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Today, the URI Guitar and Mandolin Festival has a loyal and growing following that never existed before!

19/06/2026

LIVESTREAM

This Monday, June 21 at noon EDT, with Jorge Caballero! Jorge Caballero

Don’t miss this conversation with one of the most established guitarists of his generation.

Hosted by Artistic Director Adam Levin and Mandolin Director Jacob Reuven, this livestream will give you a chance to look ahead to the 2026 URI Guitar and Mandolin Festival. And ask questions!

More information about the festival, this October 18-25, 2026, can be found here: www.urigmfest.org

15/06/2026

Just one month remains until the July 15 competition deadline!

Submit your video for the 2026 M.E. Bruné Guitar Competition and join us this October at the URI Guitar & Mandolin Festival! October 18-25, 2026

Apply now: urigmfest.org

13/06/2026

COMPETITION PRIZES! 🏆

First prize includes over $10,000 in concert fees and travel stipends across six international performances in the United States, Madeira, Costa Rica and Italy.

Additional prizes include:

The Oscar Ghiglia Prize, featuring a professionally recorded 20-minute concert video
A lifetime Tonebase subscription
An Augustine Strings package

Send your application before July 1st!

Apply by July 15. Applications are open to guitarists ages 18-35.

Learn more and apply:
https://www.urigmfest.org

October 18-25, 2026
URI Guitar & Mandolin Festival

12/06/2026

LIVESTREAM MONDAYS

June 15 at noon EDT as, continue our countdown to the 2026 URI Guitar and Mandolin Festival.

This Monday we’re featuring Chinnawat Themkunkwun, Chinnawat Themkumkwun winner of the 2021 URI Guitar Competition.

Join us live as we talk about his musical journey, competition experience and what audiences can look forward to at this year’s festival, October 18-25, 2026

Bring your questions and join the conversation live!

More info at: https://www.urigmfest.org

11/06/2026

🚨 COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT🚨

We are officially announcing the 2026 M.E. Bruné Guitar Competition, presented as part of the URI Guitar and Mandolin Festival.

Open to guitarists ages 18-35, the competition offers more than $10,000 in prizes and the opportunity to perform before an internationally distinguished panel of artists and educators.

This year’s judges are:

Jorge Caballero Jorge Caballero
Eleonora Strino Eleonora Strino guitarist_official
João Luiz
Antoine Boyer Antoine Boyer

To apply, submit a video recording of up to 15 minutes featuring as many as three contrasting works.

Applications are due July 15.

Join us at the URI Guitar & Mandolin Festival, October 18-25, 2026.

Full competition rules and registration information are available at: https://www.urigmfest.org

09/06/2026

Congratulations on an incredibly successful fundraiser and to everyone who showed up and donated to a great cause!!!

And a HUGE congratulations to Katy Keiffer because not only did she win the guitar, she DONATED IT URI! What an icon Katy is 🫶🏻 we are so fortunate!

Thank you also to our performers and the for hosting such a lovely event. Here’s to music education and community through music!

06/06/2026

Enter the raffle before TOMORROW June 7 to win a José Oribe classical guitar 😎 and help raise money for student scholarships!

THIS is the guitar you could win. Doesn’t it sound phenomenal 🤩

The raffle will be held tomorrow at our fundraising event so be sure to come out and listen to some incredible music. Can’t be there in person? Don’t worry, we’ll send you the guitar if you win 😁

Raffle tickets: https://givebutter.com/uriguitar-raffle-2026

Event tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scholarship-fundraiser-for-uri-guitar-mandolin-festival-tickets-1988236822859?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=wsa&aff=ebdsshwebmobile

05/06/2026

Our LIVESTREAM KICKOFF is at NOON this Monday, June 8th!

We’re back with our URI GMFEST livestreams! Artistic Director Adam Levin, Mandolin Director Jacob Reuven and Mandolin Faculty member Dor Amran will share what’s in store for this year’s festival.

We hope you join us with you questions ready, because this is a great chance to meet the faculty and get a preview of October 18-25, 2026.

Can’t make this one? Join us here every Monday at noon EST for our livestreams!

01/06/2026

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Thanks so much to our wonderful artists and THE Tommy Emmanuel for having some fun 🤩

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You can join the fun this year in 2026 at the URI Guitar and Mandolin Festival, October 18-25 😎

More info: https://www.urigmfest.org

Address

University Of Rhode Island Fine Arts Center 105 Upper College Road

02118

Website

http://www.urigmfest.org/

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