Submissions open June 1 and closes on July 31, 2025.

The Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival is a community driven non-profit GUITAR festival that brings guitarists together from all parts of the world. The festival offers a week long wonderful stay with airfare, food, housing, and local transport taken care of in exchange for the guitarists wonderful talents and collaborations during a whole week of concerts in paradise!  

ZIGF is a unique cultural exchange, unlike any festival you've ever been to. Musicians love the festival and many request to return each year - the friendships and musical partnerships that have been born here are legendary. International tours, recording projects, artist exchanges and residency grants testify to the extraordinary talent that the ZIGF attracts and the wonderful music that is created here. Many of our artists are internationally recognized, some are even winners of the music industry's highest honors.

Submissions by musicians other than guitarists will not be considered. In other words, full bands, even if they have 1 or more guitarists, will not be considered. Singers or other artists who wish to accompany a guitarist but do not play the guitar themselves will not be considered. We welcome applications from guitarists from anywhere in the world, in solo, duo or trio configurations and from any genre, including flamenco, classical, blues, folk, jazz, pop, singer-songwriter, rock, etc.

*Artists must be available for the whole duration of the festival (March 7-14, 2026). 
*Backing tracks, drum and musical accompaniment machines are strictly prohibited. Pedals and chorus boxes are acceptable.

Sounds like something you might enjoy?

Then please continue to fill in your submission!