Come prepared with two songs and learn about sound check, mic technique, stage etiquette, and more, all while practicing your performance skills and preparing to play public open mics with confidence, poise, and professionalism!

Doors open at 6:30 and music starts right at 7. BYOB or enjoy beverages from Girl Guitar for a donation.

All ages are allowed. There's a $5 cover for non-performers and respectful listeners are always welcome.

Instruments should plug in (make sure your batteries are fresh!) or you can use a house acoustic guitar. Keyboard and guitar amps provided.

Cost: $25/per performer

Join songwriter Heather Miller at Girl Guitar to celebrate the release of her album Count It In Moons.

Doors open at 5:30, and music starts at 6:00. Drinks will be available in exchange for a donation!

Geared to beginners but if you’re intermediate, you’ll learn something too. We’ll cover slide types, slide techniques, alternate tunings, and picking as it applies to sliding. We may get to learning a song, but the main goal will be to help you attain good tone and pitch and understand the various slide motifs so you can more easily learn any song you want to.

If you’ve never played guitar before this probably isn’t the best fit. We’ll be adding a new technique to your guitar arsenal, not introducing the instrument from scratch.

Perquisites: In order to get the most out of the class, you’ll need to arrive with a slide that is a good fit for the finger you intend to use to play. There are pro players out there using each of the 4 possible fingers. I use pinky because it’s the most flexible way to both slide and also build chords. If your pinky is not as well trained and dexterous as your other fingers, then you’ll probably be best off using your ring finger. It’s most common, but - like right handed vs left handed - no one can tell you what’s going to be the right one for you.

Look for a slide that is just long enough to comfortably span your guitar neck, and is snug enough that it isn’t flopping around and your finger doesn't have to be kinked to hold it on. But it mustn’t be so tight that you need soap and water to remove it either.

They come in steel, brass, glass, porcelain, and stone. None are wrong. The just make different tones. You may want to start with a cheap beginner model from Dunlop, but if you’re serious about continuing with slide, RockSlide and Rocky Mountain Slides are the best I’ve used and don’t cost a fortune..

Lastly, slide is a challenge to learn. If you’d like some training wheels to make it easier, pick up a “Nut Riser”. It elevates your strings off the fretboard to make it easier to get a tone out of. There is a good reason lap steel strings are high enough to put a your finger underneath. Risers cost less than $10.

Please arrive with nut risers installed, and tuned to Open G (DGDGBD) so we can get started quickly

Erica Moss has played guitar for many years, and picked up slide playing ten years ago with a focus on blues and rock.

Intro to Slide Guitar meets at Girl Guitar from 10am-12pm on Sunday, Nov. 5.

Girl Guitar is located at 2309 Thornton Studio C in Austin, TX.

This Workshop is taught by Erica Moss and is for women 21+.

From the big pop hits to the folklore ballads to the country jams...gather some guitar techniques for your own playing by learning Taylor Swift songs! We'll talk about strumming techniques and patterns, fingerstyle form and patterns, capo theory, and how to make your playing more dynamic and interesting through the lens of some of the catchiest songs on the planet. This workshop will prepare you for optional participation in the Taylor Swift Hoot Night at Girl Guitar on Friday, December 8!

Prerequisites: Students should know basic guitar chord shapes like G, C, D, A, E, am, and em. This workshop is ideal for any students from the Beginner II level and up.

Taylor Swift Guitar Workshop meets at Girl Guitar from 11am-1pm on Sunday, November 12.

Girl Guitar is located at 2309 Thornton Studio C in Austin, TX.

This Workshop is taught by Jana Pochop and is for women 21+.

Is the guitar neck a mystery to you? Let's talk about it! The CAGED theory is a way of identifying patterns of notes and chord forms on the guitar fretboard. This is immensely helpful for finding new ways to play chords, find arpeggios, or being able to pick out a quick lead part in any key. We'll work through the 5 major CAGED chord forms and make the guitar neck more familiar to you. We will also talk about using this method to transpose keys using a capo. (This class will make you popular at parties and folk festivals, among other health benefits).

Prerequisites: Students should know basic guitar chord shapes like G, C, D, A, E, am, and em. This workshop is ideal for any students from the Beginner II level and up.

CAGED Guitar Workshop meets at Girl Guitar's Collier House from 2-4pm on Saturday, November 18.

Girl Guitar's Collier House is located at 1401 Collier St. Apt A in Austin, TX.

This Workshop is taught by Jana Pochop and is for women 21+.