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GearFest: Fort Wayne’s Global Reach
Sweetwater’s GearFest pivoted from a location event to an exclusively online event with global reach last year. Bassist Ian Hill, of Judas Priest, and Peter Frampton are among headlining celebrities who’ll take part in this year’s online event June 25 & 26.
By Peggy Werner
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or fans of Sweetwater GearFest, this time of year is music to their ears. GearFest is known around the world as a free, action-packed, two-day event of online seminars, workshops, live performances, artist appearances, great deals, giveaways and, most of all, the latest gear news and products offered by Sweetwater of Fort Wayne, Ind. This year’s event will be June 25 & 26. GearFest Executive Director Bob Bailey says there’s nothing like it anywhere else. “The Deal Zone is the first place people run to and we have customers from all over the world wanting to meet up with the hundreds of companies showing the latest products and gear for recording artists,” he says. Panels of engineers, producers, light designers and awardwinning song writers and musicians will talk about what they do and the art of achieving excellence in their fields. Watch demonstrations and videos of new gear featuring Sweetwater experts and vendor representatives. Attendees will get the inside scoop directly from manufacturers and learn what’s coming out next in brand-name equipment. Traditionally held on the Sweetwater campus in Fort Wayne, 16
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GearFest pivoted to an exclusively online event last year and will be online again this year, Bailey says. “This year’s online GearFest has been greatly expanded and improved with more presentations, more big-name artists and better deals,” he says. Among the many headliners at this year’s festival are
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