Special Concert. We are honored to host Michael Gulezian here at Sampaguita. Friday, July 3rd Doors @ 6pm - Music @ 7pm. This will be a rare $20 suggested donation which is not our $10 standard due to tour consistency. Everyone is welcome and suggested is just that. Please come and enjoy. I highly recommend coming early if you want a table. For those folk that are new, we do not serve food or drink but outside food and drink are welcome. Grab something from one of Aitkin's many restaurants and grab a table. All Ages. Sorry, no animals except for service animals.

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Michael Gulezian (gu-LAY-ze-in) is one of the most highly acclaimed solo acoustic instrumental guitarists of our time. He’s a phenomenal technical guitarist with the rare ability to transcend his own virtuosity, creating music that touches and moves people at the deepest level – boundary-free, mind-opening, emotionally imbued, radiant, horizon-expanding, spiritually inspired, conformity-crushing, fearless, genre-bending, transcendent, soulful, kickass, deliriously joyful, exquisitely gorgeous instrumental solo acoustic guitar music – music that quite literally defies description. Fred Kraus, of Minor 7th .com recently wrote that Gulezian “might be the most accomplished pure guitarist on the planet.” He’s been called the musical link between John Fahey and Michael Hedges. Artists as diverse as Michael Hedges, Willy Porter, and Henry Kaiser have claimed him as a primary musical influence; young lions Erik Mongrain, Andy McKee, and Trevor Gordon Hall are quick to acknowledge him as an inspiration. In concert, Michael is all warmth and humor … and though it’s visually breathtaking to watch him perform, a concert with Michael is more than a display of cutting-edge virtuosity – it is the passionate communion of master musician engaged with his audience in the mystery of self-revelation, creating music of atmospheric power, ecstatic joy, and haunting beauty. Michael has an online audience at Pandora of 10,000 monthly listeners, and 16 million cumulative streams. If you enjoy the artistry of musicians such as Leo Kottke and Michael Hedges – guitarists who amaze us technically but also touch the soul – then you will love Michael Gulezian.