and MusicFest 2004 were}

"Dallas Observer," Musician's Hotline, Blue Book Publication, Guitar Center, Charley's Guitar Shop, Gibson Custom, Art & Historic Division; Ernie Ball / Music Man, Odyssey Auctions, Hard Rock Cafe, Dick's Last Resort, Jimmy Wallace Guitars, Sound Southwest, and Transpecos Guitars. Sponsors for the Texas 10 Under 20 Contest are Broadjam, 102.1 The Edge, Luminous Sound Studios, TAXI, Smitty Ink, ProAudioEngineer.com, George L's, Planet Waves, Olympia Guitars, D'Addario Strings, Evans Drums, Guitar World magazine, Guitar 1 magazine, and Texas Music Project.