Ilmakitaransoiton MM-kisat 2012

The 10th US Air Guitar Championships Tour travels accross the country again this summer! The tour will be hosted by Dan "Björn Türoque" Crane and starred by 2008 World Champion, Craig "Hot Lixx Hulahan" Billmeier. The national final will be held in Denver on 21 July. More info on tickets and contest sign up at www.usairguitar.com.

2012 REGIONAL COMPETIONS

June 15 Fri: Portland – Dante’s
June 16 Sat: Seattle – El Corozan
June 20 Wed: Philadelphia – Johnny Brenda’s
June 21 Thu: New York City – Bowery Ballroom
June 22 Fri: Boston – Brighton Music Hall
June 22 Fri: Kansas City – Beaumont Club
June 23 Sat: Washington DC – 9:30 Club
June 29 Fri: Chicago – Metro
June 30 Sat: Minneapolis – Cabooze
July 12 Thu: San Diego – Soda Bar
July 13 Fri: Los Angeles – Troubadour
July 14 Sat: San Francisco – The Independent

2012 US AIR GUITAR WILD CARD COMPETITION
July 19 Thu: Boulder, CO – [venue TBA]

2012 US AIR GUITAR NATIONAL FINALS
July 21 Sat: Denver, CO – Bluebird Theatre

Finland got its very own air guitar hero when Lauri "Puccini Vibré" Kallio took the trophy home at the Finnish Air Guitar Championships final in Oulu last Saturday. The hunt of the Finnish Champion covered altogether six cities, and the tour was starred by US Champion and AGWC first-runner-up 2012, Justin "Nordic Thunder" Howard. 

See the interview of Puccini Vibré and Nordic Thunder on Kaleva newspaper website. Lots of wise words included!

AGWC is happy announce that our beloved silver medalist from 2011, Nordic Thunder, is starring the Finnish Air Guitar Championships tour in April! Welcome home, Nordic, Finland is lucky to have you back!

AG Finland & the City of Oulu seeks the best Finnish Air Guitarists this month by visiting six cities: 

Belgians, those early birds of the AGWC Network, were the ones who started the Air Guitar season also in 2012. The first regional contest was held in Liege on 25 February, and this is how it looked like: