For lack of a better idea, I’m calling these guitars Golden Era. My first built classical guitar was completed in 1976 — 50 years ago — in a shop very much like the one I’m working in now. I‘ve worked around the world, and I've returned to my roots.

Hill Guitar Company will exhibit at the annual Jerry Snyder GuitarFest in San Jose, California. Happening this weekend at Evergreen High School, South Bay Guitar Society presents the annual event to build classical guitar community. Luthiers, performers, audiences, students, and exhibitors will gather for two days and enjoy a full program that offers concerts, masterclasses, a youth guitar competition and opportunities to meet with guitar makers.

thrilled to host Antoine Boyer & Yeore Kim for an unforgettable private house concert in Santa Cruz on Thursday, September 25th.This award-winning guitar and harmonica duo brings together the fire of Gypsy jazz and the elegance of chromatic harmonica, creating a sound that is virtuosic, lyrical, and deeply moving. Currently on a world tour supporting their new album You and I, Antoine and Yeore are captivating audiences across the globe—now you can hear them up close in an in

You're invited! Join Kenny Hill and friends in the Santa Cruz Mountains for LIVE music featuring world-class artists in concert at a private residence. This is a rare opportunity to indulge the senses in an intimate setting while Arthur Dente, French guitarist and composer, performs with renowned percussionist, Steve Robertson. Kenny Hill will open the evening with a short guitar program of original compositions. Santa Cruz Mountains House Concert | Fri Aug 8th, 2025

classical guitar virtuoso Emilia Díaz-Delgado in a special free concert at the UCSC Seymour Marine Discovery Center, La Feliz Room, in Santa

Enjoy a free LIVE concert presented in part by South Bay Guitar Society and Hill Guitar Company on Sunday, October 27, 2024, 4:30 PM at U.C.

Emilia Díaz-Delgado in Concert August 24th at Pacific Grove Art Center

Join us Friday, June 14th for the Canadian Guitar Quartet LIVE at Pacific Grove Art Center in Pacific Grove, CA.

Presented by Carmel Guitar Society Open Mic - Community Guitar Event at the Pacific Grove Art Center

Lecture by Kenny Hill from 2023 Guitar Foundation of America convention

Dragos Ilie LIVE in Concert Fri Nov 10th at Pacific Grove Art Center

Peppino D'Agostino Performs LIVE Fri Oct 20th at The Sandbox in Sand City/Seaside, CA.

An evening with Kenny Hill LIVE in concert this Saturday, September 23rd, presented by Carmel Guitar Society & Pacific Grove Art Center....

I just finished a new composition for guitar called Twilight. I’ve been working on it steadily over the last few weeks, and now it is...